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Planet K2-18b Jadi Bukti Terkuat Adanya Kehidupan di Luar Tata Surya

Untuk pertama kalinya dalam sejarah, para astronom mengatakan bahwa mereka menemukan “petunjuk terkuat” tentang kemungkinan adanya kehidupan di luar Tata Surya kita. Planet yang dimaksud adalah K2-18b, yang berjarak sekitar 124 tahun cahaya dari Bumi di konstelasi Leo. Tim gabungan dari Inggris dan Amerika Serikat menggunakan teleskop luar angkasa canggih James Webb dan berhasil mendeteksi…
NASA Perseverance Finds Rock Containing Ancient Water on Mars, Raises Hope for Life

Mars is making headlines again! This time, NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered a variety of interesting rocks around Jezero Crater, and scientists are loving it. These rocks are giving new clues about the planet’s ancient past, and possibly even signs that Mars once had water. Since December last year, Perseverance has been exploring the western…
James Webb Telescope Reveals Stunning Newborn Star in Space

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has once again amazed astronomers with a breathtaking image of a newborn star hiding in a cosmic cloud. This incredible discovery was named “Picture of the Month” by the European Space Agency in February. Located about 450 light-years away in the Taurus constellation, this young star, called HH 30,…
Firefly’s Blue Ghost Prepares for Historic Moon Landing

Firefly Aerospace is gearing up to make history with the landing of Blue Ghost on the Moon’s surface. The lander is set to touch down on the near side of the Moon on Sunday at 2:34 a.m. CT. This mission is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, aimed at paving the way…
Why Is Mars So Red? New Research Reveals a Surprising Answer

Mars, the Red Planet, has been a mystery for ages. Its bright red color in the night sky has always caught our attention. Turns out, this color comes from iron in Martian rocks. But scientists recently discovered something even more fascinating about where that red dust actually comes from! The Secret Behind Mars’ Red Color…
James Webb Telescope Captures Mysterious Flares Near the Milky Way’s Giant Black Hole

Scientists have observed strange activity in Sagittarius A* (Sgr A), the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Sgr A, located about 26,000 light-years from Earth and weighing four million times the mass of the Sun, constantly emits mysterious flares that are not yet…
NASA Raises Alarm, 3.1% Chance of Asteroid 2024 YR4 Hitting Earth

After a week of bright skies due to the full moon, astronomers can finally observe asteroid 2024 YR4 again. With darker skies, ground-based telescopes have a better chance of spotting these faint space rocks that are usually hard to detect. NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California has…
Investigating The Fastest Planetary System

Astronomers might have just discovered the fastest planetary system ever seen! A tiny star, possibly with a super-Neptune planet tagging along, is zooming through the Milky Way at an insane speed—about 1.2 million mph (1.9 million km/h). If it’s moving fast enough, this star could eventually escape our galaxy, dragging its planetary companion into intergalactic…