A 'parade of planets' will appear in the night sky TOMORROW
A rare alignment of six planets from the solar system will be visible before dawn, with some planets being challenging to spot for most viewers. [ more ]
Interstellar interlopers like Oumuamua and Borisov are much more common than previously thought
The first interstellar interloper detected in the solar system, 1I/'Oumuamua, was not gravitationally bound to the Sun, setting it apart from typical celestial bodies.
Discovery of 2I/Borisov, following 1I/'Oumuamua, implies interstellar objects may be more common than previously thought, with estimates suggesting thousands within Neptune's orbit. [ more ]
A 'parade of planets' will appear in the night sky TOMORROW
A rare alignment of six planets from the solar system will be visible before dawn, with some planets being challenging to spot for most viewers. [ more ]
Interstellar interlopers like Oumuamua and Borisov are much more common than previously thought
The first interstellar interloper detected in the solar system, 1I/'Oumuamua, was not gravitationally bound to the Sun, setting it apart from typical celestial bodies.
Discovery of 2I/Borisov, following 1I/'Oumuamua, implies interstellar objects may be more common than previously thought, with estimates suggesting thousands within Neptune's orbit. [ more ]
An Interactive Lamp Series That Brings The Cosmic Moments Into Interiors - Yanko Design
The COSMOOVAL lamp series is inspired by the interconnectedness of our solar system, utilizing elements like expandability, limitation, transparency, and immateriality in its design. [ more ]
Samsung Releases Galaxy Time Watch Faces; Will Tell You the Time on Mars
Samsung collaborated with ESA to create Galaxy Time watch faces showing the time on the planets.
The watch faces provide data on planetary rotations, distances, moons, and positions, offering users a unique way to explore the solar system. [ more ]
At last! NASA finally frees lid of asteroid Bennu sample capsule
NASA has finally removed the lid from the capsule that returned the Bennu asteroid to Earth, allowing analysis of the sample to begin.
New tools had to be designed to remove the last two screws and open the capsule, and NASA engineers and scientists have been working tirelessly to overcome this hurdle. [ more ]
Samsung Releases Galaxy Time Watch Faces; Will Tell You the Time on Mars
Samsung collaborated with ESA to create Galaxy Time watch faces showing the time on the planets.
The watch faces provide data on planetary rotations, distances, moons, and positions, offering users a unique way to explore the solar system. [ more ]
At last! NASA finally frees lid of asteroid Bennu sample capsule
NASA has finally removed the lid from the capsule that returned the Bennu asteroid to Earth, allowing analysis of the sample to begin.
New tools had to be designed to remove the last two screws and open the capsule, and NASA engineers and scientists have been working tirelessly to overcome this hurdle. [ more ]
Water molecules have been discovered on the surface of asteroids for the first time.
The presence of water on asteroids can provide valuable insight into the distribution of water in our solar system and the potential for extraterrestrial life. [ more ]
Mimas, a moon orbiting Saturn, likely has a liquid ocean underneath its icy surface.
Data from the Cassini spacecraft suggests that Mimas's sub-surface water world may be relatively young compared to other similar oceans in the solar system. [ more ]
Scientists Are Now Close to Finding a Mysterious Planet That Explains Strange Cosmic Phenomena, Study Reports
Scientists have narrowed down the search space for the hypothetical Planet Nine to 78 percent, significantly reducing the possible location of the planet.
The Planet Nine hypothesis suggests that there is an undiscovered planet in our solar system that could explain the strange orbits of certain objects at the outer edges of the system. [ more ]
Look: Five Stellar Nurseries Captured in Stunning Mosaics
Though nebulae host swaths of bright stars, they still find a way to obscure their secrets.Thick dust and gas clouds, which are the lifeblood of these stellar nurseries, cast a murky haze over newly-forming stars.At visible wavelengths, dust seems to cover all.But some telescopes can view nebulas at infrared wavelengths to cut through the haze.
