From the UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER In February NASA astronomers discovered seven Earth-like planets, potentially harboring life, orbiting the star TRAPPIST-1, not too far from Earth. Scientists have yet to discover life,…
Category: Astronomy
Almost as good as being there: Computer simulations provide video of #Eclipse2017
Can’t make it into the path of totality? Traffic jams got you down, here’s relief. Video follows. From the UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, TEXAS ADVANCED COMPUTING CENTER Researchers use…
Astronomers propose a new type of planetary object
From the American Geophysical Union and the “Pluto is still denied planetary status” department comes this idea: WASHINGTON, DC — Scientists suggest in a new study the existence of a…
Mysterious flashes of light from Earth captured by NASA satellite
WASHINGTON, DC — One million miles from Earth, a NASA camera is capturing unexpected flashes of light reflecting off our planet. The homeward-facing instrument on NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory,…
Climate Models Wipe out Life in Trappist-1 Solar System!!!
Guest post by David Middleton They must have used the RCP 8.5 Death Star… The announcement of the Trappist-1 system in February, with seven rocky planets orbiting an ultracool dwarf…
Scientists try to restore Pluto’s planet status
From the “Make Pluto Great Again” department, new definition raises number of planets in solar system to about 110 Johns Hopkins University scientist Kirby Runyon wants to make one thing…
Rock strata dating suggests planetary orbital effects on climate
From the University of Wisconsin From rocks in Colorado, evidence of a ‘chaotic solar system’ Plumbing a 90 million-year-old layer cake of sedimentary rock in Colorado, a team of scientists…
Scientists discover star with building blocks of life in it
Dwarf star 200 million light years away contains life’s building blocks UCLA-led team discovers object in the constellation Boötes with carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – LOS…
Stray black hole found hiding in the Milky Way
Tail of stray black hole hiding in the Milky Way From the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF NATURAL SCIENCES It is difficult to find black holes, because they are completely black. In…
A Mars ice deposit holds as much water as Lake Superior
From the UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Frozen beneath a region of cracked and pitted plains on Mars lies about as much water as what’s in Lake Superior, largest of…
New model explains the moon's weird orbit
Simulations suggest a dramatic history for the Earth-moon duo From the UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND The moon, Earth’s closest neighbor, is among the strangest planetary bodies in the solar system. Its…
Caltech: Planet 9 from outer space responsible for 'curious tilt of the sun'
Curious Tilt of the Sun Traced to Undiscovered Planet Planet Nine—the undiscovered planet at the edge of the Solar System that was predicted by the work of Caltech’s Konstantin Batygin…
'Settled Science' syndrome hits Astronomy and the Nobel Prize
From the UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD: The universe is expanding at an accelerating rate — or is it? Five years ago, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three astronomers for…
Earth's obliquity and temperature over the last 20,000 years
Recently, there was a timeline comic from XKCD about the history of Earth’s temperature over the Holocene which got quite a bit of play, due to the fact that it…
NASA: water spewing plumes on Europa?
Last week NASA made an announcement about a Monday press release that would announce “something surprising” they found on Europa. The announcement generated a lot of buzz, but then got…
Study: Vaporized Earth formed the Moon from it's mantle after ancient collision
From WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS Chemistry says Moon is proto-Earth’s mantle, relocated Data confirm model in which impact pulverizes Earth like a sledgehammer hitting a watermelon Measurements of an…
NASA will announce something surprising about Europa on Monday
From the “ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS—EXCEPT EUROPA ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE” department. NASA to Hold Media Call on Evidence of Surprising Activity on Europa NASA will host a teleconference…
WORLDS COLLIDE: Earth may have collided with Mercury sized planet in the past – carbon tells the tale
From RICE UNIVERSITY: Earth’s carbon points to planetary smashup Element ratios suggest Earth collided with Mercury-like planet HOUSTON — (Sept. 5, 2016) — Research by Rice University Earth scientists suggests…
Rare Moon and Earth eclipse of the Sun seen from the SDO
Early in the morning of Sept. 1, 2016, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, caught both Earth and the moon crossing in front of the sun. SDO keeps a constant…
Earth sized planet found orbiting our sun’s nearest neighboring star, Proxima Centauri
From Nature (h/t to Dr. Leif Svalgaard) Astronomers have discovered evidence of a small, rocky planet orbiting our nearest star – and it may even be a bit like Earth.…
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