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The first planet in a white dwarf on which life could exist has been discovered The planet, 117 light-years from Earth, has stunned astronomers. Astronomers have found an exoplanet, a planet other than the Sun, orbiting a dying white dwarf star. This exoplanet is a white dwarf 60 times closer to Earth than the Sun … Read more

Shortly after the arrival of the new year, you can watch a meteor show in the night sky. The Quadrantids, one of the three strongest meteor swarms of the year, arrived on Earth. The first meteors from the swarm arrived on January 1. Their top however, it is still before us, will occur on the … Read more

Valles Marineris is a remarkable geological formation – the largest system of canyons in the solar system. This unique Martian surprised astronomers with a new finding: less than a meter below its surface is water. Water is key to the settlement of Mars. And not just for drinking. You can break it down into oxygen … Read more

A breathtaking solar eclipse. He was watched by flocks of penguins and a handful of people The moon has prepared a spectacular show for this weekend – a total solar eclipse. It was not visible from Europe, it was possible to observe it only from a part of Antarctica and the surrounding area, where penguins, … Read more

Living robots have begun to multiply on their own – and it’s not science fiction, it’s reality. Scientists have created the first artificial life capable of replication. They are unique robots. The researchers first created them in January 2020 from the heart stem cells of the water frog (Xenopus laevis). They called them xenobots. “It’s … Read more

The eruption of one of the supervolcanoes can have similar consequences as a nuclear war. And we cannot reliably predict this natural disaster, scientists warn in a new study. The findings of the new study suggest that some super-volcanic eruptions may not be preceded by signals that we can detect in smaller volcanoes, such as … Read more

Nuclear weapons can be the last line of defense against a killer asteroid The study suggests that nuclear weapons could save us from colliding with approaching large asteroids in the future. The earth was bombarded by asteroids four billion years ago. This is evidenced by the craters that our planet is dotted with. Today, the … Read more

From the periphery of the solar system is approaching the largest comet humans have ever observed New observations show that a comet flies towards the Sun, which surpasses all the “hairs” observed so far. It is larger than originally expected. The clarity of the body shows that the diameter of its core measures about 150 … Read more