CoRoT-7b – an Exoplanet
CoRoT-7 b is an exoplanet that circles a K-type star. It has a mass of 4.07661 Earths, takes 0.9 days to complete one orbit around…
Astronomy
Meet the Micronova, a Small but Powerful New Type of Stellar Explosion
There are more ways for stars to burst than scientists previously thought, the most recent of which is known as a micronova. These little yet…
Watch Rocket Lab Send A Pair of Blacksky Satellites to Space
On Friday, Rocket Lab will launch its 25th mission using the Electron rocket, this time to launch two Earth-imaging satellites for BlackSky. The launch, Rocket…
Kepler-22b – an Exoplanet
Kepler-22b is an exoplanet that orbits the Sun-like star Kepler-22 within its habitable zone. It is a super-Earth that might be covered by a super-ocean.…
We Need To Probe Uranus, Scientists Urge
Uranus is the next stop. Within the next ten years, an important group of experts is suggesting that a space research mission to extensively investigate…
US Will No Longer Launch Anti-Satellite Missile Tests, Urges Other Nations to Ban Them
In a recent vow for space safety, US Vice President Kamala Harris declared the US will no longer undertake anti-satellite missile tests, calling them “hazardous”…
The Professor Who Wanted To Blow Up the Moon to Solve All of Life’s Problems
What would happen if we detonated a nuclear weapon on the Moon? It creates the tide and changes our tilt by dragging along oceans, but…
Watch a Mysterious “Flying Whirlpool” Whizz Through the Skies over Hawai’i
A weird “flying whirlpool” zooming across the night sky was photographed by the Subaru Telescope in Hawai’i over the weekend. Anyone gazing up would have…
Neptune’s New Thermal Maps reveal unexpected Temperature Swings
Neptune is the most distant planet in our solar system, the eighth major planet from the Sun. The ice giant is more than 30 times…
EZ Aquarii – a Triple Star System
EZ Aquarii is a Main Sequence Star. It is not part of the Aquarius constellation outline, but it is within the boundaries of the constellation.…
Future of Humanity Institute Academic Warns Against Planned Message to Aliens
A new proposed message to aliens, according to an Oxford scholar from the Future of Humanity Institute, might be a poor idea for humanity that…
NASA Just Sent a Holographic Doctor to the International Space Station
There has been a constant human presence in space for almost 20 years. If that isn’t enough science fiction made true for you, consider this:…
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