As the moon orbits the Earth, the Earth orbits the sun, and the sun orbits the center of the Milky Way, moving up and down with respect to the galactic plane. A new study has suggested that this movement of our star through the Milky Way may be taking us through regions of space that … Read more
NASA has plans to return astronauts to the moon’s surface in the near future. Next year, four astronauts will orbit the moon. “We don’t have to go back to the moon just for the moon. We go back to learn new things. So we can go to Mars and beyond,” said Administrator Bill Nelson. The … Read more
NASA has plans to return astronauts to the moon’s surface in the near future. Next year, four astronauts will orbit the moon. “We don’t have to go back to the moon just for the moon. We go back to learn new things. So we can go to Mars and beyond,” said Administrator Bill Nelson. The … Read more
New research from Boston University and the Harvard Radcliffe Institute suggests that the sun passed through a massive hydrogen cloud two million years ago, directly impacting the protective heliosphere and possibly permanently altering all life on Earth. Evidence for this event and its effects on Earth’s climate also shows that the Sun’s location in the … Read more
In recent weeks, the sun has become so noisy that Earth has been repeatedly bombarded with radiation and particles emitted by bursts of solar plasma. But Earth isn’t the only planet affected by solar storms. At just 1.5 times Earth’s distance from the Sun, Mars is also being buffeted by the massive outpourings of particles … Read more
Human technology such as cell phones and cell towers continuously emit radio waves roomand astronomers estimate that this telltale feature has penetrated humanity 75 nearby galaxies, which is a signal to any vigilant alien civilization that Earth is home to a technologically advanced species. And although scientists have long listened to our planet’s incessant radio … Read more
Scientists believe that Earth briefly lost protection from the sun about two million years ago and had to endure the extreme environment of interstellar space as the solar system passed through a dense cloud of gas and dust between the stars. At that time, early human ancestors shared our planet with prehistoric animals such as … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Credit: CC0 Public domain × close to Credit: CC0 Public domain About two million years ago, the Earth looked very different, where our early human ancestors lived alongside sabre-tooth tigers, mastodons and enormous rodents. And depending on where they were, … Read more
By means of Knicole Colón and Christopher Stark, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center June 9, 2024 NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope examines potentially habitable exoplanets in our Milky Way, focusing on small planets that could support life due to their location in the habitable zone. Detecting atmospheres, let alone biosignatures indicative of life, is extremely … Read more
LONDON: It was a kind of accidental discovery, Volker Vahrenkamp admits with a smile. “Sometimes these things need a little luck.” Vahrenkamp, a professor of geology at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Thuwal, on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast, had set out with a team of colleagues to investigate a coastal geological … Read more