Check out this cool video comparing the size of some of the largest known stars and planets in the universe. continue reading...
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The Geminids meteor shower takes place tonight (Tuesday, December 13th) and tomorrow night (Wednesday, December 14th). continue reading...
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Scientific American has created a very cool interactive article that looks at 12 ways the world will be altered forever as we know it. Some are super cool, some are super scary, but all are fascinating. Below is the list of events, but be sure to click through to the article for a lot more information and interactivity. continue reading...
WISE is expected to find thousands of asteroids, dozens of brown dwarfs and some say maybe a new planet! continue reading...
Unlike short-lived solar eclipses or unpredictable auroras, meteor showers regularly offer skywatchers a dazzling show.Soon the curtain will rise on one of the best of these showers: the Perseids, so called because the meteors appear to originate in the constellation Perseus.
Slated to peak sometime during the night and early morning of August 11 to 12, the shower offers one of the year’s best chances to see a shooting star. Read more… continue reading...
On the 100th anniversary of the devastating Tunguska event in Siberia, scientists and an Orange County congressman urge the government to take further defensive measures against near-Earth objects.
A group of scientists, joined by a member of Congress, used the 100th anniversary of the Tunguska asteroid event this week to draw attention to their belief that the United States is not doing enough to defend the planet against the dangers posed by near-Earth objects. continue reading...
An explosion rips through the Siberian wilderness in an artist’s conception.
A hundred years after a mysterious blast leveled some 770 square miles (2,000 square kilometers) of forest in Siberia, experts are saying that Earth is unprepared to face a similar blast caused by a meteor strike. continue reading...
Did you miss firewords on new year’s eve? Fear not, something better in store for you:
The annual Quadrantid meteor shower peaks in the early morning of Jan. 4. The cold may be brutal, but the celestial display often is the year’s best, with more than 100 shooting stars visible per hour if viewing conditions are ideal. continue reading...
File under “oh-oh”:
A newly discovered hunk of space rock has a 1 in 75 chance of slamming into the red planet on January 30, scientists said Thursday. continue reading...