For the first time ever, star caught in the act of swallowing one of its planets
Astronomers have caught their first-ever tantalizing glimpse of a star in the act of swallowing its planet, a harbinger of Earth's likely fate.It's the first time the actual gulp has been observed, though astronomers have seen before-and-after signs of such phenomena, researchers said in a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
Scientists Just Observed a Star Eating an Entire Planet
(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.)For the first time, scientists have caught a star in the act of swallowing a planet not just a nibble or bite, but one big gulp.Astronomers on Wednesday reported their observations of what appeared to be a gas giant around the size of Jupiter or bigger being eaten by its star.
Watch a distant "Death Star" devour a gas giant planet in one big gulp
An aging star dubbed ZTF SLRN-2020 has been caught in the act of swallowing a planet.Credit: K. Miller/R.Hurt (Caltech/PAC)
Roughly five billion years from now, our Sun will end, not with a bang but with a whimper.That's when it finally burns through all the fuel in its core and puffs outward into a red giant, swallowing all the inner planets of our Solar System in the process, including Earth.
Star swallows planet in one gulp a preview of Earth's fate, astronomers say
By MARCIA DUNN | AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) For the first time, scientists have caught a star in the act of swallowing a planet not just a nibble or bite, but one big gulp.Astronomers on Wednesday reported their observations of what appeared to be a gas giant around the size of Jupiter or bigger being eaten by its star.
Scientists Are Now Close to Finding a Mysterious Planet That Explains Strange Cosmic Phenomena, Study Reports
Scientists have narrowed down the search space for the hypothetical Planet Nine to 78 percent, significantly reducing the possible location of the planet.
The Planet Nine hypothesis suggests that there is an undiscovered planet in our solar system that could explain the strange orbits of certain objects at the outer edges of the system. [ more ]
Look: Five Stellar Nurseries Captured in Stunning Mosaics
Though nebulae host swaths of bright stars, they still find a way to obscure their secrets.Thick dust and gas clouds, which are the lifeblood of these stellar nurseries, cast a murky haze over newly-forming stars.At visible wavelengths, dust seems to cover all.But some telescopes can view nebulas at infrared wavelengths to cut through the haze.
For the first time ever, star caught in the act of swallowing one of its planets
Astronomers have caught their first-ever tantalizing glimpse of a star in the act of swallowing its planet, a harbinger of Earth's likely fate.It's the first time the actual gulp has been observed, though astronomers have seen before-and-after signs of such phenomena, researchers said in a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
Scientists Just Observed a Star Eating an Entire Planet
(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.)For the first time, scientists have caught a star in the act of swallowing a planet not just a nibble or bite, but one big gulp.Astronomers on Wednesday reported their observations of what appeared to be a gas giant around the size of Jupiter or bigger being eaten by its star.
Watch a distant "Death Star" devour a gas giant planet in one big gulp
An aging star dubbed ZTF SLRN-2020 has been caught in the act of swallowing a planet.Credit: K. Miller/R.Hurt (Caltech/PAC)
Roughly five billion years from now, our Sun will end, not with a bang but with a whimper.That's when it finally burns through all the fuel in its core and puffs outward into a red giant, swallowing all the inner planets of our Solar System in the process, including Earth.
Star swallows planet in one gulp a preview of Earth's fate, astronomers say
By MARCIA DUNN | AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) For the first time, scientists have caught a star in the act of swallowing a planet not just a nibble or bite, but one big gulp.Astronomers on Wednesday reported their observations of what appeared to be a gas giant around the size of Jupiter or bigger being eaten by its star.
split fir shingles clothe residential building's concrete structure in switzerland
Les Vergers is a residential project in Delémont, Switzerland, adhering to high architectural and environmental standards.
Each unit in the building prioritizes privacy and offers unobstructed views in all directions.
The building features a load-bearing core of walls and columns, modular room configurations, and a roof-mounted solar system for energy generation. [ more ]
This alien ocean is the first known to have all elements crucial for life
Plumes of water ice and vapor spray from the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus, as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.(NASA/AP)Saturn's moon Enceladus has enticed scientists for years with its plumes fizzing their way up from an ocean beneath a thick crust of ice.Now there's a new element to the story, literally: That cold, dark oceanappears to contain a form of phosphorus, an essential ingredient forlife as we know it.
Rachel Maddow's 'Deja News' podcast a boon to fans who like her historical tangents
Rachel Maddow has something special for anyone who appreciates the occasional digressions into history on her weekly MSNBC show.She and her longtime producer, Isaac-Davy Aronson, debuted the first episode of Rachel Maddow Presents: Deja News on Monday.The six-episode podcast looks at historical incidents that can teach us lessons about current events.
