27 Jun, 2024
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Japan finds ‘habitable’ super Earth, very close to us

Just 37 light-years from Earth, a super-Earth has been discovered in the `habitable` zone of a red dwarf star. This event provides an opportunity to consider the possibility of life on planets around stars near our Solar System. Scientists named this super-Earth Ross 508 b. According to scientists, red dwarfs are more visible at infrared wavelengths. […]

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What would happen if the Earth’s rotation axis was no longer tilted?

If the Earth’s rotation axis were not tilted (meaning the angle between the Earth’s axis and the ecliptic plane became 90 degrees), our planet would not actually have seasons like it does now. Many people would assume that the duration of sunshine at the same latitude is fixed throughout the year and that temperature fluctuations […]