If you have a social media account, then you likely have seeing the posts telling you to watch the sky on March 8th and March 9th, the truth is most of us will not see it. Only those in China, Japan, Boreno, Hawaii, Alaska, and Northern Australia will actually witness the event. Those in this …
Interested in your solar system? How would you like to be able to have a close encounter with Jupiter? Maybe you can. On March 8th, 2016 Earth and Jupiter will have a close encounter. The giant planet will be “up all night,” soaring almost overhead at midnight and not setting until the sky brightens …
Scott Kelly Suggests the Earth’s Atmosphere is Very, Very Fragile Astronaut Scott Kelly is notorious for his pictures of Earth from the Space Station. In a recent interview with CNN, Kelly shared some information and insight about what he has seen. This includes the fact that the atmosphere appears to be very, very fragile. …
You just thought you didn’t like math, but we’re finding it was used in many ways by the ancients to help us to attain the standing that we have now in many different sciences. From astronomy to space travel to sailing, geometry is a useful tool. In a hugely shocking modern way, it was used …
David Bowie’s passion for space was no secret during his lifetime. It’s that passion that had Belgian astronomers scanning the sky for the perfect tribute. Among the stars was a constellation of stars that resembled a lightning bolt similar to the style of the one on the singer’s Aladdin Sane album cover. Bowie– whose death …
As you glance up at the Skies on Christmas this year, you’ll be seeing something that you normally don’t see on the holiday. Not since 1977 has there been a full moon in Christmas Day. This event isn’t going to happen again until 2034, by which time many of us won’t be around.. If you …
Live In A Martian 3D Printed Igloo How would you like to live on Mars? If the answer is yes, you might be surprised to know it just might be possible in the not too distant future. In fact, NASA ran a contest to find the best ideas for a Martian habitat and they just …
We Have Water (And Blue Skies) On Pluto Too? … Pluto continues to surprise us. First we find a surface that’s amazing, then we find what we think are hydro-thermal vents. On top of that, New Horizons shows evidence of Nitrogen glaciers of all things (Nitrogen is usually a gas). More photos come in …
NASA Is Testing A Buoyant Rover For Possible Europa Mission … Europa continues to amaze and tantalize scientists. Who would have thought we would find a planet, or even a moon for that matter that possibly has more water on it that Earth itself? Then on top of that, we find because of the …
Remarkable NASA Moon Mission Photos Recovered – Lots and Lots of them! As it turns out, NASA equipped the astronauts with Hasselblad cameras. These guys were way ahead of their time, and until now – we didn’t know what they captured. Well wait no longer. NASA just released over 8000 Lunar Mission images, and …