#Interstellar object is cookie-shaped planet shard

#Interstellar object is cookie-shaped planet shard

“#Interstellar object is cookie-shaped planet shard” CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Our solar system’s first known interstellar visitor is neither a comet nor asteroid as first suspected and looks nothing like a cigar. A new study says the mystery object is likely a remnant of a Pluto-like world and shaped like a cookie. Arizona State University…

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#New NASA study challenges beliefs about water on Mars

#New NASA study challenges beliefs about water on Mars

“#New NASA study challenges beliefs about water on Mars” A new study from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and researchers at the California Institute of Technology questions whether or not a longheld theory about Mars still holds water. In their research, the team of scientists posits that a large quantity of the Martian planet’s water had not escaped into space due to its low gravity as previously assumed, but…

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#Faster than light travel is possible, scientist claims

#Faster than light travel is possible, scientist claims

“#Faster than light travel is possible, scientist claims” It sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but spaceships that travel at warp speed are possible, according to one top scientist. In a recent study, physicist Dr Erik Lentz outlined a way that a rocket could theoretically travel faster than light – or over 186,000 miles…

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#NASA finds proof of particle jet coming from black hole

#NASA finds proof of particle jet coming from black hole

“#NASA finds proof of particle jet coming from black hole” Astronomers at NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have found evidence of a particle jet coming from a supermassive black hole in the early universe. The source of the X-ray jet is a quasar, or a fast-growing supermassive black hole, named PSO J352.4034-15.3373 or PJ352-15. The quasar sits at the center of a young galaxy and is…

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#NASA releases audio recordings of first wind sounds on Mars

#NASA releases audio recordings of first wind sounds on Mars

“#NASA releases audio recordings of first wind sounds on Mars” NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) released two historic audio recordings from the surface of Mars on Wednesday. In the first audio clip, recorded using the Perseverance Mars rover’s two microphones, listeners can hear wind.  In their post on SoundCloud, NASA described the sound as “listening to a seashell or having a hand…

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#NASA’s Chandra Observatory looks at barred spiral galaxy

#NASA’s Chandra Observatory looks at barred spiral galaxy

“#NASA’s Chandra Observatory looks at barred spiral galaxy” NASA’s Chandra Observatory said Wednesday that it was observing NGC 3081. NGC 3081 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 86 million light-years from the Earth. “The galaxy’s center is surrounded by a bright loop known as a resonance ring,” the agency wrote in a tweet. “The ring is filled with dazzling clusters…

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#Do space microbes like radioactive waste?

#Do space microbes like radioactive waste?

“#Do space microbes like radioactive waste?” Microbes living beneath the seafloor feed largely on the products of radioactive decay, aided by sediment of the seafloor, a new study reveals. This finding radically changes how we look at life processes in one of the largest ecosystems on our planet. It could also alter our views of…

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#Turkish lake may hold clues to ancient life on planet

#Turkish lake may hold clues to ancient life on planet

“#Turkish lake may hold clues to ancient life on planet” LAKE SALDA, Turkey – As NASA’s rover Perseverance explores the surface of Mars, scientists hunting for signs of ancient life on the distant planet are using data gathered on a mission much closer to home at a lake in southwest Turkey. NASA says the minerals…

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#Perseverance rover takes first drive on Mars

#Perseverance rover takes first drive on Mars

“#Perseverance rover takes first drive on Mars” NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover took its first test drive on Mars Thursday, covering about 21 feet of the extraterrestrial landscape, the space agency said. The mobility test is one of many milestones to check off Perseverance’s do-to list, as team members calibrate every system and instrument on…

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