Scientists Make Best-Yet Map of Solar System's Interstellar Boundaries
We live in a bubbleliterally.It's called the heliosphere, and it's made of tenuous plasma billowing from the sun.This ionized gas flows outward along magnetic field lines emerging from our star, spooling out in radial spirals tied to the sun's rotation.To venture beyond where this wind wanes against the greater flows of plasma coursing through our galaxy is, in a very real sense, to leave our solar system behind.
Most Aliens May Be Artificial Intelligence, Not Life as We Know It
The Fermi paradox takes its name from a 1950s visit by physicist Enrico Fermi to the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.One day, as Fermi was walking to lunch with physicist colleagues Emil Konopinski, Edward Teller and Herbert York, one mentioned a New Yorker cartoon depicting aliens stealing public trash cans from the streets of New York.
1. A team of scientists have captured the first ever X-ray image of a single atom.
2. This breakthrough was made possible by a novel method using an electron microscope, allowing the scientists to focus the X-ray beam to a spot size of just 0.2 nanometres.
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A Meteorite Fell in Their Bedroom. Here's What Happened Next
When you hear the word meteor, you probably think of so-called shooting starsthe streaks of light that zip across the night sky when a small bit of space debris, usually no bigger than a grain of sand, speeds through Earth's atmosphere and burns up because of friction with air molecules.If you have a more catastrophic bent, you might think of the bigger chunks of stuff that blow apart during their passage, generating powerful shock waves: A good example is the one that exploded above Chelyabinsk, Russia, in early 2013, injuring about 1,500 people and damaging thousands of buildings.
This alien ocean is the first known to have all elements crucial for life
Plumes of water ice and vapor spray from the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus, as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.(NASA/AP)Saturn's moon Enceladus has enticed scientists for years with its plumes fizzing their way up from an ocean beneath a thick crust of ice.Now there's a new element to the story, literally: That cold, dark oceanappears to contain a form of phosphorus, an essential ingredient forlife as we know it.
Rachel Maddow's 'Deja News' podcast a boon to fans who like her historical tangents
Rachel Maddow has something special for anyone who appreciates the occasional digressions into history on her weekly MSNBC show.She and her longtime producer, Isaac-Davy Aronson, debuted the first episode of Rachel Maddow Presents: Deja News on Monday.The six-episode podcast looks at historical incidents that can teach us lessons about current events.
Scientists Make Best-Yet Map of Solar System's Interstellar Boundaries
We live in a bubbleliterally.It's called the heliosphere, and it's made of tenuous plasma billowing from the sun.This ionized gas flows outward along magnetic field lines emerging from our star, spooling out in radial spirals tied to the sun's rotation.To venture beyond where this wind wanes against the greater flows of plasma coursing through our galaxy is, in a very real sense, to leave our solar system behind.
Most Aliens May Be Artificial Intelligence, Not Life as We Know It
The Fermi paradox takes its name from a 1950s visit by physicist Enrico Fermi to the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.One day, as Fermi was walking to lunch with physicist colleagues Emil Konopinski, Edward Teller and Herbert York, one mentioned a New Yorker cartoon depicting aliens stealing public trash cans from the streets of New York.
1. A team of scientists have captured the first ever X-ray image of a single atom.
2. This breakthrough was made possible by a novel method using an electron microscope, allowing the scientists to focus the X-ray beam to a spot size of just 0.2 nanometres.
3
A Meteorite Fell in Their Bedroom. Here's What Happened Next
When you hear the word meteor, you probably think of so-called shooting starsthe streaks of light that zip across the night sky when a small bit of space debris, usually no bigger than a grain of sand, speeds through Earth's atmosphere and burns up because of friction with air molecules.If you have a more catastrophic bent, you might think of the bigger chunks of stuff that blow apart during their passage, generating powerful shock waves: A good example is the one that exploded above Chelyabinsk, Russia, in early 2013, injuring about 1,500 people and damaging thousands of buildings.
