Astronomy

The Presence of Airborne Dust could Indicate that Distant Planets are more Habitable

The Presence of Airborne Dust could Indicate that Distant Planets are more Habitable

Scientists have added a vital climate component, the presence of airborne dust, to our understanding of potentially habitable worlds orbiting distant stars. Dust particles can…
Potentially Hazardous” And Extremely Valuable Asteroid to Whizz By Earth This Weekend

Potentially Hazardous” And Extremely Valuable Asteroid to Whizz By Earth This Weekend

This Saturday, the asteroid 4660 Nereus will make its closest approach to Earth in decades. The trip was unusually not close at 3.9 million kilometers…
HD 34445 b – an Extrasolar Planet

HD 34445 b – an Extrasolar Planet

HD 34445 b is a gas giant exoplanet in the habitable zone of a G-type star. It is an extrasolar planet that orbits the G-type…
Field Geology near Mars’ Equator Points to a Megaflood from the Past

Field Geology near Mars’ Equator Points to a Megaflood from the Past

According to data collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover and analyzed in a joint project by scientists from Jackson State University, Cornell University, the Jet Propulsion…
HD 34445 – a Star with Multiple Exoplanetary Companions

HD 34445 – a Star with Multiple Exoplanetary Companions

HD 34445 is a star in the equatorial constellation of Orion with multiple exoplanetary companions. It is not part of the Orion constellation outline, but…
Neil deGrasse Tyson on Why the Moon Landings DefinitelyWeren’t Fake

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…
NASA Forgives Jeff Bezos, Chooses Blue Origin to Design New Space Stations

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

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 – 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 – 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

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

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…
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