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”What went on before the Big Bang” is an interesting question that we will probably never be able to answer accurately. 13.8 billion years ago a massive event happened; the Universe as we know it came into existence. How? We don’t know. Why? We don’t know. All we know is that the Universe started expanding…
A meteorite that fell to Earth and landed near Victoria, Australia in the 1960’s has been re-analysed, and scientists believe to have found some 7.5 billion year old stardust within it. “This is one of the most exciting studies I’ve worked on,” said lead author Philipp Heck, an associate professor at the University of Chicago….
Scientists have observed something mysterious at the edge of our solar system, some unknown object is manipulating the paths of chunks of ice as they circle the sun… These ice’s oval shaped orbits all point in the same direction and tilt the same way, which means that an unseen force is herding them. At first,…
Black holes are talked about so often in astronomy that it may come as a surprise to discover that we know only a few dozens of them inhabiting the Milky Way. Apart from the central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, all the others are at most 15 times the mass of the Sun, but in…
It seems that researchers might have found a way to produce breathable oxygen on Mars. They’ve developed a method to extract oxygen from carbon dioxide which is inspired by comets, and believe it could be used for future interplanetary missions as well as a way to reduce greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. Chemical reactions require…
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