Volcanoes on the Moon: When Dinosaurs Roamed 🌋🌙
Imagine this: while dinosaurs were stomping around Earth, volcanoes were erupting on the Moon! 🦖🌕 Scientists analyzing tiny glass beads brought back by China's Chang'e-5 mission have discovered that lunar volcanoes were active more recently than we thought. This challenges the idea that the Moon's volcanic activity stopped around two billion years ago. Could the Moon still be cooking up magma today? 🤔 This find opens up exciting new questions about our lunar neighbor's evolution.
Mysterious Cosmic Dance: A Planet with Moves 🕺✨
In a galaxy not-so-far away (about 455 light-years to be exact), Swedish researchers have spotted a planet that's got some serious dance moves! 💃🪐 Meet TOI-1408, a small, chilly exoplanet orbiting a star similar in temperature to our Sun. Unlike the smooth orbits we're used to, this planet's path is erratic, shifting like it's grooving to its own beat when it passes in front of its star. 🎶 Discovering such a rare setup gives us a chance to understand how planetary systems develop and could help us find other worlds that might just be the perfect place to live. 🌍✨
Boeing's Starliner Returns Solo 🚀🌐
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft just made a solo trip back to Earth, touching down in New Mexico without its crew. 🛬🤖 Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were supposed to be back after an eight-day mission starting in June. But some technical glitches mean they're hanging out on the International Space Station until February 2025! 👨🚀🌌 NASA said bringing Starliner back unmanned was the right call. This mission was meant to be the final test before Starliner starts regular trips. Fingers crossed for smooth sailing next time! 🤞
Peering Back Billions of Years: Galaxy Merger Ahead! 🌌🔭
An international team of astronomers is peering deep into the universe and they've spotted something epic: two galaxies merging from 12.8 billion years ago! 😲💫 These galaxies are loaded with gas, meaning they're about to kick off a star-making frenzy and ramp up quasar activity. This cosmic combo will likely form a \"monster galaxy,\" one of the brightest and biggest types out there. 🌟 Understanding this stellar merger helps us piece together the early history of our universe and how galaxies and black holes evolve. Talk about time travel! 🕰️
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Sci-Sat: Volcanoes on the moon, Boeing spacecraft and merging galaxies
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