Triton – The Earthian Hivemind

Solar System’s Best Flybys – which one is your favourite?

Steph P. Bianchini May 18, 2015 0 Comments

Thanks to Cassini, we got spoiled for flybys over planets and moons – just think that we are now at number 111 (the last one was carried out on May, 7 over Titan’s Xanadu region – see this link for…
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Astro(physics)

Cassini, Dione, flybys, Nasa, Neptune, New Horizons, Pluto, Saturn, Solar System, space, Triton, Voyager 2

Ice cold or blazing hot? Extreme exoplanets

Steph P. Bianchini September 24, 2014 0 Comments

Post number four in the exoplanet series. Among variables considered so far, planetary habitability, age and distance have taken the spotlight. Today I’m going to talk about another important factor, especially because it has a direct impact on habitability: temperature. There are…
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Astro(physics), Exoplanets

Boomerang Nebula, Earth, Exoplanets, HD Zone, OGLE-2005-BLG-390L b, Solar System, space, Triton, Uranus, WASP-12b

The (Seven) Wonders of the Solar System

Steph P. Bianchini September 16, 2014 4 Comments

I have read some days ago a nice article on IO9 discussing the Seven Wonders of the Solar System – from the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World of which only the Great Pyramid of Giza remains standing. Whilst I disagree with…
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Astro(physics)

Cassini, Europa, IO9, Jupiter, Kuiper Belt, Nasa, New Horizons, Oort Cloud, Pluto, Rosetta, Seven Wonders, Solar System, Triton