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Life as we don't know it: Some aliens may need sulfuric acid like we need water
If we're looking for life as we don't know it, the best solvent out there may be concentrated sulfuric acid — the stuff ...
Internet Stunned As Rare Photo Appears To Capture Saturn Over Mountain
Social media users were floored by the incredible image captured in the viral post, with one saying: "I honestly gasped hard.
UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : Science and Technology MCQs on space anaemia, traumatic asphyxia and more (Week 96, 97 and 98)
Are you preparing for UPSC CSE Prelims 2025? Check your progress and revise your topics through this quiz on Science and ...
A planet on the edge: are Saturn’s rings older than they look?
Saturn’s rings are an arresting sight even through modest telescopes. The planet is made mostly of hydrogen and helium whereas the rings are billions of pieces of mostly bright-white water ice and ...
What Makes Pluto So Intriguing
“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto ...
Numbers, please! Last image of the earth from 6 billion kilometers away
"Pale Blue Dot" – one of the last photos taken by Voyager 1 – is still the most distant image of the Earth. Astronomer Carl ...
Scientists make plans to keep spacefarers from contaminating other worlds
Interplanetary contamination risks from space missions and strategies to mitigate them, including the importance of ...
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Do Saturn's rings cast shadows?
Why don't Saturn's rings throw a shadow onto the planet's surface, like its moons do? John GrimleyToronto, Ontario The simple ...
Stanislaus County residents wonder at mysterious sight in sky. What created the ‘jellyfish’
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch created a visual sensation for sky watchers Monday evening in Stanislaus County. The rocket ...
How space missions make discoveries on the way to their main destinations
To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...
6 breathtaking images of Saturn shared by NASA
A startling silhouette of Saturn is created in this Cassini spacecraft portrait. A kingly crescent Saturn rests on the right of this Cassini spacecraft portrait while the moon Mimas appears above the ...
September features ‘water’ constellations
September opens with Venus hosting winter constellations in the eastern predawn sky. West of the planet, the bright star Procyon, in Canis Minor, the little dog, rises at almost the same time as ...