The massive find promises to help scientists better understand how all rocky bodies—including our own planet—came to be.
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Astronomers think the moonlet has actually smashed into Himalia, Jupiter's fifth most massive moon after the four Galileans. That possible impact appears to have created a streak of material, observed in 2006, that might even be a whole new ring around Jupiter. The planet's faint rings ...
How massive the moon
The full moon occurs when the moon is directly opposite the sun from Earth's perspective. Most of the time, it is fully illuminated by sunlight. Occasionally, the moon's orbit carries it into Earth's shadow, causing a lunar eclipse. However, February's full moon will bypass Earth's shado...
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She climbed the spiral staircase, each step groaning under her weight. When she reached the top, she found herself in the clock chamber. The massive gears, covered in cobwebs, stood still, their metal surfaces dull with ag...
The full moon looks massive as it sets behind the Very Large Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert, in this photo release on Jun 7, 2010. Why do observers report that the moon looks larger near the horizon than it does high in the sky? It may be nothing more than a trick of perspectiv...
One of the most urgent needs of the African continent is having an adequate energy supply. During the course of my travels to African countries over the last decade, I have often experienced first-hand the local challenges over electricity and power shortages. This is one of the many paradoxes...
Titan’s dunes comprise about six million square miles of the moon, but astronomers have long questioned where they came from. Many had thought the sun’s radiation causes tiny particles to fall from the moon’s hazy atmosphere and collect on its surface, where th...