Category Archives: Solar System

Moon Contains Water and Primitive Meteorites were Common Water Source for Moon and Earth

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

Scientists opined that the Moon’s water did not come from comets but was already present on Earth 4.5 billion years ago, when a giant collision sent material from Earth to form the Moon. Water inside the Moon’s mantle came from … Continue reading →

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Earth Scientists Say to Jupiter’s Moon Io: Your Volcanoes Are in the Wrong Place

Posted on April 7, 2013 by

Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanically active world in the whole Solar System, with hundreds of volcanoes, some erupting lava fountains up to 250 miles high. But, concentrations of volcanic activity are significantly displaced from where they are expected … Continue reading →

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Dead Star Bending Light of Companion Red Star

Posted on April 7, 2013 by

NASA’s Kepler space telescope has observed the effects of a dead star bending the light of its companion red star.The findings are among the first detections of this effect — a result predicted by Einstein’s theory of general relativity — … Continue reading →

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Latest:Evidence of Water Flows Found at Mars

Posted on May 4, 2012 by

Evidence of ancient water is found byMars Exploration Rover Opportunity, according to a paper published in the May 4 edition of the journal Science entitled, “Ancient Impact and Aqueous Processes at Endeavour Crater, Mars.” The latest discovery was made at the rim … Continue reading →

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Earliest Minerals Krotite Formed in Solar System Discovered

Posted on May 8, 2011 by

 In the May-June issue of the journal American Mineralogist, a team of scientists announced the discovery of the new mineral krotite, one of the earliest minerals formed in our solar system. It is the main component of an unusual inclusion embedded … Continue reading →

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Exotic Super-Earth:Densest Known Rocky Planet

Posted on April 29, 2011 by

An international team of astronomers have revealed details of a “super-exotic” exoplanet that would make the planet Pandora in the movie Avatar pale in comparison.The planet, named 55 Cancri e, is 60 percent larger in diameter than Earth but eight … Continue reading →

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Humanity Threatened by Sun!!!

Posted on February 20, 2011 by

It is an Irony but is true . The life giving Sun can threaten us .Solar storms can finish Our planet and Humanity.The Earth just dodged a solar bullet. But it won’t be the last. Experts say a geomagnetic storm, … Continue reading →

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THERE’S A HOLE IN THE SUN!

Posted on February 11, 2011 by

This rather dramatic photograph of the sun was taken on Feb. 1 by the Japanese-led Hinode (pronounced hi-node-ay) solar mission currently orbiting the Earth. The 5-year old spacecraft can see the sun in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and X-ray wavelengths, so it is especially … Continue reading →

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