52 minutes ago By means of Jonathan O’Callaghan, NASA/SDO (Source: NASA/SDO) The sun is currently extremely active, seeding the biggest solar storms on Earth in 20 years. Here’s what it’s doing to the rest of the solar system. If you happened to be looking up at the sky a few nights in May 2024, chances … Read more
Credit: Harrison Haines from Pexels The remarkable aurora in early May of this year showed the power that solar storms can emit as radiation, but every now and then the sun does something much more destructive. These explosions of protons, which come directly from the sun’s surface and are known as “solar particle events,” can … Read more
NASA’s longest-running mission to Mars, the Mars Odyssey orbiter, has reached a special milestone by completing its 100,000th orbit of the Red Planet since its launch in 2001. This remarkable achievement not only underscores the sustainability and success of the mission, but also highlights the significant scientific contributions the spacecraft has made over more than … Read more
The remarkable aurora in early May of this year showed the power that solar storms can emit as radiation, but every now and then the sun does something much more destructive. These explosions of protons, fired directly from the sun’s surface and shooting out into space like a searchlight, are known as “solar particle events.” … Read more
Bungie has been exploring the depths of our solar system for the past decade, but it looks like it’s finally gearing up to go somewhere new, or rather somewhereotherwise. At least that’s what seems to be happening in Destination‘s 11th year, that is provisionally titled Borders. What is Dragonsplague? Dragon’s Dogma 2’s Devastating Contagion Explained … Read more
NASA’s Odyssey spacecraft, the longest-running mission to Mars, today completed its 100,000th orbit around the Red Planet, the mission team announced in a press release. rack. To celebrate the milestone, the space agency has released an intricate panorama of Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the solar system; Odyssey captured the view in March. The … Read more
Asteroid samples collected from Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission have revealed fascinating details about the early solar system and the history of water in space. These samples, the largest ever returned to Earth from an asteroid, provide scientists with valuable information about the conditions and processes that prevailed billions of years ago. The Importance of … Read more
If you look up on a clear night, the brightest and largest object in the sky will likely be the moon. And unless you have a decent telescope, it’s the only natural satellite you can see with your own eyes. As a result, most people have a distorted idea of what a moon is and … Read more
Orbital diagram for Bennu along with the terrestrial planets, looking down from above the Sun’s North Pole (top) and along the ecliptic plane (bottom). Source: Meteoritics and planetary science (2014). DOI: 10.1111/kaarten.12353 Researchers from Curtin University are part of a global team of scientists investigating how our solar system formed. They do this by uncovering … Read more
In May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a warning of a possible solar storm. A gigantic group of spots on the sun flared up, expelling material heading straight for Earth. Hours later, the watch was replaced by a warning: a storm classified as G4 – on a “G” scale of 1 to 5 … Read more