India to Ban Crypto This Winter, Suggests Updated Bill
India is pressing on with its proposal to prohibit all private cryptocurrencies, after a draft submitted in January. The proposal offered as a way for…
Astronomy
Astronomers Find 366 New Possible Exoplanets
A multinational team led by astronomers from the University of California, Los Angeles, including 366 that had never discovered previously, discovered hundreds of potential exoplanets.…
Gliese 86 – a K-type Main-sequence
Gliese 86 is a K-type main-sequence star in the constellation Eridanus, located 35 light-years away. It’s a double of a yellow-orange star and a white…
Gliese 86 b – an Extrasolar Planet
Gliese 86 b, also known as Gliese 86 A b or Gl 86 b, is an extrasolar planet located approximately 35 light-years away in the…
54 Piscium b – a Cool Methane Dwarf Star
54 Piscium b is a Methane Dwarf Star with a Cool Temperature. It is an extrasolar planet located approximately 36 light-years away in the constellation…
Lunar Radar Data Reveals new details about the Moon’s Past
The moon’s dusty surface, immortalized in images of Apollo astronauts’ lunar footprints, formed over millions of years as a result of asteroid impacts and the…
Hubble Studied Sunlight that had Traveled Through Earth’s Atmosphere Using the Moon as a Mirror
Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and a total lunar eclipse, researchers discovered Earth’s own brand of sunscreen ozone in our atmosphere. By observing potential “biosignatures”…
‘Armageddon’ now NASA’s asteroid-deflecting DART mission launches tonight
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), one of NASA’s most thrilling and unique missions in years, is set to launch tonight on its journey to…
Leonids Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight as We’re Treated to Glut of Winter Showers
As Earth passes through the dusty debris of numerous comets in November and December, meteor showers are abundant. Comet Tempel-Tuttle is the most recent, bringing…
A New Timeline for Mars Terrains is Proposed by Scientists
A Southwest Research Institute scientist updated Mars chronology models and discovered that terrains shaped by ancient water activity on the planet’s surface could be hundreds…
Future Lunar Exploration Missions will be Guided by a New Map
A new map of the Schrodinger basin, a geologically significant area of the moon, that includes rover paths, could help guide future exploration missions. A…
Exoplanets are even more Exotic than Previous Consideration
Considered an ultra-hot Jupiter a place where iron vaporizes, condenses on the night side, and then falls from the sky like rain, the fiery, inferno-like…
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