Two rocket boosters, made up of parts launched on more than Rocket 0 space shuttle missions, are now parked outside Los Angeles, moving a retired NASA orbiter closer to a step to keep the display standing. The two solid rocket motors that Northrop Grumman promised to donate to the 2017 …
Read More »Exoplanets rich in carbon can be made of diamonds
Picture of a carbon rich planet with diamonds and silica as the main mineral. Water carbide can transform a planet from a diamond-rich planet. In the interior, the main minerals will be diamond and silica (a layer of crystals in the picture). The main (dark blue) can be an iron-carbon …
Read More »Hubble Telescope observations highlight the peculiarities of dark matter
Once again, scientists have realized that when it comes to Dark matter, They are missing a piece or two of the puzzle. Dark matter makes up more than a quarter of the universe, scientists have realized, but they have not yet learned how to look at it directly. (Strange material …
Read More »The moon is rusting and the earth may be the culprit
A new study published in Science Advances by lead author Shuai Li has found that hematite – a form of corrosion – was found on the moon. Rust is made up of iron, oxygen and water – the latter two components are the moon. Not known to be, which confuses …
Read More »Mind-blowing Andromeda Galaxy and ‘Cosmic Inferno’ space photo win top prizes in the contest
The Andromeda Galaxy has 2 million light-years Earth, But it seems too close to touch the image that won the top prize in the Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Royal Observatory Greenwich of the Year 2020 competition. French photographer Nicolas Lefaudex used a technique called tilt-shift – positioning the …
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