The notion of living in a bubble is usually associated with negative connotations, but all life on Earth is dependent on the safe bubble created by our magnetic field. Understanding how the field is generated, how it protects ...
Planetary Sciences
Dec 16, 2021
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On Sept. 18, NASA's InSight lander celebrated its 1,000th Martian day, or sol, by measuring one of the biggest, longest-lasting marsquakes the mission has ever detected. The temblor is estimated to be about a magnitude 4.2 ...
Planetary Sciences
Sep 22, 2021
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Using the powerful 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera (DECam) in Chile, astronomers just ten days ago discovered an asteroid with the shortest orbital period of any known asteroid in the Solar System. The orbit of the approximately ...
Astronomy
Aug 23, 2021
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In 1610, Galileo peered through his telescope and spotted four bright moons orbiting Jupiter, dispelling the long-held notion that all celestial bodies revolved around the Earth. In 2024, when scientists expect to send the ...
Space Exploration
Jul 5, 2021
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A group of astronomers has discovered eight millisecond pulsars located within the dense clusters of stars, known as "globular clusters," using South Africa's MeerKAT radio telescope.
Astronomy
Apr 28, 2021
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Almost half a century ago the creators of Star Wars imagined a life-sustaining planet, Tatooine, orbiting a pair of stars. Now, 44 years later, scientists have found new evidence that that five known systems with multiple ...
Astronomy
Apr 15, 2021
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Planet Nine is a theoretical, undiscovered giant planet in the mysterious far reaches of our solar system.
Astronomy
May 26, 2020
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A Chinese spaceship is working normally in orbit, with its solar panels in position and a communication link established, the government said Thursday.
Space Exploration
May 7, 2020
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Astronomers may have discovered a new kind of survival story: a star that had a brush with a giant black hole and lived to tell the tale through exclamations of X-rays.
Astronomy
Apr 24, 2020
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Venezuela's first communications satellite, launched in 2008, is out of service due to a systems failure, the country's government said Wednesday.
Space Exploration
Mar 26, 2020
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