Gliese 832 c – an Extrasolar Planet
Gliese 832 c is an exoplanet that resembles Neptune and orbits an M-type star. It is an extrasolar planet situated about 16 light-years away in…
Astronomy
Gliese 832 b – an Extrasolar Planet
Gliese 832 b is an extrasolar planet located around 16 light-years from our sun in the constellation of Grus, orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese…
The Strange Polygons on Pluto Now have a Scientific Explanation
Pluto is alive from a geological standpoint. It’s a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, which is a ring of worlds beyond Neptune’s orbit. It…
Large Asteroid to Make Closest Pass By Earth in Over a Century Next Week
At 2:54 a.m. EST on Tuesday, February 22, asteroid (455176) 1999 VF22 will travel past Earth. Because it approaches our planet and is fairly huge,…
Debris Ring Hints at First Planet Found in a White Dwarf’s Habitable Zone
A swarm of moon-sized objects has been discovered orbiting a white dwarf star, their trajectories indicating that they are held in place by a larger,…
Rocket That Will Hit the Moon Next Month Does Not Belong To SpaceX
The news of a SpaceX rocket stage hitting the Moon a few weeks ago spread like wildfire. Now, the astronomer who is following it has…
Gliese 832 – a Red Dwarf
Gliese 832 is a red dwarf with the spectral type M2V located in the southern constellation Grus. It appears as a Main Sequence Star. It…
SpaceX Grabs Starship With Giant Robot Arms
SpaceX has used its 460-foot “Mechazilla” tower’s pair of enormous “chopsticks” to grab its latest Starship prototype, called Ship 20, bringing the corporation one step…
NASA Says Space Debris Will Definitely Slam Into The James Webb Space Telescope
According to NASA’s science administrator Thomas Zurbuchen, the James Webb Space Telescope is “completely deployed,” which is certainly cause for celebration after decades of hard…
HD 28185 b – an Extrasolar Planet
HD 28185 b is a gas giant exoplanet in the habitable zone of a G-type star. It is an extrasolar planet located in the constellation…
According to a New Study, Neutron-Star Collisions are a “Goldmine” of Heavy Elements
In the centers of stars, most elements lighter than iron are forged. The white-hot core of a star fuels proton fusion, pushing them together to…
The Strange Shape in the Center of Andromeda could be Explained by a Gravitational ‘Kick’
When two galaxies collide, the supermassive black holes at their centers produce a powerful gravitational “kick,” similar to a shotgun recoil. According to a new…
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