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SN 2016aps (also known as PS16aqy and AT2016aps) is the brightest and most energetic supernova explosion ever recorded. [2] [3] It released more energy than ASASSN-15lh. [4]In addition to the sheer amount of energy released, an unusually large amount of the energy was released in the form of radiation, probably due to the interaction of the supernova ejecta and a previously lost gas shell.
16 January – Astronaut Scott Kelly tweets a picture of the first flower ever grown in space, a zinnia flower. 17 January – The Jason-3 Earth observation satellite is launched. [16] 20 January: 2015 – Warmest Global Year on Record (since 1880) – Colors indicate temperature anomalies (NASA/NOAA; 20 January 2016). [17] 18 January
One of the landed boosters, B1021, launched in April 2016, was flown again in March 2017; [3] two others were converted to side boosters for the maiden flight of Falcon Heavy. [4] The ExoMars mission, a collaboration between the European and Russian space agencies, was launched on 14 March and reached Mars on 19 October. [5]
Updated October 26, 2016 at 7:56 AM A team of scientists have revealed new research that seems to indicate intelligent aliens beyond planet Earth exist and are trying to communicate with others.
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On 27 March 2016, JAXA reported that communication with Hitomi had "failed from the start of its operation" on 26 March 2016 at 07:40 UTC. [20] On the same day, the U.S. Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) announced on Twitter that it had observed a breakup of the satellite into 5 pieces at 08:20 UTC on 26 March 2016, [ 21 ] and its orbit ...
OGLE-2016-BLG-1195Lb is an extrasolar planet located about 22,000 light-years from Earth, in the galactic bulge, orbiting the 0.57 ± 0.06 M ☉ [6] star OGLE-2016-BLG-1195L, discovered in 2017. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 3 ] The planet was detected using gravitational microlensing techniques managed by the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute and ...
From a bar in the clouds to finding more water from the Moon, outer space is constantly surprising us. The post 24 Astronomy Facts You Never Learned in School appeared first on Reader's Digest.