Category: Space Exploration
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Looking for Life on Planets and Moons
At this point, just about everyone knows that we’ve been searching for signs of life on Mars. Now, we’re looking for signs of life on Venus. There are also two other places that scientists are taking a hard look at. A moon called Enceladus orbits the planet Saturn and, while covered in ice, has flowing…
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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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The Elusive Disk of the Black Hole
Black holes are enigmatic objects in the cosmos that are continuously examined by astronomers. As viewed from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in northern Chile, Scientists have discovered the accretion disk of the enormous Black hole positioned within the Milky Way. Black holes are generally easy to distinguish within the cosmos with the formation…
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Death of Stars in Cow Flares
It is established that stars eventually die, but scientists may have discovered a novel way how stellar units make their final departure from the cosmos. Sightings from the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System telescope in Hawaii has suggested a unique cosmic flare symbolising the death of a star. The phenomenon has been dubbed the “Cow”.…
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Women Only Space Walk
THE FIRST WOMEN-ONLY SPACEWALK Christina Koch, 40, and Anne McClain, 39, were two of the participants in NASA’s very first women-only spacewalk last March 29. The said spacewalk was supported by an all-female ground crew. Jackie Kagey was the lead spacewalk flight controller and Mary Lawrence was the lead flight director at the Johnson Space…
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Astronauts Search the Waters
ASTRONAUTS SEARCH THE WATERS It is common knowledge that the vast oceans have not been explored fully yet. The dark territories underneath all that water are interesting to astronauts because, in a huge way, these environments are “alien”. Recently, astronauts have been studying life in the dark recesses of the ocean. As the CAVES training…
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WHY INVEST IN SPACE EXPLORATION WHEN THERE IS STILL A CLIMATE CRISIS ON EARTH?
Everyone knows that space exploration costs money. With all the climate problems we have on Earth, many ask if space exploration is still a practical endeavor. For at least half a century, space exploration has contributed a lot in scientific and technological advancements in the field of energy, mining, ecology, and healthcare. Here are some…
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IS LIFE LURKING UNDERNEATH MARS’ SURFACE?
Scientists would have to search underneath the surface of Mars if they want to find any sign of life. All Mars explorations have always searched signs of life on its surface, in areas that contain remnants of bodies of water. Until now, there is still no evidence of life in any of them, but there…
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EVEN IF ALIEN WORLDS ARE OXYGEN-RICH, THEY STILL MAY NOT BE UNHABITABLE
EVEN IF ALIEN WORLDS ARE OXYGEN-RICH, THEY STILL MAY NOT BE UNHABITABLE Oxygen is not a convincing sign of alien life anymore. A new study suggests that even the presence of acknowledged biosignatures could falsely indicate the existence of life. Oxygen and methane are byproducts of living organisms, scientists use them as determinants for the…
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THE TRUTH BEHIND NASA’S DOCUMENTATION OF ALIENS’ VISIT TO EARTH
Recently, an article exposes a NASA scientist’s statement that the Earth may have had alien visitors before. Fox News, The Daily Wire, New York Post, and Russia Today all released the same story. The articles were created according to the information shared by Silvano Colombano on NASA’s website. Colombano, NASA’s Ames Research Center’s researcher, argued…