All of the planets in our solar system (except Earth, our viewing platform) appear in a long line in the early December evening sky. Mercury and Venus start the month deep in the brilliance of the sun; emerging on the other side of the sun, they will become visible around the middle of the month …
Scientists at the Australian National University (ANU) have developed a new cost-effective deep-scanning technique that can provide a window into the interiors of planets in Earth’s solar system. The new approach uses a single instrument on the planet and provided ANU seismologists with an analysis of the Red Planet’s interior, including its core. The dynamo …
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Welcome to our weekly recap of our Planetary Picture of the Day (PPOD)!Eclipses, galaxies, our diverse and fascinating solar system – there’s so much to see out there! Monday, November 14, 2022 Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Jason Major Planetary latteThis very impressive – and little-known – image of a meandering scribble of high-altitude clouds on Saturn was captured …
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Today, Mars is colloquially known as the “Red Planet” due to its dry, dusty landscape rich in iron oxide (aka “rust”). Additionally, the atmosphere is extremely thin and cold, and no water can exist on the surface in any form other than ice. But as the Martian landscape and other evidence attests, Mars was once …
Mars once had enough water for a planetary ocean 300 meters deep Read More »
The first week of climate talks in COP27 ended with another sharp warning from scientists, who said that global warming is already killing thousands, if not tens of thousands, of people each year, and that the carnage will only increase without an immediate and sharp reduction in emissions that warm the climate. The reported death …
When Neptune, the planet of fantasy, tilts Mercury, the minister of messages, sweet words are sweeter. This soulful water sign trine sparks personal connections and adds sparkly elements that give everything a cinematic sparkle. That’s what dreams are made of, and it feels good to get carried away, up and away. ARIES (March 21-April 19). …
HOUSTON – (November 7, 2022) – A new model that accounts for the interaction of forces acting on infant planets may explain two puzzling observations that have cropped up repeatedly among the more than 3,800 planetary systems cataloged to date. An illustration of the variations among the more than 5,000 known exoplanets discovered since the …
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image: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/2319/exoplanet-types-illustration/ CAPTION: An illustration of the variations among the more than 5,000 known exoplanets discovered since the 1990s. see After Credit: Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech HOUSTON – (November 7, 2022) – A new model that accounts for the interaction of forces acting on infant planets may explain two puzzling observations that have cropped up …
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