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What Would Happen If Comet Swift-Tuttle Hit the Earth?
Shooting stars may fill you with child-like wonder, but these celestial showstoppers are also reminders that Earth is hardly alone in space, and some of those cosmic objects can be downright dangerous. The Perseid meteor shower, which appears every year in mid-August, occurs when Earth passes through a trail of debris left by Comet Swift-Tuttle. In 1973, based on calculations … Continue reading
Jupiter So Massive, It Doesn’t Actually Orbit The Sun
Jupiter, the fifth planet from the Sun, gas giant, and subject of the Juno mission, is huge. Huge. It’s so huge, in fact, that it doesn’t actually orbit the Sun. Not exactly. With 2.5 times the mass of all the other planets in the Solar System combined, it’s big enough that the centre of gravity between Jupiter and the Sun … Continue reading
Fireball Spotted Over Much of Western and Northern California
Light was also seen in Las Vegas A streak of light was seen over the eastern sky of Northern California Wednesday night. The light was also seen over Las Vegas, Salt Lake City and Reno.It is unclear what caused the light, which was first spotted around 9:45 p.m. According to NASA, the Delta Aquarids meteor shower is expected to peak … Continue reading
Scientists Invent Oxygen Particle That If Injected, Allows You To Live Without Breathing
New Medical Discovery A team of scientists at the Boston Children’s Hospital have invented what is being considered one the greatest medical breakthroughs in recent years. They have designed a microparticle that can be injected into a person’s bloodstream that can quickly oxygenate their blood. This will even work if the ability to breathe has been restricted, or even cut … Continue reading
Halley’s Comet Orbit Being Altered By Venus Instead of Jupiter
If you’re waiting for Halley’s comet to show up exactly 75 years after its 1986 appearance, you may be disappointed. The ball of ice has an orbit that varies by months or even years. And new research suggests that Venus is responsible for the comet’s variations today, rather than the more massive planet Jupiter. “Comet Halley has been observed throughout … Continue reading
Human DNA Sent into Space to ‘Back-Up’ Species
As fears mount the humanity’s time on Earth is limited, scientists are making contingency plans by setting up a cosmic CLOUD of human data. As it stands, experts neither have the technological capability or the knowledge of how to mass-transfer the human race to a nearby habitable planet – with the closest being 14 light years away (one light year … Continue reading
Why Does Time Seem to Speed Up with Age?
James M. Broadway, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Brittiney Sandoval, a recent graduate of the same institution, answer “Where did the time go?” middle-aged and older adults often remark. Many of us feel that time passes more quickly as we age, a perception that can lead … Continue reading
How China is Rewriting the Book on Human Origins
Fossil finds in China are challenging ideas about the evolution of modern humans and our closest relatives. On the outskirts of Beijing, a small limestone mountain named Dragon Bone Hill rises above the surrounding sprawl. Along the northern side, a path leads up to some fenced-off caves that draw 150,000 visitors each year, from schoolchildren to grey-haired pensioners. It was … Continue reading
Mysterious Planet Nine Might Have Tilted Our Whole Solar System – Major Potential Scientific Breakthrough!
Two recent studies have shown that the existence of a mysterious, hypothetical Planet Nine could explain why the planets in our Solar System don’t fully line up with the Sun. Researchers have been speculating about a ninth planet since January this year, and these latest studies add more weight to the hypothesis that, at some point in time at least, … Continue reading
Meteor Fireball Produces Mutilple Explosions, Shakes Buildings in General Roca, Argentina
Residents of a city in southern Argentina got a scare when a series of powerful explosions shook homes and buildings Wednesday, but the cause turned out to be a natural wonder: a meteor disintegrating overhead. It was an ordinary Wednesday afternoon in General Roca, a city of 85,000 people, when suddenly a series of loud blasts caused buildings to shake … Continue reading