This Fancy DC Bar Is Making Cocktails With Emu Necks and Bee Larvae
Ryan Chetiyawardana-known as Mr Lyan-is world famous for his cutting-edge cocktails.At his DC bar, Silver Lyan in Penn Quarter's Riggs hotel, the London-based barman has served microwaved Manhattans and sophisticated Jell-O shots.But his latest cocktail menu is perhaps the weirdest and most esoteric in DC.
If you've ventured outside after sunset recently and happened to glance to the west, you may have noticed an astonishingly bright star glaring down on you, seemingly hovering in the sky.Is it a helicopter, a supernova, agaspUFO?Nope.That's Venus, the second rock from the sun, Earth's evil twin and frequent UFO impersonator.
Five planets line up to put on celestial show for skywatchers tonight
Five planets will align in the night sky for an extraordinary view on Tuesday in a phenomenon dubbed a planetary parade.The planets Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars will come together on the western horizon, near the crescent moon, for a brief display after sunset.People almost anywhere on Earth with a westerly view and clear skies will be able to catch it.
Would building a Dyson sphere be worth it? We ran the numbers.
In 1960, visionary physicist Freeman Dyson proposed that an advanced alien civilization would someday quit fooling around with kindergarten-level stuff like wind turbines and nuclear reactors and finally go big, completely enclosing their home star to capture as much solar energy as they possibly could.
Boring Scientists Say Strange "Oumuamua" Space Object Wasn't Alien, Just Gassy
Move Over, Oumuamua Remember Oumuamua, that weird and allegedly alien object that flew past Earth back in 2017, when we were all so young and starry-eyed?Now, some scientists have a new and boring explanation for what it was - and reader, it may have nothing to do with aliens.In a new study published in the journal Nature this week, astronomy researchers out of Cornell and Berkeley suggested that Oumuamua, the interstellar interloper that whizzed past Earth in 2017 and has puzzled, mesmerized, and frustrated astronomers ever since, may well have been a gas-propelled comet with a tail so faint that we couldn't see it.
Alien Fossils Could Be Hiding in Meteorites on Earth - Study
No matter what science fiction says, it's hard to imagine humans will ever be able to stomp around a planet in another planetary system looking for life - the distances, time, and energy involved are simply too great.But what if we could look somewhere else? Somewhere a little closer to home?What if fossilized alien microbes are already coming to visit us-even if it's by accident?
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This Fancy DC Bar Is Making Cocktails With Emu Necks and Bee Larvae
Ryan Chetiyawardana-known as Mr Lyan-is world famous for his cutting-edge cocktails.At his DC bar, Silver Lyan in Penn Quarter's Riggs hotel, the London-based barman has served microwaved Manhattans and sophisticated Jell-O shots.But his latest cocktail menu is perhaps the weirdest and most esoteric in DC.
If you've ventured outside after sunset recently and happened to glance to the west, you may have noticed an astonishingly bright star glaring down on you, seemingly hovering in the sky.Is it a helicopter, a supernova, agaspUFO?Nope.That's Venus, the second rock from the sun, Earth's evil twin and frequent UFO impersonator.
Five planets line up to put on celestial show for skywatchers tonight
Five planets will align in the night sky for an extraordinary view on Tuesday in a phenomenon dubbed a planetary parade.The planets Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars will come together on the western horizon, near the crescent moon, for a brief display after sunset.People almost anywhere on Earth with a westerly view and clear skies will be able to catch it.
Would building a Dyson sphere be worth it? We ran the numbers.
In 1960, visionary physicist Freeman Dyson proposed that an advanced alien civilization would someday quit fooling around with kindergarten-level stuff like wind turbines and nuclear reactors and finally go big, completely enclosing their home star to capture as much solar energy as they possibly could.
Boring Scientists Say Strange "Oumuamua" Space Object Wasn't Alien, Just Gassy
Move Over, Oumuamua Remember Oumuamua, that weird and allegedly alien object that flew past Earth back in 2017, when we were all so young and starry-eyed?Now, some scientists have a new and boring explanation for what it was - and reader, it may have nothing to do with aliens.In a new study published in the journal Nature this week, astronomy researchers out of Cornell and Berkeley suggested that Oumuamua, the interstellar interloper that whizzed past Earth in 2017 and has puzzled, mesmerized, and frustrated astronomers ever since, may well have been a gas-propelled comet with a tail so faint that we couldn't see it.
