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NASA is monitoring a ‘small but evolving dent’ in Earth’s magnetic field that could impact satellites and spacecraft. Stretching from South American and to southwest Africa is the South Atlantic Anomaly (SSA), which is a weakened spot in the field that allows charged particles from the sun to dip closer to the surface than usual. … Read more
Earth’s closest ever recorded fly-by: Asteroid the size of a CAR flew within 1,830 miles of our planet this weekend and NASA didn’t see it until AFTER it had happened Researchers have dubbed the 6–18 feet in diameter space rock ‘2020 QG’ It was spotted by the Palomar Observatory in California late on Saturday evening … Read more
A spectacular shot of a Martian avalanche, an image of a dust devil and a long-distance portrait of planet Earth are among a selection of photos shared by NASA to mark 15 years of the agencies Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The images were all taken of the Red Planet and its surroundings from space using equipment … Read more
Betelgeuse is NOT dimming! NASA discovers the giant star has ejected HOT PLASMA that cooled into a dark cloud and blocked its light Betelgeuse, a distant star, was thought to be dimming last year The dimming led to experts fearing the massive super giant would explode NASA has now found it was covered by a … Read more
YouTuber conducts gruesome experiment by pumping human and fish blood into the ocean to see which meal sharks prefer to feast on An experiment set out to see if sharks prefer human or fish blood A YouTuber designed surfboards with a pumping system filled with blood One board had human and cow mixture and the … Read more
NASA shares image of red cyclones swirling on Jupiter’s North Pole – but the internet says the planet looks like a ‘pepperoni pizza’ NASA shared an image captured by Juno of cyclones swirling on Jupiter The image shows swirls of red and yellow at the planet’s North Pole The agency shared it on Instagram and … Read more
Ceres, the nearest dwarf planet to the Earth is a water world and could have a vast reservoir of salty water hidden under its surface, according to new research. The reservoir on the minor planet, which orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, lies beneath a 20 million year old crater known as Occator – … Read more
NASA is being ridiculed for its ‘idiotic’ decision to stop using the nicknames for two celestial phenomena – the Eskimo Nebula and Siamese Twins Galaxy – because of their ‘colonial’ implications. The American space agency announced the move on Wednesday, writing in a statement: ‘As the scientific community works to identify and address systemic discrimination … Read more
NASA is being ridiculed for its ‘idiotic’ decision to stop using the nicknames for two celestial phenomena – the Eskimo Nebula and Siamese Twins Galaxy – because of their ‘colonial’ implications. The American space agency announced the move on Wednesday, writing in a statement: ‘As the scientific community works to identify and address systemic discrimination … Read more
NASA’s Curiosity rover has been on Mars since August 2012 and in that time it has shared some stunning images of the Red Planet during its 14 mile journey. It has seen a lot in that time as part of its mission to find out whether Mars has any water or the chemical building blocks … Read more