How Earth Survived Its Birth

BY:reikyjohnson 62 days ago on Space

Just how Earth survived the process of its birth without suffering an early demise by falling into the sun has been something of a mystery to astronomers, but a new model has figured out what protected our planet when it was still a vulnerable, baby world.

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Apollo 13 Movie Mistakes Part One

BY:reikyjohnson 62 days ago on Space

Continuing the Apollo fan's eye view at the movie 'Apollo 13', this post looks beyond the magnificent screenplay and into the truths behind the film. Part one focuses on the 'deliberate' mistakes used by Ron Howard as he brought the events of April 1970 to the big screen.

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Supernova Explosions Stay In Shape

BY:reikyjohnson 62 days ago on Space

These two supernova remnants are part of a new study from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory that shows how the shape of the remnant is connected to the way the progenitor star exploded. In this study, a team of researchers examined the shapes of 17 supernova remnants in both the Milky Way galaxy and a neighbor galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud.

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Carbon Atmosphere Discovered On Neutron Star

BY:reikyjohnson 62 days ago on Space

This Chandra X-ray Observatory image shows the central region of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A, for short) the remains of a massive star that exploded in our galaxy. Evidence for a thin carbon atmosphere on a neutron star at the center of Cas A has been found. Besides resolving a ten-year-old mystery about the nature of this object, this result provides a vivid demonstration of the