Small, Distant Planets are Being Seen by the James Webb Telescope
MARYLAND — Exoplanets weren’t even known when the James Webb Space Telescope was first conceived. The observatory is currently demonstrating to astronomers what it has…
Astronomy
Scientists Can View “Things” Without Focusing on Them Thanks to Quantum Physics
Generally speaking, light is a need if you want to see it. Only because the light from your screen was focused into your retinas, transformed…
DART Mission by NASA’s Early Results
Since deliberately colliding with the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos on September 26 to change its orbit by 33 minutes, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft…
Tau Boötis b – a Gas Giant Exoplanet
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.…
Vega C Rocket From Europe Fails on its Second Mission, Losing two Satellites
The second launch of Europe’s brand-new Vega C rocket did not go as expected. Two satellites for Airbus’ Pléiades Neo Earth-imaging constellation were carried by…
The Ability to Produce Fuel and Oxygen in Lunar Soil
A team of Chinese researchers say they managed to convert actual lunar regolith samples into a source of rocket fuel and oxygen — a potential…
Data Confirms the Role of Water in the Formation of the Moon
When an object collided with the still-forming proto-Earth between 4.4 and 4.5 billion years ago, the Moon was formed. This collision produced a hot, partially…
Another Clue to the Origins of the Moon
The first definitive proof that the Moon inherited indigenous noble gases from the Earth’s mantle has been discovered by researchers. The discovery is an important…
Rare Mineral was Formed on Mars by a Violent Volcanic Eruption
A volcano is a fissure or vent in the Earth’s surface through which molten rock and gases are expelled. Volcanoes directly or indirectly produce or…
Mars has Recently Formed Craters
Four new craters on Mars’ surface were discovered by an international team of researchers with NASA’s InSight mission. The team calculated and confirmed the impact…
The Search for Life on Mars and Earth’s Oldest Stromatolites
The Stromatolites of Hamelin Pool at Hamelin Station Reserve may resemble gigantic cauliflowers and rocks, but they are extremely important as modern examples of the…
According to Research, Mars Once had 300-meter-deep Oceans
Almost all of the water on Mars today exists as ice, though some exists as vapor in the atmosphere. What was previously thought to be…
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