Is it possible that dark matter could collapse gravitationally, forming massive bodies similar to stars or planets? When I say "similar", I don't mean to imply that they would undergo nuc…
The new New York Times article The Eclipse That Made Einstein Famous describes several events and discussions on the hundred year anniversary of the the 1919 solar eclipse and verification of the
From my understanding we detect planets by measuring dips in light intensity from the star the habitable planet is orbiting when it passes by it. There are 2 things I don’t understand about this m…
I was reading an article by David O'Brien et al. where it stated "in meteorites only the water bound to the silicates can be found, all the water ice having been lost, whereas on asteroids water…
Em 30 de junho e 1º de julho de 2015, a conjunção de dois dos planetas do nosso Sistema Solar, Vênus e Júpiter, pôde ser observada a olho nu. Por conjunção planetária, é conhecida a abordagem no firmamento de vários planetas. Essa abordagem é puramente visual, pois, na realidade, os planetas ainda mantêm uma distância de milhões de quilômetros.
