While most of the hype surrounding space is around Mars and Planet X these days, don't forget about Pluto. Sure, it may not be a planet anymore but it still has its fair share of surprises. The latest of these came by way of NASA's New Horizon's probe which may have found an alien X-ray emitting from the area.
NASA'S NEW HORIZONS CONTINUES TO DELIVER; ALIEN EVIDENCE FOUND ON PLUTO?
In July of 2015, NASA's New Horizons probe made its closest flyby to Pluto before setting course to another planetoid far beyond the dwarf. Despite our technology, the data from this flyby takes a long time to get back to Earth. Hence, we are just now seeing the fruits of our labor. As scientist continue to go through the data, more mysteries are being uncovered
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Thus, it shouldn't emit any X-rays. However, here we are. It does. So what is causing this mystery? Some scientists suggest that the signals are the product of charged sun particles (solar wind). If these interact with the dwarf planet, an x-ray is plausible. However, NASA says there are still some weird things goings on. The solar winds here aren't nearly strong enough to match wit the level of X-Rays found. You know what is, though? Advanced alien technology. Just saying.
NASA FOUND METHANE ON PLUTO'S ALIEN MOON
Aside from the fascinating discovery of x-rays, New Horizons also found the presence of methane on the dwarf planet's moon, Charon. Not to jump to conclusions, but where there is methane, there is a minor chance of life. Of course, Charon is far too cold for this to happen. The methane on the moon either escapes the atmosphere back into space or lands on the cold pole. There, it will freeze solid and become a little, thin coat of methane ice. When the sun come back in spring through, the methane evaporates and leaves behind hydrocarbons. It's a great discovery indeed and it had the potential to lead to one even
There is a cultural assumption that there are many alien civilizations in the universe. However, what do we really know about extraterrestrial life? With recent findings of water on Mars and the discovery of Trappist-1, there could be hope for extraterrestrial life out in the universe. Even though the water on Mars is frozen under the polar ice caps and Trappist-1 could be far from finding any alien life, there are still many articles supporting the research and looking forward to finding additional news. In the article “Could the TRAPPSIT-1 worlds harbor alien life?’ written by Liz Fuller-Wright, she reports the announcement of astronomers that they found a miniature solar system of seven Earth-sized planets. Furthermore, the argument is effective towards bright individuals because it makes one think about what it will be if there was actually life outside of Earth.
Brown dwarfs are objects in space that sit between the lines of being a star and a planet. This object is dim and hard to distinguish from low mass stars at the early stages of the dwarf’s life. They are often called failed stars because they start their life the same way as regular stars. However, in some stage, they just didn’t have enough mass gathered to generate the fusion-powered energy of a star. Scientists are certain that brown dwarfs are the missing link between stars and planets but the formations of dwarfs are still a mystery.
This article told me much about the past, present, and future NASA missions. We are certainly learning more about the other planets in our solar systems, especially Mars, and I believe that we are doing the right thing in proposing more future missions that will help us learn more about our solar system and its planets.
The word race is defined at its core as a competition between runners, horses, vehicles, boats, etc. to see which is the fastest in covering a set course. Well, interestingly enough, a race of a different kind occurred between two countries from the years 1957 to 1969. The competition was unclear, and the opponents were on two entirely different continents, not something as simplistic as two horses. The United States and the United Soviet States of Russia both set out as arch rivals in the “Space Race,” a quest for dominance beyond the known Planet Earth. Ironically enough, just as communism was spreading to all parts of the world, the United States always sought to squash this form of government, despite somewhat dire consequences. Now, with
The ninth planet Pluto lost its planetary status when it did not “make the cut” after The International Astronomical Union collaborated in Prague to finalize the definition of the word planet. The International Astronomical Union decided that there are eight planetary bodies in Earth’s solar system and that Pluto should be categorized as a dwarf planet. Online newspaper articles from 2006, the year The International Astronomical Union met in Prague, up until 2012 emphasize how the demotion of Pluto was presented to the general public. The articles covered within this six year span emphasize the more scientific aspect of the media’s portrayal of Pluto’s demotion. This timeline begins with the official demotion of ...
