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09/25/2020
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By Virgilio Marin
Interplanetary hoppers: Microbes from Earth may have reached Venus by hitchhiking on asteroids
If Venusian life does exist, it may have originated from Earth: An interplanetary hopper hitched a ride with an asteroid that grazed Earth’s upper atmosphere and landed on Venus. Researchers from Harvard University — astronomy professor Avi Loeb and student Amir Siraj — proposed the idea after a group of scientists recently detected signatures of phosphine. Microorganisms can produce […]
09/15/2020
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By Franz Walker
Ultra-fast outflows (UFOs) from a supermassive black hole push stars and galaxies around
Surrounding the center of many galaxies is a near-empty darkness that stands in direct contrast to brightly lit space around it. A recent study hints that this near-empty space is the result of “UFOs,” just not the kind you may be thinking of. According to a paper published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics, the near-dark areas […]
08/16/2020
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By Virgilio Marin
Mysterious dimming of Betelgeuse is caused by outburst from the star itself, study suggests
A hot outburst from supergiant Betelgeuse may have caused the star’s recent dimming, according to research conducted using the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Hubble Space Telescope. From December last year to April 2020, scientists observed that Betelgeuse dimmed, sparking speculations that the supergiant is facing a very imminent end. Surprisingly, Betelgeuse began shining brightly […]
08/15/2020
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By Virgilio Marin
Space-time ripples could help scientists uncover exoplanets from other galaxies
Scientists detect exoplanets by analyzing light from the planets themselves or their stars. This method led to the discovery of thousands of worlds within the Milky Way, but none beyond the galaxy. That could change, suggests a recent study, with the use of gravitational waves – invisible ripples in space and time that travel at the speed of light. These waves […]
08/01/2020
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By Virgilio Marin
Violent collisions in space millions of years ago led to 100 times more meteorite impacts on Earth and unleashed space dust, studies suggest
Meteorites taken from the Thorsberg quarry in Sweden suggest that violent collisions occurred in space about 470 million years ago, flinging rapidly traveling meteorites toward Earth. Birger Schmitz of Lund University in Sweden is leading the research on the meteorites aged millions of years old. His team’s findings, published in the journal Nature, show that the meteorites hold new and […]
05/17/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Nearby “super-Earth” exoplanet could support life, suggest scientists
Astronomers have found an exoplanet – a planet located outside of the Solar System – that they believe may be capable of supporting life. An international group of astronomers made the discovery with the help of NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Dubbed a “super-Earth,” the exoplanet was found in the Hydra constellation, about 31 […]
11/13/2019
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By Edsel Cook
“Near miss” between galaxies produces new generation of stars and planets
Millions of years ago, two galaxies barely avoided colliding with each other. Their near-collision triggered such intense forces that new stars and planets have spawned on the galactic sides that all but brushed each other by. Researchers recently released photos that the Hubble Space Telescope took of the NGC 4485 galaxy. A part of the […]
10/30/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Mesmerized by the ocean? To understand why the moon is where it is, start with Earth’s tides
As far as the human race remembers, the moon has always been there. But how did it get up there in the first place – and what keeps it revolving around Earth? By firing lasers at artificial mirrors deployed on the moon, researchers have learned that Earth’s satellite is drifting away at the rate of […]
10/28/2019
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By Grace Olson
In just one month, astronomers detected gravitational waves from black hole mergers, neutron stars colliding, and one star swallowed by a black hole
Stars colliding with one another is no news – such a phenomenon has been reported many times. Now, researchers from NASA observatories detected five gravitational waves in just one month, which they concluded were most likely caused by three black hole collisions and a merger between two neutron stars. The last one, however, was an […]
10/27/2019
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By Arsenio Toledo
Is the idea of meeting aliens really just science fiction? Expert lays his case to prove it’s NOT
Extraterrestrial life may just be around the corner. However, it probably won’t go down the same way science fiction depicts humanity’s first interaction with humans – an advanced and hostile spacefaring civilization looking to stomp on the primitive species from a backwater planet. Still, it does look like it’s going to happen soon in the […]
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