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Interactive: What Earth’s 4.54 billion-year history would look like in a single year
6 hours, 43 minutes ago

Interactive: What Earth’s 4.54 billion-year history would look like in a single year

Raw Story  

As a kid, it was tough for me to grasp the massive time scale of Earth’s history. February 14 3.97 billion years ago: Beginning of the Archean Eon By Valentine’s Day, the hottest period in Earth’s history – the Hadean Eon – has finally come to an end. September 17 1.3 billion years ago: Formation of the supercontinent Rodinia One …

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What is a dark comet? A quick guide to the ‘new’ kids in the Solar System
5 days, 8 hours ago

What is a dark comet? A quick guide to the ‘new’ kids in the Solar System

The Hindu  

In 2017, NASA discovered and later confirmed the first interstellar object to enter our Solar System. While their nature and origins remain elusive, astronomers recently confirmed dark comets fall into two main categories: smaller objects that reside in our inner Solar System, and larger objects that remain beyond the orbit of Jupiter. Like bright comets, dark comets follow elongated, elliptical …

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'Dark comets': Nasa studies mysterious new kids in our solar system
6 days, 18 hours ago

'Dark comets': Nasa studies mysterious new kids in our solar system

India Today  

NASA scientists are closely studying a new class of celestial objects known as “dark comets”, the little-known celestial objects which have been challenging the human understanding of both comets and asteroids. These comets fall into two main categories: “outer dark comets,” which have eccentric orbits and are larger, and “inner dark comets,” which are smaller and closer to the Sun, …

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What is a dark comet? A quick guide to the ‘new’ kids in the Solar System
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1 week ago

What is a dark comet? A quick guide to the ‘new’ kids in the Solar System

Raw Story  

In 2017, NASA discovered and later confirmed the first interstellar object to enter our Solar System. While their nature and origins remain elusive, astronomers recently confirmed dark comets fall into two main categories: smaller objects that reside in our inner Solar System, and larger objects that remain beyond the orbit of Jupiter. Like bright comets, dark comets follow elongated, elliptical …

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Nasa reveals why Jupiter's moon Io is the most volcanic place in Solar System
1 week, 3 days ago

Nasa reveals why Jupiter's moon Io is the most volcanic place in Solar System

India Today  

A groundbreaking study has unveiled new insights into the volcanic activity of Jupiter's moon Io, confirming it as the most volcanically active body in the solar system. Researchers from Nasa’s Juno mission have discovered that the moon's volcanoes are likely powered by individual chambers of magma rather than a single ocean of magma beneath its surface. During these encounters, Juno …

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NASA mission solves volcanic mystery of Jupiter’s ‘tortured moon’ Io
1 week, 3 days ago

NASA mission solves volcanic mystery of Jupiter’s ‘tortured moon’ Io

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. But the moon’s wild volcanic activity wasn’t detected until Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter and its moons in 1979, revealing Io’s dynamic surface that resembled a pepperoni pizza, Bolton said. We knew data from Juno’s two very close flybys could give us some insights on how this tortured moon actually worked.” This …

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Something big passed through Solar System and changed the orbit of its planets
1 week, 5 days ago

Something big passed through Solar System and changed the orbit of its planets

India Today  

The planets in solar do not have circular orbit around the Sun, including Earth which goes around in an elliptical orbit. A close encounter with a massive interstellar object may hold the key to understanding the peculiar orbits of the solar system’s giant planets, according to new research published on the preprint server arXiv. Specifically, a massive object, estimated to …

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5 spectacular images of asteroids and comets from NASA’s retired NEOWISE mission
2 weeks, 2 days ago

5 spectacular images of asteroids and comets from NASA’s retired NEOWISE mission

Live Mint  

NASA’s old and now-retired NEOWISE, an infrared space telescope that hunts asteroids and comets, gathered an impressive haul of observations throughout its decade in service. The majority of the other dots are stars or galaxies far beyond our solar system Asteroid 2010 TK7 is circled in green, in this single frame taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. …

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Voyager 2’s defining Uranus flyby may have been skewed by a rare cosmic event
1 month, 1 week ago

Voyager 2’s defining Uranus flyby may have been skewed by a rare cosmic event

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Voyager 2’s observations of Uranus’ magnetosphere defied the way astronomers understand how magnetic fields trap energetic particles and their radiation. But the solar wind also made Uranus’ magnetosphere more dynamic by feeding it with electrons, which boosted the planet’s radiation belts, according to the new study. It’s likely that Uranus’ magnetosphere would …

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Voyager 2’s defining Uranus flyby may have been skewed by a rare cosmic event
1 month, 1 week ago

Voyager 2’s defining Uranus flyby may have been skewed by a rare cosmic event

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Voyager 2’s observations of Uranus’ magnetosphere defied the way astronomers understand how magnetic fields trap energetic particles and their radiation. But the solar wind also made Uranus’ magnetosphere more dynamic by feeding it with electrons, which boosted the planet’s radiation belts, according to the new study. It’s likely that Uranus’ magnetosphere would …

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Ancient DNA reveals surprises about bodies found together in Pompeii
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ancient DNA reveals surprises about bodies found together in Pompeii

CNN  

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Archaeological Park of Pompeii Ancient DNA sequenced from bone fragments preserved within the plaster casts at the Pompeii site has upended some long-held assumptions about bodies found together. “He tried to do like a slide on his belly, thinking it was snow, I guess,” Aaron Fowler, …

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Planet 9: Inside the search for a hidden planet in our solar system
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Planet 9: Inside the search for a hidden planet in our solar system

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “There are definitely full-blown skeptics about Planet Nine — it’s kind of a contentious topic,” Rice said. But Batygin and his team ran computer simulations to test this scenario versus the presence of Planet Nine, and they found that a solar system without the hidden planet is “strongly refuted by the data.” …

