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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
Urwerk's UR-100V LightSpeed clocks speed of light as it beams through our solar system - Yanko Design
The UR-100V LightSpeed is a timepiece inspired by the concept of light and the time it takes for sunlight to reach each planet in our solar system.
The watch features a miniature solar system on the dial, with indications of the time it takes for light to reach each planet, ranging from minutes to hours. [ more ]
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 ]
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 ]
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.
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.
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 ]
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.
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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.
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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.
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This Renovated 1904 Bloomingdale Rowhouse Mixes Original Victorian Details With Clean, Modern Touches - Washingtonian
When D'Artagnan Catellier and Eric Struchen bought this 1904 Victorian rowhouse in Bloomingdale, they knew it had potential.The couple-they're both 45, and Catellier is a technology director and Struchen is a merchandising manager-was living in a Shaw rowhouse at the time and ready for a home with more windows and natural light in a quieter neighborhood.
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.
This Incredibly Bright Star Is Visible To The Naked Eye All May
There is so much to look forward to when the seasons change from spring to summer, and for stargazers, the month of May brings an extra dazzle.One of the brightest stars in our sky shines spectacularly bright in May, so much that even moonlight can't dim its glow.Here's what you need to know about Vega - including where to see it shining in the sky.
Ed Sheeran's Baby Girl's Name Is Out Of This World
Ed Sheeran is a dad to two little girls, and in a recent interview, we finally learned the unique name he and his wife, Cherry Seaborn, gave to their second baby born 10 months ago.In the cover story for Rolling Stone, the musician opened up about his life at home with his family, and we think his daughter's name might help spark a new baby name trend.
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.
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.
After 15 Year Journey, NASA Suddenly Redirecting Deep Space Mission to New Target
For almost 15 years, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has been blasting through the cosmos on a journey to study the farthest reaches of our solar system.But now that it's gotten there, NASA has made a surprise announcement: that the mission's primary target is changing from the mysterious objects lurking in our system's Kuiper asteroid belt to studying the environment at the distant reaches of the Sun instead - a necksnapping change that has upset the scientists in charge of the mission, Gizmodo reports.
Webb Telescope Exposes New Clues in the Search for Alien Life
The world's most powerful space telescope has captured an unprecedented glimpse of a young star system that contains clues about the existence of extraterrestrial life, reports a new study.The results shed light on the potential habitability of planets that form around red dwarf stars, which are much smaller and far more common than stars like the Sun.
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.
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.
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.
Day meets night on Earth-sized exoplanet rocked by volcanism
It is a planet that does not rotate with one side perpetually in daylight and the other in darkness.Evidence has emerged of an Earth-sized planet in the Milky Way about 86 light years away that is a rugged and rocky world tormented by constant eruptions.Scientists said on Wednesday the planet is likely covered with volcanoes similar to Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanically active body in our solar system.
The James Webb Space Telescope reveals a mysterious planet to be weirdly shiny
This artist's impression shows a hazy sub-Neptune-sized planet recently observed with the James Webb Space Telescope.NASA/JPL-Caltech/R.Hurt (IPAC) An enigmatic, cloud-enshrouded planet that has puzzled astronomers for years turns out to be less hot than expected and surprisingly shiny.That's what the James Webb Space Telescope revealed when it peered at a so-called mini-Neptune that astronomers have been trying to understand ever since it was first discovered around another star over a decade ago, according to a new report published by the journal Nature.
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.
Glass beads on moon's surface may hold billions of tonnes of water, scientists say
Tiny glass beads strewn across the moon's surface contain potentially billions of tonnes of water that could be extracted and used by astronauts on future lunar missions, researchers say.The discovery is thought to be one of the most important breakthroughs yet for space agencies that have set their sights on building bases on the moon, as it means there could be a highly accessible source of not only water but also hydrogen and oxygen.
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.
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.
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 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.
As many as four moons around Uranus may have oceans below the surface
In recent decades, NASA has sent large spacecraft-Galileo and Cassini, respectively-to fly around Jupiter and Venus to explore the dozens of moons that exist in those planetary systems.The spacecraft investigated all manner of intriguing moons, from little radiation-saturated hellholes to a world covered in volcanoes.
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.
Saturn's Youthful Rings and Newfound Moons Put It in Stargazing Spotlight
Saturn is the jewel of the solar system, with its magnificent rings and retinue of weird moons.It's the faintest of the naked-eye planetstechnically Uranus is sometimes bright enough to see, though you need good eyesight and a very dark sitebut still fairly easy to pick out among the stars.If you're an early riser (or a late partier), then now is a decent time to look for Saturn, not because it's brighter or closer to Earth than usual but because it's made some news recently.
We're effectively alone in the Universe, and that's OK
Silence.Complete, unnerving silence.Despite decades of searches for any form of life, intelligent or otherwise, out there in the cosmos, the Universe has but one message for us: No one is answering.But that solitude is not a curse.The great expanse of the empty heavens above us does not carry with it an impossible burden of loneliness.
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).
