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Orbital resonance − the striking gravitational dance done by planets with aligning orbits
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 5 months agoPlanets can gravitationally affect each other when their orbits line up. NASA/JPL-Caltech Planets...
Is some of the body that collided with Earth to form the Moon still recognisable inside our planet?
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 8 months agoScientists have dated the birth of the Solar System to about 4.57 billion years ago. About 60...
Why telling time on the moon is a conundrum for NASA
CNN via Yahoo News UK· 1 month agoThis week, learn why a lunar time scale is needed before humans return to the moon, meet the faces of Scotland’s ancient past, spy “salty licorice” cats,...
A mysterious rock orbiting Earth appears to be a chunk of the moon that was blasted away by a...
Business Insider via Yahoo News UK· 8 months agoAn artist's illustration of near-Earth asteroid Kamo`oalewa floating in space between the moon and...
NASA’s Mars Rover Spotted ‘Colorful Clouds’ on Red Planet
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoNASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/SSIDespite being more than a decade old, NASA’s Curiosity rover is still...
Stargazing in October: Halloween fireballs
The Independent via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoWhen you’re out trick-or-treating this Halloween, keep an eye on the sky for an unusual cosmic treat – brilliant shooting stars called fireballs. They...
Venus: the trouble with sending people there
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoNASA/JPL Venus, often called Earth’s “evil twin” planet, formed closer to the Sun and has since evolved quite differently from our own planet. It has a...
SpaceX launch attempt ends in loss of most powerful rocket ever built
CNN via Yahoo News UK· 8 months agoEditor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it...
101 random fun facts to have on hand at your next dinner party
Cosmo via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOur free time is precious, so usually we want to spend it wisely. As in, eating, drinking, sleeping,...
Meteorites may be lost to Antarctic ice as climate warms, study says
CNN via Yahoo News UK· 3 months agoMeteorites are disappearing into the Antarctic ice as a result of the climate crisis, putting them...
