K2-229b, Mercury-like exo-planet discovered An International team of astronomers has detected a metallic exo-planet with a density similar to Mercury. Earth, Venus and Mars and some extra solar terrestrial planets have a mass and radius that is consistent with a mass fraction of about 30 per cent metallic core and 70 per cent…
The Kepler space telescope has already made number of discoveries since spying in the skies for the last eight years. Twenty new exo-planets that have a good chance of being within the habitable zone of their stars, including one that has an orbit very close to that of Earth. According to a new research paper…
A red-looking sun has been seen across parts of England including the South West, the Midlands, North West and North East. One theory could be the debris and dust from forest fires in Portugal and Spain. The red Sun and golden sky are partly due to the fatal hurricane and Storm Ophelia.
Researchers discovered the molecule, vinyl cyanide (acrylonitrile), for a “ protocell” that might be stable and flexible in liquid methane, “ according to astronomer Jonathan Lunine from Cornell Chemical engineers. Scientists have found the first indisputable evidence of the presence of a molecule – acrylonitrile – on Titan, which may be key to exotic life…
Jupiter is coming to its closet point to Earth today, and the point in its orbite where its directly opposite the Sun in our sky, just 416 million miles (670 million kilometres) away and as it is the furthest, it can be upwards of 620 million miles (1 billion kilometres) away. NASA’s Hubble telescope was…
Scientists say they have discovered an atmosphere 39 light years away, around an Earth-like planet GJ 1132b, 1.4 times the size of our planet for the first time. In their hunt for life beyond our solar system, the study published in the Astronomical Journal suggest that the super-Earth is surrounded by a thick layer of…
NASA finds new solar system called Trappist-1 and three earth-sized planets orbiting a nearby star 39light years away from Earth, that may support alien life. Astronomers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration have detected seven earth-sized planets. Thomas Zurbuchen, an Associate administrator of Nasa’s Science Mission Directorate, told a press conference in Washington “this…
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) broke the world record when it launched 104 satellites onboard on single rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The satellites were launched by ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, earlier used in the ambitious Mars Orbiter Mission. This is first of its kind to launch…
February 11th 2017 full moon coincides with a partial penumbral lunar eclipse, which happens when the moon passes through a peripheral region of the Earth’s shadow, because the Earth is between the sun and the moon.