MEDIA ROOTS- Humanity could be about to witness an incredible, apocalyptic spectacle– the earth could temporarily be getting a second sun, if one of the brightest night’s stars explodes and becomes super-nova, as predicted by astronomers. Huffington Post reports on the potential scenario and explores other possible outcomes. Abby *** THE HUFFINGTON POST– Dr. Brad Carter, Senior Lecturer of Physics … Read More
MSNBC– Astronomers have discovered the largest and oldest mass of water ever detected in the universe — a gigantic, 12-billion-year-old cloud harboring 140 trillion times more water than all of Earth’s oceans combined. The cloud of water vapor surrounds a supermassive black hole called a quasar located 12 billion light-years from Earth. The discovery shows that water has been prevalent in … Read More
5/18/11 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC– If you look to the stars tonight, consider this: No matter how innumerable they may seem, there are far more planets than stars lurking out there in the darkness, a new study suggests. The study uncovered a whole new class of worlds: Jupiter-like gas giants that have escaped the gravitational bonds of their parent stars and are … Read More
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC– According to a new study, a star discovered 75 light-years away is no warmer than a freshly brewed cup of coffee. Dubbed CFBDSIR 1458 10b, the star is what’s called a brown dwarf. These oddball objects are often called failed stars, because they have starlike heat and chemical properties but don’t have enough mass for the crush of … Read More
NEW SCIENTIST– Buried in the flood of data from the Kepler telescope is a planetary system unlike any seen before. Two of its apparent planets share the same orbit around their star. If the discovery is confirmed, it would bolster a theory that Earth once shared its orbit with a Mars-sized body that later crashed into it, resulting in the … Read More
