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
Earth Is Dimming – It’s Due to Climate Change
Warming oceans cause fewer bright clouds to reflect sunlight into space, admitting even more energy into earth’s climate system. Warming ocean waters have caused a drop in the brightness of the Earth, according to a new study. Researchers used decades of measurements of earthshine — the light reflected from Earth that illuminates the surface of the Moon — as well … Continue reading
What If Jupiter and Saturn Collided?
The two biggest planets in our Solar System in one telescope view. And catastrophe is imminent. If Jupiter and Saturn suddenly were on a collision course, which of the two planets would emerge victorious? How would the composition of these planets affect the outcome? And what impact would this have on the rest of our Solar System? What is a … Continue reading
Study Confirms Giant Meteorite Impact Caused Massive Extinction in the Late Cretaceous
“These data would confirm that the extinction was caused by something completely external to the Earth system…” via Universitat de Barcelona Main Image via ExtremeTech A study published in the journal Geology rules out that extreme volcanic episodes had any influence on the massive extinction of species in the late Cretaceous. The results confirm the hypothesis that it was a … Continue reading
Large-Scale Study Shows The Moon Exerts a Powerful Influence on How We Sleep
“In the new research, the results appear to confirm that lunar cycles do have a significant and detectable influence on human sleep…” By PETER DOCKRILL via Science Alert Sleep is one of the most vital things a human does, but millions of us don’t do enough of it. Some of the distractions that prevent us from getting enough sleep are … Continue reading
Ozone Hole over Antarctica Larger than Usual, Scientists Say
Associate Press (Berlin) via Yahoo News Scientists say the Southern Hemisphere ozone hole is larger than usual and already surpasses the size of Antarctica. The European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service said Thursday that the ozone hole, which appears every year during the Southern Hemisphere spring, has grown considerably in the past week following an average start. “Forecasts show that … Continue reading
Could Earth’s Magnetic Field be Reversing Due to Remains of Ancient Planetary Collision Embedded in the Deep Mantle?
“Earth’s magnetic field appears to be going through some bizarre changes, with its magnetic north pole shifting from the Canadian Arctic towards Siberia, and the flipping seems to be accelerating, raising concerns of a possible geomagnetic reversal..” By Daria Bedenko via Sputniknews Image: CC BY 2.0 / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / Dynamic Earth – Earth’s Magnetic Field Our … Continue reading
Cosmic Objects with Strange Orbits Discovered Beyond Neptune
Are they being tugged by Planet Nine? By Stephanie Pappas via Live Science Image credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images A six-year search of space beyond the orbit of Neptune has netted 461 newly discovered objects. These objects include four that are more than 230 astronomical units (AU) from the sun. (An astronomical unit is the distance from … Continue reading
Mystery Object is Hurtling through the Galaxy
“This object defied all our expectations..” via Unexplained-Mysteries Astronomers have obtained their first detailed look at a peculiar Milky Way object known as ‘The Accident’. Originally detected using NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) telescope, this object is not quite a star, yet not quite a planet either. It fits into a class of objects known as brown … Continue reading
Planet 9 May Be Out There – Here’s Where We Need To Look
By BRIAN KOBERLEIN via ScitechDaily There are eight known planets in the solar system (ever since Pluto was booted from the club), but for a while, there has been some evidence that there might be one more. A hypothetical Planet 9 lurking on the outer edge of our solar system. So far this world has eluded discovery, but a new … Continue reading