Alien Fossils Could Be Hiding in Meteorites on Earth - Study
No matter what science fiction says, it's hard to imagine humans will ever be able to stomp around a planet in another planetary system looking for life - the distances, time, and energy involved are simply too great.But what if we could look somewhere else? Somewhere a little closer to home?What if fossilized alien microbes are already coming to visit us-even if it's by accident?
The Best Astronomy Apps For Families, According To Astronomers
Stargazing is one of the most underrated pastimes for families.It's educational - kids get to learn about the solar system in a fun, hands-on way and grow their love for science.It encourages the whole family to get outside and spend time in nature.It's great family bonding.Not to mention that the kids will be excited to stay up past their bedtime, when it's dark enough to see the stars.
How Open Source Developers Can Push the Universe's Frontier
Editor's note: Dr.-Ing.Thomas Albin is a speaker for ODSC Europe this June 14th-15th.Be sure to check out his talk, "Space Science with Python - Enabling Citizen Scientists," there!2009, a paper by Postberg et al. was published in Nature.The title: Sodium Salts in E-Ring Ice Grains from an Ocean Below the Surface of Enceladus.
Newfound Quasi-Moon' Has Been Earth's Fellow Traveler for Thousands of Years
Scientists recently discovered an asteroid that tags along with Earth during its yearly journey around the sun.Dubbed 2023 FW13, the space rock is considered a "quasi-moon" or "quasi-satellite," meaning it orbits the sun in a similar time frame as Earth does, but is only slightly influenced by our planet's gravitational pull.
JWST Spots Biggest Water Plume Yet Spewing from a Moon of Saturn
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spotted Saturn's moon Enceladus spraying out a huge plume of water vapour, much bigger than any previously seen there.This enormous cloud might contain the chemical ingredients of life, escaping from beneath the moon's icy surface.In 2005, a NASA spacecraft called Cassini discovered icy particles squirting from Enceladus's subsurface ocean through cracks in the moon's surface.
Life on Earth might have gotten a boost from the Sun's mega-tantrums
How, exactly, living things emerged on Earth remains a mystery.Now a new experiment has revealed that blasts of solar particles could have kickstarted the process by creating some of the basic components of life.Time in the sun Before so much as the first microbe existed, there had to be amino acids thought to have formed in one of the primordial oozes of early Earth.
This Comet Could Help Answer Why Earth Looks Like A "Blue Marble"
Comet 238P/Read is a strange rock.Its location just past Mars in the main asteroid belt is an unusual spot for a comet in our Solar System.And it's missing frozen carbon dioxide, frequently found on comets.Comet Read's most compelling quirk, however, is that it definitely has water.In a new study published Monday in the journal Nature, astronomers directed the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb) to study Comet 238P/Read using its Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec).
Saturn regains status as planet with most moons in solar system
Saturn has regained its crown as the planet with the most moons in the solar system, just months after being overtaken by its fellow gas giant Jupiter.The leap-frog comes after the discovery of 62 new moons of Saturn, bringing its official total to 145.Jupiter, which added 12 moons to its tally in February, has 95 moons that have been formally designated by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
Move Over Jupiter: Saturn Adds 62 More Moons to Its Count
In the red corner, Jupiter, the largest planet orbiting our sun, which shaped our solar system with its gravitational bulk.In the blue corner, Saturn, the magnificent ringed world with bewildering hexagonal storms at its poles.These two giant worlds are late in their bout for satellite-based supremacy.
Newfound Quasi-Moon' Has Been Earth's Fellow Traveler for Thousands of Years
Scientists recently discovered an asteroid that tags along with Earth during its yearly journey around the sun.Dubbed 2023 FW13, the space rock is considered a "quasi-moon" or "quasi-satellite," meaning it orbits the sun in a similar time frame as Earth does, but is only slightly influenced by our planet's gravitational pull.
JWST Spots Biggest Water Plume Yet Spewing from a Moon of Saturn
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spotted Saturn's moon Enceladus spraying out a huge plume of water vapour, much bigger than any previously seen there.This enormous cloud might contain the chemical ingredients of life, escaping from beneath the moon's icy surface.In 2005, a NASA spacecraft called Cassini discovered icy particles squirting from Enceladus's subsurface ocean through cracks in the moon's surface.
