Curiosity Has Just Taken A Close-Up Look At Some Pretty Weird Mars Terrain

Curiosity Has Just Taken A Close-Up Look At Some Pretty Weird Mars Terrain

In the Gale Crater on Mars, the Greenheugh pediment is a fascinating plain. NASA’s Curiosity rover has been gently studying some really cool-looking terrains discovered…
Cracking Ice Created Enceladus’s Geysers – And the Opportunity to Look For Life

Cracking Ice Created Enceladus’s Geysers – And the Opportunity to Look For Life

The geyser curtains on Enceladus found by the Cassini spacecraft in 2006 have been explained. These geysers allow the ocean under Saturn’s tiny moon Titan…
Big Bird Was Almost On Board Challenger Space Shuttle

Big Bird Was Almost On Board Challenger Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its mission on January 28, 1986, killing all seven men on board. If the early intentions…
New Images Reveal Mysteries of Ghostly ORCs in Space

New Images Reveal Mysteries of Ghostly ORCs in Space

Over the decades, radio telescope observations of the cosmos have uncovered several anomalies. The cosmos is full of strange things, from pulsars to fast-radio bursts.…
Mercury’s Crust could be Encrusted with Diamonds

Mercury’s Crust could be Encrusted with Diamonds

Mercury, as the nearest planet to the Sun, is probably one of the most fascinating planets in the solar system. In comparison to our understanding…
Exoplanets with High Oxygen Content could be Geologically Active

Exoplanets with High Oxygen Content could be Geologically Active

For the first time, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has identified the presence of oxygen and carbon in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar…
Gliese 667 – a Triple-star System

Gliese 667 – a Triple-star System

Gliese 667 is a triple-star system in the constellation Scorpius located 6.8 parsecs (22 light-years) from Earth. The masses of the three stars are all…
Astronomers have discovered a Second probable Exomoon

Astronomers have discovered a Second probable Exomoon

In our solar system, moons are common. In reality, our sun’s family includes more than 200 known moons. What about other types of solar systems?…
Cluster of Ancient Stars could be Source of a Quick Radio Burst

Cluster of Ancient Stars could be Source of a Quick Radio Burst

Astronomers have discovered a startling source of cryptic, fast radio emission in a galaxy not so far away. FRBs (fast radio bursts) were identified for…
Some of the Sun’s Famous Coronal Loops could be Deceptive

Some of the Sun’s Famous Coronal Loops could be Deceptive

Coronal loops, which are well-defined hot strands of plasma that arch out into the sun’s atmosphere, are well-known in solar photography. However, many of the…
Russia Denies Cosmonauts’ Striking Yellow and Blue Suits Were In Support Of Ukraine

Russia Denies Cosmonauts’ Striking Yellow and Blue Suits Were In Support Of Ukraine

Last Friday, a new Russian crew of cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station, which is still securely in orbit despite warnings from Russian Space…
Gliese 667 Cc – an Exoplanet

Gliese 667 Cc – an Exoplanet

Gliese 667 Cc is an exoplanet that circles an M-type star. It is an exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the red dwarf star…
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