What Has NASA discovered in 2021?

  • Amateur astronomer discovers a new moon around Jupiter. ...
  • NASA will return to Venus this decade. ...
  • The sun is reawakening. ...
  • James Webb Space Telescope flies into space. ...
  • Event Horizon Telescope takes high-resolution image of black hole jet. ...
  • Scientists spot the closest-known black hole to Earth.
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What has NASA accomplished in 2021?

In 2021, NASA completed its busiest year of development yet in low-Earth orbit, made history on Mars, continued to make progress on its Artemis plans for the Moon, tested new technologies for a supersonic aircraft, finalized launch preparations for the next-generation space telescope, and much more – all while safely ...
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What is NASA's new discovery?

A new study by an international team of astrophysicists, led by the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics has presented the amazing new discovery of a near-identical twin of Jupiter orbiting a star at a colossal distance of 17,000 light years from Earth.
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Who go space in 2021?

Slated to launch on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft are Larry Connor, an American real estate and technology entrepreneur; Eytan Stibbe, a businessman and former Israeli fighter pilot; Mark Pathy, a Canadian investor and philanthropist; and Michael Lopez-Alegria, a retired NASA astronaut with nearly 260 days in space ...
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Could the Earth have a twin?

Venus is sometimes called Earth's twin because Venus and Earth are almost the same size, have about the same mass (they weigh about the same), and have a very similar composition (are made of the same material). They are also neighboring planets. However, Venus and Earth are also very different.
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What happened in 2021 space?

SpaceX's Starship prototype overcame earlier explosive crashes to stick its landing after a flight test in May. Watch for its first attempted trip to orbit some time next year.
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What is Earth's twin?

Thanks to Venus Express, Taylor now describes Venus as “Earth's twin, but separated at birth.”
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What is NASA's biggest discovery?

In a significant discovery, astronomers have spotted one of the closest known multiplanet systems located within our galactic neighbourhood. The system is about 10 parsecs or 33 light-years from Earth and was identified by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).
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How far away is super-Earth?

A dim, frozen super-Earth orbits a fast-moving star just 6 light-years away.
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Who discovered planet 9?

Rowan-Robinson recently went digging into 38-year-old data and claims he has found the hypothetical Planet Nine.
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What is the newest planet discovered 2022?

On 31 March 2022, K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb was reported to be the most distant exoplanet found by Kepler to date. radial vel. radial vel.
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What did NASA saw on 18th December 2021?

December 18, 2021: This is the anticipated launch date of the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most sophisticated space telescope view the universe.
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How much of the space has been explored 2021?

As of now, experts have explored about four percent of the apparent space. That consists of exoplanets, stars, and galaxies that astronomers can see. Yet, there is a vast part – the other 96% ~ that scientists cannot see.
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Do we have 2 suns?

(We already knew the Solar System is a total weirdo. The placement of the planets appears out of whack compared to other systems, and it's missing the most common planet in the galaxy, the super-Earth.) So, if not for some cosmic event or quirk, Earth could have had two suns. But we don't.
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Is there only 1 sun in the universe?

There are billions of stars larger or smaller than SUn in the Galaxy..But we call them stars only.. So we have only one Sun.
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Who is Earth's evil twin?

Venus has been called Earth's "evil twin" because it is about the same size as Earth and probably was created out of similar stuff; it might have even had at one time oceans of liquid water. But Venus appears to have suffered a runaway greenhouse effect.
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What planet could we live on?

Then, just last year, scientists discovered another Earth-like planet orbiting one of our closest neighboring stars, Proxima Centauri. Currently, this planet is the best candidate we have for supporting human life.
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Will Voyager 1 ever stop?

Voyager 1 is expected to keep its current suite of science instruments on through 2021. Voyager 2 is expected to keep its current suite of science instruments on through 2020.
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Is Earth the only planet with life?

Earth is the only planet in the universe known to possess life. The planet boasts several million described species, living in habitats ranging from the bottom of the deepest ocean to a few miles up into the atmosphere. Researchers think far more species remain that have yet to be described to science.
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What cool stuff happened in 2021?

There are an insane amount of cool space things happening in 2021
  • So, it turns out SpaceX is pretty good at rocketing.
  • Inside Elon Musk's plan to build one Starship a week—and settle Mars.
  • Meet the largest science project in US government history—the James Webb Telescope.
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What does space smell like?

A succession of astronauts have described the smell as '… a rather pleasant metallic sensation ... [like] ... sweet-smelling welding fumes', 'burning metal', 'a distinct odour of ozone, an acrid smell', 'walnuts and brake pads', 'gunpowder' and even 'burnt almond cookie'.
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What is inside a black hole?

The singularity at the center of a black hole is the ultimate no man's land: a place where matter is compressed down to an infinitely tiny point, and all conceptions of time and space completely break down. And it doesn't really exist.
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