NASA discovers planet with a truly mysterious pastIt may have once been a water world.By Mark Kaufman on May 13, 2023 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Flipboard An artist's conception of the mysterious “mini-Neptune" exoplanet GJ 1214 b. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech/ R. ...
"Information about a planet’s interior gives us a sense of whether the surface of the planet is habitable by life as we know it," Kane explained. "Though this particular planet is unlikely to be inhabited today, it may be a harbinger of a many rocky worlds yet to be discov...
Last year, it was widely reported that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) had spotted what could be the telltale signs of life in the atmosphere of a distant extrasolar planet, or exoplanet. It had been reported that the powerful space telescope had seen dimethyl sulfide, or DMS, in t...
“It’s really remarkable that we can see details on Jupiter together with its rings, tiny satellites, and even galaxies in one image,” de Pater said. The planet's rings and moons are also highlighted in the relea...
It was returned to storage after Russia and Europe cut ties with the project because of the war in Ukraine. Russia was supposed to provide the rocket ride. A decision on when the rover still can launch to Mars later this decade won't come until late fall, Parker said. ___ T...
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The crater floor will be outside the line of sight Grace would ordinarily need to talk with the nearby Athena. The MAPP rover will close this communications gap, for it's equipped with what will be the moon’s first cellular network. MAPP will deploy onto...
Evidence of this warmer, wetter past is preserved on the planet’s surface today in the form of river channels, lakebeds, alluvial fans, and sedimentary deposits. When this period began, and how long it lasted, remains the subject of much debate for scientists. Knowing how long this period...
正文:Asteroid 2024 YR4 has firmly grabbed the world's attention, with an approximately 2% chance of colliding with Earth in 2032. NASA has sounded the alarm, stating that its size is sufficient to cause local damage, thus triggering the international warning system established to safeguard our ...
In all likelihood, asteroid 2024 YR4 will slip silently past the Earth. Based on the data we have so far, there’s an estimated chance of only 2.1% to 2.3% that it will collide with the planet on December 22nd, 2032. Under normal circumstances, if somebody told you there was a roughl...