For the first time, scientists have discovered water on a planet that is smaller than Jupiter. This is an important discovery because, previous to this find, scientists were unable to see through the cloud layer of smaller, warm planets. With this recent discovery, scientists now have a better chance of discovering an Earth 2.0
Yesterday, NASA awarded contracts to Boeing and Elon Musk’s SpaceX to bring astronauts back into space. This signals the agency’s return to manned space flight after the end of the space shuttle program.
NASA is one step closer to putting humans back into space. Watch the conference here…
If you think about it, it’s amazing enough that we reside in a solar system within a galaxy that is spinning around a black hole. The sheer enormity of this galaxy is astonishing on its own. But I bet there were some things about our galaxy that you didn’t know: How many possible intelligent alien civilizations could be out there? What is The Great Attractor? And how about that raspberry smelling gas cloud? Yes, there are some very curious details about our galaxy that not a lot of people know. So let’s get into the Ten Most Amazing Facts About The Milky Way Galaxy:
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Just last Wednesday a huge solar flare erupted out of the sun. And now it’s heading towards Earth.
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Recently, in southern Argentina, the bones of one of the largest creatures to have ever walked the Earth was excavated. Dreadnoughtus schrani, an enormous sub-group of the long-necked, plant eating sauropods is also known as a titanosaur and is believed to be so large that it was impervious to attack by predators.
Irene W. Pennington Planetarium 