Get Ready For Halloween By Watching The Moon's 'Occultation' Tonight
Enlarge this image A waning gibbous moon occultation will be visible Tuesday night in parts of the United States. JPL/NASA hide caption toggle caption JPL/NASA A waning gibbous moon occultation will be visible Tuesday night in parts of the United States. JPL/NASA Stargazers, ready your telescopes: An unusual lunar event is going to be visi..>> view originalClimate Change This Week: Looming Health Disaster, Clean Power Kites, and More!
Today, the Earth got a little hotter, and a little more crowded. Saving BUB, Beautiful Unique Biodiversity, as in this asian pangolin, is another reason to preserve carbon storing forests. Pangolins everywhere are endangered. These prehistoric creatures are being vigorously hunted due to false rumors of their scales' healing powers. Source www.edgeofexistence.org OO Warning To Forest Destroyers: This Scientist Will Catch You With his satellites that spot deforestation as it happens. Forests:..>> view originalGorgeous Mars 'Nightglow' Spotted by NASA Orbiter (Photos, Video)
The first detailed look at Martian "nightglow" has been revealed, thanks to the work of NASA's newest Red Planet orbiter. The space agency's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) probe took global pictures of the Red Planet in ultraviolet (UV) ...>> view originalChinese astronauts enter space station following docking
In this image taken off the screen at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 and released by Xinhua News Agency, two Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng, left and Chen Dong salute in the space lab Tiangong 2. China …more.>> view originalEngine troubles prompt NASA's Juno spacecraft to change plans
After encountering engine troubles on Sunday, NASA researchers have adjusted Juno’s orbit plan.The probe was originally scheduled to fire up its main rocket on Wednesday, reducing its orbital period around Jupiter from 53 days to just 14. Officials chose to initiate the “period reduction maneuver” (PRM) in order to study Juno’s fuel pressurization system, but technical difficulties forced them to postpone.“Telemetry indicates that two helium check valves that play an important role in the firin..>> view originalSeeing Red: Pluto Probe's Next Target Has a Bloody Hue
Artist's illustration of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft encountering a Kuiper Belt object (KBO), as part of an extended mission. New Horizons is set to fly past the KBO 2014 MU69 on Jan. 1, 2019. Recent data from the Hubble Space Telescope suggests ...>> view originalWatch a Space Crew Launch & a European Probe Land on Mars Wednesday
The Russian Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft was rolled out Oct. 16, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in preparation for an Oct. 19 crew launch. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky via Flickr. A new, space-station-bound crew will lift off early Wednesday ...>> view originalHigh Stakes: Europe Aims for 1st Successful Mars Landing Today
The Schiaparelli lander — part of the European-Russian ExoMars 2016 mission — is scheduled to touch down on the Martian surface this morning at 10:48 a.m. EDT (1448 GMT). You can follow the action live here at Space.com, courtesy of the European ...>> view original
Sunday, November 13, 2016
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