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onionking

2018-07-23 15:30

A chance to name the European Mars rover

If you're interested in space or not, this is a chance to potentially name the UK Space Agency's rover. It's scheduled to launch in 2020 and is part of the ExoMars mission, to investigate the red planet.

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onionking

space

2018-07-22 22:49

Astronomers discover 12 New Moons Orbiting Jupiter

Just recently I wrote a post about Callisto and Europa and already something has changed. Scientist has discovered not one or two but twelve new moons orbiting Jupiter. This brings Jupiter's natural satellites

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onionking

animal

2018-07-19 00:35

The Master Of Regeneration

University of Nottingham A Platyhelminth (Flatworm) are invertebrates that can be found in saltwater, freshwater and on land. Considering how amazing this animal is, they look pretty simple. Some flatworms

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onionking

space

2018-07-16 12:17

Multiple Suns

I'm always writing about planets or moons so, I'm going to write about stars (suns) instead. We often hear about two stars system called a binary system. This is when two stars with similar mass orbit

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onionking

space

2018-07-15 01:16

Space Colonization #7: Callisto

Callisto is the least spoken about, related to the Galileo moons. It even was called the most boring object in our solar system at one point. Callisto was discovered in 1610 and is the third largest moon

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onionking

nature

2018-07-11 22:42

Virtually Indestructible Animal

of Science Tardigrade better known as Water Bear, was the first animal I wanted to write about. I can’t explain why I haven’t until now. It looks a little like a caterpillar and has eight legs. They have

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onionking

space

2018-07-09 20:21

The Burning Ice Planet

Gilese 436 b is a planet that is about 30 light years away, in the constellation Leo. This planet is a hot Neptune; this means it’s a gas giant with a similar mass to Neptune. Gilese 436 b closely orbits

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onionking

space

2018-07-07 20:42

Space Colonization: part 6 Ceres

medialab Ceres is a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt and was once thought to be an asteroid. It is the largest object within the belt, counting to one third of the mass. It’s the largest in the belt but

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onionking

space

2018-07-02 23:24

Hat-P-7B it's raining gemstones

of Warwick/Mark Garlick Hat-P-7B is an exoplanet that was discovered in 2008. Just like a lot of the other planets, I’ve spoken about this one is also a hot Jupiter. This planet along with Tres-2b is one

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onionking

space

2018-06-30 22:28

Space Colonization: part 5 Europa

Europa is the sixth largest moon in the solar system but smallest, of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons. There’s no proof that life exist on Europa but it’s one of the most likely candidates for potential

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onionking

space

2018-06-22 21:04

Space Colonization: part 4 Titan

Now I’ve mentioned astral bodies relatively close to Earth, Mars, the Moon and Venus but now let’s go further afield. We’re going to Saturn’s ring system to discuss its most popular moon, Titan which is

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onionking

animals

2018-06-21 19:34

Koko The Gorilla who learned sign language dies

2015 Gorilla Foundation, Photo by Ron Cohn RON COHN Koko the gorilla, who learned sign language, has died at the age of 46 on Tuesday 19th June 2018. It was thought that Koko could understand more than

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onionking

space

2018-06-18 21:22

The Diamond Planet

ESA/Hubble 55 Cancri E also known as Janssen is an exoplanet, that’s double the size of Earth. While it’s mass is 8.63 of Earth, making the planet a super-Earth. It was first discovered on the 30th August

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onionking

space

2018-06-15 22:28

Space Colonization: part 3 The Moon

Sources The tidally locked moon is a dry and dusty mass of rock that humanity, has looked up at for years pondering its existence. Our last visit to the moon was in 1972. Ever since then we’ve been coming

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onionking

animal

2018-06-14 04:24

The Coelacanth; A Living Fossil Back From Extinction

The fish Coelacanth is an ancient living fossil which changed the way, we viewed evolution. Charles Darwin coined the term living fossil. This term is used to describe animals that have remained the same,

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onionking

space

2018-06-11 22:35

First exoplanets discovered are living nightmares

NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt Let's talk about the planets Draugar (psr b1257+12A), Poltergeist (psr b1257+12 B) and Phobetor (psr b1257+12C). Poltergeist and Phobetor were discovered on the 22nd January 1992,

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onionking

space

2018-06-09 22:17

Bizarre things sent to space

Have you ever thought, of what you would send to space? Now I would assume, it would be an item that is iconic and carefully handcrafted to leave an impression. Some of these leave an impression for better

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onionking

space

2018-06-07 22:00

Colonizing Space part 2: Mars

This week I will mention a planet that is popular with space colonization, Mars. This is the most likely candidate with companies wanting to send people there in the 2020’s. Let’s look at the struggles

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onionking

animal

2018-06-06 09:59

Immortal Creature That Defies Death

Image credit: Takashi Murai Some people would love to live forever, while others would say that sounds like torture. You might have heard of the Greek prophet Sibyls, who wished for immortality without

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onionking

space

2018-06-04 23:40

Super Saturn or a failed sun?

Artist 's conception by Ron Miller J1407-b nicknamed 1swasp is 420 light years away from earth. It's often referred to as a super Saturn, as it has over 200 times more rings. Its mass is around 13 to 26

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