Space

Would Aliens Spot Our Planet from the Star System Nearby?

If we were aliens, would we be able to detect Earth, using the technology we have now? ...

Blog Post - Tomasz Nowakowski - Dec 10 2014 - 5:21pm

Astronomers Find Planet-forming Lifeline in a Young, Low-mass Binary Star System

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered a streamer of gas flowing from a massive outer disc toward the inner reaches of a young, low-mass binary star system GG Tau-A. ...

Blog Post - Tomasz Nowakowski - Jan 4 2015 - 1:06pm

Ghost Light From Dead Galaxies- A Hubble Halloween

4 billion light-years away, inside a collection of nearly 500 galaxies called Pandora's Cluster, are the faint, ghostly glow of stars gravitationally ripped apart several billion years ago. The scattered stars are no longer bound to any one galaxy an ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 30 2014 - 7:22pm

Is It Possible To Build A Spacesuit Or Spaceship To Travel Through The Sun With Future Tech?- Just For Fun.

Have you ever wondered if any spaceship could ever travel through the sun with future technology? What if it is as big as Mercury or larger? Nothing material will work that we know of.  The sun's temperature of 26 million degrees is far too hot, and ...

Article - Robert Walker - Apr 11 2016 - 7:32am

Tracking The Largest Sunspot In Decades

An active region on the sun labeled AR 12192 rotated into view on Oct. 18th. It was already an area of intense and complex magnetic fields and soon grew into the largest such region in 24 years. It fired off 10 sizable solar flares as it traversed across ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 2 2014 - 10:10am

Why I would still fly Virgin Galactic. Giving up your seat? Give it to me.

SpaceShipTwo failed catastrophically during a test flight with a new motor killing 1 and injuring another  who parachuted to safety.   It has been revealed that the deceased was Michael Alsbury  age 39 with 15 years of flight experience.  Reportedly the s ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Nov 1 2014 - 4:39pm

The Violent Events That Formed Asteroid Vesta's 'Belt'

NASA's Dawn spacecraft visited the asteroid Vesta in 2011 and it showed that deep grooves circling the asteroid's equator were probably caused by a massive impact on Vesta's south pole. A super high-speed cannon at NASA's Ames Research ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 4 2014 - 8:52am

Why We Can't "Backup Earth" On Mars, The Moon, Or Anywhere Else In Our Solar System

Elon Musk says he wants to create a backup of Earth on Mars, and several brilliant people have suggested this should be one of our main objectives for sending humans into space, not only Elon Musk. Perhaps most notably, Stephen Hawking. But being brillian ...

Article - Robert Walker - Sep 26 2015 - 5:24pm

A Planetary System Pictured By ALMA!

Just... WOW. I did not expect this to happen in my lifetime (and no, I do not expect to die tomorrow either). The Atacama Large Millimeter Array in Chile has pictured a forming planetary system in a young star surrounded by a complex nebula of hot gas.I st ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Nov 6 2014 - 10:00am

Jets, Bubbles And Bursts Of Light 450 Light-Years Away

The XZ Tauri star system has been imaged blowing a hot bubble of gas into the surrounding space, which is filled with bright and beautiful clumps that are emitting strong winds and jets. These objects illuminate the region, creating a truly dramatic scene ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 6 2014 - 3:00pm