With a series of forced maneuvers, NASA fixes the Hubble’s gyroscopes Washington, Oct 23 – The Hubble Space Telescope may soon resume science operations, say NASA scientists, after resolving a…
Category: Astronomy
Earth narrowly misses massive meteor storm
On Oct. 8-9, European sky watchers were amazed when a flurry of faint meteors filled the sky at midnight. It was an outburst of the annual Draconids meteor shower. Turns…
Astronomer: Pluto should get planet status again, previous de-listing “sloppy”
Pluto is the second-most complex, interesting planet in our solar system behind Earth The reason Pluto lost its planet status is not valid, according to new research from the University…
NASA Finding: Jupiter has an extra magnetic pole
Unique in the solar system, scientists consider the possibility that we are catching Jupiter in the middle of a magnetic reversal NASA’s Juno spacecraft has discovered something extraordinary about Jupiter.…
Dramatic polar light show on Saturn
WASHINGTON — Astronomers using the Hubble Space telescope have taken a series of images featuring the fluttering auroras at the north pole of Saturn. The observations were taken in ultraviolet…
Presence of water confirmed on the moon
From NASA JPL: Water Ice confirmed at the moon’s poles In the darkest and coldest parts of its polar regions, a team of scientists has directly observed definitive evidence of…
Bizarre rogue planet discovered wandering in our galaxy
A bizarre rogue planet without a star is roaming the Milky Way just 20 light-years from the Sun. And according to a recently published study in The Astrophysical Journal, this strange, nomadic world has an…
Astronomers witness a star devouring a planet
From MIT: New data may explain star’s mysterious dimming. For nearly a century, astronomers have puzzled over the curious variability of young stars residing in the Taurus-Auriga constellation some 450…
Explosive brightening of approaching green comet – may be plainly visible in August
A comet that could become visible to the naked eye in August has just exploded in brightness. Amateur astronomer Michael Jäger of Austria reports that Comet PANSTARRS (C/2017 S3) brightened…
Massive Dust Storm Swallows Mars
A martian dust storm that started in late May, silencing NASA’s Opportunity rover, has now wrapped itself around the entirety of Mars, radically transforming the appearance of the Red Planet.…
121 moons discovered that may harbor alien life
UCR researchers have identified 121 giant planets that may have habitable moons RIVERSIDE, Calif.– We’ve all heard about the search for life on other planets, but what about looking on…
Astronomers detect diamond dust shimmering around distant stars
From Greenbank Observatory Nanoscale gemstones source of mysterious cosmic microwave light For decades, astronomers have puzzled over the exact source of a peculiar type of faint microwave light emanating from…
Organic molecules found on Mars, MIT author says they are of “unknown origin”
NASA Finds Ancient Organic Material, Mysterious Methane on Mars Discovery adds to evidence suggesting that Mars was at one time habitable. NASA’s Curiosity rover has found new evidence preserved in…
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope gets big funding boost from Republicans and the NSF’s and AAASA’s ungrateful responses.
Guest commentary by David Middleton Back in March, Eric Worrall authored a nice post about “climate scientists running for congress.” Eric’s subject was a really goofy Clean Technica article about Joseph Kopser,…
405 thousand year climate cycle discovered related to Earth's orbit around the sun
In ancient rocks, scientists see a climate cycle working across deep time. A repeating shift in Earth’s orbit spans hundreds of millions of years From THE EARTH INSTITUTE AT COLUMBIA…
Study: diamonds in meteorite may indicate a lost planet that once roamed our solar system
Fragments of a meteorite that fell to Earth more than a decade ago provide compelling evidence of a lost planet that once roamed our solar system, according to a study…
NASA: Previously Unknown Asteroid had a Near Miss with Earth today
We dodged a bullet today. It came within one half of the distance to the moon. I got this notice in email from NASA about a surprise asteroid that gave us…
The Hubble Space Telescope finds an 'Einstein Ring'
This is truly spectacular. From NASA and ESA. comes this photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope which clearly proves [one] of Einstein’s theories – gravitational lensing. Via Wikipedia: The…
Astronomer: Tens of Thousands of Black Holes Exist in Our Galaxy's Center
From Columbia University and the “that’s heavy” department: New Study Suggests Tens of Thousands of Black Holes Exist in Milky Way’s Center A Columbia University-led team of astrophysicists has discovered…
NASA reports massive hole in Sun's atmosphere
Huge hole over 400,000 miles long (700,000 kilometers) is 55 times wider than the Earth A wide hole in the sun’s atmosphere is facing Earth and spewing a stream of…
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