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NASA Spots a Comet in Unexpected Place

Judging by the size of the Oort cloud and the number of long-period comets that were seen until now, scientists estimate that there should be around one trillion comets in the Solar System. Therefore, we shouldn’t be too surprised when…

March 1, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Newfound ‘Hot Jupiter’ Puzzles Astronomers by Lacking Clouds

For recent years, astronomers had been hunting down exoplanet with powerful telescopes. Not too many decades ago, scientists weren’t completely sure that there are any planets beyond our own solar system. Meanwhile, thousands of such space objects were discovered, and…

January 26, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Message From an Alien Civilization? Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede Manifests Radio Signal For The First Time

Many scientists suspect that extraterrestrial beings exist even ‘next-door’ to us: in our own Solar System. There are plenty of space objects out there besides Earth that also feature some characteristics that would make them able to host life. The…

January 12, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Jupiter Will “Embrace” Saturn in Outstanding Celestial Show

If you’re among the millions of passionate stargazers out there, you cannot afford to miss a cosmic event that repeats itself once in several centuries. The Middle Ages was the last time when Jupiter and Saturn offered an impressive and…

November 23, 2020 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Jupier’s Great Red Spot Highlighted In New Image Of Insane Storms

Jupiter is a really special place with its swirling atmosphere which is riddled with wild storms. The colorful could bands of the planet are standing out in a fresh Hubble Space Telescope image that’s been recently captured back in August. …

September 18, 2020 · by Rada Mateescu · 0

Incredible Celestial Sight on July 19: Crescent Moon and Five Planets Visible at the Same Time

There is that time of the year when skywatchers can look forward to seeing an incredible celestial sight. That time has come! For a short period before dawn on July 19, Sunday, sharp-eyed skywatchers with a clear view of the…

July 15, 2020 · by Katherine Baldwin · 0

Cosmic Achievement: SpaceX Could Send NASA To Jupiter’s Moon Europa

It’s been revealed that Congress has opened the door to a commercial rocket to launch a NASA mission to deep space. A Falcon Heavy or just another SpaceX rocket, as CNET calls it, could be soon carrying NASA’s planned Europa…

July 8, 2020 · by Rada Mateescu · 0

Amazing News For The Search Of ET Life Emerges – It Involves Jupiter’s Moon, Europa

It’s been just revealed that Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, has experienced enough heat in order to produce a layered interior and subsurface ocean, according to the latest reports coming from experts. The finding could turn out helpful for researchers to…

June 25, 2020 · by Rada Mateescu · 0

Massive Exoplanet Three Times Larger Than Jupiter Was Spotted

A recently published paper has revealed that an even greater exoplanet is orbiting around the distant star, Kepler-88, as published in The Astronomical Journal. The planet is about 300 times bigger in mass than Earth and three times more massive…

May 2, 2020 · by Anna Daniels · 0

NASA Shared Some Stunning Images With Jupiter

Juno is the spacecraft that closely monitors the most giant planet in our solar system, Jupiter. The probe has been orbiting around the giant planet for over the past four years. Its primary objective is to provide insight into the…

April 28, 2020 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0