SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Breaks Up in Earth’s Atmosphere Years After Launch
Reports suggest that a part of a Falcon 9 rocket safely broke down over Mexico after falling through the Earth's atmosphere. The incident occurred five years…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Upper Stage Breaks Up in Earth’s Atmosphere
Reports suggest that a part of a Falcon 9 rocket safely broke down over Mexico after falling through the Earth's atmosphere. The incident occurred five years…
Extreme exoplanet has a complex and exotic atmosphere
An international team including researchers from the University of Bern and the University of Geneva as well as the National Centre of Competence in Research…
What the rise of oxygen on early Earth tells us about life on other planets: Deeper understanding of…
When did the Earth reach oxygen levels sufficient to support animal life? Researchers from McGill University have discovered that a rise in oxygen levels…
Extreme alien world with metal atmosphere shows how weird the universe can be
When you think of air, you don't typically think of metal, but that's probably because you aren't on WASP-189b. To be clear, you'd also be very dead if you…
How to Deal With Rocket Boosters and Other Giant Space Garbage
Not to alarm you, but a SpaceX Falcon 9 second-stage rocket booster is on track to crash into the moon. The giant tin can has been careening around the Earth…
3D map of an exoplanet’s atmosphere may help find Earth-like worlds
Many exoplanets are completely uninhabitable, but they can still be useful in the search for more hospitable worlds. Scientists at Lund University have…
Peering into the atmosphere of an ultra-hot exoplanet
Of the over 4,000 exoplanets discovered so far, one of the strangest has to be WASP-189b. This ultra-hot Jupiter orbits so close to its star that its…
Astronaut photos show Tongan ash cloud in Earth’s atmosphere
Ash from the powerful volcanic eruption near Tonga last Saturday is clearly visible in a series of images taken by an astronaut aboard the International…
Detailed Footage Finally Reveals What Triggers Lightning
So Dwyer and his team turned to the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), a network of thousands of small radio telescopes mostly in the Netherlands. LOFAR usually…