Month: February 2020
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Pluto Has an Icy Heart and It Produces Cold Winds
Pluto’s heart is made of nitrogen and it controls the planet’s winds. Based on new research, it may even become the precursor to the features of the planet’s surface. Fondly called Tombaugh Regio, Pluto’s heart-shaped detail became renowned after NASA’s mission, New Horizons shot footage of the small planet back in 2015. The video showed…
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Strange Monster Galaxy of the Archaic Universe Discovered
Scientists from the University of California, Riverside led an international group of astronomers that found a strange monster galaxy. The said galaxy happened when our universe was merely 1.8 Billion years old (12 Billion years ago). Named XMM-2599, the galaxy created stars quickly and then expired. It is still unclear as to why it…
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Brand New Solar Telescope Forms Initial Images
The first images released from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope of the National Science Foundation show a preview of the products from the solar telescope and the extraordinary features of the sun’s surface. The space weather can most certainly affect the Earth’s systems. Various magnetic eruptions on the surface of the sun can damage…
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Presolar Grains Found in Meteorite Chunk
According to the latest study by Washington University in St. Louis, a strange chunk from a meteorite could possibly contain some history about space. The discovered presolar grains are minute particles of interstellar material created before our sun was born. These grains are seen in some archaic meteorite. Yet, a new examination of presolar grains…