Artist’s interpretation of ‘Omuamua’.Image: William Hartman Four years ago, astronomers discovered Omuamua, the first known international object to pass through our solar system. The research budget features an array of bizarre and indescribable features, some of which, according to new research, are compatible with Pluto-like icy shards. “We suggest that …
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Artist portrayal of Exoplanet GJ1132B,Image: NASA / ESA / R. Hurt (IPAC / KLatek) Who says you can’t lose your atmosphere with a nearby red dwarf And then growing a new one with the help of volcanic activity? T.Its elastic Planet, located 41 light-Over the years the earth appears to …
Read More »Damaged Arecibo Observatory cleaning costs could reach 50 million
Damage to the dish after the collapse of the 900-ton instrument platform.Image: Ricardo Arduengo / AFP (Getty Images) A new estimate suggests that it will cost between 30 30 million and 50 50 million to clean up the mess created by the collapse of the Irenic Arecibo Observatory dish. Late …
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(Newser) A search is underway for an apricot-sized meteorite near Iguillon, France. Astronomy cameras at the Maurix spot a small space rock falling to Earth in southwestern France last week. Guardian. The meteorite landed near Igillon, about 60 miles southeast of Bordeaux, at 10:43 a.m. Saturday, but no one has …
Read More »Astronomers have discovered all three of the young planets orbiting the juvenile Sun in a river of stars.
Floating in a stream of young stars, astronomers have discovered a trinity of similar neighboring planets like Earth orbiting a very new version of our own sun. The team discovered a young, warmer world using observations from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite.TESS), According to a new study in The Astronomical …
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