NASA Images Offer New View of the Sun
(multimedia) NASA has enhanced solar images to make the structures on the sun more visible.
Category: Solar
NASA estimates 4,700 ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroids
(CNN) — About 4,700 asteroids are close enough and big enough to pose a risk to Earth, NASA estimated Wednesday after studying data beamed back from an orbiting telescope. The figure — give or take...
‘Ring of fire’ eclipse visible over the Ring of Fire
LOS ANGELES – Sunrises and sunsets often dazzle, but they’ll have a special ring to them in a few days for people in the western United States and eastern Asia: The moon will slide...
Monster Sunspot Fires Off Powerful Solar Flares
A huge sunspot that dwarfs the Earth is unleashing a series of powerful solar flares as it moves across the surface of the sun, NASA scientists say. The sunspot AR 1476 was detected by...
NASA MONITORING ‘MONSTER SUNSPOTS’
(multimedia) NASA scientists are watching a group of “monster sunspots,” that may kick up highly charged particles that bombard the Earth. A “monster sunspot” more than 60000 miles wide could send some powerful solar...
Catch a Glimpse of Halley’s Comet Debris — Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower
Each spring as Earth passes through the debris trail from Halley’s Comet (1P/Halley), the cosmic bits burn up in our atmosphere and result in the annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower. This year the peak...
Supermoon alert: Biggest full moon of 2012 due May 5th
Skywatchers take note: The biggest full moon of the year is due to arrive this weekend. The moon will officially become full Saturday (May 5) at 11:35 p.m. EDT. And because this month’s full moon...
Fireball Over California/Nevada: How Big Was It?
A bright ball of light traveling east to west was seen over the skies of central/northern California Sunday morning, April 22. The former space rock-turned-flaming-meteor entered Earth’s atmosphere around 8 a.m. PDT. Reports of...
Space weather: Cloudy, with a chance of solar flares
Space weather scientists are racing to develop new techniques to predict solar storms that could take down the electricity grid. Good thing, too: the next surge is expected in 2013. The first sign of...
Plans for asteroid mining emerge
Details have been emerging of the plan by billionaire entrepreneurs to mine asteroids for their resources. The multi-million-dollar plan would use robotic spacecraft to squeeze chemical components of fuel and minerals such as platinum...
