A surge in the creation of marine and terrestrial nature reserves has brought humankind closer to its goal of creating protected nature refuges on 17 percent of the world’s land and 10 percent of oceans by 2020, according to the UN’s Protected …Continue reading
Planet discovered orbiting one of the Sun’s neighbors
Astronomers have discovered a planet orbiting Barnard’s Star, a star located six light years away from the Sun, making it one of the closest stars to our solar system. Named “Barnard’s Star b”, the planet is thought to have over three times …Continue reading
Kepler space telescope runs out of juice
NASA’s first planet hunting mission finally drew to a close on October 30, 2018. After spending nine years in deep space circling the Sun in an orbit somewhat wider and slower than the Earth’s and collecting data that indicated the existence of …Continue reading
Collision with massive object responsible for Uranus’s tilt, study finds
An international team of astronomers has found an explanation for Uranus’s strange climate. Their research shows that the planet had a cataclysmic collision with an object roughly twice the size of Earth, which caused it to tilt. The study published in The …Continue reading
Visit strange new worlds with NASA Visualization Tool
Planning an exotic vacation during the summer? Look no further because NASA’s interactive Exoplanet Travel Bureau is now offering virtual trips to Earth-size planets beyond our solar system. Thousands of exoplanets lie outside the solar system but since they are light-years away, …Continue reading
Astronomers detect light from Universe’s earliest stars
Scientists from the United States have discovered a signal from the first stars to have emerged in the early universe about 180-million years after the Big Bang. This discovery, published in the international journal Nature, was made using a small radio telescope …Continue reading
Oil, Gas Industry Biggest Contributor to Rise in Atmospheric Methane, NASA Study Confirms
The bulk of the recent rise in atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is linked to emissions from the oil and gas industry, a new study led by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientists suggests. Methane emissions in the atmosphere …Continue reading
Meet Ross 128 B: The Newest Life-Sustaining Planet Discovered by NASA
Astronomers have discovered a new planet which may be the best candidate to support life found in the course of space exploration so far. Known as Ross 128b, it was discovered by an planet-finding instrument attached to the European Southern Observatory’s 3.6-metre …Continue reading
Astronomers Discover ‘Monster’ Planet Orbiting Dwarf Star
A group of astronomers has recently discovered the existence of a giant planet revolving around a small companion star. This find challenges a key theory regarding planet formation, according to which a planet of this size could not be formed by such …Continue reading
The Seven Most Extreme Planets Ever Discovered
Scientists recently discovered the hottest planet ever found – with a surface temperature greater than some stars. As the hunt for planets outside our own solar system continues, we have discovered many other worlds with extreme features. And the ongoing exploration of our own …Continue reading
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