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7 hours ago · (NASA/JPL-Caltech) We can officially say goodbye to the real-life version of the fictional Vulcan homeworld. Astronomers have found that signals interpreted as signs of a world orbiting a star called 40 Eridani A, or HD 26965 – the star around which the planet Vulcan orbits in the sci-fi franchise Star Trek – were false positives, not ...
7 hours ago · Scientists using the Euclid Space Telescope have discovered 1.5 trillion orphan stars that drift in the massive Perseus cluster of thousands of galaxies. This cluster is one of the largest structures in space. Stars detached from their own galaxies create a faint blue light between them. This intracluster light is so dim that it is thousands of ...
1 day ago · Yet scientists believe there is a chance they could be able to host life - Starless and forever alone: more 'rogue' planets discovered By Daniel Lawler Paris (AFP) May 29, 2024 The Euclid space telescope has discovered seven more rogue planets, shining a light on the dark and lonely worlds floating freely through the universe untethered to any ...
7 hours ago · A replica of Luna 9, the first spacecraft to land on the Moon The first image taken of the far side of the Moon, returned by Luna 3 As part of human exploration of the Moon, numerous space missions have been undertaken to study Earth's natural satellite. Of the Moon landings, Luna 2 of the Soviet Union was the first spacecraft to reach its surface successfully, intentionally impacting the Moon ...
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1 day ago · An alternative was the Prime Directive, a philosophy of non-interference with alien life forms enunciated by the original Star Trek television series that prioritized the interests of the life forms over those of scientists. Given the (admittedly slim) prospect of life on Europa, scientists Richard Greenberg and Randall Tufts proposed that a ...
1 day ago · SHARE. Listen. Paris: The Euclid space telescope has discovered seven more rogue planets, shining a light on the dark and lonely worlds floating freely through the universe untethered to any star. Without being bound to a star, as the Earth is to the Sun, there are no days or years on these planets, which languish in perpetual night.