Bizarre Space Experiment Reveals What Bach Sounds Like When Played on Venus and Mars
As we seek to get a deeper understanding of the known objects in the Solar System, under-utilized senses may become a critical asset.Take sound, for instance.Sound can be an approach to model data.It can portray the motion of hot gas as it responds to lighting on Saturn.In one technique called sonification, information from space telescopes can be put to musical sounds.
Astronomers Caught The Exact Moment a Dying Star Swallowed an Entire Planet
Whether we like it or not, someday, our Sun will swell outward and engulf our planet like a fiery amoeba.That's the fate of most worlds around middleweight stars, according to physics.And astronomers recently witnessed it for the first time in a star system 12,000 light years away.They published their findings in the journal Nature.
Water is trapped in glass beads on the moon's surface, lunar samples show | CNN
Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter.Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.Trillions of pounds of water may be strewn across the moon, trapped in tiny glass beads that could have formed when asteroids struck the lunar surface, according to a new study.
JWST Will Hunt for Dead Solar Systemsand Much Morein Its Second Year of Science
Where do you point the world's most powerful space telescope?It's not an easy question.The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in December 2021, has amazed astronomers since it began sending back its first science data in July 2022.It has seen galaxies breathtakingly close to the dawn of time, probed the atmospheres of exoplanets in unprecedented detail and provided stunning new views of worlds in our solar system.
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.
Scientists criticise Nasa for scaling back mission to explore beyond Pluto
It may have reached the edge of the solar system and travelled more than 5 billion miles through space, but the New Horizons spacecraft is causing major ripples on Earth.A dispute has erupted between scientists and US space officials in the wake of Nasa's decision to stop funding next year for the vessel's main mission.
Astronomers have seen the largest explosion yet in space
Astronomers have observed the largest explosion yet in space that we're aware of, a years-long event involving a supermassive black hole estimated to be one billion times more massive than the Sun that continues to rage.The eruption, codenamed AT2021lwx, was first recorded by ground-based telescopes - the Zwicky Transient Facility in California, and the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in Hawaii - in 2020.
More evidence emerges that Saturn's rings are much younger than the planet
Astronomers had long assumed that Saturn's distinctive rings formed around the same time as the planet some 4.5 billion years ago in the earliest days of our Solar System.That assumption received a serious challenge from a 2019 analysis of data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, suggesting that the rings were just 10 million to 100 million years ago-a mere blink of an eye on cosmic time scales.
Astronomers Explain What Caused the Largest Cosmic Explosion Ever Seen
It was only last October that telescopes spotted a gamma ray burstcaused by the collapse of a black holethat was so powerful astronomers quickly dubbed it BOAT, for Brightest of all Time.That was a fair enough nickname for such a sensational emissionfor a little while anyway.But BOAT has just been busted to second most powerful.
Astronomers capture largest cosmic explosion ever witnessed
It started as an unremarkable flicker in the night sky.But closer observations revealed that astronomers had captured the largest cosmic explosion ever witnessed, an event thought to have been triggered by a giant cloud of gas being gobbled up by a supermassive black hole.The flare-up, traced to 8bn light years away, is more than 10 times brighter than any known supernova and has so far lasted more than three years, making it the most energetic explosion on record.
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.
Look! Webb Space Telescope Discovers New Rings Around a Nearby Star
From dust we came, or so the saying goes.As scientists continue to render faraway primordial puffs with tools like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), they're revealing a lot of new science about how planets are born.In a study published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy, astronomers showcase not one, not two, but three rings of debris around a hot and nearby star called Fomalhaut, located just 25 light-years away from Earth in the direction of the southern constellation Piscis Austrinus.
Webb Telescope Finds a Star Cloaked in 3 Rings of Ruined Worlds
Fomalhaut, a star just 25 light-years away, is so dazzlingly bright that it blots out the faint light of other stars around it.Stargazers have been enraptured by its secrets for thousands of years.Now, with the help of the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have documented evidence that Fomalhaut is a dynamic star wreathed in cosmic chaos.
Hubble spots stellar midwife unit pumping out baby planets
The Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered evidence of planets emerging from a disk of dust and gas surrounding a young star nearly 200 light years from our solar system.A sequence of images taken in 2016 and 2021 show changes in the shadows surrounding a 10-million-year-old star which researchers suggest are signs of the early development of planets.
Astronomers Caught a Rare Glimpse of an Exoplanet Being Born
While astronomers have discovered more than 5,000 exoplanets (other worlds orbiting other stars beyond our Sun), they've caught very few in the act of being born.In fact, until recently, they'd only found two - PDS b and PDS c, gas giant exoplanets orbiting a dwarf star about 370-light years from Earth in the constellation Centaurus.
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.
NASA is keeping Voyager 2 going until at least 2026 by tapping into backup power
Artist's concept of NASA's Voyager spacecraft.After the Voyager 1 and its replica Voyager 2 launched in 1977, their power sources are slowly dying.NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft, which has been probing the outer bounds of the solar system for over 45 years, is running out of power.But a new plan aims to keep its interstellar mission alive for at least three more years.
