The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) as seen from Bloomington, Indiana, earlier this year. (Photo … [+] by Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Solar physicists predict that aurora could be visible from northern U.S. states on Sunday after a major eruption was yesterday observed on the sun by the National …
An artistic illustration shows Theia impacting the proto-Earth. Artwork by Hernan Canellas/image courtesy of ASU Deep inside our planet are two giant “blobs,” the leftovers of an ancient world that collided with Earth. The blobs, which are in the mantle near the center of the Earth beneath Africa and the Pacific Ocean, have been known …
Artist’s depiction of an extra-solar system that is crowded with giant planets. NASA/Dana Berry Massive planets like Jupiter—now at its brightest and best in the night sky—can prevent Earth-sized planets from becoming Earth-like by upsetting their orbits and destroying climates. That’s the conclusion of a new paper published today in The Astronomical Journal, which details …
A portrait of Orion and the northern winter Milky Way. (Photo by: Alan Dyer/VW PICS/Universal … [+] Images Group via Getty Images) VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images November 2023 will be an excellent month to go stargazing. It may be getting colder outside above the equator, but there’s plenty to see in the …
Mars Base Camp Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Configuration Lockheed Martin When humans finally go to Mars is it better to do it step-by-step, by first building a so-called Mars-orbiting Base Camp as most-recently proposed by Lockheed Martin? Or is it best to use the Mars Direct strategy? The Mars Direct idea would use existing technology to …
Jupiter as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope on August 25, 2020. NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M. H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley) and the OPAL team. The solar system’s largest planet—and its sparkling moons—will this Friday be at their biggest, brightest and best in all of 2023. Jupiter will …
The moon during a partial lunar eclipse as seen from the Israeli coastal city of Netanya on August … [+] 7, 2017. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images When is the lunar eclipse? When a solar eclipse occurs on one side of the planet—as …
A family in Nevada watches the sun set through wildfire smoke. Researchers are warning that … [+] greenhouse gas emissions have led the Earth’s climate into “uncharted territory,” posing serious threats to natural and human systems. Getty Images A distinguished international team of scientists on Tuesday issued the starkest warning yet that human activity is …
Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt in 1972, covered in lunar dust. NASA The moon is 40 million years older than scientists thought according to new evidence gleaned from crystals on moondust brought back from the lunar surface by Apollo astronauts 51 years ago. Now said to be at least 4.46 billion years old, the crystals …
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is launched from Launch Complex 39A, … [+] October 13, 2023 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA via Getty Images From a spectacular “ring of fire” solar eclipse to a landmark launch via new views of galaxies and some incredible Jupiter …