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Photos from protoplanetary disks located around stars showed an interesting pattern
It is still believed that planets are formed in disks of gas and dust surrounding young stars whose age by cosmic standards is only a few million years Astronomers studied the resulting images of the environment of 44 young stars. The analysis of observations led to the discovery of a young exoplanet the size of…
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Apollo 1 was supposed to be the first manned flight under the program, but instead turned into a tragedy
There was a month left before the launch of the ship. During training, a very strong fire occurred in the cockpit of the ship. The crew members who were training there were killed. The cause of the fire was a short circuit in the wiring and the use of an explosive oxygen-nitrogen mixture. When the…
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What have scientists been looking for for two years in the clouds of Venus?
In September 2020, a group of American scientists allegedly reported the discovery of signs of phosphine in the upper atmosphere of Venus. Terrestrial microorganisms secrete this substance and hope seemed to be glimmering somewhere., These organisms do not need oxygen for life. This news became just a “bombshell” – a sensation, but only before another…
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Scientists have discovered a new “multi-planetary” system 33 light-years from Earth
Two super-earths orbit one cold M-dwarf HD 260655, and the entire system is only 10 parsecs away, or about 33 light-years from us. The first planet, HD 260655 b, orbits the star in 2.8 days and is about twice as massive as Earth. The second planet, HD 260655 c, is further away and orbits the…
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Curious finds on Mars
The Curiosity spacecraft found strange shapes on Mars that look like sharp spikes The SETI Research Institute has created a note that these spikes are most likely cemented fillings of ancient cracks in sedimentary rock. The rest of the Martian rock was of softer rock and therefore collapsed from erosion. We present to you another…
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The photo shows a trio of interacting galaxies
The distance to the Earth is 90 million sv. years. They are located in the constellation Virgo. On the far side, two stars are visible, surrounded by diffraction rays, belonging to our Milky Way, their colors echo the shades of extragalactic objects, reminding that the stars of our Galaxy are no different from the stars…
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Comet Bernardinelli will fly by the Earth at a relatively small distance by cosmic standards
Comet Bernstein was discovered not so long ago in 2014 Unfortunately, it will not be possible to see the passage of this celestial body without the “armed eye”, since the minimum distance at which the comet will fly from the earth will be one billion km. However, by the standards of space, this is “scanty”,…
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The coming winter on Mars disrupted the operation of the sensors of the Ingenuity drone
The inclinometer of the Ingenuity Martian helicopter failed — this was affected as a result of a strong decrease in the night temperature of the environment as a result of the onset of winter on Mars. Now the copter will use an inertial measurement module to assess roll and pitch before takeoff, which will take…
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The fastest young star was found by astronomers
A nova is a sudden explosion of the brightest light that occurs in two—star systems. Every new young star comes from a white dwarf. A white dwarf is a very dense remnant of a star’s core—and from a nearby companion star. Over time, the white dwarf pulls matter out of its victim, heats it up.…
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Jupiter is also called a failed star by astronomers
Not a suitable description, but it needs to be sorted out.This planet doesn’t have enough mass. Jupiter, like the stars, is rich in hydrogen and helium. But to cause thermonuclear reactions to occur in its core. This is exactly the process (fusion of hydrogen atoms) by which stars generate their energy, light and heat. This…