Moonquakes? Scientists are cracking open the mystery of icy moons
The European Space Agency's (ESA) recently launched Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer ( JUICE) mission and NASA's upcoming Europa Clipper mission could allow scientists to image landslides on the icy moons of Europa and Ganymede due to potential moonquakes on these small worlds.This comes after a recent study examined fault scarps on Europa and Ganymede orbiting Jupiter and Enceladus and Dione orbiting Saturn to try to draw a connection between tectonic activity (quakes) and observed mass wasting (landslides) on these surfaces.
Voyager 1's historic mission. By Sam Trotman Hampton School
The Voyager 1 in front ofJupiter (Image: inews) On the 5th of September 1977 the NASA satellite space probe, Voyager 1 began its voyage into deeper space.Its mission?For both NASA and humanity to explore the greater depths of our solar system and the reaches of outer space.Voyager 1 is currently the furthest man-made object from earth at an estimated 14,793,615,768 miles away from the Earth and has been travelling for over 45 years.
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.
Scientists observe flattest' explosion ever seen in space study
An explosion the size of our solar system has baffled scientists, as its shape similar to that of an extremely flat disc challenges everything they know about explosions in space.Astronomers observed the explosion 180 million light years away, and they say it is much flatter than ever thought possible.
Brightest-ever gamma ray burst (the "BOAT") continues to puzzle astronomers
On the morning of October 9, 2022, multiple space-based detectors picked up a powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB) passing through our Solar System, sending astronomers around the world scrambling to train their telescopes on that part of the sky to collect vital data on the event and its aftermath.Dubbed GRB 221009A and deemed likely to be the "birth cry" of a new black hole, the gamma-ray burst is the most powerful yet recorded.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Webb Telescope confirms nearby rocky planet has no atmosphere
At this point, we've discovered lots of exoplanets that fall under the general label "Earth-like."They're rocky, and many orbit at distances from their host stars to potentially have moderate temperatures.But "like" is doing a lot of work there.In many cases, we have no idea whether they even have an atmosphere, and the greenhouse effect means that the atmosphere can have a huge impact on the planet's temperature.
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.
Shiny Glass Beads Reveal How the Moon 'Recharges' Its Water
Shiny glass beads from the Moon are bringing scientists one step closer to understanding how future astronauts might survive the seemingly barren lunar terrain, and how the Solar System evolves today.A week ahead of NASA's highly-anticipated Artemis II crew announcement, Nature Geoscience has published a new study about glass beads on the Moon that formed during meteorite impacts over the last several billion years.
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.
Secrets uncovered as scientists explore Beethoven's DNA | CNN
A version of this story appeared in CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter.To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here.The idea of time travel has always fascinated me.Since I was a kid, I've imagined a Jetsons-like future with flying cars and the ability to journey to the past, as the Time Traveller did in H.G. Wells' novella The Time Machine.
Scientists uncover what accelerated an interstellar comet through our solar system | CNN
Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter.Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.In 2017, Oumuamua became the first observed interstellar object to zip through our solar system, and its appearance sparked questions scientists are still trying to answer.
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.
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?
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.
I have a crystal ball with the fascinating ability to predict the future.It is a precious sphere that has been sculpted by hundreds of thousands of hands over time.It works perfectly, and when it doesn't, it has the incredible ability to heal itself.It has only one small problem: it's not easy to learn to use even though it comes with an instruction manual.
The Mystery of Alleged Alien Object 'Oumuamua Has Been Solved, Scientists Say
ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs.The first interstellar object ever discovered in our solar system, known as Oumuamua, has attracted immense interest and controversy since it was spotted in October 2017.Though this weird object is long gone, having since sped back into the interstellar wilds, a raucous debate over its origin has persisted here on Earth, driven in part by speculation among some scientists that the object could have been an alien artifact instead of a natural entity.
Interstellar Solar System guest 'Oumuamua a comet: Research
The cigar-shaped 'Oumuamua, the first interstellar object in recorded human history to whizz through the Solar System, is a comet after all, a pair of astronomers declared in research published in Nature on Wednesday.In 2017, 'Oumuamua captured the imagination of scientists and space fans with its peculiar characteristics.
5 planets could be visible in the night sky next week
The Milky Way's Galactic Center and Jupiter (brightest spot at center top) are seen from near Reboledo, department of Florida, Uruguay, early on August 24, 2020.Mariana Suarez/AFP via Getty Images Look up later this month, and you might be in for an out-of-this world sight no telescope required.Five planets Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars will be visible across the night sky for many viewers on Earth around March 27 and 28.
Scientists Solve the Mystery Behind the Oumuamua 'Alien Spacecraft' Comet
The astronomers operating the Pan-STARRS1 telescope on the island of Maui were not expecting to hit cosmic paydirt on Oct. 19, 2017but they did.On what was otherwise an ordinary night of skygazing, they suddenly spotted what is easily the oddest comet ever detected.Its high speed87 km per second (54 mi. per second)and highly elliptical angle indicated that it originated from deep space, the first known interstellar object ever to enter our solar system.