At Harvard, taking the measure of what happened when worlds collided
Along with some 80 items in ‘Measuring Difference’ is a reminder that measurement, in all its forms, is a human invention.
Observations detect the lowest mass ratio contact binary to date
Astronomers from China and South Korea report the detection of a contact binary system with an extremely low mass ratio of only 0.0356. The newfound system, which received the designation TYC ...
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Mars may have made its 2 moons by ripping an asteroid apart
Another hypothesis is that Phobos and Deimos formed very much like Earth's moon did — that an impact on the surface of Mars ...
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A super-Earth beyond Mars would have made Earth nearly uninhabitable
"The configuration that we end up with within the solar system is definitely not something that is indeed common," Chen told ...
Life on Mars May Have Appeared Around the Time It Did on Earth
The essential ingredient for life, water, appeared on both planets around 4.4 billion years ago, new research indicates.
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Moon’s Mass Driver: The Groundbreaking Tech that Could Make Mars Colonization Reality
A mass driver on the Moon—a concept straight out of science fiction—is inching closer to reality, promising to transform how ...
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The dark energy pushing our universe apart may not be what it seems, scientists say
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument uses a telescope in Tucson, Arizona, to create a map of the universe's ...
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Turning CO₂ into useful fuels on Earth—and maybe on Mars!
Thermoelectric CO2 electrolysis to help colonize Mars ... Earth. TEGs could be installed at geothermal sites, where hot pipes run from underground to the cooler surface. The temperature difference ...
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Will ‘Apophis’ Hit Earth In 2029? We’ll Know In 2027, Scientist Says
A “city killer” asteroid the size of the Empire State Building is still a potential threat to Earth in 2029, according to new simulations. Asteroid 99942, which is about 1,200 feet/370 meters ...
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Scientists have fiercely debated the existence of ‘Planet 9’ for a decade. Some say evidence is piling up
Planet Nine, according to Batygin, is a “super-Earth” object, about five to seven times the mass of our planet ... paper suggesting the presence of a Mars-size planet in the Kuiper Belt ...
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World's first wooden satellite heads to space in Mars exploration test
Experts hope to test how timber can be used in the exploration of the moon and Mars. LignoSat will be flown ... on a SpaceX mission before it's released into Earth's orbit. Takao Doi, an astronaut ...