8-Year-Old Brazilian Girl Becomes World's Youngest Astronomer
Nicole Oliveira, an 8-year-old Brazilian girl has found 18 Asteroids under the project 'Asteroid Hunters' run by the International Astronomical Search Collaboration. The project is affiliated with NASA and is meant to engage young kids in science by giving them a chance to make space discoveries of their own. Little Oliveira is now called the World's Youngest Astronomer for reaching out to stars at such a young age.
Tags: space Adventures, astronomy, Nicole Oliveira, Brazil ministry of science, NASA
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Discovers Water Vapor On Jupiter's Moon
The astronomers for the first time by using new and archived datasets from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered evidence of water vapor in Jupiter's moon's atmosphere, Ganymede. The water vapor was likely to have formed due to sublimation, turning solid ice into gas. Ganymede is the largest moon in our solar system and research suggests that it may contain more water than all of Earth's oceans together.
Tags: astronomy, AstroPhotographer, Hubble Telescope, NASA, Jupiter
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Largest Asteroid Of 2021 Set To Fly Close To Earth On March 21
NASA has revealed that Asteroid 2001 FO32 with a diameter of 3000 feet will pass by Earth on March 21, giving astronomers a chance to get a rare close look at it. NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies Director Paul Chodas said the asteroid would not get any closer to Earth than 1.25 million miles but still can be labeled as "potentially hazardous". The asteroid will be brightest while moving through southern skies, Paul added.
Tags: Asteroid, NASA, outer space, astronomy
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Celestial Treat For Eyes This Week As Seven Planets Will Be Visible From Earth
What could be called a celestial treat for the eyes, seven planets of our solar system will be visible this week. According to EarthSky, Mars will shine brighter than normal which could be next witnessed only in 2035. While Venus will appear after midnight, Uranus and Neptune can be seen with the help of a microscope around the same time. Besides, Saturn and Jupiter will also come closest since 1623.
Tags: Mars Planet, astronomy, Space
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Haloween Bluemoon To Appear After 76 Years
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that a lunar event- Blue Moon will appear on October 31, the Halloween Night. Blue Moon, also called as 'Hunter Moon' is a phenomenon where a month hosts two full moons. Reportedly, this Halloween night blue moon is occurring after 76 years and the next occurrence will be in 2039. However, a normal blue moon will occur on August 31, 2023.
Tags: Blue Moon, Haloween, Space Watching, astronomy
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