JWST’s Planetary Data Could Be Too Accurate for Current Models to Handle, Scientists Say

JWST’s Planetary Data Could Be Too Accurate for Current Models to Handle, Scientists Say

Studying the atmospheres of neighboring stars, a task for which the JWST was created, is one of the finest ways to look for life beyond…
Within The Next 25 Years, We’ll Discover Life On Other Planets

Within The Next 25 Years, We’ll Discover Life On Other Planets

In the next 25 years, a leading astronomer from Switzerland believes that extraterrestrial life may be discovered beyond our solar system. He doesn’t think this…
The Strange Sound Of Space Rocks Smashing Into Mars Is Captured By InSight

The Strange Sound Of Space Rocks Smashing Into Mars Is Captured By InSight

After initially detecting tremors assumed to be generated by the cooling of Mars’ innards and volcanic activity, NASA’s InSight Martian lander has now discovered meteorite…
A Magnificent Supernova Could Have Been Seen in the Middle Ages

A Magnificent Supernova Could Have Been Seen in the Middle Ages

A white dwarf supernova occurred in the nearby dwarf galaxy known as the Large Magellanic Cloud over 160,000 years ago. Around 670 years ago, its…
A Water-covered Extrasolar World

A Water-covered Extrasolar World

An international team of researchers led by Charles Cadieux, a Ph.D. student at the Université de Montréal and member of the Institute for Research on…
Two New Temperate Rocky Worlds have been Discovered

Two New Temperate Rocky Worlds have been Discovered

An international research team including astronomers at the University of Birmingham, has just announced the discovery of two “super-Earth” planets orbiting LP 890-9, a small,…
Astronomers demonstrate how the Terrain Changes on Icy Comets

Astronomers demonstrate how the Terrain Changes on Icy Comets

With an eye toward a possible return mission years in the future, Cornell University astronomers have shown how smooth terrains – a good place to…
Creating Nanodiamonds from Bottle Plastic

Creating Nanodiamonds from Bottle Plastic

What goes on inside planets like Neptune and Uranus? To find out, an international team headed by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), the University of Rostock,…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Explores the Geologically Diverse Landscapes of Mars

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Explores the Geologically Diverse Landscapes of Mars

NASA’s Perseverance rover is well into its second science campaign, collecting rock-core samples from features within an area long considered by scientists to be a…
Persistence Uncovers the Most Detailed Mars Panorama Ever

Persistence Uncovers the Most Detailed Mars Panorama Ever

We weren’t prepared for the amazing mosaic of Mars that NASA’s Perseverance was able to capture, which was made up of 1,118 separate frames stitched…
V4046 Sagittarii – K-type main-sequence star

V4046 Sagittarii – K-type main-sequence star

V4046 Sagittarii is a constellation. It is a young binary star system made up of two K-type main-sequence stars. The two stars are approximately 271…
What You Should Know About NASA’s Spacecraft Colliding With An Asteroid This Month

What You Should Know About NASA’s Spacecraft Colliding With An Asteroid This Month

In only two weeks, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission will crash into Dimorphos, a tiny moonlet orbiting the bigger asteroid Didymos, to see…
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