Earth & Space
MIT researchers have developed a new method of detecting clouds present in the atmosphere of distant exoplanets.
The idea of building a lunar outpost has long captured people’s imaginations. But what would it really be like to live on the moon? Read on…
Earth & Space News Feb 17, 2015: Earthquake watch – large earthquakes hit Japan & South Atlantic; Space weather – solar calm; Mystery Mars Plume Baffles Scientists; Comet Lovejoy hit with Solar Eruptions; Global weather – major winter storms
The reason this fourth phase of water is called the exclusion zone or EZ is because the first thing Dr. Pollack’s team discovered is that it profoundly excludes things. Even small molecules are excluded from EZ water. Surprisingly, EZ water appears in great abundance, including inside most of your cells. Even your extra-cellular tissues are filled with this kind of water.
Earth & Space News Feb 8, 2014: Spaceweather – massive plasma filament facing Earth; Earthquake watch; Global weather
The FAA just issued a letter to commercial enterprise Bigelow Aerospace — a company owned by real estate mogul, Robert Bigelow who made his millions developing Los Vegas. The letter gives gives Bigelow Aerospace exclusive rights to territory on the moon. This partly complies with the 1967 United Nations Outer Space Treaty and partly flies in the face of it. Either way, the letter marks an important turning point for all of humanity: the space race is back on, and it’s more real (estate) than ever.
Earth & Space News Feb 7, 2014: Spaceweather – eruption potential is high for enormous plasma filament now facing Earth; Earthquake watch; Antarctica iceberg images; U.S. Navy railgun makes public debut; Climate Monitoring; Arctic Sea Ice Extents; Global weather – two tropical storms
Earth & Space News Feb 4, 2014: Spaceweather – more solar flares likely, gamma ray burst; Solar Polar Fields – pole flip MAY be finally complete; Solar Influence on Greenland Sea; High Latitude Forest Fires; National Data Buoy Center; Global weather
Earth & Space News Feb 2, 2014: Spaceweather; Earthquake watch; Global weather; The Mouth of the Beast: VLT images cometary globule CG4 (God’s Hand); Blizzard hits Chicago, more than 1000 flights cancelled
Source: Suspicious0bservers Earth & Space News for Feb 1, 2015: Space weather Earthquake watch – quake swarm Dr. Pierre-Marie Robitaille: The Cosmic Microwave Background Gravitational Waves from Early Universe Remain Elusive Global weather
Our Milky Way could be harboring a cosmic “wormhole”—that exotic short cut across the Universe made famous in science fiction shows and films—according to a team of scientists in India, Italy and the USA. Such a wormhole could offer an alternative to Dark Matter as an explanation for the missing mass in our Galaxy, say the scientists in a paper submitted to The Annals of Physics.
At least two planets larger than Earth likely lurk in the dark depths of space far beyond Pluto, just waiting to be discovered, a new analysis of the orbits of “extreme trans-Neptunian objects” (ETNOs) suggests.
With today’s technology, it is easier than ever to relish in the beauties of not only planet Earth, but the universe. We have always been able to look up at the stars and have even had a telescope for some time that enabled us to focus in on the literal outer-beauty of where we are – and what’s out there is truly amazing. Complimenting this even further, NASA has released what is deemed the largest picture ever taken – and it will blow you away.
The image above takes you through over 100 million stars and travels more than 40,000 light years. It provides a startling glimpse at the sheer scale of our nearest galactic neighbor.
At least two as-yet undiscovered planets as big as Earth or larger may be hiding in the outer fringes of the solar system, scientists believe. The secret worlds are thought to exist beyond the orbits of Neptune, the furthest true planet from the Sun, and the even more distant tiny “dwarf planet” Pluto.
A careful study of images taken by the NASA rover Curiosity has revealed intriguing similarities between ancient sedimentary rocks on Mars and structures shaped by microbes on Earth. The findings suggest, but do not prove, that life may have existed earlier on the Red Planet.
