This is our page devoted to scientific discoveries, advances and all of the other ” crazy stuff ” which scientists produce in their daily work. Here we are going to post the most important news concerning astronomy and science.
Timeline PhotosAs we've been saying for a couple of days now, Venus is near the Pleiades this week! Their conjunction will be April 3. Fred Espenak created this diagram showing Venus's daily position during early April. Thanks Fred!
Weirdly giant planet found around tiny star defies expectations
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A gas giant planet discovered around a puny star some 30 light-years away is prompting astronomers to revisit their models for planetary formation.How does SETI search the sky for aliens?
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Astronomy.com is for anyone who wants to learn more about astronomy events, cosmology, planets, galaxies, asteroids, astrophotography, the Big Bang, black holes, comets, constellations, eclipses, exoplanets, nebulae, meteors, quasars, observing, telescopes, NASA, Hubble, space missions, stargazing,....What if the Moon disappeared tomorrow?
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If we all woke up one morning to find the moon missing, it turns out most of us probably wouldn’t notice.Physicist: Our galaxy may be located inside a gigantic bubble
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If research bears the theory out, it'd mean that our galactic neighborhood is very different from the rest of the universe.Planet Nine may be a black hole the size of a baseball
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A slew of oddly orbiting objects indicates a massive planet is hiding in the outer solar system. But one group of astronomers says it might be a tiny black hole instead.A SUNSPOT FROM THE NEXT SOLAR CYCLE: A sunspot is emerging over the sun's northeastern limb, and it appears to be a member of the next solar cycle. The unnumbered active region is inset in this magnetic map of the sun's surface from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
How do we know this sunspot belongs to the next solar cycle? Its magnetic polarity tells us so. Northern sunspots from old Solar Cycle 24 have a +/- polarity. This sunspot appears to be the opposite: -/+. According to Hale’s Law, sunspots switch polarities from one solar cycle to the next. The sunspot is therefore a member of Solar Cycle 25.
This new active region continues a trend of increasing Solar Cycle 25 activity. So far this year, there have been 4 officially-numbered sunspots. Three of them (75%) have been from Solar Cycle 25. This compares to only 17% in 2019 and 0% in 2018. Solar Cycle 25 is still weak, but it is coming.
Production of NASA's new X-59 supersonic jet continues amid coronavirus outbreak
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"Lockheed Martin is continuing with X-59 production operations."Geopolymer concrete: Building moon bases with astronaut urine and regolith
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The modules that the major space agencies plan to erect on the moon could incorporate an element contributed by the human colonizers themselves: the urea in their pee. European researchers have found that it could be used as a plasticizer for concrete used to build structures.Mars Could Have at Least Two Ancient Reservoirs of Water Deep Underground
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Mars. Water. You'd never find two more unlikely companions, even in a buddy cop movie. But once upon a time, the dry, red dustbowl of Mars was lush and soggy.