Scientists find sun's history buried in moon's crust
The Sun is why we're here. It's also why Martians or Venusians are not.
Space Exploration
Jun 17, 2019
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News tagged with solar system
How the solar system got its 'Great Divide,' and why it matters for life on Earth
Scientists, including those from the University of Colorado Boulder, have finally scaled the solar system's equivalent of the Rocky Mountain range.
Astronomy
Jan 13, 2020
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The earliest atmosphere on Mercury
Mercury is a most unusual planet. The smallest planet in the solar system, and the closest planet to the sun, it is in a 3:2 spin resonance, slowly turning and experiencing scorching heat up to 430 degrees Celsius, and the ...
New world record for direct solar water-splitting efficiency
Hydrogen will play a central role as a storage medium in sustainable energy systems. An international team of researchers has now succeeded in raising the efficiency of producing hydrogen from direct solar water-splitting ...
Materials Science
Jul 6, 2018
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Astronomers find closest black hole to Earth
A team of astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other institutes has discovered a black hole lying just 1000 light-years from Earth. The black hole is closer to our Solar System than any other found ...
Astronomy
May 6, 2020
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In US capital, selfies with asteroid hinting at Earth's origins
In a hushed room of a museum in Washington, cameras and cell phones focus on a tiny piece of rock, no larger than a piece of gravel.
Space Exploration
Nov 4, 2023
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What is the smallest planet? (It's not Pluto.) Taking a closer look at planet sizes.
As elementary schoolers, we learned the order of the planets. Maybe your teacher even had a snappy mnemonic like "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas" or "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos" after ...
Planetary Sciences
Sep 12, 2022
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Unique fragment from Earth's formation returns after billions of years in cold storage
In a paper to be published today in the journal Science Advances, lead author Karen Meech of the University of Hawai`i's Institute for Astronomy and her colleagues conclude that C/2014 S3 (PANSTARRS) formed in the inner Solar ...
Space Exploration
Apr 29, 2016
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Puzzling six-exoplanet system with rhythmic movement challenges theories of how planets form
Using a combination of telescopes, including the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO's VLT), astronomers have revealed a system consisting of six exoplanets, five of which are locked in a rare rhythm ...
Astronomy
Jan 25, 2021
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Accessing the arches of chaos in the solar system for fast transport
Space manifolds form the boundaries of dynamic channels to provide fast transport to the innermost and outermost reaches of the solar system. Such features are an important element in spacecraft navigation and mission design, ...
