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rfmcdonald ([personal profile] rfmcdonald) wrote2017-12-24 02:14 pm

[NEWS] Four space science links: Mars, RZ Piscium, Alpha Centauri


  • Could it be, as one theory suggests, that Mars did not form in the same area of the young solar system as Earth and Venus?

  • RZ Piscium, a young star 500 light-years away, is eating its planets. CBC reports.

  • Universe Today links to a paper indicating upper limits for planets at Alpha Centauri. Earth-like planets orbiting A and B are still possible.

  • The kilonova behind GW170817, detected in galaxy NGC 4993 earlier this year, is thought to have produced a black hole based on X-ray emissions. Universe Today reports.