astronomy
The Observable Universe has 2 trillion galaxies which is 10x more than previous estimates
Posted in Science on 14th Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller
The remaining 90% will be only seen once bigger and better telescopes are developed.
Face of the moon changes every 81,000 years
Posted in Science on 13th Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller
The moon is bombarded by so much space rock that its surface gets a complete facelift every 81,000 years.
WFIRST space telescope will use Gravitational microlensing to survey exoplanets
Posted in Science on 9th Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller
This will lead to a statistical census of exoplanets with masses greater than a tenth of the Earth's mass.
Most stars and planets are outside systems and galaxies
Posted in Featured, Science on 9th Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller
As many as half of all stars in the universe lie in the vast gulfs of space between galaxies.
Liquid water in the rest of the solar system is about 50 times Earth's volume of water
Posted in Science on 2nd Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller
The locations of some subsurface oceans are on Europa, Enceladus, Ganymede, Titan, the asteroid Ceres, Callisto, Dione and Pluto.