May 1, 2017: Earth is approaching a debris field dating all the way back to 616 BC. It has the potential for an outburst this week, numbers are already impressive so this just might be a decent time to see a REAL meteor shower! **Anywhere on earth, look south before sunrise…between now May 1 …
Author: Robbi Drake
Not every galaxy has the plethora of stars that our own does. There are some galaxies that are simply starved for stars. According to scientists, there are may galaxies that are dark “beasts” with literally no stars. How they form is completely unclear as of yet and they challenge the basic understanding of galaxies and …
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A giant wave of gas is currently slamming through a distant spiral galaxy and as it travels it is creating a spectacular image that resembles eyelids. The zone of turbulence was formed as a result of galaxy IC2163 being brushed by galaxy NGC 2207 and the resulting “eyelid” feature will remain for millions of …
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The Mars Rover called Curiosity has been roaming the surface of Mars since 2012 and has just found an unusual meteorite on October 31, 2016. It isn’t Curiosity’s first but it is the most unusual one found by any of the rovers. Two years ago, Curiosity found its first meteorite and it was …
There is a massive gas cloud that is predicted to hit the Milky Way Galaxy. But before you lose sleep, and rest assured, there is no real danger to the galaxy when the cloud hits in approximately 30 million years. What has been dubbed the Smith’s Cloud since it was noticed in 1963, scientists …
A rare occurrence will be observed on June 20th, 2016. What is that occurrence? The summer solstice and the full moon happening at the same time. The last time this happened was in 1948. Both the full moon and the summer solstice have some interesting facts regarding them. The solstice facts first: The …
Smallest Movement Ever Measured in Space While studying gravity with LISA (the Laster Interferometer Space Antenna), scientists were surprised to find that they discovered something they never imagined possible. The team found they could measure movement that was smaller than the width of an atom. While the size of the movement alone is noteworthy, …
Space Ring of Love Charlie Duke’s voice was one many Americans heard with a southern drawl during the Apollo 11 moon landing. While he spent his time on the Earth for this mission, he would end up in space on the Apollo 16 moon landing. In 1972, the mission took him and module pilot to …
As NASA readies its first crew to Mars, each process is being looked over with a critical eye. There can be no mistakes made. The current status is that NASA is on schedule and budget for its next step in the journey to Mars. One of the primary goals that NASA had set up …
The idea of space travel to the farthest reaches of the galaxy has helped science fiction fans to live in amazement and wonder for all the possibilities out there. After going through the numbers and probability, dark energy, and the nature of nothing that excitement and thrill of all the possibilities might not actually …