Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 will simulate '3 trillion trees' and is borrowing all its animals from Planet Zoo
We were all pretty amazed in 202 when Microsoft Flight Simulator let us fly around a photorealistic, 1:1 scale planet Earth ...
Statistical approach improves models of atmosphere on early Earth and exoplanets
As energy from the sun reaches Earth, some solar radiation is absorbed by the atmosphere, leading to chemical reactions like the formation of ozone and the breakup of gas molecules. A new approach for ...
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Columbia Professor’s Research Collaboration Shows That Planets Can Form Under Harsh Radiation
A team of astronomers including professor Jane Huang have shown that extreme astrophysical environments can foster new ...
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How big is Earth’s orbit around the Sun?
Earth’s orbit around the Sun is not circular, but an ellipse. The perimeter of Earth’s orbit is roughly 584 million miles ...
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Densest Ultra-Short Period Planet Discovered 750 Light-Years From Earth
K2-360 b has a radius just shy of 1.6 times that of Earth, giving it a volume four times as large. Its mass, though, is 7.7 ...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe is solving long-standing mysteries about the sun. Here's what we've learned so far.
The goal of the Parker Solar Probe mission is to investigate the mysteries of the sun's corona, its outer atmosphere. What ...
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Earth’s second moon discovered
Unlike Earth’s Moon, this mini-moon is a temporary visitor from deep space, poised to return to its solar ... simulation ...
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Solar System’s True Center Isn’t the Sun, Animation Shows
It’s commonly known that the Sun is the center of our solar system, with all the planets orbiting around it. However, this ...