A 2,300 foot Asteroid is headed toward earth and will pass by at around 5pm Pacific tonight. The asteroid rock is within 3.35 million miles of earth, roughly 14 times the distance between Earth and the moon. This is close in space standards. Fortunately, there’s no danger of the huge rock slamming into us. If it comes close enough to …Continue Reading
Yesterday the moon passed in front of the sun leaving only a golden ring around its edges and creating incredible visual effects for the world to see. Here in Seattle, unsurprisingly the clouds covered our view but it was quite a show for people in other parts of the world where the sky was clear. An annular eclipse occurs when …Continue Reading
The biggest solar storm in five years has engulfed Earth, but so far most things such as major power utilities remain undisturbed. Scientists say that could change as the storm spends the day shaking the planet’s magnetic field. As a result, some airlines are flying alternate routes. According to Fox News “In a study released last week, the North American …Continue Reading
A spacecraft circling the moon has snapped the sharpest photos ever of the tracks and trash left behind by Apollo astronauts in their visits from 1969 to 1972. Images taken by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter from 13 to 15 miles up show the astronauts’ paths when they walked on the moon, as well as ruts left by a moon buggy. …Continue Reading
A Jupiter-sized gas planet is being described by Astronomers as the darkest known extrasolar planet (exoplanet). Known as TrES-2b, astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) have concluded that the gas giant reflects less than one percent of the sunlight falling on it, making it blacker than coal or any planet ormoonin our solar …Continue Reading
The European Space Agency says it has completed what it calls the largest digital camera ever built for a space mission – a one billion pixel array camera that will help create a three-dimensional picture of the Milky Way Galaxy. Read more here Tweet This Post
Russian Scientists are predicting that a 900 foot long Asteroid could collide with Earth in 2036. You may recall we were warned about this asteroid, Apophis, back in 2004. Although NASA brushes off these claims, they still admit that the possibility of collision is there. NASA’s Donald Yeomans assures the public that chances are “just 1 in 250,000.” The questions …Continue Reading
NASA captured this still of the sun today as it erupted on both sides. The occurrence on the left is an explosion of unstable filament. The spewing on the right is called a coronal mass ejection. According to NASA, “Neither event was headed towards Earth.” Tweet This Post
I’ve seen one partial solar eclipse in my lifetime and several lunar eclipses—they always fascinate me. Unfortunately for me, last week’s partial solar eclipse was only visible in Europe, North Africa and central Asia. If you got a glimpse, lucky you! National Geographic posted some great photos of the occurrence. You may already know that a solar eclipse is not …Continue Reading
NASA scientists have witnessed a new first – the Washington Post reports that astronomers have observed the creation of what appears to be a black hole, marking the first time the spectacle has ever been viewed. Scientists first noticed signs of the event 30 years ago when a star more than 50 million light years away imploded. This created what …Continue Reading