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A3: Stunning new pictures show ‘comet of the century’ like never before
1 month, 4 weeks ago

A3: Stunning new pictures show ‘comet of the century’ like never before

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Telescopes in space have provided stunning new images of Comet A3, the so-called …

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The mission that could finally find aliens in our solar system: NASA's Europa Clipper will launch on 1.8-BILLION-mile journey to Jupiter's icy moon today in search of life
2 months, 1 week ago

The mission that could finally find aliens in our solar system: NASA's Europa Clipper will launch on 1.8-BILLION-mile journey to Jupiter's icy moon today in search of life

Daily Mail  

Europa, Jupiter's fourth-largest moon, has been hailed as one of the most likely locations for aliens to exist in our solar system. Jupiter's moon Europa is considered one of the solar system's most promising potentially habitable environments. Finally, after an approximately 1.8billion-mile journey, Europa Clipper enters orbit around Jupiter in April 2030 Dr Buratti notes that there are three main …

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Mesmerizing pictures show once-in-a-lifetime comet dart across South Carolina sky
2 months, 1 week ago

Mesmerizing pictures show once-in-a-lifetime comet dart across South Carolina sky

Daily Mail  

A comet that won't fly by Earth for another 80,000 years was captured in mesmerizing pictures zooming across the skies of South Carolina. A once-in-a-lifetime comet, nicknamed A3, was seen making its journey through the skies of South Carolina and captured in magical pictures The comet was visible shortly after sunset in the western part of the sky over the …

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Comet last spotted in Neanderthal times to make an extremely rare appearance later this MONTH
2 months, 1 week ago

Comet last spotted in Neanderthal times to make an extremely rare appearance later this MONTH

Daily Mail  

Even by the usual standards of stargazing, it is a rare opportunity. Comet C/2023 A3 was last seen when Neanderthals walked the Earth, experts say Now, though, it is set to make its closest approach to Earth, giving stargazers in the UK a good chance of spotting it in the evening - even without the help of binoculars or a …

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New Space Discovery Suggests Solar System Larger Than We Thought. All You Need To Know
3 months ago

New Space Discovery Suggests Solar System Larger Than We Thought. All You Need To Know

News 18  

Our solar system is much bigger than what has been previously estimated by astronomers, a new study has revealed. The Subaru Telescope has been conducting studies of the outer Solar System to help NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft. Regarding the potential existence of a second ring of Kuiper Belt Objects in addition to the existing one, Dr. Fumi Yoshida of the …

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Are tiny black holes zipping through our solar system? Scientists hope to find out
3 months ago

Are tiny black holes zipping through our solar system? Scientists hope to find out

LA Times  

Scientists have studied black holes with the mass of a star for decades. Created just a split second after the Big Bang, these hypothetical black holes would whip quietly through the solar system roughly once every few years, traveling over a hundred times faster than a bullet. “It’s just fantastic that the most conceptually conservative response is to say, ‘It’s …

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Asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs originated beyond Jupiter
4 months, 1 week ago

Asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs originated beyond Jupiter

The Hindu  

It was a turning point in the history of life on the earth. A new analysis of this debris has resolved a long debate about the nature of the asteroid, showing that it was a type that originated beyond Jupiter in the outer solar system. “Ruthenium is especially useful in this context as the isotopic signature in the clay layer …

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Nasa creates history with discovery of 6 new planets outside Solar System
5 months ago

Nasa creates history with discovery of 6 new planets outside Solar System

India Today  

Nasa has announced the discovery of six new worlds, pushing the total number of confirmed planets beyond our solar system to 5,502. FINDING SIX NEW PLANETS The newly discovered exoplanets showcase a diverse range of characteristics. These discoveries employed various detection methods, including the radial velocity technique, which measures stellar wobble caused by orbiting planets, and the transit method, which …

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Rotten eggs chemical detected on Jupiter-like alien planet
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Rotten eggs chemical detected on Jupiter-like alien planet

The Hindu  

The planet known as HD 189733b, discovered in 2005, already had a reputation as a rather extreme place, a scorching hot gas giant a bit larger than Jupiter that is a striking cobalt blue colour and has molten glass rain that blows sideways in its fierce atmospheric winds. Researchers said on Monday new data from the James Webb Space Telescope …

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Beyond the aurorae: How solar flares spill out across the Solar System
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Beyond the aurorae: How solar flares spill out across the Solar System

BBC  

Beyond the aurorae: How solar flares spill out across the Solar System Nasa/SDO The Sun is extremely active right now, blasting the Earth with the biggest solar storms in 20 years. Currently the spacecraft is "on the far side of the Sun as seen from Earth", says Daniel Müller, project scientist for the Solar Orbiter mission at Esa in the …

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A 'parade of planets' will appear in the night sky TOMORROW - here's how you can see the six distant worlds align
6 months, 3 weeks ago

A 'parade of planets' will appear in the night sky TOMORROW - here's how you can see the six distant worlds align

Daily Mail  

Just before dawn from May 31 to June 3, a parade of six planets from our solar system will come into alignment — but only a lucky few will be able to spot all six. Just before dawn from May 31 to June 3, a parade of six planets from our solar system will come into alignment - but only …

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Evidence for 'Planet Nine' lurking on the fringes of the Solar System is building. So why can't astronomers spot it?
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Evidence for 'Planet Nine' lurking on the fringes of the Solar System is building. So why can't astronomers spot it?

ABC  

In short: A new study, yet to be peer reviewed, builds on years of evidence suggesting a ninth planet exists in the Solar System. "I don't see how we can have a Solar System without Planet Nine," Professor Brown says. But eight years after Professor Brown and Dr Batygin's first Planet Nine study, "I think there is more acceptance that …

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