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Saturn’s moon Titan has a massive strip of water ice, and scientists don’t know why
By Mike Wehner From BGR Like many of the larger bodies in our solar system, Saturn’s massive moon Titan has long been of interest to astronomers due to its unique surface features. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which studied Saturn for over…
Hundreds of thousands of asteroids in our Solar System were born from a few now-dead planetsbean Court of Justice
By Mike Wehner From BGR It’s tempting to imagine that the asteroids that litter our Solar System have been there from the start, circling the Sun for ages while the planets formed, but new research suggests that things simply didn’t…
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TRAPPIST-1 planets provide clues to the nature of habitable worlds
Date: March 20, 2018 Source: Arizona State University Summary: To determine the composition of the TRAPPIST-1 planets, the team used a unique software package that uses state-of-the-art mineral physics calculators. The software, called ExoPlex, allowed the team to combine all…
Massive black hole discovered near heart of the Milky Way
From hindustan times A huge black hole — about 100,000 times more massive than our Sun — has been discovered lurking in a toxic gas cloud near the heart of the Milky Way. If confirmed, the object will rank as…
Supermassive black hole set a record for longest lunch ever
By Rob LeFebvre From engadget The feeding frenzy enriches our understanding of the universe. When a black hole eats a nearby star, the resulting X-rays typically fade within a year or so. That’s why astronomers are excited about a giant…
It rains rubies and sapphires on this distant Jupiter-like planet
By George Dvorsky From Gizmodo A Jupiter-like planet located 1,000 light-years from Earth is exhibiting some rather strange meteorological behaviour. The clouds on this planet appear to be made from corundum — the same mineral that produces rubies and sapphires….
