Higher Rates of Cardiovascular-Related Deaths among Apollo Astronauts
According to a Florida State University researcher, members of the successful Apollo space program are having greater incidences of cardiovascular ailments, which are assumed to…
Astronomy
Small Impacts are Reworking the Moon’s Soil More Quickly Than Scientists Expected
Small impacts are churning the Moon’s surface more than 100 times faster than scientists previously imagined. This means that surface features that appear to be…
HD 108874 b – a gas giant Exoplanet
HD 108874 b is a gas giant exoplanet in the habitable zone of a G-type star. This gas behemoth was revealed in 2003. The orbit…
Third Planet Discovered Orbiting Sun’s Nearest Neighbor, And It’s Tiny
The planet Proxima Centauri, the Sun’s nearest neighbor, has been discovered to have one of the lowest mass planets ever discovered. Proxima d is only…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Captures First Images of Venus’ Glowing Surface
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has obtained the first visible-light photographs of Venus’s surface, demonstrating how the planet’s rocky innards glows red hot. The Evening Star’s…
NASA Writes Five-Page Letter Raising Concerns with New Starlink Satellite Plan
NASA has issued a letter to the US government expressing concerns over SpaceX’s projected 30,000-satellite second-generation Starlink mega-constellation. NASA claims that SpaceX’s plans to fill…
HD 108874 – a Yellow Dwarf Star
HD 108874 is a yellow dwarf star (spectral type G5 V) in the Coma Berenices constellation. It has 1.1 times the mass of the Sun…
Gliese 581g – an Exoplanet
Gliese 581g is an unverified (and sometimes disputed) exoplanet that is said to orbit within the Gliese 581 system, twenty light-years away from Earth. It…
Fragments of a Planet Seen Getting Destroyed By White Dwarf for First Time
Astronomers have now seen the debris left behind by disintegrating planets entering the atmosphere of a white dwarf, an ancient star’s exposed degenerate core. Researchers…
Gliese 581e – an Extrasolar Planet
Gliese 581e is an extrasolar planet orbiting within the Gliese 581 system, 20.4 light-years from Earth in the Libra constellation. Gliese 581 is a red…
Gliese 581b – an Extrasolar Planet
Gliese 581b, often known as Gl 581b, is an extrasolar planet that orbits within the Gliese 581 system. It is the second in order of…
Youngest Pair of Asteroids in the Solar System Discovered
We’re normally talking about billions of years when we talk about the development of celestial bodies. However, astronomers have identified a binary asteroid system that…
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