Supermassive Black Hole May be Pointed ‘Directly at Earth’
Astronomers have discovered that a radio jet from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way could be pointed almost directly towards the Earth. By incorporating the world’s most powerful telescope, Alma, into an array of sky-scanning antennae, astronomers have managed to pinpoint the radio emission to a smaller region of space than previously thought. The Alma … Continue reading
Planetary Collision With Earth Created Moon, Left Elements Essential for Life
During it’s humble beginnings our planet was involved in some major collisions! via Unexplained-Mysteries: The carbon and nitrogen that make up our bodies likely came from a planet that once smacked in to the Earth. The early solar system was a particularly violent place, with cataclysmic collisions between protoplanets being a relatively common occurrence. One such collision, which saw the … Continue reading
Steam-Powered Spacecraft Could Explore the Stars ‘Forever’
When sending spaceships out to explore the solar system, scientists are limited by how far the ship’s fuel can take them. One novel solution being explored is a steam-powered craft that mines water on planets, comets or asteroids as it goes, which advocates say can theoretically explore space “forever.” Jules Verne would be so proud. Scientists at the University of … Continue reading
Incoming Asteroid Will Have Up to 100 Chances to Smash into Earth, Astronomers Warn
You may have forgotten about Apophis, but Apophis hasn’t forgotten about us! via Sputniknews: Scientists around the world continue to fret over Apophis, a 325 metre-wide asteroid discovered in 2004 and appropriately named after the Ancient Egyptian god of evil, darkness and destruction. Apophis, or 99942 Apophis, as it is officially designated, is expected to come within just 37,600 km … Continue reading
A Supernovae May Have Killed off Large Animals at Dawn of Pleistocene Period
About 2.6 million years ago, an oddly bright light arrived in the prehistoric sky and lingered there for weeks or months. It was a supernova some 150 light years away from Earth. Within a few hundred years, long after the strange light in the sky had dwindled, a tsunami of cosmic energy from that same shattering star explosion could have … Continue reading
China Grows Cotton on the Moon
In a world first, seeds carried to the Moon aboard China’s Chang’e 4 spacecraft have actually started to sprout. Contained within a sealed miniature biosphere along with air, water and nutrients, the seeds – which include cotton and potatoes – are the first ever to start growing on the surface of another world. Up until now, the only seeds grown … Continue reading
Existence of Life May be Possible on Barnard b
Could life exist on Barnard b, one of the nearest planets to our sun at only 6 light-years away but its host star is dim making it a very cold planet. via Earthsky: Here’s more exciting work regarding the newly discovered super-Earth exoplanet orbiting the legendary Barnard’s Star. This star is the closest single star (and now the second-closest star … Continue reading
Super Blood Moon Eclipse 2019, Will it Bring Our World to an End?
A BLOOD moon eclipse in January will paint the night skies an eerie red – one preacher warns it is a sign of impending doom, does it mean the end of the world is nigh? A blood moon occurs during a total lunar eclipse when the moon takes on a crimson tinge as it is lit up by sunlight refracted … Continue reading
Near Earth Asteroid Flies By Earth Accompanied by Strange Moon
A near-Earth asteroid designated 2016 AZ8, flew past the Earth-Moon system only 2.8 million miles away on Jan. 7th. Astronomers at the giant Arecibo radar in Puerto Rico pinged the space rock as it approached. Using a pulsed beam of radio energy at 2380 MHz, they found that 2016 AZ8 has a moon. The radar team says the primary is … Continue reading
Asteroid Defense Mission Sees Expanded Objectives
As we see what appears to be an ongoing increase in sightings of meteor fireball, perhaps efforts need to be doubled up. via Unexplained-Mysteries: Two cubesats will be accompanying a joint NASA/ESA mission to slam a test probe in to the side of an asteroid. Known as AIDA (Asteroid Deflection and Impact Assessment), the mission consists of two parts. The … Continue reading
