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 and satellites – including satellite...

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 as the final frontier should be something left to the movies of the...

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 sometime in Earth’s early lifetime. Scientists have been...

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 … and it reaffirms Mars as an important future destination for...

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 mountainous highlands while the side facing Earth is low and flat. Though one prevailing idea...

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 couple of years. Read more here Tweet This...