If you think that living on Earth in 2020 is comparable to hell, to prove you wrong, planet K2-141B is here. On a burning hot planet, hundreds of light-years away, the oceans are made up of molten lava, winds reach at supersonic speeds, and rain is formed from rocks. Scientists …
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The researchers made the announcement yesterday That they have solved a question that has haunted them for a decade: what exactly produces a strange phenomenon known as rapid radio bursts? As the name implies, FRBs have a sudden blast of radio-frequency radiation that lasts only a few microseconds. Even astronomers …
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The artist’s imagination of the rogue planet. Image: Jan Schwarn / Astronomical Observatory, University Free-floating planets are not bound to any stars, they have been removed from their original home systems.. The new research describes the smallest rogue planet ever discovered, in an astronomical achievement that took Einstein-inspired technology to …
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The giant asteroid 16 Psych is the subject of a new study by SRI scientist Tracy Baker, who … [+] Observed observations on ultraviolet wavelengths. Courtesy Mixer / ASU / P. Rubin / NASA / JPL-Caltech A new study by the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a clearer picture of …
Read More »Obviously we’re going to learn something new about the moon on Monday. What could it be?Image: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Gizmodo Big news, everyone: NASA Says It will unveil “an exciting new discovery about the moon” on Monday. Any guesses about what it will be? The space agency’s sneak peek …
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