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Gravitational Waves Provide New Information About Extra Dimensions
Gravitational waves are disturbances in the fabric of spacetime. It takes massive, cataclysmic events to make waves large enough for us to detect. Last year’s discovery of gravitational waves coming from two colliding neutron stars was groundbreaking. Prof. Daniel Holz said, “This is the very first time we’ve been...
SpaceX to Send a Passenger Around the Moon
The world’s first passenger is flying to the moon. SpaceX announced on Thursday that it will fly a passenger around the moon on its giant BFR rocket. In a tweet, Thursday evening (Sept. 13), SpaceX announced that it has “signed the world’s first private passenger to fly around the Moon aboard our BFR launch...
Two Asteroids Will Pass Closer to Earth than the Moon
NASA warns that two asteroids are buzzing Earth this weekend in 20,000 mph graze. Astronomers call the newfound asteroid 2018 RC and you can watch its approach in a live webcast tonight (Sept. 8). 2018 RC is about the size of a jumbo jet, according to NASA’s Asteroid Watch team. The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last...
Milky Way Died Once, This Is Its Second Life
Calculations show that our galactic home, the Milky Way, died at some point in its history. So, we are now in its second life. Academics at Tohoku University believe the Milky Way experienced a dark age when the formation of new stars dramatically stopped. Astronomer Masafumi Noguchi from the Tohoku University has made some...
Water Ice Confirmed at the Moon Poles
Researchers have finally found direct evidence of water ice at the darkest, coldest regions of the moon’s poles. The available source of water, NASA suggests, might make it easier for future lunar expeditions to explore and even stay on the Moon. It exists in sparse patches in the north and is concentrated in permanently...
Astronomers Observe First Coronal Mass Ejection from Other Star
Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) appears when a star spews a glob of plasma and charged particles from its corona into surrounding space. CMEs on our Sun occur almost every day and we’ve known about them since 1971. But this is the first time astronomers have identified it on another star. “People have looked for this for a long...
Giant Rogue Planet Discovered Floating Outside our Solar System
Scientists discover a giant rogue planet wandering outside our solar system. This is the first planetary-mass object scientists identify beyond our solar system. Rogue planets are objects that orbit around the galaxy without a parent star. The newfound planet has incredible magnetism and it’s huge. According to the...
NASA to Unveil First Commercial Crew Astronauts Today
Today (Aug. 3), NASA will announce the first commercial crew astronauts who will fly in SpaceX and Boeing spacecraft. These are also the first flights to launch from the United States soil since the space shuttle retired in 2011. The two American corporations SpaceX and Boeing are under contract to provide a taxi-like service...
NASA Says “Mars Terraforming is Impossible”, Elon Musk Disagrees
According to a new NASA-sponsored study, Mars terraforming is impossible with the current technology. But SpaceX’s CEO Elon Musk thinks otherwise. When we talk about terraforming Mars, we talk about turning the red planet into humanity’s second home. That means changing the environment so that humans can live there...
Evidence of Liquid Water Finally Discovered on Mars
Scientists find the first large body of liquid water on Mars. It’s about 30 kilometers wide and it lies under a layer of Martian ice. Scientists have long suspected that Mars isn’t as dry as it looks. Over the years, spacecraft and rovers have uncovered evidence of its watery past. Thanks to these machines,...