Maybe we’re the aftermath of an advanced civilization sending their last hope of avoiding extinction to the closest planet to mars they found habitable… TL;DR […]
Category: Astronomy
China aims to deflect an asteroid by 2030 to demonstrate its Earth protection capabilities
China to Launch Mission Targeting Asteroid with Dual Spacecraft Strategy for Planetary Defense by 2027 TL;DR China is planning its first asteroid impact mission as […]
70,000 years ago, an ancient nomadic star likely caused cosmic chaos near our solar system
Did Scholz’s Star Stir Up the Outer Solar System? Study Reveals Clues from Hyperbolic Objects TL;DR Around 70,000 years ago, the Toba supervolcano erupted, potentially […]
Scientists find an unexpected byproduct that suggests a whole new type of exotic black hole
This theory treads a fine line to help explain dark matter. TL;DR MIT researchers have revisited Stephen Hawking’s theory that primordial black holes formed just […]
A newly discovered star, 30 times larger than the sun, has an unexpected chemical composition
Newly Found Star J0524-0336 Has Unusually High Lithium Levels, Posing Major Questions for Astronomers TL;DR Astronomers have identified a massive star, J0524-0336, about 30,000 light-years […]
7bn-year-old stardust found inside a meteorite is the oldest solid material on Earth
“We are stardust, billion year old carbon. We are golden, caught in the devil’s bargain. And we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden.” […]
Hundreds of new exoplanets are found to exist, increasing the total to over 4,800 distant planets
With new computer programs and that new telescope, this number is going to look like 0 next to what we’ll have in 10 years. TL;DR […]
Study finds the moon had active volcanoes during the dinosaur age
Surprisingly Recent Volcanic Eruptions on the Moon Reveal Activity Even During the Time of Earth’s Dinosaurs TL;DR New research indicates that volcanic activity on the […]
An asteroid 10 times bigger than the dinosaur-killer knocked Jupiter’s largest moon off its axis
A Giant Asteroid Smashed Into Ganymede, Creating the Solar System’s Largest Impact Crater and Tilting Its Axis TL;DR About 4 billion years ago, a massive […]