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Why the Moon Is Our Greatest Ally in Space

24 Apr 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Luke86

How many times have you stopped to look at the Moon? Maybe during a summer night, or while watching a breathtaking eclipse. It's always there—familiar, silent, mysterious. But here’s what we often forget: the Moon is absolutely essential for life on...

The biggest existing diamond is... a STAR!

30 Mar 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Luke86

It's called BPM37093 and it's located in Centaurus constellation The scientist nicknamed it as "Lucy", as the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky of Diamonds", but it has nothing to do with the English band or the primitive woman found in Ethiopia. Lucy, o...

The exoplanet where the rain is... IRON!

13 Mar 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Luke86

Wasp-76b, this is the name of the planet where it rains iron It's a little less massive than Jupiter, 5 millions km far from its host star, with a 2-days revolution and tidal locking (so, it shows always the same hemisphere to its host star ) Welcome...

Tell me your zodiac sign.. and probably I will tell you it's wrong!

12 Mar 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Luke86

Everyone has a zodiac sign based on his/her birthday which is probably wrong Do you want to put in trouble your friends with one simple question? Well, follow me reading this article and i will explain how. (example) Your friend tells "My sign is Cap...

Happy B-Day "Buzz": the second man landing on the moon raises to 90s

20 Jan 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Luke86

  Just today, Edwind "Buzz" Aldrin, turns 90 years old, allowing him to be 1 of the 4 astronauts that landed on the moon to be still alive. Everyone remember Neil Armstrong's immortal sentence "A small step for a man, a giant leap for mankind", but h...