I’ve been referred to as “the Man Who Wants to Mine The Moon.” In response to some basic questions I’ve been asked about the moon, here are some interesting facts: Diameter: The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles (3,476 kilometers) Formation: The leading explanation for how the moon formed was that a giant impact knocked off the raw ingredients …Continue Reading
A geomagnetic storm that began Monday is expected to continue and be felt on Earth throughout Wednesday. Solar flares are caused by the sudden release of magnetic energy stored in the Sun’s atmosphere and coronal mass ejection (CME), bursts of charged particles are released into space. This can interfere with technology on Earth, such as electrical power grids, communications systems …Continue Reading
Space. Is it the ‘final frontier’? ‘Final frontier’ means there’s nowhere else to explore, and with so much left in this universe to discover it’s wrong to think that man should stop once we’ve settled space. With last week’s news of Paul Allen’s decision to join the ranks of entrepreneurs investing in the future of space exploration, thinking of space …Continue Reading
This is the remarkable first picture taken by the new $1.3billion radio telescope sitting high in the Chilean Andes. It shows two galaxies colliding in a view no other telescope on Earth or in space could capture. The shot is a teasing glimpse of the capabilities of the Atacama Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array telescope – this picture has been taken …Continue Reading
In what appears to be seriously big news from a team of NASA-funded researchers, scientists have found evidence that some building blocks of DNA–including two of the four nucleobases that make up our genetic code–found in meteorites were created in space, lending credence to the idea that life is not homegrown but was seeded here by asteroids, meteorites, or comets …Continue Reading
Scientists have found evidence of flowing salt water on mars, which has again sparked the debate of possible alien life on the red planet. The images that were sent from NASA’s orbiter show briny salt water falling from rocky slopes. “NASA’s Mars Exploration Program keeps bringing us closer to determining whether the Red Planet could harbor life in some form …Continue Reading
According to scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the University of Bern in Switzerland, two moons merged in a very slow collision more than 4 billion years ago to create the one that lights up the night sky. The theory says a collision would explain the vast differences in the lunar landscape. The moon’s far side has …Continue Reading
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has recently predicted that a massive solar storm could create global disruptions in power grids, satellite communication, airline communication and even in GPS systems. With Solar activity expected to peak at around 2013, the sun is entering a very active time, and these solar flares previously described will be common in the next …Continue Reading
The US space agency says its Dawn probe should go into orbit around the Asteroid Vesta early on Saturday The robotic satellite will be spending a year at the 530km-wide body before moving on to the “dwarf planet” Ceres. Tweet This Post
Since 1611, humans have recorded the comings and goings of black spots on the sun. The number of these sunspots waxes and wanes over approximately an 11-year cycle — more sunspots generally mean more activity and eruptions on the sun and vice versa. The number of sunspots can change from cycle to cycle, and 2008 saw the longest and weakest …Continue Reading