Hello Kainaatis! The year is coming to an end. I just wanted to thank all of you for being a part of Kainaat. This was an exciting year for us. We produced 32 Urdu astronomy videos this year and are approaching 50,000 subscribers on YouTube! For the younger audience, we are about to finish our 10-part series called Kainaat Kids (8 episodes are out). Furthermore, we are in the process of establishing a network of astronomy clubs in schools in Pakistan. As we close out 2022, we are anticipating an exciting 2023! In the meantime, do not forget to enjoy spectacular views of Jupiter and Mars in the night skies of December. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Salman Hameed |
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Dr. Ellen Ochoa is an American engineer, former director of Johnson Space Centre, and a former astronaut. She became the first Hispanic woman to travel to space in 1993. The space mission took nine days while she was on the Space Shuttle Discovery. Ochoa's first work was as a researcher at NASA. Her optical research was used by scientists in space exploration, especially in detecting patterns while in space. She also helped discover how sound can be removed from images, an application widely used in space exploration today. |
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The seven sisters, also known as Pleiades, or Surayya (and Kithiyan in Punjabi) is a famous open star cluster that appears in the sky from autumn to winter. This beautiful picture was taken by Roshaan Nadeem, during a recent visit to Taqwa Space Observatory in Bela, Balochistan. It shows wispy gas clouds that surround these young, blue-hot stars. Image provided by Lahore Astronomical Society |
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