Saturn’s 27 degree tilt was caused by the gas giant’s moons moving farther away with most of the pull coming from Titan and the lean is set to DOUBLE in a few billion years, study reveals Saturn rotates a on a 27 degree tilt that causes strong seasonal variations Scientists have now found that the planet’s … Read more
Three-time Grammy winner P!NK celebrated her son Jameson Moon’s fourth birthday on Saturday with a superhero-themed bash at her $12M four-bedroom Santa Ynez home. And while the 41-year-old pop star chose comic book-printed decorations and balloons of The Hulk, her blond-haired boy opted to dress like Jedi-turned-villain Darth Vader. ‘Superheroes. They go all over the … Read more
The long-lost twin of the moon may have been spotted trailing behind Mars by astronomers. A 1km-wide asteroid called (101429) 1998 VF31 was first spotted 22 years ago and new analysis reveals it is ‘strikingly similar’ to the moon. Scientists from the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (AOP) in Northern Ireland used the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) … Read more
Nokia to build mobile phone network on the moon: Nasa teams up with telecoms giant ahead of 2024 lunar mission By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 19 October 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 19 October 2020 Struggling to get a mobile signal? You could always move to the Moon. For even … Read more
The Moon’s once powerful magnetic field helped shield Earth and its developing atmosphere from powerful solar storms 4 billion years ago, a new study claims. Researchers led by James Green, NASA’s chief scientist, created computer models simulating the protective impact the Moon once had over Earth. The combined magnetic fields of both the Moon and … Read more
Chinese scientists explain the mystery of the dark green goo found on the moon in 2019, which they say is a glassy mix of minerals melted together by an asteroid impact Researchers in China analyzed a mysterious gel-like substance from the moon Originally found in 2019, it turns out to be a melted mixture of … Read more
The Moon has a bonanza of metals like iron and titanium deep below its surface, according to NASA, raising questions over a long held formation theory. The leading theory claims that the Moon formed out of the wreckage created when a Mars-sized planet called Theia collided with the young Earth 4.5 billion years ago. If … Read more
Artificial intelligence will help scientists search for signs of ancient life on Mars and other planets thanks to work by NASA scientists in training the system. The European Space Agency (ESA) Rosalind Franklin ‘ExoMars’ rover will be the first to have the new AI system when it leaves for the Red Planet in 2022/2023. Allowing … Read more
A fleet of steam powered robots could one day be used to explore the moons of Jupiter and Saturn by ‘taking giant leaps across their frozen landscapes’. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory researchers are developing small football sized spherical robots equipped with steam powered thrusters for future exploration. If they ever move beyond the initial concept … Read more
A photographer has taken the world’s clearest pictures of the moon’s craters by combining multiple shots of the lunar line where light meets dark. Californian-based astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy stacked thousands of pictures together over lunar phases to show the moon’s surface in all its glory. The lunar enthusiast took two weeks’ worth of frames of … Read more