Data from two meteorite impacts on Mars recorded by NASA’s InSight spacecraft provides new insights into the structure of the Martian crust. NASA’s InSight mission collected data on two meteorite impacts on…
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How the planets can be an anti-aging formula for the stars
An artist’s illustration shows a gas giant planet (lower right) orbiting close to its host star (left), with another star in the distance (upper right). The two stars are themselves in orbit…
What happens to rainbows when the planet’s climate changes?
Rain, cloud cover and other factors make rainbows possible. Climate impacts may mean more of them in some places, less in others. Climate change and its evolutionary impacts touch every aspect of…
NASA approves Psyche mission to explore ancient planet’s core – IGN
NASA has given the go-ahead for a mission to explore the asteroid Psyche, which could represent the exposed core of a long-dead planet. The mission’s survival had previously been in doubt following…
Discover glowing planets and a rare ‘fireball swarm’ as the ‘blood moon’ calls to you: what’s in the night sky this week?
The peak of the 2022 Taurid meteor shower is expected to include a rare outburst. Getty Every Monday, I select the northern hemisphere celestial high points (mid-northern latitudes) for the coming week,…
Zombie Worlds: 5 Scary Planets Orbiting Dead Stars
Stars shine through the process of nuclear fusion in which lighter atoms, such as hydrogen, fuse together to create heavier ones. All stars, including the Sun, have a finite lifespan. Stars shine…
Zombie Worlds: Mystery Behind Five Creepy Planets Orbiting Dead Stars
PTI Birmingham (United Kingdom), October 29 All stars, including the Sun, have a finite lifespan. Stars shine through the process of nuclear fusion in which lighter atoms, such as hydrogen, fuse together…
Zombie Worlds: Five Spooky Planets Orbiting Dead Stars
Zombie world poster. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech All stars, including the sun, have a limited lifespan. Stars shine through the process of nuclear fusion in which lighter atoms, such as hydrogen, fuse together to…
Webb can detect planets orbiting white dwarfs, and maybe even see signs of life
In a recent study accepted by the Royal Astronomical Society Monthly Notices, an international team of researchers led by Texas A&M University is investigating how the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) can…
How do we know that distant planets look like Earth?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain Scientists are discovering an increasing number of planets in other galaxies that resemble our own. What betrays them? Expert Jérémy Leconte takes a look. “No one really has…