Tag: planet
Earth’s Inner Core Seems to Be Slowing Its Spin
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt used to be that the inner core of Earth was spinning faster than the rest of the planet. Now it seems that the solid iron core in the middle […]
New Astronomical Discovery Challenges Generations of Scientific Conventional Wisdom
Reading Time: 2 minutesIts size and surface gravity are much larger than Earth’s, and its radiation environment may be hostile, but a distant planet called K2-18b has captured the interest of scientists all […]
NASA Retires Kepler Space
Reading Time: 4 minutesAfter nine years in deep space collecting data that indicate our sky to be filled with billions of hidden planets – more planets even than stars – NASA’s Kepler space […]