Category: Our Solar System
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Why Do Jupiter’s Northern and Southern Lights Act Differently than Earth’s?
The Northern Lights of Earth ripple and dance through the air. Its Southern Lights, or Aurora Australis, aren’t as well-known because fewer people live near the South Pole where they are seen. The auroras look and act different at Jupiter’s poles. The northern aurora is inconsistent in its display while the southern lights are…
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Jupiter Data from Juno Probe Surprises Scientists
When Juno headed toward Jupiter in 2011, scientists had a few theories about what would be found. These theories are being challenged as data being sent back from Juno is studied. As it turns out, much of what had been believed about Jupiter is simply not the case. Up until now, Jupiter’s poles had…
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Will We Find Live On Mars?
Possibility of Life on Mars. There has been a lot of talk about the potential for life on mars. We are not however talking about at traditional image of an E.T. The life that many scientists feel could be present on mars is that of a more microscopic nature. How realistic is it though to…
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Dark Galaxies Challenge Our Understanding of Space
Not every galaxy has the plethora of stars that our own does. There are some galaxies that are simply starved for stars. According to scientists, there are may galaxies that are dark “beasts” with literally no stars. How they form is completely unclear as of yet and they challenge the basic understanding of galaxies and…
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An Ocean On Pluto
NASA’s spacecraft, New Horizons, picked up a new analysis that may mean that there is a subsurface ocean on Pluto! How did they deduce this? Sputnik Planitia is a low lying plain on Pluto and according to the new images it is very well aligned with Pluto’s tidal axis. It’s so certain that scientists…
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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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Curiosity Analyzes Mars with Its ChemCam Laser
Mars is one of Earth’s closest neighbors. The release of “The Martian” in 2015 revived human curiosity about the Red Planet. How much is it like Earth? Did the canals once carry water? Earth’s populace stares up at the night sky and wonders if lifeforms ever inhabited the planet. Could humanity survive if it…
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Buck Moon Rises
July’s Full Moon: What’s in a Name? That which we call a full moon, by any other name would still be a full moon. Shakespeare didn’t quite say that but the idea is still the same. People have a fondness for giving each month’s full moon a name, sometimes several names. July’s full moon is…
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Is There A Planet-X Out There?
If you type in “Planet X” in your favorite search engine, you’re likely to find all kinds of stuff from mass destruction of our current existence, to ancient alien astronauts … and a whole host of others. This article is NOT about any of that. This article is about the growing evidence that a…
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Could A Super Solar Flare Take Out The Earth?
Superflare of 2012 With over 4.5 million views, this NASA video of an absolutely massive 2012 solar flare – having a coronal mass ejection of over 900 miles per hour is simply amazing. Oh, and think about that 900 miles per hour mass ejection from the sun figure … that’s over 1,320 feet traveled every…