Planets like Earth may have had muddy origins0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 20, 2017
Scientists have long held the belief that planets — including Earth — were built from rocky asteroids, but new research challenges that view.
Scientists have long held the belief that planets — including Earth — were built from rocky asteroids, but new research challenges that view.
A new study of a nearby cluster of newly formed stars reveals that brown dwarfs may rival stars in the Milky Way in number, with one brown dwarf for every two bona fide stars.
The effort completed in 2003 used the best technology available but now scientists could do more
Russia’s first crowd-funded satellite, named Mayak (Russian for “beacon of light”), promises to be the “brightest object in the night sky next to the Moon.”
Accounts of mysterious flashing lights in the sky, spacecrafts and encounters with “real” aliens reflect high levels of public interest in UFOs and the belief that there is “something out there”. However, many psychologists are less convinced, and think they can provide more down-to-earth, scientific explanations.
A newly-developed hands-free musical instrument now allows people to make music with their minds
Although the scientists behind it would really rather you didn’t