Journey to the Center of the Earth While many fictional tales have been written about worlds beneath our familiar soils, research regarding the core of the Earth has only begun to scratch the surface. With temperatures around 6,000 K and pressures above 330 GPa, the inner core is an inhospitable … Continue reading
Analysis of data gathered by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter found strong evidence for the existence of liquid water on the surface of Mars (1). It is no mystery that there was once water on Mars. Its impressive array of canyons and riverbeds, including the Valles Marineris, the largest known canyon … Continue reading
With much debate about the origins of life on Earth, the discovery of organic molecules emissions from comets propagates the notion that comets could possibly have been a source of early life. New research suggests that the emergence of complex organic molecules could be due to comets. By using the … Continue reading
On September 29th, Dan Milisavljevic gave a talk titled Reverse Engineering Supernovae. Milisavljevic got his PhD in astronomy in 2011. He then went on to work at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics where he focuses on supernovae and their remnants. Throughout history, people have observed supernovae as very bright spots … Continue reading
Researchers at Keele University have found a supermassive nuclear black hole that exceeds the size limitations of its host galaxy and has now been proven to be the source of many of the galaxy’s anomalies. Among these is the fact that such a large black hole exists in an apparently … Continue reading