Life on Earth might have gotten a boost from the Sun's mega-tantrums
How, exactly, living things emerged on Earth remains a mystery.Now a new experiment has revealed that blasts of solar particles could have kickstarted the process by creating some of the basic components of life.Time in the sun Before so much as the first microbe existed, there had to be amino acids thought to have formed in one of the primordial oozes of early Earth.
This Comet Could Help Answer Why Earth Looks Like A "Blue Marble"
Comet 238P/Read is a strange rock.Its location just past Mars in the main asteroid belt is an unusual spot for a comet in our Solar System.And it's missing frozen carbon dioxide, frequently found on comets.Comet Read's most compelling quirk, however, is that it definitely has water.In a new study published Monday in the journal Nature, astronomers directed the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb) to study Comet 238P/Read using its Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec).
Saturn regains status as planet with most moons in solar system
Saturn has regained its crown as the planet with the most moons in the solar system, just months after being overtaken by its fellow gas giant Jupiter.The leap-frog comes after the discovery of 62 new moons of Saturn, bringing its official total to 145.Jupiter, which added 12 moons to its tally in February, has 95 moons that have been formally designated by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
Move Over Jupiter: Saturn Adds 62 More Moons to Its Count
In the red corner, Jupiter, the largest planet orbiting our sun, which shaped our solar system with its gravitational bulk.In the blue corner, Saturn, the magnificent ringed world with bewildering hexagonal storms at its poles.These two giant worlds are late in their bout for satellite-based supremacy.
This Poem Is Traveling to One of Jupiter's Moons on a NASA Spacecraft - Washingtonian
When NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft embarks on its six-year, 1.8 billion mile journey toward one of Jupiter's icy moons in October 2024, it won't only search for conditions suitable for life-it'll also grace the cosmos with the verse of US Poet Laureate Ada Limón.Etched onto the spacecraft will be Limón's latest poem, "In Praise of Mystery," written specifically for the ambitious mission and unveiled at the Library of Congress last night.
To better understand the scale of time and feed your existential dread, Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh used LED lights spread miles across a desert, proportional to milestones in the history of the universe.The model stretched 4.3 miles to represent 13.8 trillion years.See also the seven-mile scale model of the Solar System, which is another video in their To Scale series.
Astronomers spot Earth-sized planet carpeted by volcanoes
Astronomers have discovered a rocky Earth-sized exoplanet they believe is "likely carpeted with volcanoes" and may be capable of supporting an atmosphere and liquid water, according to a paper published in Nature on Wednesday.The strange new world, romantically dubbed LP 791-18d, has radius and a mass similar to Earth.
Webb spots more debris rings around nearby star Formalhaut
The James Webb Space Telescope is stirring up more space mysteries with the discovery of an additional pair of debris belts around a young nearby star long believed to have only one.As opposed to having just one dusty ring roughly twice the size of the solar system's Kuiper Belt around it, JWST used the Mid-Infrared Instrument, or MIRI, to spot two more dust belts nestled within the outer belt surrounding the star Fomalhaut.
Astronomers spot Earth-sized planet carpeted by volcanoes
Astronomers have discovered a rocky Earth-sized exoplanet they believe is "likely carpeted with volcanoes" and may be capable of supporting an atmosphere and liquid water, according to a paper published in Nature on Wednesday.The strange new world, romantically dubbed LP 791-18d, has radius and a mass similar to Earth.
Webb spots more debris rings around nearby star Formalhaut
The James Webb Space Telescope is stirring up more space mysteries with the discovery of an additional pair of debris belts around a young nearby star long believed to have only one.As opposed to having just one dusty ring roughly twice the size of the solar system's Kuiper Belt around it, JWST used the Mid-Infrared Instrument, or MIRI, to spot two more dust belts nestled within the outer belt surrounding the star Fomalhaut.
