ESA’s GOCE satellite has reached its ambitious goal of mapping Earth’s gravity with unprecedented precision. In two short years, the sophisticated satellite has collected the measurements needed to record the ‘geoid’ reference shape of our planet. “GOCE is one
This morning, March 4th, multiple flares erupted behind the sun’s eastern limb. NASA’s STEREO-B spacecraft detected a shadowy shock wave in the sun’s atmosphere while the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) recorded at least two plasma clouds billowing into
WASHINGTON — NASA-sponsored research has resulted in the first computer model that explains the recent period of decreased solar activity during the sun’s 11-year cycle.This recent solar minimum, a period characterized by a lower frequency of sunspots and solar
The star-forming regions of a nearby spiral galaxy glow bright pink in a spectacular new image from a telescope atop a Chilean peak. And the galaxy's actually slightly closer than astronomers once thought, researchers say. The glowing pink clouds seen in the…
NASA said it has rescheduled a media teleconference to Wednesday 2 pm EST to discuss the first computer model that explains the recent period of decreased solar activity during the sun’s 11-year cycle.The recent solar minimum, a period characterized by a lower
Note prior to reading: This is a two weeks old blog post that I just today came across and realized it had few things worth remembering and discussing here. I invite you all to read this blog post by Laura Knight Jadczyk and leave us your comments and thoughts,
Every day about 100 tons of meteoroids — fragments of dust and gravel and sometimes even big rocks – enter the Earth's atmosphere. Stand out under the stars for more than a half an hour on a clear night and you'll likely see a few of the meteors produced
Signs of the Times site posted today interesting video from RealmLeaper – recent sighting of strange object that could be spiral comet, over Severodvinsk in Russia, that was captured on February 26, 2011. There were also unconfirmed sighting of similar or even the
Scientists have estimated the first cosmic census of planets in our galaxy and the numbers are astronomical – at least 50 billion planets in the Milky Way. And some 500 million of those planets are in what is known as the Goldilocks zone, where the climate is thought
A tiny asteroid that zipped by Earth this month made the closest-ever approach to our planet without hitting it, an encounter that changed its place in our solar system forever, NASA scientists say. The asteroid, called 2011 CQ1, came within 3,400 miles (5,471
