Scientists from Yale University conducted research in search of planets that may be suitable for life. In multistellar systems, where multiple stars orbit a common center of mass, exoplanets are subject to strong gravitational perturbations. This can cause planetary orbits to become unstable and planets to fly out of the system or collide with other … Read more
The shape of our planet is round. That is a proven fact. However, it has recently been discovered that this was not always the case and that, at its creation, the Earth was slightly different. According to the findings of a group of researchers from the British university UCLan (University of Central Lancashire), in the … Read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN)– Discover Astronomy scientists A “super-Earth,” or a world larger than our planet, orbits a star about 137 light-years away. It is also possible that there is another planet, believed to be similar in size to Earth, orbiting the same star. The outer “super-Earth”, known as TOI-715b, orbits a red dwarf … Read more
“Asteroid 2008 OS7 will be closest to Earth today (Friday, February 2). The time of the closest flyby, calculated relative to the center of the Earth, will occur at 15:40 CET,” Petr Pravec from the Interplanetary Matter Department of the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic confirmed for Novinky. This … Read more
The researchers relied on analyzing the chemical composition of “iron meteorites”, which represent rich stores of information about the first period of the history of the solar system. Iron meteorites are rich stores of informationCourtesy of D. Grewal Enlarge image What is the source of ground water? Where did he come from? How was he … Read more
The year 2023 witnessed the significant discoveries of a number of exciting new worlds, adding to the more than 5,000 confirmed exoplanets. Earlier in 2023, observations made with the James Webb Space Telescope confirmed the presence of heavy elements, such as carbon and oxygen, in the atmosphere of the distant exoplanet known as Smertrios. This … Read more
Floods in Neuville-sous-Montreuil (Pas-de-Calais), November 10, 2023. CéDRIC GERBEHAYE / AGENCE VU In his last newsletter, published Monday January 1, Météo-France placed nine departments on orange alert for rain-flooding on Tuesday. Manche, Orne, Mayenne and Sarthe, Loire-Atlantique and Vendée are affected by the alert from the meteorological agency, as well as Pas-de-Calais, Finistère and Morbihan, … Read more
“The celestial ‘theatre season’ will begin in January with the Quadrantids meteor shower and a cluster of planets with the Moon in the morning sky. In the spring, Mercury will appear and there will be a series of meetings between the Moon, Jupiter and Uranus in the constellation Taurus. During the summer, the planet clears … Read more
Scientists believe that the planet Proxima Centauri b is one of many nearby worlds that could be habitable. The authors of a study published in the Astrophysical Journal conducted a new study of the Earth-sized planets that are closest to us. Scientists have concluded that 17 of these planets are most likely similar to Jupiter’s … Read more
In the northeast of the United States, very heavy rains partially flooded the metro network of the megacity and Brooklyn: “We continue to evacuate water from the tracks caused by flooding at several stations in Brooklyn and Manhattan”, explained on X the official account of the New York subway. La Guardia Airport announced, for its … Read more