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Astrophysicists Successfully Simulate Galaxy Formation
Until now, astrophysicists were having a lot of difficulty with galaxy simulations. These difficulties were a result of two things — a lack of detailed information about galaxy formation, and the complexity of the features of a galaxy. Though this simulation doesn’t entirely overcome these hurdles, it’s definitely a step in the right direction. Continue reading
NASA’s Next Mars Rover Will Launch in Less than Two Weeks
NASA’s Curiosity rover will be launching on its mission to Mars on November 25th. The Curiosity rover is the most advanced rover ever sent on a Mars mission. Continue reading
Asteroid Will Come Closer to Earth than Moon’s Orbit Next Week
An asteroid that will be passing by us next week, dubbed YU55, will come closer to Earth than the moon’s orbit. However, according to NASA, there’s no reason to panic. Continue reading
Astronomers — Life on Earth Was Nearly Destroyed in 1883
A little over a century ago, we were a mere 300 miles away from being completely annihilated by a pack of apocalypse-inducing comets. Continue reading
Halley’s Comet Meteor Shower Will Peak Next Week
Throughout the next week or so, you’ll be able to catch a glimpse of the Orionid meteor shower, which is caused by leftover debris from Halley’s Comet. Continue reading
Amazing NASA Nebula Photo Shows 14,000+ Stars
Want to see what 14,000 stars looks like? Check out this photo from NASA of the Carina Nebula. This amazing photo is from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, which has provided us with some of the most stunning (and surprising) space photos to date. Continue reading
Astronomers Discover a Diamond as Big as a Planet
Twenty quadrillion miles away, scientists have discovered a diamond orbiting a star that’s only fifteen miles across, but more massive than our sun. This star is spinning over 100 times per second, and the gigantic diamond orbiting around it is around the size of the planet Jupiter. Continue reading
Can Planets Be Orphans Too?
The astronomers, led by Takahiro Sumi if Osaka University in Japan, reported in the journal Nature there are hundreds of billions of planets that have been orphaned by their planetary systems. The planets have either been completely ejected out of orbit, meandering through space, or are distantly bound to their stars at a distance at least 10 times that of the Earth’s distance from the Sun. Continue reading
Major Space Agencies Agree on Universal Docking Station: Space Tourism, Here We Come
The International Space Station Multilateral Coordination Board (MCB), represented by space agency officials from Japan, Russia, Canada, Europe and NASA have reached an agreement to create a universal dock for linking spacecraft and space stations. This might not sound like much, but what it means is that not only can international agencies work in tandem at an unparalleled level, but that us non-astronauts are a step closer to heading closer to the stars, and right on schedule. A universal dock... Continue reading
Watch Live as NASA Assembles the Mars Rover
NASA has a little treat for all of us robot and/or space junkies out there. From 8 a.m. PT (11 a.m. ET) every morning, Monday-Friday, work begins at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif, as engineers carefully assemble the Curiosity Mars Rover. And you can watch them do it live with NASA’s Curiosity Cam. Other than occasional “maintenance periods” (obviously just the points of the assembly where the engineers attach the technology given to us by aliens), you can... Continue reading
