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An ULTRA-HIGH energy cosmic ray hit Earth | Night Sky News Dec 2023
In this month’s Night Sky News episode we’re chatting about the Amaterasu cosmic ray particle that hit the Earth with 813 billion times more energy than a typical cosmic ray particle! Plus there’s three new exoplanet research articles released this … Continue reading
How Spacecraft ACTUALLY Navigate Asteroid Fields
How empty is our solar system? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice break down how to navigate an asteroid field in a spacecraft. Should we be hearing about more asteroid crashes? Learn about the discovery of the asteroid belt between … Continue reading
How Earth REALLY Moves Through the Galaxy
[…] Perhaps you’ve seen videos of how the planets of the solar system move through the universe in this cool helix. Not only are these misleading, but the Earth’s real motion – YOUR motion through the universe, is way more … Continue reading
This Planet is Only Half Covered in Lava
There are a lot of weird exoplanets out there, like 55 Cancri e (aka Janssen), which is probably half covered in lava. But the half that’s covered in lava might not be quite the half you’re thinking of. Hosted by: … Continue reading
Astronomy Photographer of the Year: Huge plasma arc wins | BBC News
Winning images of the amazing parts of our Universe go on display in London. Andromeda, Unexpected – Winner in the Galaxies category and Overall Winner A photo of a huge plasma arc next to the Andromeda Galaxy has won … Continue reading
Has JWST found supermassive DARK MATTER stars?
[…] A research paper was published this month that claims to have found evidence for the existence of supermassive dark stars in the early Universe using JWST data. A clump of gas powered by dark matter annihilation which can grow … Continue reading
The Great Attractor
No matter where you are, you are always moving. The Earth orbits the sun, and the sun moves round the galaxy. But what is it that makes the galaxy move? That is going to be our topic today. Everything in … Continue reading
Gravitational Waves | Cosmic Symphony
Thanks to the efforts of the U.S. National Science Foundation’s NANOGrav Physics Frontiers Center a new milestone in gravitational wave detection can be revealed. […]
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