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Social Sciences Jan 11, 2024

Church without God: How secular congregations fill a need for some nonreligious Americans

Shared testimonies, collective singing, silent meditation and baptism rituals—these are all activities you might find at a Christian church service on a Sunday morning in the United States. But what would it look like if ...

Space Exploration Jan 8, 2024

Should we send humans to Pluto?

Universe Today has examined the potential for sending humans to Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, the planet Venus, and Saturn's largest moon, Titan, all despite their respective harsh environments and vast distances. These conversations ...

Planetary Sciences Jan 2, 2024

How many planets could be in the Kuiper Belt?

A recent study published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters investigates the potential existence of Mars-sized free-floating planets (FFPs)—also known as rogue planets, starless planets, and wandering planets—that could ...

Space Exploration Dec 5, 2023

Europa clipper could help discover if Jupiter's moon is habitable

Since 1979, when the Voyager probes flew past Jupiter and its system of moons, scientists have speculated about the possibility of life within Europa. Based on planetary modeling, Europa is believed to be differentiated between ...

Environment Nov 30, 2023

Doctor Who: What the show gets wrong about climate change and energy justice

Fans around the globe have been celebrating 60 years of Doctor Who—the world's longest-running science fiction series. It may at times seem silly and childish, but people's ideas of how the world works, could work and should ...

Planetary Sciences Nov 30, 2023

Dwarf planet Eris is 'squishier' than expected

University of California, Santa Cruz Professor of Planetary Sciences Francis Nimmo recently co-authored a Science Advances paper about the internal structure of the dwarf planet Eris.

Astronomy Nov 28, 2023

For its next trick, Gaia could help detect background gravitational waves in the universe

Ripples in a pond can be captivating on a nice sunny day as can ripples in the very fabric of space, although the latter are a little harder to observe. Using the highly tuned Gaia probe, a team of astronomers proposes in ...

Planetary Sciences Nov 27, 2023

Where are all the double planets?

A recent study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society examines formation mechanisms for how binary planets—two large planetary bodies orbiting each other—can be produced from a type of tidal heating ...

Astrobiology Nov 17, 2023

Unveiling Mercury's geological mysteries: Salt glaciers, primordial atmosphere, and the new frontiers of astrobiology

Scientists from the Planetary Science Institute have uncovered evidence of potential salt glaciers on Mercury, opening a new frontier in astrobiology by revealing a volatile environment that might echo habitability conditions ...

Space Exploration Nov 17, 2023

Study of WE0913A moon impactor shows it was a Chinese booster rocket with an unknown object attached

A team of aerospace and mechanical engineers from the University of Arizona, California Institute of Technology, Project Pluto and the Planetary Science Institute has found evidence strongly suggesting that the March 4, 2022, ...

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