A recent discovery by researches led by Ivan Ramirez of The University of Texas at Austin has discovered the first sibling of the Sun, which is believed to be born from the same cloud of gas and dust as our Sun. This finding will be helping in searching other solar siblings and can unravel the mystery about sun's formation and our habitation of our solar system. The lost sibling of the sun, is … [Read more...]
Sun’s sibling ‘HD 162826’ is hotter and bigger
Believe it or not, it seems the astronomers have found the lost sibling of the Sun. The new member of the solar family has been named as HD 162826, which is just 110 light years away from the Sun. Our Sun has emerged from a thick cloud of space dust and gas, like most of the stars. These dust particles and gas has led to the origin of 1,000 to 10,000 stars. Initially these small stars … [Read more...]