HAPPY EARTH Day. Take some time to watch birds. Plant something… Take a walk and appreciate this planet. You can also take CNN’s quiz, answers to the questions below at the link, to see how savvy you are about our planet and its problems, which we humans have caused. 4. About 70% of the Earth [...]
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News Desk: Asteroid Whizzing Past Earth, Hits Russia [AFP - NASA] *Updated*
UPDATE: Meteorite hits central Russia, more than 500 people hurt Asteroid to whiz past Earth (via AFP) NASA is closely tracking an asteroid large enough to destroy a city that is set to whiz past Earth on Friday in what the US space agency says is the closest flyby ever predicted for such a large [...]
New Year, Another Fiscal Scheme [Obama's Remarks]
…In other words, the financial markets responded as many of us non-insiders predicted. As long as it was clear that a deal would be forthcoming, they didn’t give a damn about the fiscal “cliff”deadline. Chalk this one up as yet another example of the experts – the people who report on the budget and the [...]
“Earthlike” Planet in Alpha Centauri System Discovered
From Space.com: An alien planet discovered around a star in the Alpha Centauri system, the nearest to our own sun, has astronomers buzzing, and not just because it’s the closest exoplanet to Earth ever seen. The newfound extrasolar planet Alpha Centauri Bb, it turns out, is not only the nearest alien world to Earth, it’s [...]
On Board Curiosity
President’s Signature On Board Curiosity – This view of Curiosity’s deck shows a plaque bearing several signatures of US officials, including that of President Obama and Vice President Biden. The image was taken by the rover’s Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) during the rover’s 44th Martian day, or sol, on Mars (Sept. 19, 2012). The [...]
News Desk: Record Arctic Sea Ice Loss Recorded by NASA
The record loss of Arctic sea ice this summer will echo throughout the weather patterns affecting the U.S. and Europe this winter, climate scientists said on Wednesday, since added heat in the Arctic influences the jet stream and may make extreme weather and climate events more likely. [Climate Central] THE MOST deceptively destructive force unfolding [...]
From Hurricane to Tropical Storm, A View of Isaac from NASA
“We haven’t seen anything like this, not even with Katrina,” said Billy Nungesser, president of Plaquemines Parish, located about 95 miles from New Orleans. “Those areas that didn’t flood for Katrina were flooded for this storm. If this is a Category 1 storm, I don’t want to see anything stronger.” [New York Times] THE NATIONAL [...]
NASA’s Kepler Discovers Multiple Planets Orbiting a Pair of Stars
Imagine a world with two different Suns in the sky, similar to Luke Skywalker’s home desert planet Tatooine in “Star Wars.” Such a world exists, as NASA announced in September 2011. But now, NASA has found something twice as remarkable: In a different system, NASA has detected two separate planets, both orbiting the same two [...]
News Desk: Neil Armstrong, First Man on the Moon
As commander of the Apollo 11 mission, Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969. As he stepped on the dusty surface, Armstrong said: “That’s one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.” Those words endure as one of the best known quotes in the [...]
Curiosity on Mars
FROM NASA, which has a bevy of photographs of Curiosity on Mars. If you’re interested in the mission of Curiosity, Carl Franzen is doing a bang up job covering it. A Clear Look at the Rover Deck This full-resolution image shows part of the deck of NASA’s Curiosity rover taken from one of the rover’s [...]
Pictures of Our Planet from the International Space Station
From high above the Earth, the International Space Station (ISS) provides a unique vantage point to view our home planet. Stunning time-lapse photography of cities, aurora, lightning and other sights are seen from orbit. Famed astronomer Galileo imagined these views from space and now through the technological marvel of the space station, we can see [...]
News Desk: Pres. Obama Tweets Mars Landing
**UPDATED** Statement by the President on Curiosity Landing on Mars Tonight, on the planet Mars, the United States of America made history. The successful landing of Curiosity – the most sophisticated roving laboratory ever to land on another planet – marks an unprecedented feat of technology that will stand as a point of national pride [...]
If It’s Monday, It’s Mars
**UPDATED** IT’S BEING hailed as a “life-changing landing on Mars” and today is the day. From PBS: For the past eight years, I’ve been the Deputy Project Scientist on the Mars Science Laboratory mission, with its rover, Curiosity. It’s the most ambitious robotic mission ever undertaken by NASA, with scientific goals to match. We’re doing [...]
Super Moon Over Paris
THE SUPER MOON over the Beltway was a lot easier to see than what folks inside Washington, D.C. got last night. Mark and I spied it late while enjoying the phenomenal spring weather being visited on Virginia, which has been spectacular this year. The Super Moon lived up to its reputation as far as we [...]
Space Shuttle Discovery Over Washington, D.C.
Space Shuttle Discovery Flown Over the U.S. Capitol Space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, is seen as it flies near the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in Washington. Discovery, the first orbiter retired from NASA’s shuttle fleet, completed 39 missions, spent 365 days in space, orbited the Earth 5,830 [...]
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