Have you ever wondered how old is the water we drink every day on Earth? Well, we might have an answer that will surprise you. According to a recent study, it seems that the water is billions of years old, and it was formed long before the Sun, planets, and comets formed in our solar […]
Scientists have discovered what appear to be six huge galaxies from the early universe. The objects are so huge that they may alter our understanding of how galaxies form. The findings, published in Nature, make use of data from the James Webb Space Telescope’s infrared-sensing equipment to reconstruct what the cosmos looked like 13.5 billion […]
The surface of Mars is thought to contain a stockpile of gemstones, according to scientists. The Red Planet’s Gale Crater is teeming with opals, according to a study by a group of researchers from Arizona State University and NASA that was published back in December in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. While jewelry from […]
Jason Wang, an astronomer at Northwestern University, has put together a breathtaking time-lapse film showing a family of four exoplanets orbiting its star using observations gathered over the previous 12 years. Each of the planets is more massive than Jupiter. The video offers viewers an unprecedented look at planetary motion. In the Pegasus constellation, 133.3 […]
By 2027, NASA hopes to have created and tested a functional nuclear thermal rocket. The Administrator Bill Nelson said that the agency will partner with the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in order to “develop and demonstrate advanced nuclear thermal propulsion, a revolutionary technology that will allow the United States to expand the possibilities […]
