Apollo Astronauts Experiencing Higher Rates of Cardiovascular-Related Deaths From Space Radiation
Members of the successful Apollo space program are experiencing higher rates of cardiovascular problems that are thought to be caused by their exposure to deep space radiation, according to a Florida State University researcher. In a new paper in Scientific Reports, FSU Dean of the College of Human Sciences and Professor Michael Delp explains that the men who traveled into … Continue reading
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
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
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
The Sun’s Dark Companion And The Physics of Equilibrium
by R.F. Astronomers have known about the perturbations in the orbits of Uranus and Neptune for two centuries now, but have yet to come up with a specific cause or explanation, at least officially. The first of these anomalies was observed soon after the discovery of Uranus in 1781, which many thought the later discovery of Neptune in 1846 would … Continue reading
Was Life on Mars Actually Found 40 Years Ago?
In 2016, our understanding of Mars has been helped along tremendously by a slew of successful rovers, landers, and orbiting missions. We’ve mapped the Martian surface completely and at high-resolution; we’ve roamed more than a marathon’s worth of distance on the surface, discovering meteorites, crater interiors, dunes and frozen water; we’ve seen mysterious methane-rich “vents” of gas on the surface; … Continue reading
Two Rocky Planets that Could Support Life Discovered by Kepler Space Telescope
Using NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have found more than 100 exoplanets — planets orbiting other stars — and four possibly rocky planets, two of which may be capable of supporting life. The international team found 197 planet candidates, with 104 being confirmed as exoplanets. One method of discovering exoplanets is to measure light emitted from stars. A minute dimming … Continue reading
More Evidence of NIBIRU’S Existence Discovered by Scientists
Scientists have found traces of a mysterious planet that’s lurking at the edges of our solar system, and many believe it could be the infamous Planet X, also known as Nibiru. Spanish scientists at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, have recently discovered not one, but two new giant celestial bodies hiding behind Pluto, right near the edge of our … Continue reading
