Neil deGrasse Tyson on Why the Moon Landings DefinitelyWeren’t Fake
Neil deGrasse Tyson has chimed in on one of the century’s most intriguing conspiracy theories: were the Apollo Moon landings staged. The astronomer was understandably…
Astronomy
NASA Forgives Jeff Bezos, Chooses Blue Origin to Design New Space Stations
NASA has given three businesses lucrative contracts to construct the International Space Station’s (ISS) successors, advancing its aspirations to develop next-generation commercial space stations by…
China’s Lunar Rover Spies “Mystery House” On Far Side of the Moon
Clearly, the aliens erected their homes on the far side of the Moon, away from the prying eyes of our telescopes. What they didn’t expect…
Gliese 581d – an Extrasolar Planet
Gliese 581d is an extrasolar planet orbiting within the Gliese 581 system in the Libra constellation, approximately 20.4 light-years away. This exoplanet, which is seven…
Gliese 581c – a Super-Earth Planet
Gliese 581c is a 2007 discovery of a super-Earth planet. It is a planet that orbits the Gliese 581 system. It is the second planet…
Scientists Argue that Water is not as Invincible as Previously Thought Within Dark, Polar Moon Craters
The Moon’s south pole region contains some of the solar system’s most extreme environments: it’s unbelievably cold, extensively cratered, and features sections that are either…
NASA Rocket Aims to Uncover Mystery of the Earth’s Polar Cusp
The polar cusp is an area above the Earth that exists at noon local time over the Arctic and Antarctic circles. It is a mystery…
Gliese 1214 b – an Exoplanet
Gliese 1214 b is an exoplanet discovered in December 2009 that orbits the star Gliese 1214. GJ1214b, discovered by the MEarth project and studied further…
NASA Postpones Spacewalk Due to Debris
Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron, two NASA astronauts, are scheduled to leave the International Space Station (ISS) today to replace a broken antenna system. However,…
Gliese 179 – a Small Red Dwarf Star
In the equatorial constellation of Orion, Gliese 179 is a small red dwarf star with an exoplanetary companion. It’s a 12th magnitude M-type main-sequence star…
Icy Comet Vaporization Causes Fast-Moving Gas to Flow Away from Young Star
Astronomers have captured a rare stage of planetary system evolution, showing fast-moving carbon monoxide gas flowing away from a star system over 400 light-years distant,…
The World’s Oldest Story Astronomers Say Global Myths About ‘Seven Sisters’ Stars May Reach Back 100,000 Years
A stunning cluster of stars known as the Pleiades, or “seven sisters,” may see in the northern sky around December. If you look closely, you…
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