In the early seventies, a x-ray source was located in the Constellation Cygnus. The x-ray source couldn't actually be precisely located but was narrowed down to a relatively small area. At this time it was very puzzling for the scientist.
Pluto was discovered on February 18, 1930. Its greater distance means its orbital period of 248 years is the longest of all planets. The plane of Pluto's orbit is also tilted the most compared to the rest, taking it further north and south of the Earth's orbital plane than the other planets. Pluto's only know satellite, Charon, is the largest satellite compared to the size of its mother planet. The Earth's moon held that title until Charon was discovered in 1978. Charon's large mass relative to Pluto means that the center of their common orbit about each other lies outside Pluto's surface, another unique characteristic of this Planet. The four inner planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are known as terrestrial planets for their smaller size,
In today’s world, all parts of Earth and been discovered and used for resources. This along with the vast supply of asteroids in space has lead to scientists and business pushing for asteroid mining. Asteroid mining, to be more specific, involves sending spacecrafts into space and using asteroids as a new resource. This seems like a great idea but there are some that oppose this by saying it’s too expensive. However, there have been various studies that researched into mining asteroids which have made me a believer that asteroid mining is a feasible project that should be fully supported.
Have you ever taken a closer look at the moon and thought: where did all of those craters come from? Well, those are caused by asteroids striking it creating a large, bowl-shaped cavity on the surface called a crater. However, asteroids do not just strike the moon, they tend to strike the Earth as well. Around 66 million years ago, what is said to be an asteroid thumped the Earth, and the dinosaurs were eliminated from the planet forever. The unpredictability of asteroids, the fact that they are unstoppable, and the menace of only one strike displays how the largest threat to us humans is an asteroid.
This project for Earth Science proved to be quite engaging. At first, I thought that the project was going to be long and arduous, however, being able to choose my topic for the project actually helped in galvanizing interest in it. Through this project, I learned a whole lot about the Jovian planets that fascinated me when I was a child. From gargantuan Jupiter, ringed Saturn, peculiar Uranus, and stormy Neptune, I learned many facts that I couldn’t discover outside of Earth Science. I learned many facts like how the Jovian planets got their colors, and whether or not Gas Giants are solely made of gas. I enjoy the fact that we are able to choose what we want to research about, choosing what interests us the most. Thanks to this project, I feel that I know just a bit more about the vast amount of knowledge of our Universe.
There are still plenty of things we don't understand about our own solar system. Scientists will have their work cut out for them in the future. Each and every planet has distinct differences and that helps show us how truly great God is. The
The history of the planet's discovery is the first we have of its kind; Uranus was the first planet to be discovered with a telescope. The circumstances surrounding the discovery of the object are befitting of the odd planet. The earliest recorded sighting of Uranus was in 1690 by John Flamsteed, but the object was catalogued as another star. On March 13, 1781 Uranus was sighted again by amateur astronomer William Herschel and thought to be a comet or nebulous star. In 1784, Jean-Dominique Cassini, director of the Paris Observatory and prominent professional astronomer, made the following comment:
Overall we can get a pretty good insight on how or Solar System was formed, yes there are still certain aspects of it that are hard to make sense of, as well as debates over which theory is correct, such as Core Accretion vs. Disk Instability, but overall I feel it is pretty amazing what we have learned about the nature of system and look forward to future discoveries.
Even though we know a great amount more than the astronomers in the past, there is still an even larger amount we do not know about the universe to this day. Even our own solar system contains many questions yet to be answered. Some of these include the possibility of a planet beyond Pluto (Planet X), the means by which the system was created, and even the possibility of a sister star to the Sun named Nemesis. Another astronomical mystery is the creation of the universe. In time, many questions will be answered but some will always remain. Astronomy is something that will never be completely understood.
Space: up until a few centuries ago astronomers knew little about the universe outside of our planet. But now, with vastly improved technology, astronomers are able to uncover so much more about what lies outside of Earth. While today’s observational technology is greatly superior to that of the past, we can’t disregard the accomplishments of astronomers in the past, because without their work our knowledge of space would far less than it is today. From Galileo’s first telescope to the Webb space telescope that has yet to be launched, there are so many observational technologies that made important contributions to the observation and exploration of space.