On the grand cosmic scale, our little corner of the Universe isn't all that special – this idea lies at the heart of the Copernican principle . Yet there's one major aspect about our planet that's peculiar indeed: Our Sun is a yellow dwarf.
Because our home star is what we know most intimately, it would be tempting to assume that yellow and white dwarf stars (FGK dwarfs) are common elsewhere in the cosmos.
Earth's Second Moon: Where It Is, How It Was Discovered, and More
Growing up, you probably learned that unlike other planets, Earth only has one moon, however, it turns out that isn't actually the case — planet Earth actually has a second moon , at least for the time being.
You likely have quite a few questions regarding this "second moon," which has been named Kamoʻoalewa. Today we're investigating its discovery, after it was spotted with a NASA telescope. It's been orbiting Earth in a corkscrew motion for a while now.
Elon Musk, SpaceX face China backlash after space station near-misses
"For safety reasons, the China Space Station implemented preventive collision avoidance control," China said in a document published on the website of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs.
The complaints have not been independently verified. SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Astronauts on the International Space Station send Christmas video message to Earth | Space
Astronauts on the International Space Station shared a festive message for people on Earth as they prepare to spend the holidays in orbit.
Expedition 66 crew members , including NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn, Kayla Barron, and Mark Vande Hei, ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, will be celebrating Christmas aboard the orbiting lab this year.
JWST: The James Webb Space Telescope is finally on its way into orbit | New Scientist
The James Webb Space Telescope sits atop an Ariane 5 rocket on the launchpad in French Guiana on 23 December
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has finally launched. After a long string of delays and budget overruns, the biggest space telescope ever is on its way to begin unravelling some of the toughest mysteries of the cosmos.
Astronomers spot up to 170 giant rogue planets floating through space | WGN-TV
(StudyFinds.org) – Nearly 200 giant planets have been spotted moving aimlessly through space, according to a remarkable discovery by astronomers.
The planets are in a star-forming region relatively close to our Sun in the southern constellations of Upper Scorpius and Ophiuchus.
"We did not know how many to expect and are excited to have found so many," says study first author Dr. Nuria Miret-Roig of Bordeaux University in a media release .
Blue Origin Space Station Partner Hit with Federal Lawsuit - FLYING Magazine
Redwire Space ( NYSE:RDW ), a partner in Blue Origin's proposed orbiting space station, is the target of a class-action lawsuit alleging federal securities fraud, according to court documents.
The lawsuit against the Florida-based company accuses Redwire of delaying release of its third quarter earnings in November 2021, which resulted in a 16 percent drop in its stock price "on unusually heavy trading volume," court documents said.
Spacewalking Chinese astronauts add camera to Tiangong space station module | Space
China's Shenzhou 13 astronauts ventured outside the orbiting Tianhe module on Sunday and installed a new panoramic camera for monitoring the space station.
Rookie astronaut Ye Guangfu opened the hatch of the Tianhe airlock on Dec. 26 at 5:44 a.m. EST (1044 GMT, 6:44 p.m. Beijing time) and reported feeling well shortly after exiting.
Netflix Top 10: ‘Don’t Look Up’ & ‘The Witcher’ Season 2 Lead
Adam McKay’s star-laden Don’t Look Up leads the Netflix Top 10 movie list for the week ending December 26, as viewers sat tight and assessed to the tune of 111 million minutes in the pic’s first week.
In the film, astronomy grad student Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) and her professor Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) make an astounding discovery of a comet orbiting within the solar system. The problem — it’s on a direct collision course with Earth. The other problem?
Guide to the Galaxy: Can You Pass This Pop Quiz About Measuring Time? - Parkland Talk
Pop quiz! Let's think about a subject that most of us take for granted: how we measure time. We'll start with an easy question.
If you answered, "24 hours", that's not too bad. I think you deserve partial credit. However, we can be more precise. It may surprise you to learn that the Earth rotates on its axis in about 23 hours and 56 minutes which astronomers refer to as a sidereal day.
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