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Why rotates the Earth and other space objects?
Every day the Earth makes one revolution around its axis, that's why on our planet there are sunrises and sunsets. Our stony cosmic house moves since, as it formed 4.6 billion years ago and will continue to run until the end of ti...
Why finding the comet Borisov in the Solar system could be deadly for her?
Barely once in the overview of the telescope of the Crimean Amateur astronomer, an interstellar comet Borisov, first discovered in late August 2019, instantly became a “superstar” all the astronomical news of the world. The fact t...
Ancient space storm "moved" planets of the Solar system from their orbits
the Ancient space storm could move planets in the Solar system the Ancient space storm could form our Solar system. To this unexpected conclusion came specialists from southwest research Institute in Colorado. Some time later, aft...
Why is there a Great division — the answer to the main mystery of the Solar system
Scientists finally figured out why the planets of our Solar system are so different do you Know how the planets were formed and why are they so different? Astronomers have always assumed that our space house appeared in a strange ...
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of super-earths in the vicinity of the Solar system
In the system of Proxima Centauri, discovered another planet — our nearest neighboring star, which is just 4.2 light years from us. For a long time, scientists believed that the Proxima system, there is only one planet R...
You can move the Solar system?
you Can move the Solar system with engine Kaplan? is it Possible to build a star engine — a giant device to move our if we for some reason have to move to another area of the Universe? Such an unusual question to ask an astr...
Mysterious radio signal has puzzled astronomers. Perhaps a new type of Solar system
the radio Telescope Meerkat for about two months, scientists were observing a part of the sky near the constellation using a radio telescope located in the Karoo desert in South Africa. Recently they noticed something strange R...
Can there be life next to a white dwarf?
the fate of the white dwarf sooner or later awaits our Sun. When the life of the stars is coming to its logical conclusion, it before you die finally shows the real space shows, then decreasing, then increasing in size. Held monit...
In the Solar system found a new planet
Gigeya a Dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt. Researchers from the European southern Observatory have confirmed the existence of the smallest planet of the Solar system — Hygeia, which is located between Jupiter and Ma...
On the edge of the Solar system began to increase the pressure
«Space pressure» began to grow. But why? it is considered that in space there is nothing but vacuum, cold and endless emptiness of the distant galaxies. However, it is not so. Of course, space is not full of life, but th...
Now it's official — scientists have found that Saturn loses its rings
So rings of a gas giant look like in ultraviolet When you think about the planets , what, in your opinion, attracts the most attention? Obviously, this is Saturn. All thanks to this amazing rings of the giant planet. While the pla...
Found a new way to search for extraterrestrial life
Visible . Frame from a recent video NASA We live on a huge ball. It rotates around its axis and around the giant hot star, which is located inside the galaxy, located somewhere in the Universe, close to a trillion of the same . Wi...
The land can be a source of life in the galaxy
According to a recent study, our planet may well be life in the galaxy. Life can spread in many different ways, and the Earth, as we know, she is not deprived. Scientists believe that our planet is a major supplier of life in the ...
The earth can convey life to other galaxies
According to a recent study, our planet may well be life in the galaxy. Life can spread in many different ways, and the Earth, as we know, she is not deprived. Scientists believe that our planet is a major supplier of life in the ...
How common are mass extinctions?
According to biologists our planet has survived five . The reality is that more than 90 percent of all organisms that have ever lived on Earth are extinct. According to recent studies, the cycle length of 26 million years, linking...
Scientists first measured the temperature of the rings of Uranus
Despite the fact that Saturn has the most impressive ring system in the Solar system, this planet is not the only one that can boast such a distinctive feature. Neptune, Jupiter and Uranus also have rings, but they are less pronou...
Ultima Thule may be a "world-Frankenstein"
the Ultima Thule can be written as the sum of its parts. A new analysis suggests that this tiny space rock was formed from a spinning cloud of smaller rocks, which eventually formed two separate objects. These objects are then ge...
Scientists have named the approximate location of the birth Jupiter
is considered the largest planet in the Solar system, so scientists are especially interested in its history. The planet is shrouded in many mysteries, the most intriguing of which is the place of its occurrence. There is a theor...
Scientists found the most distant dwarf planet in the Solar system
last year scientist Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie institution, together with colleagues discovered the most distant celestial body in the Solar system. Then object . But a group of researchers decided not to stay, and this year e...
For the future exploration of Mars would be the best airframe
Over the past few decades Mars has become the most studied planet in the Solar system (after Earth). He took dozens of visitors. Eight missions are currently working on the red planet. The oldest of them arrived in 2001, the Orbit...