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Pluto’s Frozen Landscape’s Stunning Map: The Most Complete till Date!
Octhaeddeus Boral | | May 13, 2016 01:32 PM EDT |
On May 2, a new composite map of Pluto was produced. The map showed most detailed and sharpest view of the dwarf planet. It showed chunks of water ice with sharp and angled corners that float amidst solid nitrogen.
Astrophysicists Capture Planets’ Weather Forecast
Cristian Andal | | May 14, 2015 07:42 AM EDT |
Astrophysicists have found proof of the weather condition in the nearby planets using the NASA’s Kepler space telescope. The team focuses in creating weather forecast based on the different phase of the planets that are reflected from their source light.
Robotic Telescope Discovers Three New Planets Near Earth
Marco Foronda | | Apr 29, 2015 03:03 AM EDT |
A team of astronomers discovered three new planets in Earth's neighborhood, thanks to a robotic telescope.
Star Wars' 'Tatooine' Planets are a Mathematical Possibility, Study Suggests
Marco Foronda | | Mar 31, 2015 09:31 AM EDT |
Earthlike, solid planets such as Tatooine may exist and may even be common.
MIlky Way Supernova Confirms Interstellar Dust Theory
Marco Foronda | | Mar 23, 2015 12:16 AM EDT |
The principal theory explains that the dust appears from supernovae as stars reach the end of their lives.
Eight More Exoplanets Discovered
Marco Foronda | | Feb 04, 2015 07:06 AM EST |
The scientists named two of the planets Kepler-438b and Kepler-442b, and these two are the most similar toEearth of all the eight new exoplanets.
'Mini Gaseous Neptunes' can be Habitable for Humans
Marco Foronda | | Jan 30, 2015 07:52 AM EST |
A sun's size and mass will affect the range and size of its habitable zone.
Scientists Plan to Send "Cube Satellite' Swarm to Jupiter
Marco Foronda | | Jan 28, 2015 05:09 AM EST |
Their project is called SMAll Reconnaissance of Atmospheres project.
New Horizons Probe to Start Early Observation of Pluto’s Moons
Marco Foronda | | Jan 21, 2015 06:01 AM EST |
The spacecraft has seven instruments to be used for studying the dwarf planet.
NASA's Kepler Discovers Oldest Known Earth-Mass Planets
Marco Foronda | | Dec 26, 2014 02:32 AM EST |
An ancient metal-poor star harbors five terrestrial-mass planets whose origin dates back to the dawn of the Milky Way.
Join NASA's Contest to Name the Craters of Mercury
Marco Foronda | | Dec 16, 2014 05:57 AM EST |
The contest will run from December 15 to January 15, 2015.
Formation of Planets Witnessed by Scientists
Paula Marie Navarra | | Aug 30, 2014 02:22 PM EDT |
Astronomers for the first time have detected a distant young star's dust eruption that might be the result of the collision of large asteroids leading to the formation of a new planet. This might lead to a better understanding of how lanets took shape in our own solar system, scientists said
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