Comet or asteroid: What killed the dinosaurs and where did it come from?
It forever changed history when it crashed into Earth about 66 million years ago.
It forever changed history when it crashed into Earth about 66 million years ago.
Astronomy
Feb 15, 2021
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A small team of astronomers have found a new way to 'see' the elusive dark matter haloes that surround galaxies, with a new technique 10 times more precise than the previous-best method. The work is published in Monthly Notices ...
Astronomy
Nov 6, 2020
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NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This discovery indicates that water may be distributed across the lunar surface, ...
Astronomy
Oct 26, 2020
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A team of transatlantic scientists, using reanalyzed data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, has discovered an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting in its star's habitable zone, the area around a star where a rocky planet could ...
Astronomy
Apr 15, 2020
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K2-18b, which is eight times the mass of Earth, is now the only planet orbiting a star outside the Solar System, or 'exoplanet', known to have both water and temperatures that could support life.
Astronomy
Sep 11, 2019
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NASA is accelerating plans to return Americans to the Moon, and this time, the US space agency says it will be there to stay.
Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2019
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Simulations with animal models meant to mirror galactic cosmic radiation exposure to astronauts are raising red flags for investigators at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) about the health of astronauts during ...
Space Exploration
Oct 1, 2018
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While the Moon is uninhabitable today, there could have been life on its surface in the distant past.
Space Exploration
Jul 23, 2018
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NASA's Kepler mission has verified 1,284 new planets – the single largest finding of planets to date.
Astronomy
May 10, 2016
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Researchers using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have discovered the first gamma-ray pulsar in a galaxy other than our own. The object sets a new record for the most luminous gamma-ray pulsar known.
Astronomy
Nov 12, 2015
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