New Idea How to Tackle Hazardous Asteroids Slices and Dices Them Apart
A novel approach for dealing with the prospect of a huge asteroid causing major damage to Earth recommends splitting it apart piece by piece. The…
Astronomy
NASA’s First Mission To Study Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids Launches Tomorrow. Here is How to Watch
Lucy, NASA’s 12-year mission to examine Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids for the first time, is about to launch. The record-breaking expedition, which will launch on Saturday,…
Europa Has a Persistant Single-Hemisphere Water Vapor Atmosphere
One of the Solar System’s most fascinating worlds has recently become even more so. The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a small but continuous layer…
HD 2039 b – an Extrasolar Planet
HD 2039 b is a planet that orbits the star HD 2039. It is a gas giant exoplanet that revolves around a G-type star. It…
HD 189733 b – an Exoplanet
HD 189733 b is a gas giant exoplanet in the habitable zone of a K-type star. It is an exoplanet located in the constellation Vulpecula,…
Newly Discovered Giant Exoplanet Managed To Survive the Death of Its Star
White dwarfs are stars the size of our Sun that has reached the end of their lives. When the hydrogen in their core is depleted,…
Tau Boötis b – an Extrasolar Planet
Tau Boötis b is a gas giant exoplanet in the habitable zone of an F-type star. It’s an extrasolar planet located about 51 light-years away.…
Isotope Research Suggests Mars’ Habitability is Inadequate by its Small Size
Researchers measured the potassium isotope compositions of Martian meteorites to estimate the presence, distribution, and abundance of volatile elements and compounds, including water, on Mars,…
Hidden Planets are Suggested by Radio Signals from Distant Stars
Scientists have discovered radio waves emitted by distant stars, which could indicate the existence of hidden planets. The discovery was made by the Low-Frequency Array…
Unexplained Radio Signal From Near Center of Our Galaxy Is Like Nothing Seen Before
A radio signal has spotted at the galaxy’s center that brightens and fades inexplicably. Astronomers initially assumed it was a rare pulsar, and they still…
PSR B1257+12 c – an Extrasolar Planet
PSR B1257+12 c is a super Earth exoplanet that orbits a star of an unknown type. PSR B1257+12 B, also known as Poltergeist, is an…
A Massive Set of Unexplained Fast Radio Bursts
As radio waves travel through space, any interstellar gas or plasma that comes into contact with them can distort or disperse the wave’s properties and…
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