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10/31/2018 / By Edsel Cook

The hottest alien world ever discovered: Exoplanet so hot, iron and titanium glow in it

KELT-9b is a hot find in more ways than one. Not only is this exoplanet hotter than any other planet and many stars, its atmosphere is also the first to show the presence of both iron and titanium, an article in Space.com reported. This unique alien world dwells within the constellation Cygnus. The light reflected […]

10/23/2018 / By Edsel Cook

California-based space company testing a mini propulsion system for planetary microsat missions

An American space technology company is almost ready to release a new propulsion system that could one day be installed on most spacecraft. The improved thrusters will be small enough to mount on microsatellites, yet powerful enough to propel larger space probes on interplanetary missions away from Earth, an article in Space.com stated. The system […]

08/09/2018 / By Edsel Cook

The mysterious glow in the Milky Way may be coming from clouds of DIAMONDS in space

The next time you look up into the night sky to appreciate the Milky Way, think of diamonds. Researchers have theorized that some of the glowing light emitted by our galaxy is caused by massive clouds of tiny diamonds in space, an article on The Daily Mail reported. The light in question are streams of […]

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