A second Moon for Earth? All true! (for two months)

The Earth will soon have a new moon, practically invisible even with the most modern telescopes, with its 10 metres in diameter, but for just under two months, it will all be real: this is confirmed by a study led by Carlos de la Fuente Marcos, from the Complutense University of Madrid, and published in the journal Research Notes. The protagonist of [...]

How are planets born? A new study overturns the perspective

Traditionally, planet formation is a slow, gradual “bottom-up” process, in which small particles of interstellar dust aggregate over millions of years, growing from grains a few microns in size to planets of significant size. However, planets can form rapidly through a process known as “top-down”. In […]