Ambitious Arab mission to explore seven asteroids, including a very red one
About a year and a half ago, the United Arab Emirates announced an ambitious deep space mission to explore the asteroid belt, with the aim of visiting seven different asteroids.The Arab country, working with the University of Colorado Boulder, aimed to launch the mission as soon as 2028.It envisioned the probe as a suitable follow-up to the successful launch and flight of the Emirates Mars Mission, which reached orbit around Mars in early 2021 and is continuing to study the red planet's thin atmosphere and seasonal weather variations.
This Exoplanet's Weird Orbit Defies the Rules of Physics
In our Solar System, the planetary orbits all have a similar orientation.Their orbital planes vary by a few degrees, but roughly the planets all orbit in the same direction.This invariable plane, as it's known, also has an orientation within a few degrees of the Sun's rotational plane.Most planetary systems have a similar arrangement, where planetary orbits and stellar rotation are roughly aligned.
Ultraviolet Light Produces A Toxic Gas in This Planet's Hellish Atmosphere
Ultraviolet light blasting the atmosphere of giant exoplanet WASP-39b is producing a toxic gas called sulfur dioxide.WASP-39b, an exoplanet about 700 light years away, is about as massive as Saturn, but it orbits its Sun-like star on a scorchingly close four-day orbit.Its hellishly hot 1600°F atmosphere contains carbon dioxide, water, and a noxious chemical called sulfur dioxide.
Webb Telescope Makes a Discouraging Discovery at TRAPPIST-1 - Is There Still Hope for Life?
Recent observations with the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that the innermost world of the TRAPPIST-1 system has no atmosphere - or at most, it's extremely thinly veiled with the tattered remnants of its original atmosphere.That's not surprising, given how closely the planet orbits a star with a wild past.
There's a simpler answer to 'Oumuamua's weird orbit: Outgassing hydrogen
In late 2017, our Solar System received its very first known interstellar visitor: a bizarre cigar-shaped object hurtling past at 44 kilometers per second, dubbed 'Oumuamua (Hawaiian for "messenger from afar arriving first").Was it a comet?An asteroid?A piece of alien technology?Scientists have been puzzling over the origin and unusual characteristics of 'Oumuamua ever since, most notably its strange orbit, and suggesting various models to account for them.
Ambitious Arab mission to explore seven asteroids, including a very red one
About a year and a half ago, the United Arab Emirates announced an ambitious deep space mission to explore the asteroid belt, with the aim of visiting seven different asteroids.The Arab country, working with the University of Colorado Boulder, aimed to launch the mission as soon as 2028.It envisioned the probe as a suitable follow-up to the successful launch and flight of the Emirates Mars Mission, which reached orbit around Mars in early 2021 and is continuing to study the red planet's thin atmosphere and seasonal weather variations.
This Exoplanet's Weird Orbit Defies the Rules of Physics
In our Solar System, the planetary orbits all have a similar orientation.Their orbital planes vary by a few degrees, but roughly the planets all orbit in the same direction.This invariable plane, as it's known, also has an orientation within a few degrees of the Sun's rotational plane.Most planetary systems have a similar arrangement, where planetary orbits and stellar rotation are roughly aligned.
Ultraviolet Light Produces A Toxic Gas in This Planet's Hellish Atmosphere
Ultraviolet light blasting the atmosphere of giant exoplanet WASP-39b is producing a toxic gas called sulfur dioxide.WASP-39b, an exoplanet about 700 light years away, is about as massive as Saturn, but it orbits its Sun-like star on a scorchingly close four-day orbit.Its hellishly hot 1600°F atmosphere contains carbon dioxide, water, and a noxious chemical called sulfur dioxide.
Webb Telescope Makes a Discouraging Discovery at TRAPPIST-1 - Is There Still Hope for Life?
Recent observations with the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that the innermost world of the TRAPPIST-1 system has no atmosphere - or at most, it's extremely thinly veiled with the tattered remnants of its original atmosphere.That's not surprising, given how closely the planet orbits a star with a wild past.
There's a simpler answer to 'Oumuamua's weird orbit: Outgassing hydrogen
In late 2017, our Solar System received its very first known interstellar visitor: a bizarre cigar-shaped object hurtling past at 44 kilometers per second, dubbed 'Oumuamua (Hawaiian for "messenger from afar arriving first").Was it a comet?An asteroid?A piece of alien technology?Scientists have been puzzling over the origin and unusual characteristics of 'Oumuamua ever since, most notably its strange orbit, and suggesting various models to account for them.
