Jupiter, the most massive planet in our solar system, has correspondingly humongous storms, some of which last for centuries. Some of these storms also generate terrific bolts of lightning, according […]
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Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Press Release, Science Fiction, Stellar Cartography
Why Are Tatooine Planets Rare? Blame General Relativity
Of the more than 4,500 stars known to have planets, one puzzling statistic stands out. Even though nearly all stars are expected to have planets and most stars form in […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Citizen Science / Open Science, Intelligence & Language, People Of Astrobiology, Press Release, SETI & Technosignatures
SETI@Home Enthusiasts Used Home Computers To Search For ET. Scientists Focus On 100 signals They Found
For 21 years, between 1999 and 2020, millions of people worldwide loaned UC Berkeley scientists their computers to search for signs of advanced civilizations in our galaxy.
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Magnetic Fields, Electromagnetism, bioelectricity,, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Space Weather & Heliophysics
NASA’s ESCAPADE Mission To Mars — Twin UC Berkeley Satellites Will Launch In Early November
The first dual-satellite mission to another planet, NASA’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers), is scheduled for launch no earlier than Sunday, Nov. 9, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release, Stellar Cartography
This Rocky Planet Orbiting A White Dwarf Resembles Earth — 8 Billion Years From Now
The discovery of an Earth-like planet 4,000 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy provides a preview of one possible fate for our planet billions of years in the […]
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Exploration Gear & Tech, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mars, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Sample Return, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Rocks Collected On Mars Hold The Key to Water and Perhaps Life. Bring Them Back To Earth.
Over the course of nearly five months in 2022, NASA’s Perseverance rover collected rock samples from Mars that could rewrite the history of water on the Red Planet and even […]
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There Are Oceans Of Water On Mars. They’re Just Too Deep To Tap.
Using seismic activity to probe the interior of Mars, geophysicists have found evidence for a large underground reservoir of liquid water — enough to fill oceans on the planet’s surface.
Posted inBiophysics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Desert Worlds, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Microbiology & Virology, Press Release
Desert Mosses Use Quartz Rocks As Sun Shades
Living under a translucent rock can be quite comfortable — if you’re a moss in the Mojave Desert. A graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, found that some […]
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Dinosaur-dooming Asteroid Struck Earth At The Deadliest Possible Angle
The simulations show that the asteroid hit Earth at an angle of about 60 degrees, which maximised the amount of climate-changing gases thrust into the upper atmosphere. Such a strike […]
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New Telescope To Look For Laser Pulses From Life Around Other Planets
Are advanced civilizations in our galaxy trying to communicate with us by means of laser blasts? A team of University of California, San Diego, UC Berkeley, Harvard University and California […]