Sunday, March 31, 2013

How Bright the Stars are?

We have already known that the brightness of the stars is measured in terms of its magnitude . Each drop in magnitude corresponds to ... Read more »

How to Measure the Brightness of Stars?

Do you know how to measure the brightness of the stars ? Actually, the brightness of a star is measured in terms of its ‘magnitude’. Bef... Read more »

Stars are not always Like the Sun

Not all the stars are like the sun. If you think of the sun as being roughly the size of a basketball, the range of other stars woul... Read more »

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Nuclear Fusion, the Energy Source of Stars.

The energy source of stars is actually nuclear fusion. Deep inside the sun, nuclei of hydrogen come together in a series of reactio... Read more »

Stars are Born, Live, and Die ....

Do you know that the stars , like living things in the earth, are born, live out their lives, and then die. It was only fairly recentl... Read more »