CoRoT-7 – a Binary Star System
CoRoT-7 is a binary star system. The star is approximately 489.2 light-years (150.0 pc) away from our Solar System. The primary, CoRoT-7A, is a G-type…
Astronomy
A Quick Radio Burst reveals Hot Space between Galaxies
A recently discovered, rare and persistent rapid-fire fast radio burst source – sending out an occasional and informative cosmic ping from more than 3.5 billion…
Watch a Helicopter Catch a Rocket Returning From Space
Rocket Lab used a helicopter to successfully catch a rocket falling from orbit. The astounding achievement is a new approach to prevent rockets from crashing…
Russia Set To Hand in Notice to Quit ISS
Russia has increased its threat to leave the International Space Station (ISS) in response to sanctions imposed on the country as a result of its…
NASA Spacecraft to Explore Hazardous Asteroid Apophis after Dropping Special Delivery
OSIRIS-REx, a NASA spacecraft, is returning to Earth to deliver its prized cargo, asteroid Bennu soil. However, after delivering the capsule, the spacecraft will go…
Solar Flare Reveals Particle Accelerator Region
A new study provides direct evidence of where near-light speed particle acceleration occurs inside the solar flare, the largest explosion known in the solar system.…
The Beginning of the Solar System’s Instability
Seth Jacobson of Michigan State University and colleagues from China and France have proposed a new theory that could help solve a galactic mystery about…
CoRoT-7c – an Extrasolar Planet
CoRoT-7c is an extrasolar planet that orbits the G-type main-sequence star CoRoT-7, which is located in the constellation Monoceros approximately 489 light-years away. It is…
Seasonal Energy Imbalance and the Energy that Mars Emits
Despite decades of exploration and study, Mars continues to be riddled with mysteries. Scientists are still trying to figure out what happened to the water…
Dark Matter Might Not Feel Space-Time Like We Do, Claims New Paper
Dark matter makes up five-sixths of all stuff in the universe, according to our best estimates. We have yet to confirm the existence of this…
Hubble discovers Surviving Companion Star in Supernova Aftermath
It’s not uncommon to find a surviving star at the site of a massive supernova explosion, which would normally obliterate everything around it, but new…
The Science of Solar System is linked to Colossal Collisions
A new study reveals a deep link between some of the universe’s largest, most energetic events and much smaller, weaker ones powered by our own…
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