This photo provided by NASA shows the “Sounds of Earth” record being mounted on the Voyager 2 spacecraft in the Safe-1 Building at the Kennedy Space Center (Pic credit: AP) To save power, Nasa has switched off another scientific instrument on its long-running Voyager 2 spacecraft. The space agency said Tuesday that Voyager 2’s plasma … Read more
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have made a remarkable discovery about Ariel, one of Uranus’ moons. The findings suggest that Ariel may harbour a hidden subsurface liquid water ocean, which could help explain the puzzling presence of significant amounts of carbon dioxide ice on its surface.At Uranus’ distance from the sun, carbon … Read more
NEW DELHI: Recent studies have introduced compelling evidence supporting the existence of a hypothetical ‘Planet Nine‘ in the outer reaches of our solar system, challenging previous skepticism around the topic. This potential planet, first hypothesized in 2016 by Caltech researchers Konstantin Batygin and Michael Brown, is thought to influence the orbits of distant icy bodies … Read more
With the discovery of more than 5,600 planets orbiting other stars and images from robots we have sent to all the planets in our solar system, it is becoming abundantly clear that Earth is unique among worlds. Almost all of the exoplanets scientists have discovered since the 1990s fall into four main types: gas giants like Jupiter … Read more
Last November, the Voyager 1 spacecraft began sending gibberish radio signals back to Earth. Engineers have now identified the problem, but trying to repair a 46-year-old device on a craft 24 billion kilometres from Earth is not easy. Voyager 1 and its twin Voyager 2 were both launched in 1977 on a reconnaissance mission to … Read more
Britain, as everyone knows, is jam-packed with opportunities for adventure and making unique discoveries. But a fascinating new map – the Great British Bucket List Map (marvellousmaps.com) – reveals that the UK is blessed with more things to do, see and eat than you could ever imagine. The publisher says: ‘The stunning scenery, cultural intrigue … Read more
