[ad_1] An international team of astronomers called the Gaia Collaboration has released a new updated catalog from the astronomical satellite Gaia. The catalog is disconcerting: Lists the positions, distances, colors, luminosities and motions of nearly two billion stars in the Milky Way. Two. Billions. This is the third version of …
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[ad_1] A respectable new sunspot has come into view on the face of the sun, which would still be interesting given that the sun has been very quiet for years. But what makes it even more extraordinary is that solar scientists predicted that this would happen, even when this point …
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[ad_1] Astronomers have discovered a small object in space that will pass close to Earth on December 1, 2020 with the small margin of only 50,000 km. Not only that, but the gravity of our planet will change its trajectory so much that it will become a temporary moon of …
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[ad_1] Well, damn it: on Friday (November 13, 2020), a small asteroid passed so close to Earth that it was just above our atmosphere – it came within 400 kilometers (240 miles) of the Earth’s surface! It is inferior to most satellites, even those in low orbit. Yegads! The good …
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