NASA reported on the investigations that it will carry out in the coming weeks, with the James Webb Space Telescope, of two exoplanets classified as “super earths”, one of which bears the name of 55 Cancers and and whose very high temperatures keep their materials in a state of lava. A note from NASA dated … Read more
In a new report, an influential panel of American planetary scientists suggested that NASA send a spacecraft to Uranus, to study the composition of the planet, its rings and its moons, RT reported. Stemming from a process known as the decadal survey, the annual recommendations provide NASA guidance for prioritizing science goals, and they always … Read more
By: Yvonne Ye After China sent robots to the moon, landed others on Mars, and built its own space station, it is now setting its sights on distant solar systems; This month, scientists will publish detailed plans for China’s first mission to discover planets outside our solar system. The mission will search for these planets … Read more
From April 20, the inhabitants of the Earth can watch a rare astronomical show. Four celestial bodies lined up on one side of the Sun. This is not only an amazing sight, but also new opportunities for gravitational maneuvers in space. According to Galina Chikunova, a researcher at the Skoltech Space Weather Laboratory, an unusual … Read more
(MENAFN– Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Kuwait – 4-11 (KUNA) -— Al-Ajiri Scientific Center announced that with the absence of the moon at dawn on Saturday, April 16, four planets will gather in the direction of the east before sunrise in a distinctive astronomical scene that can be seen with the naked eye. The planets (Jupiter), … Read more
Astronomers from the European Southern Observatory have measured unexpected temperature changes on Neptune. Between 2003 and 2018, the global average temperature on the ice giant fell by eight degrees Celsius, writes a team led by Michael Roman from the University of Leicester and Glenn Orton from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the Planetary Science Journal. … Read more
(AFP) – SubtitlesOn Pluto, volcanoes are not like their counterparts on Earth, they are icy and spewing lava of ice.Strange coagulated liquid masses present on the surface of the planet and not previously observed in the solar system indicate that ice volcanoes were active until a relatively not-so-distant era in this dwarf planet, according to … Read more
The US space agency confirmed NASA There are more than 5,000 exoplanets, out of our solar system. The planetary odometer went live on March 21, with the latest batch of 65 exoplanets – planets outside our immediate solar family – added to NASA’s archive of exoplanets. Multiple detection methods or by analytical techniques. More than … Read more