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Is Planet 9 Fact or Fiction?
How many planets are there in the solar system? If you went to school prior to the 2000s, you’re likely to quickly respond with, “Nine”, but the answer is not as clear cut as many …
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Rare Five Planet Array in Night Sky Starting Jan 20th
Between January 20th and February 20th, a rare five planet array which hasn’t been seen for a decade will be visible in the pre-dawn night sky. During the month long period, a diagonal line stretching …
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NASA’s 2016 Budget Boosted to $19.3 Billion
In case you’ve haven’t heard, N.A.S.A (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) will be receiving a much larger budget in the upcoming fiscal year. For the year 2015, N.A.S.A.’s budget was around $18.01 billion, while for …
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Rocky Planet With Atmosphere Found 39 Light-Years Away
Since the 1990’s, astronomers have discovered around two thousand planets located outside of our solar system, including gas giants, icy planets, and rocky worlds, most of which are orbiting outside of their parent star’s habitable …
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Russia and Europe Aim To Build Base On Dark Side Of The Moon
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Russian’s Federal Space Agency (Roscosmo) have announced a joint mission to the moon in 2020, whose primary goal will be to explore the South Pole region, and discover whether …
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Martian Life Hopes Raised After Liquid Water Find
At the end of September, NASA announced the discovery of occasional streaks of flowing salty water on the slopes of mountainsides, canyons and craters on the southern hemisphere of Mars. A week later, and the …
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Celestial Spectacles: A “Supermoon” Solar Eclipse On March 20th
This month a total eclipse of the sun will occur on Friday 20th March, which happens to coincide with the vernal equinox, a time of year symbolic of a seasonal change from winter to spring …
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Quasar Found 420 Trillion Times Brighter Than Our Sun
An international team of astronomers have discovered a huge quasar 420 trillion times brighter than our sun around 12.8 billion light years away from Earth, placing its formation around 875 million years after the big …
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Probe Lands On Distant Comet Seeking Clues To Life’s Origins
On 2nd March 2004, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft along with its robotic lander called Philae launched from Earth with the stated mission of successfully landing on the surface of Comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko (named …
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Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks On November 17th/18th
This weekend and early next week sky watchers will be treated to one of the most prolific meteor showers of the year called the Leonids. Although the “streaky” meteors can be seen each year between …