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The Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis, are an ethereal display of vibrant lights in the sky that has long captivated humanity. Beautiful images of this natural occurrence are currently getting viral . But, what exactly causes this eye-catching display? In this explainer, we will look at the science behind the Northern Lights … Read more
There are hundreds of millions of asteroids in our solar system, which means new asteroids are discovered quite frequently. It also means close encounters between asteroids and Earth are fairly common. Some of these close encounters end up with the asteroid impacting Earth, occasionally with severe consequences. A recently discovered asteroid, named 2023 BU, has … Read more
Astronomers have detected in the stellar halo that represents the Milky Way’s outer limits a group of stars more distant from Earth than any known within our own galaxy — almost halfway to a neighboring galaxy. The researchers said these 208 stars inhabit the most remote reaches of the Milky Way‘s halo, a spherical stellar cloud … Read more
NASA has formally retired its Mars InSight lander, the first robotic probe specially designed to study the deep interior of a distant world, four years after it arrived on the surface of the red planet, the US space agency announced on Wednesday. Mission controllers at NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) near Los Angeles determined the mission … Read more
NASA‘s InSight lander has sent what could be its last message from Mars before ending its mission to study the secrets of the Red Planet interior and evolution. The rover was sent to measure marsquakes – similar to earthquakes on Earth. “My power’s really low, so this may be the last image I can send. … Read more
ispace, a Japanese lunar exploration company, recently launched a lander to study the soil, rocks and geology of the moon. On its way to the celestial body, the camera mounted on top of the lander captured a few images. One of those images was of the Earth, which looked like a crescent Moon. The development … Read more