1967 Solar Storm Nearly Led to Nuclear War
A powerful solar storm nearly heated the Cold War up catastrophically a half century ago, a new study suggests. The U.S. Air Force began preparing for war on May 23, 1967, thinking that the Soviet Union had jammed a set of American surveillance radars. But military space-weather forecasters intervened in time, telling top officials that a powerful sun eruption was … Continue reading
Astronomers Discover Mystery Object Beyond Neptune With Weird Unexplainable Orbit
“I hope everyone has buckled their seatbelts because the outer solar system just got a lot weirder.” That’s what Michele Bannister, an astronomer at Queens University, Belfast tweeted on Monday. She was referring to the discovery of a TNO or trans-Neptunian object, something which sits beyond Neptune in the outer solar system. This one is 160,000 times fainter than Neptune, … Continue reading
The Extinction-Level Asteroid That Could Kill Us All in 2175
Meet 101955 Bennu. There’s no reason to be alarmed, but scientists say a 1,500-foot-wide asteroid might slam into Earth in 2175, potentially killing us all. The asteroid, named 101955 Bennu, has been orbiting the Sun for some time now, completely circling it every six years. But scientists recently told CTV News that at its current trajectory, it would have a … Continue reading
Perseid Meteor Shower for 2016
Every year in August, Earth passes through a stream of debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle, source of the annual Perseid meteor shower. The shower is beloved by sky watchers. It is rich in fireballs and plays out over a two-week period of warm, starry summer nights. This year’s display is going to be even better than usual. “Our models predict an … Continue reading
Earth Could Be WIPED OUT By The Power Of A BLACK HOLE – And There’s NO WAY To Prepare
EARTH could be destroyed without warning by a powerful gamma ray burst stemming from a black hole deep in space, it has been claimed. All life could be killed off from the explosion, and scientists have no clue when it could happen, according to experts. Long gamma ray bursts – or GRBs – last about one minute and it is … Continue reading
‘Alien Megastructure’ Star Only Gets More Mysterious
Last fall, a little-known star called KIC 8462852 became our planetary obsession when astronomers said that its erratic flickering could be the result of an alien megastructure. Further observation of Tabby’s Star yielded no signs of aliens, but the sudden dips in luminosity continue to defy explanation. Now, things just got a bit weirder. In an unpublished paper posted today … Continue reading
A New Reason We Haven’t Found Alien Life in the Universe
Italian physicist Enrico Fermi once famously exclaimed “Where is everybody?” We have been trying to answer his paradox — we exist, so aliens should exist, too — ever since. According to one new solution, we have not seen or heard from any galactic neighbors because we are still waiting for them to be born. And it will, according to the … Continue reading
Time is Slowing Down and Will Eventually Disappear from the Universe Claims Spanish Scientists
A group of Spanish scientists have come up with a controversial theory that hints we may one day literally run out of time, as in, time itself will disappear from our universe. Wait, put that clock down, it’s not going to happen for a few billion years! If there’s one thing we don’t understand but nevertheless take for granted, it … Continue reading
NASA Fears Large Asteroid Could Hit Earth – Plans to Launch Study of the Space Rock
NASA is planning to launch a probe to study an asteroid that could one day pulverize the Earth. The asteroid, named Bennu, crosses Earth’s orbit once every six years and has gotten ever closer since it was discovered in 1999, astronomers told the Sunday Times of London (paywall). In 2135, Bennu will fly between the moon and Earth — a … Continue reading
What If The Moon Disappeared Tomorrow?
Ah, yes, the moon. To it, over it, shooting for it. Blue, green. Pies, faces, shines, lighting. And I haven’t even gotten to all the Luna-based concepts. Earth’s moon plays a significant role in our culture, language and thoughts. But does it … you know … matter? If it disappeared in the blink of an eye tomorrow (and for discussion’s … Continue reading
