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
The American TESS and European CUPS telescopes observed a system consisting of six planets outside the solar system rotating at a very regular pace around their star, which constitutes an important discovery for understanding the formation of the solar system, according to a study published on Wednesday. The six planets revolve around HD 110067, a … Read more
#Qualif When astronomers used large telescopes to scan the sky for exoplanets, they noticed something strange: worlds of a certain size were clearly missing in space. Exoplanets come in different sizes. Medium-sized worlds are mostly divided into two groups, known as super-Earths (or super-Earths) and mini-Neptunes (sub-Neptunes). Both are larger than Earth and smaller than … Read more
Written by Samah Labib Wednesday, October 18, 2023 03:00 AM Discover a telescope James Webb Space (JWST) reported that 1,000-mile-per-hour winds are propelling a shower of tiny quartz crystals through the hot, silicate-enhanced atmosphere of a distant gas giant planet called WASP-17b, according to Space.com. Daniel Grant from the University of Bristol in Britain and … Read more
Scientists have been studying the solar system for centuries. Thanks to them, as well as advances in science and technology, we have a lot of key information about the universe today. But how well do you know it? Try answering the following 10 questions to test your knowledge. Solar System The Solar System is a … Read more
The annular solar eclipse that several countries on the American continent will be able to observe on Next Saturday, October 14 It is a rare phenomenon, a natural event that often requires several years, even decades, to occur again in a given territory. For this reason, the expectation for next weekend’s astronomical event is enormous … Read more