Mysterious New Planet Possibly Spotted in Our Solar System
“…evidence of a mysterious planet up to 10 times bigger than Earth, with a distant orbit around the Sun, has been unveiled by professor of astrophysics at Imperial College of London…” via RT Headline Image: © Akirastock / Getty Images An object lurking in the outer region of our solar system may well be the elusive Planet 9, a leading … Continue reading
Planet with Iron Rainfall is Even More Extreme than Scientists Thought
Headline Image Caption: This illustration shows a night-side view of the exoplanet WASP-76b. The ultra-hot giant exoplanet has a day side where temperatures climb above 2400 degrees Celsius, high enough to vaporise metals. Strong winds carry iron vapour to the cooler night side where it condenses into iron droplets. To the left of the image, we see the evening border … Continue reading
UNLV Astronomers May Have Discovered First Planet to Orbit 3 Stars
Headline Image: An image of GW Orionis, a triple star system with a mysterious gap in its surrounding dust rings. UNLV astronomers hypothesize the presence of a massive planet in the gap, which would be the first planet ever discovered to orbit three stars. The left image, provided by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope, shows the disc’s ringed … Continue reading
This is How Long You Would Survive On Each Planet in Our Solar System
For all its issues and faults, Earth is still a beautiful place. Think about it: the colorful sunsets, the warm ocean breeze, dogs, Doritos, the fact that we’re currently not being vaporized to smithereens. Yes, life on Earth sure is lovely — especially compared to what it could be like on any other neighboring planet. Space: It Does The Body … Continue reading
Top 10 Ways The World Might End
With popular shows like The Last Man On Earth buzzing the media, it sometimes makes you think what life would be like if.. you were the last person on Earth. From a Virus like the FOX show scripted, to possible Earth-shattering asteroids, we’re going to count down our picks for the 10 possible Natural Apocalyptic Events. 10. Pole Shifts This … Continue reading
Three Earth-Mass Planets Discovered Just 12 Light-Years Away
Scientists have discovered the closest multi-planet system around a red dwarf star to Earth. While these planets are unlikely to be habitable, they could be important worlds for future study. The three planets (b, c, and d) were discovered around a red dwarf called YZ Ceti. It’s located 12 light-years away from us. They are all similar in mass to … Continue reading
A New Planet? Weird Orbits Hint ‘PLANET 10’ Might Lurk At Our Solar System Edge
In the headline pic above: An artist’s impression of Planet Ten Astronomers studying icy objects in a distant region called the Kuiper belt say an unconfirmed planet with similar mass to Mars could be responsible for tugging them out of alignment.. THE dark outer reaches of our solar system could be hiding a new planet – the ninth or tenth, … Continue reading
8 Places in Space Where Extraterrestrial Life Might Be Possible
Moving to another planet for life is not a fantastic pipe dream anymore. What’s left to do is just to make hibernation or deep sleep for astronauts traveling long distance possible. Find eight planets that might become new homes for living beings one day. Enceladus On April 13, NASA announced that there is an excellent chance for life to inhabit … Continue reading
Why are Venus and Uranus Spinning in the Wrong Direction?
Two of these things are not like the others. Space offers plenty of mysteries for astronomers to solve, and there’s one in our own Solar System that’s been unexplained for decades: why are Venus and Uranus spinning in different directions to the other planets around the Sun? Venus spins on its axis from east to west, while Uranus is tilted … Continue reading
Evidence of Water Found on Pluto
Main Image Caption: NASA image of Pluto showing heart shaped Tombaugh Regio. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Pluto, demoted from full planetary status a decade ago, continues to surprise and astonish researchers who are sifting through data from the New Horizons‘ recent fly-by. New Horizons is the NASA mission, launched in 2006, that made a close approach to Pluto in July, … Continue reading
