Space

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have been facing unexpected challenges while on the International Space Station. Their initial plan was to stay for just eight days after flying into space aboard Boeing’s Starliner spaceship on June 5. However, due to glitches in the spacecraft, they have been stranded on the ISS while NASA
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Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, has hydrogen sulfide in its atmosphere, giving it a smell reminiscent of rotten eggs. Recently, astronomers have discovered the same foul-smelling gas on an extreme exoplanet known as HD-189733b. This Jupiter-sized exoplanet, located in the Milky Way, exhibits a signature of hydrogen sulfide, shedding light on the role
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In 2017, scientists identified an exoplanet named LHS-1140b as one of the most promising places to find signs of life outside our Solar System. This alien world has now become even more peculiar. It appears to be an ‘eyeball’ planet, with a massive global ocean covered in ice, and a single, iris-like region measuring approximately
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The moon, our constant companion in the night sky, holds many mysteries. Among these mysteries are the enigmatic lunar swirls – bright patches on the lunar surface that have puzzled scientists for centuries. These swirls, such as the well-known Reiner Gamma swirl, have defied explanation since their discovery in the 1600s. Despite advances in technology
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The remarkable aurora in early May of this year served as a stark reminder of the power that solar storms can unleash as radiation, but there is a more destructive force that the Sun can unleash known as “solar particle events.” These events involve blasts of protons directly from the surface of the Sun shooting
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Jupiter’s moon Io is a remarkable celestial body, brimming with volcanic activity. With approximately 150 of its 400 active volcanoes erupting at any given time, Io is like a constantly bubbling cauldron of lava and gas. The recent observations made by the Juno probe’s Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) have shed new light on the
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