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Hiding somewhere in the gloom of space, there is a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with our planet. If we don’t spot it and somehow thwart its arrival, it will pierce Earth’s atmosphere at 60,000 kilometres per hour and hammer into the ground, vaporising anything it touches. With millions of asteroids hurtling through the […]
Tesserae are one of Venus’s many mysteries — we don’t know how they formed, or when. This radar image shows Alpha Regio; the bright area contains the jumbled terrain characteristic of tesserae. NASA / JPL Detailed mapping of one of the oldest terrains on Venus has revealed a giant impact structure of a type never […]
Mohammad B. Mireskandari / S&T Online Photo Gallery Sometimes the obstacles in our path steer us not away from our goals but on a more meaningful path toward them. It turns out cloudy skies, blocked horizons, and some neighborhood light pollution were precisely what I needed. After months of spending my nights dashing outside to […]
Astronomers have scoured decades-old data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, finding bright, lumpy features dotting a jet of energy spit out by a nearby black hole. Puzzlingly, the “knots” clock a faster speed when seen in X-rays than they do in radio wavelengths. scientists said. “The X-ray data traces a unique picture that you can’t […]
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From the Mission Control Center to community celebrations, Kenneth Attocknie blends safety expertise with a commitment to cultural connection. For the past 25 years at NASA, Attocknie has dedicated his career to safeguarding the International Space Station and supporting real-time mission operations at Johnson Space Center in Houston. As a principal safety engineer in the […]
A small world in the outer solar system appears to have volcanic activity possibly spurred by liquid water Source link
As an example, AAPT’s most recent DigiKit publication, Auroral Currents Science (Figure 1), was developed for educators of advanced high school students and university physics/astronomy majors. DigiKits materials are collected by digital content specialist, Caroline Hall, who searches for high-quality, open digital content and checks it for accuracy and accessibility. The Auroral Currents DigiKit centers […]
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As Black Friday fast approaches, we consider whether you’d be better off making the most of the gigantic sales event or waiting for the Christmas sales to roll around. Some of us might not be ready to start our Christmas shopping in November when Black Friday happens, but those who do are likely to be […]