Category: Discoveries
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Another Strange Star
Another Strange Star Scientists have discovered yet another peculiar blinking star, observed to be much like the maverick Tabby’s Star, known for its physically flickering trait and associated with alien controversies. The discovery of the star may encourage new questions on the issue of extraterrestrial life. Possible reasons for the blinking physical trait include…
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BLACK BEAUTY METEORITE SUGGESTS LIFE ON MARS STARTED EARLY
BLACK BEAUTY METEORITE SUGGESTS LIFE ON MARS STARTED EARLY A new study says that Mars was a potentially habitable planet. The process of planet formation involves heat. Rocky planets such as Earth and Mars ended up covered molten rock after they formed. On Mars, the oceans of molten rock froze up immediately, which could have…
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The Birth Of The Universe’s First Stars
Scientists discovered that the first twinkle of the stars appeared about 180 Million years ago. They said that the appearance, termed as the “cosmic dawn”, left its signature on the hydrogen gas that surrounds the stars now. A radio antenna was reported to have picked this up. The signal was a dip in the…
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Algae Survives 530 Days in Outer Space
A particular species of algae found in the Arctic Circle have successfully survived in outer space for a period of 530 days. Of course, these algae are accustomed to dealing with severe weather conditions, but despite the fact that the Arctic Circle is a very hostile environment, it is not as hostile as outer…
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Earth’s Magnetic Field Has A Crack
A telescope known as the GRAPES-3 muon recorded a burst of cosmic rays. These rays were about 20 GeV. This occurred on June 22nd of 2015. The burst lasted 2 hours and happened due to a solar corona. It was moving at about 2.5 million kph when it hit our planet. The hit caused…
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Space “Tsunami” Creates Spectacular Eyelid-like Image
A giant wave of gas is currently slamming through a distant spiral galaxy and as it travels it is creating a spectacular image that resembles eyelids. The zone of turbulence was formed as a result of galaxy IC2163 being brushed by galaxy NGC 2207 and the resulting “eyelid” feature will remain for millions of…
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Mars Rover Curiosity Finds an Unusual Meteorite
The Mars Rover called Curiosity has been roaming the surface of Mars since 2012 and has just found an unusual meteorite on October 31, 2016. It isn’t Curiosity’s first but it is the most unusual one found by any of the rovers. Two years ago, Curiosity found its first meteorite and it was…
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A Gas Cloud Poised to Impact with the Milky Way
There is a massive gas cloud that is predicted to hit the Milky Way Galaxy. But before you lose sleep, and rest assured, there is no real danger to the galaxy when the cloud hits in approximately 30 million years. What has been dubbed the Smith’s Cloud since it was noticed in 1963, scientists…
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Einstein Was Right – Gravitational Waves Have Been Detected!
We Found Gravitational Waves! Albert Einstein in his general theory of relativity predicted that gravitational waves both exist and that they can move through space like sound waves in air (or ripples on calm waters). But until now, actually detecting them has been one of the last remaining tests to prove his theory was…
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Mystery Still Surrounds Space Anomaly
NASA’s Kepler team continues to scan the skies for new planets that are similar to Earth. Kepler-452b was determined to be one of those. Located in a solar system 1,500 light years away, the scientists took a considerable interest in the planet. That’s when they discovered the area has been dimming over time. This isn’t…