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400 Earth-mass rogue planets in the Milky Way Galaxy? NASA explains

NASA reveals that the Milky Way Galaxy may contain over 400 Earth-mass rogue planets. These rogue planets drift in space and they do not orbit any star at all, which makes them special. It is speculated that these planets are hidden in the Milky Way Galaxy and NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could spot over 400 of these rogue planets. According to NASA's report, the unknown planets were from outside the galaxy, but drifted into it with some unknown mechanism. “We estimate that our galaxy is home to 20 times more rogue planets than stars – trillions of worlds wandering alone,” said David Bennett, a senior research scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. About the rogue planet and upcoming missionSo far we know that planets outside the solar sys...
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day 1 Feb 2023: Seven Earth-like worlds of TRAPPIST-1

NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day is a stunning snapshot of a seven-world system which orbits a dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1. The TRAPPIST-1 system contains a total of seven known Earth-sized planets. Mankind has been in search of potential planets which could support life one day should the need to ever leave Earth arise. Although there are more planets in the Universe than you could ever imagine, they all have one or the other substance missing which makes our Blue Planet so unique. NASA, ESA, ISRO and other space agencies have been on the hunt to study planets not just in our solar system, but outside too.In 2017, NASA announced the discovery of most Earth-sized planets found in the habitable zone of a single star just 40 light-years away from Earth, called TRAPPIST-1. It was na...
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day 2 January 2023: Planet Parade on show-Watch

NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day is a stunning snapshot of the planet parade lining up the sky after the sunset. The planets in our solar system are divided into two: Inner solar system, which consists of Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, and Outer solar system which includes Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Although all these planets are located at a considerable distance from Earth, some of them can be seen during certain periods of the day. This includes Mars, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. Every 1000 years, Earth witnesses a very rare phenomenon where all these planets form a straight line.NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a mesmerizing image of Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars visible from Earth after sunset. This phenomenon is called a Planet Parade and will occur today an...
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Wow! NASA set to bring solar system to life in 3D, ties up with Google, reveals Sundar Pichai

Google has partnered NASA to let users explore space and the solar system in 3D and AR mode. Google has partnered with NASA to bring new tools to offer interesting experiences to Google users of our solar system in both website form as well as via new AR models. This collaboration will bring new 3D models of 60 planets, moons and NASA spacecraft right to Google Search.Google has shared all the information in a Google Arts & Culture site, according to which, users will be able to explore the solar system, planets, other celestial bodies along with their moons. Google, in its blogspot, said that the solar system can now be explored in the drawings of the constellations in the Lascaux Caves and the astronomy of the ancient ...