Saturn’s Mysterious Hexagon May Finally Have an Explanation
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Our solar system is an amazing yet mysterious place. Take a look at some of the planets in our star…
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Here’s How Asteroid Impacts Created Molecules For Life on Earth and Mars
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A new study reveals how asteroid impacts in the ocean may have a crucial link to explain the formation of…
Astronomers Reveal “Miniature” Solar System and the Youngest Rocky Planets Ever Found
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Astronomers have reported discovering what is considered a “miniaturized” solar system and another star system home to some of the…
Climate Change and Penguin “Poop” Are Causing Green Snow to Appear on Antarctica
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Everyone knows Antarctica is a beautiful white desert. Snow. Cold. Ice. Penguins. That’s what springs to mind when someone mentions…
This 5,100-Year-Old Ancient Sumerian Star Map Details a Massive Cosmic Impact
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Around 3,000 BC, an ancient Sumerian astronomer was observing the sky as he usually would. While he was making observations,…
Asteroid That Probably Caused the Tunguska 1908 Explosion Could Still Orbit the Sun
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New research attributes the absence of debris from the asteroid that may have caused the large 1908 explosion over Tunguska…
Tunguska and Tesla: Did Nikola Tesla’s Death Ray Cause the Largest Explosion on Earth?
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What are the odds that the still-unexplained Tunguska Event was caused, not by an impact or collision of an asteroid/meteorite,…
Scientists Hint at Existence of Hidden Biospheres Beneath our Ocean Ridges
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Although we’ve mapped distant moons in our solar system, and explored planets such as Mars with extreme detail, many of…
Who Says Aliens On Distant Planets Need Oxygen To Survive?
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In other words, aliens shouldn’t have to breathe oxygen. Although humans need oxygen to survive, our planet’s atmospheric layers are…
NASA’s SOHO Solar Observatory Snaps Image of Massive Comet SWAN
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In late May and early June, Earthlings will get a glimpse of Comet SWAN and will do so with the…
Check Out 11 Stunning Close-Up Images of Pluto Taken By NASA’s New Horizon Spacecraft
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In 2016, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made history after it flew past Pluto, our solar system’s former planet, now a…
Mounting Evidence of Water Vapor Columns on Jupiter’s Moon Europa
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A new study offers mounting evidence that supports the existence of massive columns of water vapor emanating from Jupiter’s icy…
This is One of the Best-Ever Images Of Jupiter to Date
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If Jupiter isn’t one thing, then it certainly is not calm. We could say that Jupiter is the Wild West…
Tunguska: Have Scientists Finally Explained What Caused the World’s Largest Explosion?
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In Brief: A new study explains that the world’s largest explosion, the Tunguska event, was caused by an Iron object…
A Bus-Sized Asteroid No One Saw Coming Got Too Close For Comfort
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No one saw the bus-sized asteroid (2020 JJ) coming until it flew just past us, some 4,350 miles (7,000 kilometers)…
Life Can Exist In the Most Unimaginable Places, And Even On Hydrogen Worlds
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Research published in Nature Astronomy has revealed that microbes can survive and thrive in atmospheres that are dominated by hydrogen,…
Ninety years Since Pluto Was Officially Named: Here’s What You Should Know
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This May 1 marks 90 years since the now dwarf planet Pluto received its own name. This remote body of…
Nitrogen-Bearing Organic Material Found in Meteorites from Mars
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Using advanced techniques, scientists have detected nitrogen-bearing organic material in meteorites that were ejected from the surface of Mars some…
Distant Solar System is Home to 6 Exoplanets With Nearly-Perfect Rhythmic Orbits
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88 light-years away, five super-Earth’s, and at least one “mini-Neptune” orbit a Sun-like star. These five planets are locked in…
Happy Birthday Hubble: Famous Space Telescope Celebrates 30 Years in Orbit
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Happy birthday, Hubble. NASA’s (and ESA’s) Iconic Space Telescope named after astronomer Edwin Hubble is one of NASA’s Great Observatories. Although…
Earth’s Tectonic Plates Were In Motion 400 Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought
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Scientists from Harvard University who examined rocks over 3 billion years old discovered that Earth’s tectonic plates move today in…
C/2019 Y4: A Comet With a Coma Half The Size of The Sun Breaks Into Pieces
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Comet Atlas, officially designated ATLAS (C/2019 Y4), has apparently fragmented into several pieces as it makes its way towards the…