Tag: solar system
NASA spacecraft aims to put mystery planets on galactic map
By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Calling all planets that orbit around bright, nearby stars: NASA's new Tess spacecraft is looking...
CREEPY SKULL Shaped Asteroid Set to Return in 2018
Hollywood has done a good job of filling our minds with the destruction that would be and has been unleashed upon the Earth through...
NASA ANNOUNCEMENT: First Solar System Like Ours With EIGHT PLANETS Discovered
NASA’s huge announcement has been made and no, we did not pick up a call from ET nor did we find any clear signs...
Interstellar visitor shaped like giant fire extinguisher
By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A newly discovered object from another star system that's passing through ours is shaped like...
Ancient Galactic Show in the Sky: Planets Fire Lightning Bolts
By Leonardo Vintini, Epoch Times
Were these recurring petroglyph patterns a familiar sight to ancient skies?
Given expression throughout history among countless civilizations around the world,...
NASA seeks nickname for tiny, icy world on solar system edge
By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Heads up, armchair travelers.
NASA is seeking a nickname for a tiny, icy world on the...
Astronomers Measure Milky Way with Radio Waves
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A collection of radio telescopes that spans thousands of miles and is remotely operated from central New Mexico has measured...
Astronomers Find Twin Stars Eating Planets!
No, it's not Marvel's Galactus "The Devourer of Worlds," but these two stars have devoured up to 15 planets so far! They're named Kronos...
Super Solar Storm Hits Mars with Dazzling Aurora
On September 11, 2017, a strong coronal mass ejection from our sun hit Mars, dazzling NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft's sensors.
This...
Scientists Just Found a SUPER EARTH 55 Light-Years Away
Spain's Institute of Space Sciences just found a "SUPER EARTH" called Gliese 3942B that orbits its own low-mass star called Gliese 3942 (also known...
