Scientists have studied an unusual pair of asteroids and discovered that their existence points to an early planetary rearrangement in our solar system. …read more Source:: Science
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Large wind and solar farms in the Sahara would increase heat, rain, vegetation
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•Wind and solar farms are known to have local effects on heat, humidity and other factors that may be beneficial — or detrimental — to the regions in which they …read more Source:: Science
Exoplanets where life could develop as it did on Earth
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•Scientists have identified a group of planets outside our solar system where the same chemical conditions that may have led to life on Earth exist. …read more Source:: Science
Einstein proved right in another galaxy
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•Astronomers have made the most precise test of gravity outside our own solar system. By combining data taken with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large …read more Source:: Science
The true power of the solar wind
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•The planets and moons of our solar system are continuously being bombarded by particles from the sun. On the Moon or on Mercury, the uppermost layer of rock is gradually …read more Source:: Science
NASA’s SDO Reveals How Magnetic Cage on the Sun Stopped Solar Eruption
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•A dramatic magnetic power struggle at the Sun’s surface lies at the heart of solar eruptions, new research shows. …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers produce first detailed images of surface of giant star
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•An international team of astronomers has produced the first detailed images of the surface of a giant star outside our solar system, revealing a nearly circular, dust-free atmosphere with complex …read more Source:: Science
Extra-terrestrial Hypatia stone rattles solar system status quo
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•Analyses on a small pebble found in south-west Egypt cast significant questions on a widely-held view about the primitive pre-solar dust cloud which our Sun, Earth and other planets were …read more Source:: Science
Hubble Sees Nearby Asteroids Photobombing Distant Galaxies
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•Photobombing asteroids from our solar system have snuck their way into this deep image of the universe taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. These asteroids reside roughly 160 million miles …read more Source:: Science
NASA’s MAVEN mission finds Mars has a twisted magnetic tail
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•Mars has an invisible magnetic ‘tail’ that is twisted by interaction with the solar wind, according to new research using data from NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft. …read more Source:: Science