Earth is Closer to Mercury than to Venus On Average
In a conclusion likely to provoke more than one bar fight, researchers at Physics Today have crunched the numbers and found that the closest planet to Earth is, on average, not Venus, as we’ve been taught, but Mercury. We’ve all learned this one in school, right? “My very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas.” The planets get further apart … Continue reading
There May Be Billions of Undetected ‘Rogue Planets’ Roaming Our Galaxy
We tend to believe that our solar system with our Sun and the Earth and other planets orbiting around it is the how all planets exist, orbiting their parent star. However, every so often astronomers get get a glimpse of a whole other scenario – rogue planets, not attached to any star or system, drifting lonely through the galaxy. “Now … Continue reading
Perplexing Physics: A Comparison of Black Holes
“A black hole is a region of spacetime exhibiting such strong gravitational effects that nothing—not even particles and electromagnetic radiation such as light—can escape from inside it. The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass can deform spacetime to form a black hole.” – Wikipedia IF YOU ENJOY THIS SITE PLEASE TELL OTHERS ABOUT US…SHARING IS CARING … Continue reading
Scientists Suggest Binary Systems Could Increase Prospects for Alien Life
Earth-like planets in the so-called Goldilocks Zone are considered prime candidates for the discovery of alien life. The Goldilocks Zone describes a region of space in a solar system where conditions are neither too hot or too cold but just right. These conditions are considered crucial for the development of life because they allow liquid water to exist but are … Continue reading
Subterranean Craters on Mars Could Mean Ancient Aliens
Mars may be a red desert now, but billions of years ago, it was probably a lush world that may have even been teeming with life. Water on Mars isn’t exactly a new thing. The surface is covered in evidence of what were once rivers, and a subterranean lake even lurks beneath the south pole — but now the first … Continue reading
Colossal Asteroid to Make Close Pass with Earth on Friday, But We’ll be Fine
NASA is always keeping an eye on space rocks that get anywhere near Earth, and 2019 has been a relatively calm year in terms of close passes. A recently discovered asteroid is going to make a not-super-close pass of Earth later this week, and while it doesn’t pose much of a threat to our planet it’s worth mentioning simply because … Continue reading
Pluto and Neptune Actually Swap Places Every 248 Years
Amazing! via curiosity: Pluto has had a rough time of it. Sure, the Earth is full of people wearing novelty T-shirts proclaiming their loyalty to what used to be called the smallest planet, but it doesn’t change the fact that scientists won’t let it back in the planet club. At least it got a couple years of being the farthest … Continue reading
Asteroids are Stronger and Harder to Shatter than Previously Thought
As each day goes by it seems that we are seeing an increase in meteor fireballs entering our atmosphere. Could it be an indication that we could soon see a large and hazardous object headed our way. It’s no secret that since the Chelyabinsk meteor incident, a superbolide that entered Earth’s atmosphere over Russia on 15 February 2013 and lit … Continue reading
Hypothetical Planet Nine Might Closer To Us Than Previously Thought
Three years ago astronomers proposed the existence of a ninth planet in the Solar System. The planet is supposed to orbit further out than anything we have yet seen within our Solar System, but according to the most recent model, if it exists it is closer to us than originally thought. And a bit smaller too. The model is discussed … Continue reading
Scientist Discover a New Moon in Our Solar System
Neptune had a previous moon count of 13, but scientists have found yet another bringing the count now to 14. via unexplained-mysteries: Scientists have successfully identified an entirely new moon in orbit around the gas giant Neptune. Named Hippocamp after a sea creature of Greek mythology, the new moon was discovered in images taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope using … Continue reading
