October 3, 2010
Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Deuterium, sometimes referred to as heavy hydrogen, is a stable hydrogen isotope. It is naturally in the oceans of our planet. About 1 in every 6,400 hydrogen atoms is a deuterium atom. A deuteron(nucleus of a deuterium atom) contains one proton [...]
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September 14, 2009
The Hale Bopp Comet a.k.a. the Great Comet of 1997 is perhaps the most observed comet ever, having been visible to the naked eye for 18 months. Coincidentally, it is also one of the brightest to have passed near our planet in recent years. The Hale Bopp is a combination of the names of the [...]
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