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A long time ago (3.9 billion years to be exact) in a galaxy far, far away, a deadly black hole ripped a star to pieces. In 2011, evidence of this was finally detected by NASA's Swift satellite. Within days, scientists around the world were able to identify the cause of the outburst. While their description has more to do with tidal disruption, one never knows when evil aliens could be to blame. NASA HOPES TO UNDERSTAND VIOLENT BLACK HOLE NASA doesn't quite understand what caused the X-ray…

An exoplanet is described as a planet that orbits a star outside our solar system. The majority of the exoplanets scientists have discovered were found in the past two decades, mainly with the Kepler space telescope. These planets are all different in orbit, size, and type. Some are smaller than Jupiter, or even larger than Jupiter, but essentially all of the exoplanets that we know of a larger than the Earth. Scientists have even found planets that orbit two stars, as opposed to the normal one.…

Summary: Good afternoon Turquoise Justice! I’m Emma, and this is Kaelyn, and our article is about NASA’s Curiosity rover finding evidence of former lakes on Mars. The article came from NPR on Oct. 8. As some people may know, Mars is very frigid and dry, however the NASA Rover, Curiosity, has found evidence that there was once liquid on Mars. Around a billion years ago, Mars was cold, and wet. Curiosity has found geological evidence that liquid was evident on Mars approximately 3.5 billion…

Proserpina was but a young girl, with a curious mind, warm-hearted attitude and a will for adventuring into the unknown. She resided in the town of Pleio, with her mother who tried to keep her from wandering off and causing trouble. However, she couldn't quite manage it this time. Proserpina was prancing down the street of Pleio when she saw a man, who was in torn rags, crying on the side of the cobble road. She didn't like seeing people sad, so she went over and asked what was wrong. "Sir, what…

QUESTION: “Site an example of an existing successful plant. Include its location and how long the plant has been in operation. Discuss the life expectancy of the plant and the amount of energy the plant produces.” One very successful solar power plant is the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System. The Ivanpah plant produces 392 megawatts of energy, which is enough to power 94,400 homes in America. It is located in Ivanpah, Southern California in the Mojave Desert and was created in…

Earth, where we live. What you happen if we had no sun? What would happen if there was only poisonous gases? Earth as we know it could have turned out a lot different then it is just by these little things we didn’t know was out there, in space. Earth’s atmosphere is thick enough to prevent poisonous rays of radiation from getting to it. The earth’s rotation is gradually slowing down because of the moon. ‘’As a single footstep will not make a on the earth, so a single thought will not make a…

Kuiper Belt. Pluto is probably the “planet” we know the least about, at least before the New Horizons space probe passed it a few months back. First discovered in 1930 by an astronomer named Clyde Tombaugh, Pluto was considered the ninth planet in our Solar system for over 70 years. Then in 2003, Eris, a small planet larger than Pluto,…

Thanks to its carved topography, researchers have always suspected that Mars was once home to several rivers, lakes, and perhaps even oceans. There has even been some speculation about the existence of frozen water deep beneath the ground. However, finding evidence of liquid water in the present day, has been a little elusive. That is why NASA's September 28th announcement that confirmed the detection of liquid brine on the Red Planet caused so much excitement. The first indication of the…

(Kay, 2013, p. 216). The reason that terrestrial planets are grouped separately from the rest of the solar system is because they are all structured very similarly and all have surfaces most like that of the planet Earth. Another aspect that separates these four planets from all others is the fact that they are all located the closest to the Sun. Terrestrial planets can be easily identified in the solar system because they are much smaller in size compared to the planets around them. Scientists…

For more than fifteen years, the search for any sign of water on Mars has finally been found conclusive. Findings from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provided the definite evidence that water flows periodically throughout Mars. Using a spectrometer on the MRO, researchers saw hydrated minerals that are seen as streaks. These streaks fade in cooler seasons and seem to flow down as well as darken during the warmer seasons. These flows are called recurring slop linea and the finding of…