Space Exploration
Asteroid 3753 Cruithne – The “Second Moon” of Earth?
April 10, 2023 | Editors
Astronomers have long been fascinated by the movements of Asteroid 3753 Cruithne. This rocky object, which is approximately five kilometers in diameter, has been dubbed by some as the “second moon” of Earth due to its peculiar orbit around our planet. Read More
Runaway Black Hole Creates Trail of New Stars and Sheds Light on Star Formation
April 8, 2023 | Editors
Scientists have recently discovered that a runaway black hole is creating a trail of new stars in its wake, shedding light on the complex relationship between black holes and the formation of stars. Read More
Exciting Discovery: Scientists Find Molecular Precursors to Life in the Perseus Cloud
April 5, 2023 | EditorsIn a groundbreaking discovery, Susan Iglesias-Groth of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and Martina Marín-Dobrincic of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena have unearthed a treasure trove of prebiotic molecules in the Perseus Molecular Cloud’s IC348 star formation region, which could potentially serve as essential building blocks for the formation of life on other planets, opening up exciting new possibilities in astrochemistry and exobiology research. Read More
Exploring Asteroid Bennu: A Window into the Early Solar System
March 3, 2023 | EditorsAsteroid Bennu is a fascinating space rock that has captured the attention of scientists and space enthusiasts alike. Discovered in 1999 by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) project, Bennu is a carbon-rich asteroid that is believed to be a remnant from the early days of the solar system. Read More
Ryugu Asteroid: New Analysis Reveals Organic-Rich Molecules
February 25, 2023 | EditorsA sample brought back by a Japanese space probe could provide clues to the origins of life on Earth, a Japanese research team said. Read More
TOI 700 e: Earth-sized Planet in Habitable Zone of Its Star
January 14, 2023 | EditorsUsing data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, Scientists have discovered an exoplanet roughly the size of Earth orbiting around a faraway star — within the habitable zone, meaning it could host liquid water on its surface. Read More
Stephenson 2-18 The Largest Star Ever Discovered
September 12, 2021 | EditorsStars have always been part of civilizations. In Ancient Times, we relied upon the apparent motion of these bodies to navigate distances, to measure the passage of time therefore determining seasons, months, and years. Simply, stars are the very reason we exist. We are literally made up of “stardust”. Read More
Proxima Centauri c: Nearest Super-Earth World To Us
June 30, 2020 | EditorsScientists have announced the discovery of a second Exoworld orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest stellar neighbor to our Sun, a super-Earth highly significant for planet formation models. Read More
Hunting Extraterrestrial Life On Exomoons
June 8, 2016 | EditorsIn the past two decades, astronomers have detected more than 2000 exoplanets, the first of these detections were gas giants as massive as Jupiter that are so close to the host that they are heated to high temperature in order of 2,000°C; but now, for the first time, astronomers are getting down to the regime of potentially habitable Earth-like worlds. Read More
The Promise of Kepler-62f: A Distant Earth-like World
May 30, 2016 | EditorsOn April 18, 2013, NASA’ astronomers announced the discovery of a new planetary system composed of five worlds orbiting a star somewhat cooler and smaller than the Sun, approximately 1,200 light-years away from us in the constellation Lyra. Read More
Gliese 581d: Earth-like World Within Our Reach
May 25, 2016 | Editors 1NASA astronomers said they’ve discovered a planet that they believe has a 100% chance of having life on it and its relatively close to us, just in our cosmic neighborhood — meet Gliese 581d. Read More
Kepler have Found 1284 Alien Planets, 9 In the Habitable Zone
May 11, 2016 | EditorsOn Tuesday evening, NASA held an extraordinary press conference announcing Kepler’ last results on exoplanets research: amazingly, the number of known alien planets has just gone up by more than 60%. Read More
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