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If Life Is Found on Enceladus, There Would Probably Be Another Beginning

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Enceladus

According to San Francisco researchers, if there are alien creatures living in the oceans of the world outside the earth, then they are most likely not related to us. Some home experts have mentioned that this technology could help home owners.
Every world has life as some scientists believe. Truly, there is an idea running around minds about the life that is found on Mars, which actually showed some evidence of habitation before Earth did.
This thought or idea is called “lithopanspermia”, which believes that spread can be natural or guided by a supernatural hand.
We don’t really know, could people really …

Canada’s Contribution to Space Exploration

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Space Exploration

Canada is not only limited to Rocky Mountains, Huge Lakes, and Prairies as the majority might think. In fact, Canada has also significantly contributed to space exploration as well.
One of Canada’s famous Astronauts is Chris Hadfield. He is known to be a musical astronaut because he traveled space 3x while playing his musical instruments without gravity.
Another Astronaut that Canada is proud of is Roberta Bondar. This woman holds several degrees in Universities such as science, agriculture, philosophy, zoology, and medicine. She is very adventurous too, having certifications in both parachuting and skydiving. All her …

Missions in Space to Look Forward to in 2020

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Space Missions to Mars are going to be a norm in 2020. Large companies and agencies are already planning for upcoming missions such as getting moon samples, taking a close study of the sun, and etc.
Commercial space transportation
This year could be possibly the time where astronauts from NASA will travel in space using commercial crew vehicles. Crew Dragon from Space X and Starliner from Boeing are set up to fly the pioneering astronauts hopefully this year. The spacecraft are presently undergoing tests to ensure that it is a safe vehicle for humans.
Last December, Starliner stepped up when it was test launched even…

The Dazzling Venus and the Crescent Moon Shining Together In space

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The Dazzling Venus

2 and ½ hours after sunset, Venus continues to show itself in its silvery-white color situated at the southwestern sky. Last Dec 28 2019, on a Saturday night, Venus shined together with a beautiful crescent moon during twilight.
On the first few months of this year, we will have four opportunities to see them both together again, so save the dates: Jan 28, Feb 27, March 28, and April 26.
Search for Earthshine
For many upcoming Saturday evenings after Venus and the Crescent Moon, the full moon will show itself with a dark part which is bluish-gray in color absorbing it’s light from the Earth.
The bluish-gray…

Seeing the Brightest Planets on the Nights of January

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This year will be the “Year of the Planets”. As for the month of January, Venus flaunts itself during sunset at the southwestern sky. Mercury will start to show itself under Venus on the last week of this month. Moreover, still on the same period of time, Jupiter will be seen before sunrise in the southeastern sky. Three hours earlier than Jupiter, Mars will be seen with the Anatares star on the 18th.
Below we provide a guide for the best time to watch the Planets in the sky along with directions on how to see them.
Planet Guide
Mercury- On the 24th the planet will set after…

A Study on Water Being Found Unexpectedly Than Scientists Expected

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water is present in exoplanets

A latest study indicates that water is present in exoplanets, yet is lesser than what has been predicted and expected by Scientists. According to researchers, this new discovery may give light to how these planets are really shaped, along with the planets of our own solar system.
Data collected by Scientists from both space and ground telescopes, took a careful look at 19 exoplanets atmospheres. The temperatures of these exoplanets widely ranges from 20°C to 2000°C.
According to Nikku Madhusudhan, who is an astrophysicist from the University of Cambridge, the sizes of little Neptunes were 10 times the Earth’s mass and …

Visiting an Asteroid in 2019

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NASA’s OSIRIS-REX

From black holes to asteroids, 2019 offered us new and wonderful discoveries in space. Last year had been an extremely good one for space science and Astronomy. On the first day of January this year, two spacecraft successfully arrived at their destinations, and everything went on from there.
Moreover, this year NASA’s OSIRIS-REX spacecraft took its place in Asteroid Bennu’s Orbit. The spacecraft reached Bennu early in December, and Bennu had been considered as the smallest thing a spacecraft has ever orbited. OSIRIS-Rex has also set the world record of orbiting closest to an object, and the same spacecraft broke the same record…

NASA Gives Scientist a Small Mass of Moon Dirt to Study on

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Moon Dirt

Researchers in NASA had a very special gift last Christmas Season which was a mass of moon soil from Apollo to study this year.
Last summer of 2019, NASA had their 50th anniversary of the “historic Apollo 11 mission” that successfully landed astronauts on the moon in the year 1969. The program Apollo had history of landings carrying 6 humans between the years 1969 and 1972, where astronauts were able to gain 382 kg of rocks as well as moon soil. Presently, scientists can study these samples from the moon in more detail with our advances in technology.
According to NASA, the fresh Apollo samples given last …

The Largest Black Hole in 2019

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Largest Black Hole in 2019

Black holes are like gloomy dots found in space that empowers itself with gravity and taking in anything it gets close to. But in reality, there are more things to know concerning black holes as physicist came to a view of these spots in space when they caught the very first image of a black hole.
They learned new bizarre discoveries such as a black hole’s tendency to grow and lose hair, their inside parts, and etc. So, here are two things that we have learned in 2019 about black holes.
1. Blacks holes can be bald and can have hair.
In history, scientists believed that every black hole was bald and only contained …