SURPRISE ASTEROID FLYBY0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 17, 2018
With little warning, a relatively large asteroid flew through the Earth-Moon system on April 15th only 192,200 km (0.5 LD) from our planet.
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NASA’s incredible exoplanet-hunting telescope is about to launch0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 16, 2018
TESS will give us a new view of our galactic neighborhood.
About 17,000 Big Near-Earth Asteroids Remain Undetected: How NASA Could Spot Them0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 16, 2018
Humanity needs to step up its asteroid-hunting game.
NASA’s Juno Mission Provides Infrared Tour of Jupiter’s North Pole0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 16, 2018
Scientists working on NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter shared a 3-D infrared movie depicting densely packed cyclones and anticyclones that permeate the planet’s polar regions, and the first detailed view of a dynamo, or engine, powering the magnetic field for any planet beyond Earth.
All Galaxies Take a Billion Years to Rotate. Which Is Really Cool, and Totally Weird.0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 10, 2018
Big or small, dense or empty, it’s one thing they all share.
Scientists Surprised by Relentless Cosmic Cold Front0
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- April 7, 2018
This winter has brought many intense and powerful storms, with cold fronts sweeping across much of the United States. On a much grander scale, astronomers have discovered enormous “weather systems” that are millions of light years in extent and older than the Solar System.
Asteroid-bound spacecraft finds signs of life—on Earth0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 28, 2018
A camera onboard the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captured this image of the Pacific Ocean, Baja California in Mexico, and parts of the southwestern United States. The dark lines are missing data caused by short exposure times
Rooting for Answers: Simulating G-Force to Test Plant Gravity Perception in Mustard Seedlings0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- March 27, 2018
When plants on Earth search for nutrients and water, what drives their direction? Very simply, gravitational force helps them find the easiest path to the substances they need to grow and thrive. What happens if gravity is no longer part of the equation?
Dwarf Planet Ceres Continues to Evolve and Change0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 22, 2018
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has detected recent changes in Ceres’ surface, revealing that the dwarf planet is a dynamic planetary body that continues to evolve and change. The results are published in two papers in the journal Science Advances.
Nasa’s plan to deflect deadly asteroid will not work on asteroid that could collide with Earth, study finds0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 20, 2018
If the asteroid Bennu collided with Earth, it would have an impact 80,000 times stronger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima
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