Alien Fossils Could Be Hidden Across Earth And We Must Find Them, Scientist Says
ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs.Whether or not we're alone in the universe is one of humanity and science's most enduring questions.But now a new paper is asking whether or not we're even alone on Earth.The theory was published this month in the International Journal of Astrobiology and proposes the possibility that sub-micron sized alien fossils or minerals may be floating through space or even buried deep under our planet's oceans or ice sheets as the result of asteroid impacts on other planets.
China Found Something Fascinating in Glass Beads Strewn Across Moon
Moonal Beads China's Chang'e-5 lander successfully drilled into the surface of the Moon back in 2020, culminating in the first successful sample return mission since the 1970s.Now that scientists are poring over the data, examining the 3.7 pounds of lunar regolith that were returned by the mission in 2021, they say they've made an exciting discovery.
Alien Fossils Could Be Hidden Across Earth And We Must Find Them, Scientist Says
ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs.Whether or not we're alone in the universe is one of humanity and science's most enduring questions.But now a new paper is asking whether or not we're even alone on Earth.The theory was published this month in the International Journal of Astrobiology and proposes the possibility that sub-micron sized alien fossils or minerals may be floating through space or even buried deep under our planet's oceans or ice sheets as the result of asteroid impacts on other planets.
China Found Something Fascinating in Glass Beads Strewn Across Moon
Moonal Beads China's Chang'e-5 lander successfully drilled into the surface of the Moon back in 2020, culminating in the first successful sample return mission since the 1970s.Now that scientists are poring over the data, examining the 3.7 pounds of lunar regolith that were returned by the mission in 2021, they say they've made an exciting discovery.
The OnePlus 11 arrived in early December, followed by a global release in February.The phone was launched in two colors, Black and Green, and today it gets a third option that is by far the best-looking of the three.The unique edition is called Jupiter Rock and is designed after the surface of the biggest planet in our Solar System.
Water trapped in tiny glass beads on the Moon could hydrate future settlements | Engadget
ElOjoTorpe via Getty Images China's Chang'e 5 rover has found tiny glass beads containing water in an impact crater on the Moon.Samples collected from a 2020 mission found beads with water content as high as 2,000 parts per million (PPM).Given the prevalence of these glass spheres on the lunar surface, there may be enough to provide 71 trillion gallons of water.
Scientists discover water inside glass beads on the Moon DW 03/27/2023
10 minutes ago10 minutes ago The Moon has an estimated 270 trillion kilograms of water stored inside tiny glass beads that "explorers of tomorrow" can extract and use, a new study says.Researchers have discovered water inside glass beads formed by violent collisions of space rocks with the surface of the Moon, suggesting their potential use by "future explorers."
Scientists discover water inside tiny beads of glass on moon
Analysis of lunar soil samples shows spheres of glass hold water inside them, scientists have said.Scientists say they have discovered water trapped inside tiny beads of glass scattered across the moon, suggesting a potential reservoir of this precious resource for future human activities on the lunar surface.
Scientists discover water inside glass beads on the Moon DW 03/27/2023
10 minutes ago10 minutes ago The Moon has an estimated 270 trillion kilograms of water stored inside tiny glass beads that "explorers of tomorrow" can extract and use, a new study says.Researchers have discovered water inside glass beads formed by violent collisions of space rocks with the surface of the Moon, suggesting their potential use by "future explorers."
Scientists discover water inside tiny beads of glass on moon
Analysis of lunar soil samples shows spheres of glass hold water inside them, scientists have said.Scientists say they have discovered water trapped inside tiny beads of glass scattered across the moon, suggesting a potential reservoir of this precious resource for future human activities on the lunar surface.
How a NASA Drone Could Find Traces of Life on Saturn's Weirdest Moon
The highly-anticipated Dragonfly robotic rotorcraft mission to Saturn's moon Titan is scheduled to launch in 2027.When it arrives in the mid-2030s, it will hover and zoom around in the thick atmosphere of Titan, sampling the air and imaging the landscape.What could be more exciting than that!? Well, actually ... there's more: Dragonfly will also be equipped with a mass spectrometer that will help it search for the chemistry of life in this alien world.