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World is much smaller than many think
London :: United Kingdom | 4 days ago
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A survey of 2,000 adults found the average estimate for the distance around the equator was more than 300,000 miles, when it is actually 25,000. The public also appears to overestimate the extent of scientific knowledge, according to the poll. One in...
Tags: United Kingdom, London, Remote sensing, Planet, Technology Internet, Planetary science, ESRI, Redlands California, Environment
Extrasolar planet confirmed to have highly tilted orbit
Tōkyō :: Japan | 7 days ago
Credibility On May 30, 2009, a Japanese collaboration team led by Norio Narita (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan) used the Subaru Telescope's High Dispersion Spectrograph (HDS) to observe the HAT-P-7 planetary system, which is about 1000 light-years distant...
Tags: extrasolar planets, Subaru Telescope, planetary systems, Japan, Tōkyō, Hot Jupiters, SETI, Retrograde motion, Planet, HAT-P-7b, Cygnus constellation
Could our oceans have an extraterrestrial origin?
Jupiter :: FL :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility This water, seemingly originated from an extraterrestrial source, perhaps facilitated plate tectonics even before life appeared. Space agencies have got the message: wherever there is life there has to be water. Around 4.5 billion years ago, the earth...
Tags: Earth, Jupiter, Space exploration, Geology, Formation and evolution of the Solar System, Planet, Venus, Planetary science, Terrestrial planets, Human Interest
Mankind's Fallacy
As I write this I am in a state of disgust. I am hopeful for the most part but right now all I feel is disgust. Not really for any one particular individual. It is mankind that I feel this disdain for. Throughout our existence we have allowed a great...
Tags: humanity, mankind, fallacy, thoughts, planet, earth, respect, peace, harmony, iphone, celebrities, useless
New Ring Found Orbiting Saturn
NASA has discovered a new ring orbiting the 6th planet from the sun, Saturn. This ring is an elliptical montrosity that goes around the planet at a range from 3.7 million to 7.4 million miles. NASA reported that the Spitzer Space Telescope...
Tags: planet, Saturn, new ring, rings of Saturn, ring, debris, meteorite, infrared, telescope, Spitzer, moon, Phoebe, orbit
NASA downgrades threat of large asteroid
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Scientists initially believed there was a 1-in-45,000 chance that Apophis could hit the planet on April 13, 2036. Wednesday the threat has been dropped to 1-in-250,000 after it recalculated the asteriod's path. Earth got a scare in 2004, when initial...
Are you kidding let the Panda die out?!
Unbelievable, a Britain wild life expert says the Pandas are not worth saving because they are basically worthless! Well my opinion on this is, are you serious?!! Nothing on this planet is useless there is a balance to all in nature and a reason for all....
Life on the Moon: A New Discovery
A recent study by researchers has found evidence that prooves that a thin layer of water can be found covering the surface of the moon in some locations. This is a huge discovery as it prooves that there is much more water on the moon than had previously...
Tags: Moon, planet, space travel, water, life in space, technology, discovery
Huge New Planet Orbits 'Wrong' Way Around Star; Tells Of Game Of Planetary Billiards
A team of scientists has found a new planet which orbits the wrong way around its host star. The planet, named WASP-17, and orbiting a star 1000 light years away, was found by the UK's WASP project in collaboration with Geneva Observatory. The discovery,...
Emo planet headed for a murder-suicide with its nearest star
Turns out we're not the only ones with a penchant for self-destruction. Astronomers have discovered a planet measuring ten times the size of Jupiter that appears to be in a dysfunctional relatiionship with its star. As the planet, known as WASP-18b, triggers...
Tags: allnews, astronomy, planet, star, suicide, suicidal, universe
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