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The Moon Has Enough Oxygen to Sustain 8 Billion People For 100,000 Years

Although the Moon does have an atmosphere, it is very thin and mostly made of hydrogen, neon, and argon. This is not a gaseous combination capable of supporting oxygen-dependent animals such as humans. On the Moon, there is an abundance of oxygen. It is just not in a gaseous state. Rather than that, it is trapped inside regolith — the lunar surface's covering of rock and fine dust. Would

NASA Confirms Largest Comet Ever Seen Is Heading Towards Earth

NASA verified that the biggest comet ever detected has a diameter of around 85 miles and is now officially the largest comet ever spotted after Hubble Space Telescope studies. C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein (BB) was discovered in 2014 by two astronomers, Pedro Bernardinelli and Gary Bernstein, using Dark Energy Survey archived pictures. BB's diameter was previously estimated to be

Surprise: NASA Has Confirmed That Earth Has A New Moon

Earth’s been hiding a little secret from its partner, the moon. Turns out the Earth has had a “mini-moon” on the side for over a century, and even though the relationship has been exposed, the partnership is likely to continue for centuries to come. This newly discovered moon is smaller than our moon and goes around the Earth astonishingly irregularly, but still, two is quite better than one

NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover found “human trash” on Mars

The Perseverance Rover has found something very unusual on the surface of Mars. Instead of finding past microbial life forms as part of its mission, the Mars Rover has found a piece of “human trash” on its surface. All our space exploration initiatives to Mars, be it the Perseverance Mars Roveror the Mangalyaan Mars Orbiterhave been desperately looking for some form of microbial life on

Finalists of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year Contest Bring Us Exceptional Views of the Stars

“Waterfall” by Anna Dobrovolskaya-Mints (Israel) “This waterfall is in the middle of nowhere in Lapland, but the closest city is Arvidsjaur. It was very cold and while the photographer was waiting for the aurora to start, she put the camera outside to capture the star trails. The last few frames caught the start of Northern Lights and the photographer decided to merg

Don’t Miss Rare Alignments Of 5 Planets For First Time in 100 Years

This month, the planets will align for an event that hasn’t occurred in a century. According to Sky and Telescope, five planets visible to the naked eye will line up in orbital sequence around the sun for a planet parade. From left to right, you can observe Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn in the southeastern sky before sunrise. Mercury will be near the horizon when the spectacle

Astrophotographers Around the World Share Their Best Photos of the Milky Way

“Ice Age” by Alvin Wu. Location: Tibet “This is a blue ice lake, Pumoungcuo, at an altitude of 5.070 meters (16,600 feet). This lake, located in Tibet, freezes every winter. At night, under the low temperatures of minus 20 °C (-4 °F), you can listen to the sound of the ice cracking while capturing the most beautiful winter sky. The blue ice surface and dazzling Orion constellation

Australia Doesn’t Exist And People Who Live There Are Actors Paid By NASA – Flat Earthers Claim

There’s a growing number of people who seem to think the world is, in fact, flat. But it gets better. They also insist that Australia is actually just one big hoax. According to a viral Facebook rant, the entire country (and presumably the 24 million people that live there) is completely FAKE. The idea resurfaced at a some recent gathering of the so-called Flat Earthers in the Birmingham rece

NASA Releases Stunning New Photos Of Jupiter Captured By Its $1 Billion Juno Spacecraft

Juno is a NASA space probe that orbits Jupiter. Lockheed Martin built it, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory operates it. As part of the New Frontiers programme, the spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 5, 2011 UTC. NASA’s $1 billion Juno spacecraft captured spectacular flyby photographs while traveling at more than 130,000 kilometres per hour above Jup