Astronomy

It is Still Not Aliens Mysterious Proxima Centauri Signal Turns out to Be Just Us Again

It is Still Not Aliens Mysterious Proxima Centauri Signal Turns out to Be Just Us Again

The Breakthrough Listen project, which is part of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), received an unexplained signal from the direction of Proxima Centauri in…
Blue Origin, Boeing, and others join Sierra Space to build a commercial space station

Blue Origin, Boeing, and others join Sierra Space to build a commercial space station

Sierra Space revealed more details about its ambitions to launch a private space station, including the announcement that Blue Origin and Boeing would be joining…
WASP-12b – a Class of Extrasolar Planets

WASP-12b – a Class of Extrasolar Planets

The doomed planet WASP-12b is a hot Jupiter that is being torn apart by its parent star. It is a hot Jupiter (a type of…
WASP-3b – an Extrasolar Planet

WASP-3b – an Extrasolar Planet

WASP-3 b is a gas giant exoplanet in the habitable zone of an F-type star. It is an extrasolar planet that orbits the star WASP-3,…
Kepler-186f – an Exoplanet

Kepler-186f – an Exoplanet

Kepler-186f is an exoplanet that orbits the red dwarf Kepler-186 about 500 light-years (178.5 parsecs, or nearly 5.0×1015 km) from Earth. The size of Kepler-186f…
Upsilon Andromedae b – an Extrasolar Planet

Upsilon Andromedae b – an Extrasolar Planet

Upsilon Andromedae b is an extrasolar planet located in the constellation Andromeda, approximately 44 light-years from the Sun. It is an exoplanet in the form…
55 Cancri b – an Exoplanet

55 Cancri b – an Exoplanet

The exoplanet 55 Cancri b, also known as Galileo, orbits the Sun-like star 55 Cancri A every 14.65 days. It is a gas giant exoplanet…
Anatomy of a SPAC inside Better.com’s ambitious plans

Anatomy of a SPAC inside Better.com’s ambitious plans

When officials at online mortgage business Better.com decided to go public earlier this year, they opted for a direct listing rather than a typical IPO.…
A Decade-Long Gamma-Ray Burst Puzzle is Solved by Space Scientists

A Decade-Long Gamma-Ray Burst Puzzle is Solved by Space Scientists

A worldwide group of researchers, driven by astrophysicists from the University of Bath in the UK, has estimated the magnetic field in a far-away Gamma-Ray…
As We Pass through the Tail of Halley’s Comet, the Orionids Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight

As We Pass through the Tail of Halley’s Comet, the Orionids Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight

Right now, Earth is traveling through a cloud of dust and debris left behind by Halley’s Comet, the most renowned of all comets. The Orionids…
70 Virginis b – an Extrasolar Planet

70 Virginis b – an Extrasolar Planet

70 Virginis b is an extrasolar planet located in the constellation of Virgo about 60 light-years away. It is a gas giant exoplanet that revolves…
The Early Solar System Had a Giant Gap between Its Inner and Outer Regions

The Early Solar System Had a Giant Gap between Its Inner and Outer Regions

According to recent evidence, the protoplanetary disk from which the Earth and other planets formed had a massive void in it some 4.5 billion years…
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