Space Science Journal(SSJ)

Aims and Scope

Journal DOI: 10.33140/SSJ

Space Science Journal is an online open-access journal that provides an advanced forum related to Space Science.

Following are some of the fields that the journal covers:

• Asteroid - Small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun.
• Asteroid Belt - The region between Mars and Jupiter that contains the largest population of asteroids in our solar system.
• Astronaut - A person trained to travel in a spacecraft.
• Astronomer - A scientist who studies the universe.
• Astronomical Unit - A unit of measurement that’s roughly the distance from the Earth to the Sun (93 million miles).
• Atmosphere - The area of air and gas that envelopes Earth and other astronomical objects.
• Atom - Basic units of matter that every solid, liquid, gas and plasma is composed of.
• Big Bang - The main theory explaining how the universe started. It states that 13.8 billion years ago, space expanded quickly to form the atoms that would produce stars and galaxies.
• Binary Star - A system of two stars where one revolves around the other or both revolve around a common centre.
• Black Dwarf - A star that’s exhausted its own supply of carbon and burnt out.
• Black Hole - A place in space where the pull of gravity is so strong that even light can’t get out.
• Comet - Objects made of frozen gases, rock and dust that orbit the Sun.
• Constellation - A group of stars that form a pattern.
• Corona - The gaseous outer layer of the Sun’s atmosphere.
• Cosmic Dust - Small particles of matter in space.
• Cosmos - The universe.
• Crater - A cavity in the ground of a celestial object, typically caused by explosions or meteor impact.
• Dark Matter - Particles thought to exist in space that don’t absorb, reflect or emit light, and thus can’t be observed.
• Dwarf Galaxy - Small dim galaxies that are abundant in the universe.
• Dwarf Planet - A body in space that resembles a small planet but lacks criteria to class it as such.
• Dwarf Star - A small star with low luminosity.
• Eclipse - When one celestial body blocks light from reaching another by moving between it and its light source.
• Elliptical Orbit - One object revolving around another in an oval shape. The shape is known as an ellipse.
• Equinox - The time when the Sun crosses the celestial equator and day and night are the same length. This happens twice a year.
• Force - A push or pull on an object when it interacts with another.
• Galaxy - A huge collection of gas, dust and billions of stars and their solar systems held together by gravity.
• Gravity - The force that pulls objects towards each other.
• Hemisphere - A half of the Earth, when divided along the lines of either North and South or East and West.
• Inner Planets - Planets whose orbit is within the asteroid belt, including Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
• International Space Station - A man-made object that orbits Earth, where astronauts can live and conduct experiments.
• Kuiper Belt - A cold and dark area of our Solar System which contains thousands of comets, asteroids and other objects.
• Light Year - The distance light travels in one year (nearly 6 trillion miles).
• Mass - How much material an object is made up of, as opposed to weight which measures the pull of gravity on an object.
• Meteor - A small body of matter from outer space that enters Earth’s atmosphere and appears like a streak of light.
• Meteorite - A piece of rock or metal that lands on Earth’s surface.
• Milky Way - Our galaxy that contains over 200 billion stars.
• Moon - A large celestial object that acts as a natural satellite to Earth. Most planets in our solar system have at least one moon and some have several.
• Nebula - A cloud of dust and gas in space.
• Observatory - A building equipped with materials to make astronomical observations.
• Orbit - A regular and repeating circuit that one celestial object takes around another.
• Outer Planets - Planets whose orbits are outside the asteroid belt, including Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
• Penumbra - A partial shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque object. It occurs when only part of a light source is cut off.
• Planet - A celestial body that orbits the sun that has sufficient mass for its gravity to overcome rigid body forces and has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit.
• Pulsar - Compact stars that spin around hundreds of times a second.
• Quasar - Supermassive black holes that suck in materials,
• Red Dwarf - Stars that are very small and cool compared to others.
• Red Giant - A star that’s run out of hydrogen and begins to grow bigger and redder.
• Satellite - An object intentionally placed into space to orbit a celestial body to collect information.
• Shooting Star - Streaks of light in the sky that occur when meteoroids fall into the Earth’s atmosphere and burn up.
• Solstice - The time when the sun reaches its maximum or minimum declination, causing the shortest and longest days of the year.
• Space - The three-dimensional expanse in which all material things exist.
• Star - An astronomical object made of bright, glowing matter called plasma. They’re held together by gravity and are incredibly hot.
• Starburst - A period of intense activity in a galaxy where lots of stars are formed.
• Sun - The star that objects in our solar system orbit.
• Telescope - An instrument that allows us to see into space.
• Universe - Everything that exists in space.
• Waning - When the moon becomes gradually less visible.
• Waxing - When the moon becomes gradually more visible.
• White Dwarf - When a star has burnt up its fuel and begins to collapse inwards.