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Planet Nine may be responsible for tilting the Sun |
KB: We asked ourselves, "what obliquity, what misalignment would Planet Nine induce in the solar system?" because it must induce some. We know that Planet Nine's orbit in inclined. As a result, when Planet Nine torques the rest of the solar system, the two sort of act as two precessing tops. |
Aug 16, 2021
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Astronomy.com
Nature Blogs |
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Full Moon Photo Looks Like Mysterious Giant Eye Through Rock Arch in Utah |
Phoenix, Arizona nature photographer Zach Cooley recently captured a stunning photo of the full moon passing through North Windows Arch in Arches National Park in Utah that resembles a giant eye. Cooley planned an entire vacation mostly around the fact that the moonrise would align with this arch, and that he could get something resembling a spooky eye on the week of Halloween on October 28th, 2020. |
Dec 02, 2020
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PetaPixel
Travel & Recreation Blogs |
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How NASA and Chandrayaan discovered water on the Moon |
After decades of work, scientists used Chandrayaan 1 and NASA's LCROSS to finally discover water on the Moon in 2009. In the 10 years since, the next step has been to understand the exact nature of and the amount of water the Moon hosts. This is where NASA's LRO and ISRO's Chandrayaan 2 orbiter come in. |
Sep 01, 2020
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Jatan's Space
Science & Medicine Blogs |
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A Billion Pixels and the Search for India's Crashed Moon Lander |
The Indian space agency has been tight-lipped about the fate of Vikram, but crowdsourcing and NASA's openness led to its discovery. On Nov. 19, Mark S. Robinson opened an email with the subject line, "Vikram Lander's final resting place (Images with Proof)." |
Dec 13, 2019
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Kenneth Chang via Nytimes
Science & Medicine News |