Space
- What If There Were No Moon?
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By Marsha Lewis, Inside Science TV. The moon — it can appear full, shining like a beacon in the night or just a sliver of a nightlight. Still, it’s always there. Image Credit: NASA.gov But what if we didn't have a moon? Here’s the top five things we ...
Article - Inside Science - Dec 5 2015 - 9:30am
- Cosmic Clumpy Donut Around Black Hole
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Thick donut-shaped disks of gas and dust that surround most massive black holes in the universe are 'clumpy' rather than smooth as originally thought, according to a new study. Until recently, telescopes weren't able to penetrate some of the ...
Article - News Staff - Dec 19 2015 - 8:00am
- Q2237-0305: Einstein's Cross Under The Gravitational Microlens
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Astrophysicists have obtained precise measurements for an object orbiting a black hole five billion light years away- and the innermost region of a disc of matter in orbital motion around a supermassive black hole tucked inside the quasar known as Einstein ...
Article - News Staff - Dec 22 2015 - 7:30am
- The Science Of The Star Of Bethlehem
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During winter it can sometimes feel that the whole day passes in the blink of an eye and that evening darkness comes far too quickly. While more daylight would be a lovely thing, the early darkness has one big advantage: the stars. On a clear evening you ...
Article - The Conversation - Dec 24 2015 - 7:30am
- Top Solar System Discoveries In 2015
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It has been a busy year for Solar System exploration – and particularly our galactic neighborhoods small icy bodies. Comets, asteroids, Kuiper Belt Objects and planetary satellites have all been in the news – from stunning images of comet 67P Churyumov-Ge ...
Article - The Conversation - Dec 28 2015 - 10:02am
- Asteroseismology Shows Strong Magnetic Fields In Majority Of Stars
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Strong magnetic fields discovered have been discovered in a majority of stars. An international group of astronomers led by the University of Sydney has discovered strong magnetic fields are common in stars, not rare as previously thought, using data from ...
Article - News Staff - Jan 4 2016 - 2:12pm
- Why Cosmology Is In Crisis
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Science is advancing rapidly. We are eradicating diseases, venturing further into space and discovering a growing zoo of subatomic particles. But cosmology – which is trying to understand the evolution of the entire universe using theories that work well ...
Article - The Conversation - Jan 10 2016 - 9:00am
- Beautiful Edible Orange Zinnia- First Zinnia But Not First Flower In Space- And Astronaut Choices
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Actually though most of the stories say it is the first flower to bloom in space, and Scott Kelly tweeted it as such, it turns out that there have been several flowers grown in space before, most recently in 2012, but the first such was way back in 1982. ...
Article - Robert Walker - Jan 19 2016 - 12:26pm
- Planet Nine: Not Pluto, A New Planet Discovered In Our Solar System
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Caltech researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the outer solar system. The object, which the researchers have nicknamed Planet Nine, has a mass about 10 times that of Earth and orbits about 20 times ...
Article - News Staff - Jan 20 2016 - 2:42pm
- Why This New "Planet X" Is No Threat To Earth:).
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Just a short post, since I do articles here from time to time to reassure those who worry about collisions with Earth for every new discovery. This new planet X is not even proved to exist yet. But if it is- it orbits way beyond Neptune. It is no more of ...
Article - Robert Walker - Jul 12 2016 - 6:08am