Already, astronomers have successfully found intriguing chemical reactions on a planet 700 light-years away, and as described above, the observatory has started looking at one of the most anticipated places in the cosmos: the rocky, Earth-sized planets of the TRAPPIST solar system. ...
"And we have one planet system that is very similar to the famous TRAPPIST-1 system of seven rocky planets," Christiansen added. "This one has five small planets that orbit a very small, cool red dwarf called K2-384. The new batch also in...
like the fleeting, enigmatic signals from across the universe known asfast radio bursts. New evidence was presented for the possible existence of anunseen ninth planetin the far reaches of the solar system (Pluto was re-classified as a dwarf planet in 2006) and we also learned more...
despite the planet being colder in the distant past. Any water on Mars now is either completely frozen or in the form of briny deposits buried under its thick glaciers. Billions of years ago, the Sun was even coo...
Beyond that, astronomers continued to investigate some persistent space mysteries, like the fleeting, enigmatic signals from across the universe known asfast radio bursts. New evidence was presented for the possible existence of anunseen ninth planetin the far reaches of the solar system (P...
"We are going to be looking at the same stars and planets far into the future. We are discovering new worlds. In the future, we won't refer to [the exoplanets] TRAPPIST-1 b, c, and d by letters. We'll use names." Additional resources: Check out the IAU's introduction to star ...
After that, Silverstein was held in isolation for about 30 years, far away from other prisoners, in his own special cell, only seeing the guards. Fountain was in a cell, away from everyone else, for 21 years. How did they handle that?
Researchers have done a remarkable job finding and learning about exoplanets using currently available instruments, discovering over 4,000 exoplanets so far. However, this field is very recent, with the first planets outside our solar system being identified in the 1990s. That means that many curre...
The 4-Hour Body Following the eating recommendations in the book, today I had a bacon cheeseburger, truffle cheese fries, a pint of hard cider, a pint of Belgian Trappist ale, a pint of Haagan Dazs cookies & cream ice cream, a piece of chocolate molten-lava cake with vanilla bean whip...
Workplace biases are back in the national conversation, thanks to the recent memo by a Google employee. The memo's author challenges the company's diversity policies, arguing that psychological differences between men and women explain why fewer women wo