Category: Our Solar System
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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…
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New Moons of Jupiter have been Named
In July 2018, experts from the Carnegie Institute of Science discovered new natural satellites (moons) of Jupiter, totaling to 79 in all. However, those 12 lunar additions remained nameless, until now. Astronomers thrusted the naming process of these orbiting spheres into the hands of twitter users, leading to a deluge of creative answers. The planet…
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Establishing the Shape of the Milky Way
The milky way is our home galaxy while its shape has remained unestablished. Scientists may have uncovered a new method of shaping the Milky Way by determining the distance between stars and Earth through 3D measurements. According to the latest technique, it is more warped and less flat than earlier studies have suggested. The 3D…
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FETTUCCINE: MARTIAN SIGN OF LIFE
Noodle-like rock formations on Mars are said to have been formed by an ancient bacterium found on rock formations on Earth and on harsh surroundings that are similar to areas on Mars. The formations look like fettuccine pasta (in cable formation) and capellini pasta (when moving downstream) so the rover could examine it easily for…
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EARTH MAY BE THREATENED BY RARE SUPERFLARES
Superflares have appeared in the Milky Way’s edges in recent years. These happen when stars let out enormous bursts of energy from lightyears away. Scientists had no idea why these stars behave this way, until recently. They only assumed that the explosions only happened to the active and young stars. A new study has shown…
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UNDER THE LARGEST CRATER OF THE MOON
A huge, enigmatic lump of solid material was found under the moon’s South Pole-Aitken basin. This may have metal from the body of an asteroid that collided into the moon and created the crater. The said crater is oval with a width of about 2,000 kilometers, comparable to the distance between Washington, D.C., and…
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Organic-rich Volcanoes of Pluto
In the distant icy dwarf planet of Pluto, scientists have discovered red ice believed to have been spewed from the volcanoes on its surface. According to the research team from NASA, the detected traces of water may contain organic-rich ammonia. A NASA representative states of the physical characteristics of ammonia, “if you find it at…
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Oldest Footage of Solar Eclipse
Solar eclipses are rare and phenomenal events. These extraordinary events only take place when the Sun, Earth and Moon are perfectly aligned in a three-dimensional angle. In modern times, people have taken their personal recordings of the rare event to social media and streaming sites. However, in the past, such sightings were restricted to pioneering…
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The Magnetized Galactic Connection
Astronomers in the Netherlands, using the Low-Frequency Array radio telescope network, (LOFAR), have discovered strong electron-based forces, known as synchrotron emissions, between two distant galaxy clusters, in what is to be the first observation of a magnetic field connecting large cosmic objects. The two objects in question, Abell 0399 and Abell 0401, are about…
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New Water Cycle on Mars
THERE’S A NEW WATER CYCLE ON MARS When it’s summer on Mars’ southern hemisphere (happening every 2 Earth years), water vapor rises effectively into the planet’s upper atmosphere. The winds carry the gas to Mars’ north pole. Some of it escape into the surrounding space, and others decay. The remainder sinks back to areas close…