Astronomy

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TRAPPIST Planets Targeted for Monitoring Potential Alien Radio Communications

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If extraterrestrials are observing Earth, they could potentially pick up on the radio signals we send to Mars to operate our rovers. Astronomers have begun monitoring the nearby TRAPPIST-1 system to see if aliens are communicating between their own planets. Earth has been emitting incidental radio signals for more than a century, but unlike what […]

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October’s Supermoon Will be the Biggest of 2024 – Here’s When to Catch it

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The largest and brightest supermoon of the year will rise this week. According to NASA, the moon will look full from Tuesday evening until Friday morning, giving you plenty of opportunities to enjoy the view. There’s a brief period between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning when the moon will be at its closest to Earth,

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Watch: SpaceX Achieves Historic Booster Retrieval

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In an impressive display of space engineering, SpaceX achieved a groundbreaking milestone. At around 7:31 am CT, they successfully captured a Super Heavy booster using their launch tower after it deployed a Starship second stage into orbit and performed a controlled reentry. After following space launches since the Mercury missions, I can honestly say I’ve

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Scientists Warn About the Troubling State of Earth’s Trees

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Introduction: Iconic Trees at Risk From towering coastal redwoods to ancient Wollemi pines and firs that adorn Christmas, even the planet’s most iconic plants are facing severe issues. However, the loss of certain species won’t just endanger local forests; it will threaten entire ecosystems, as recent research indicates. In 2021, a global assessment titled “State

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Curiosity Rover Provides New Insights Into How Mars Became Uninhabitable

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Data gathered by NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars is revealing new information about how the Red Planet became uninhabitable in the distant past, attributed to a changing climate that led to the evaporation of surface water or its entrapment as ice. Not too long ago, the concept of life on Mars was widely accepted. At

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Watch: Earth’s Wobble Creates a Twilight Zone Shadow

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A daily photo taken from September 2023 to September 2024 offers an intriguing view of the twilight zone transition caused by the Earth’s 23.5-degree axial tilt during its orbit around the Sun. Without the Earth’s axial tilt, we wouldn’t experience seasonal changes, and the length of the day would remain constant throughout the year. Instead,

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Super Magdrive Rocket Thrusters Operate Using Heavy Metal

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The most prevalent metal known to humanity is iron. It can be found everywhere, not just on Earth but also in space. Astro engineers have recently discovered how to utilize iron—and nearly any metal, for that matter—as plasma rocket fuel. It’s well-established that certain metals can ignite explosively. Lithium reacts with water and burns very

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The Spacesuit that Chinese Astronauts Will use on the Moon

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China aims to send astronauts to the Moon by around 2030 and recently showcased the new spacesuits they’ll be using. During a media event, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) demonstrated the suits with two astronauts testing them out for the cameras. Based on current plans, the CMSA plans to land near the Moon’s south

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Scientists Detect Hidden Structure In Earth’s Core

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Earth’s Complex History Beneath Our Feet While many of us take the ground beneath our feet for granted, it holds Earth’s complex history within its layers, like pages of a book. Research suggests there are lesser-known chapters in that history, buried deep in Earth’s past. In fact, Earth’s inner core seems to have another, even

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