NASA published new research recently detailing a distant system of planets, and one of the authors is UNLV astrophysicist Jason Steffen. The work provides a deeper understanding of the solar system’s history using data from the retired Kepler space telescope.

Universe Today has explored the importance of studying impact craters and planetary surfaces and what these scientific disciplines can teach us about finding life beyond Earth.

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Associate professor of physics at UNLV, Dr. Jason Steffen, joined us with more.

More than 115 million Americans are expected to travel over the Christmas and New Year holidays — more than a 2% increase from the same time last year and the second-highest end-of-year forecast since 2000, according to AAA.

Humans knew the Earth was round before the availability of satellite imagery, despite some online questioning how Hollywood could have depicted Earth as spherical before satellites existed.

Shaving mere minutes off flight times might seem trivial on paper, but it can result in huge savings for airlines.