Items Tagged With solar system
Brace for impact: Collision between Smith’s Cloud and Milky Way
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2008-01-12 10:40:20
Smith’s Cloud, a gigantic cloud of hydrogen gas, is heading toward our Milky Way Galaxy at over 540,000 miles per hour (864,000 kilometers per hour)—or about 150 miles per second. And, a collision is about to happen ....
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2008-01-12 10:40:20
Smith’s Cloud, a gigantic cloud of hydrogen gas, is heading toward our Milky Way Galaxy at over 540,000 miles per hour (864,000 kilometers per hour)—or about 150 miles per second. And, a collision is about to happen ....
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Swiss give best estimate of Moon age at 62M years after solar system formed
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-04 21:41:36
A study based on tungsten isotopes has revised the age for the Moon’s formation. The Moon is thought to have been created when a giant space object hit the Earth.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-01-04 21:41:36
A study based on tungsten isotopes has revised the age for the Moon’s formation. The Moon is thought to have been created when a giant space object hit the Earth.
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Celebrate the New Year with Comet 8P/Tuttle
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-30 08:31:44
On January 1 and 2, 2008, Comet 8P/Tuttle will be making its closest approach to Earth. See it in your local northern sky as it travels less than 24 million miles away. And, southern sky watchers get to see it later in January.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-30 08:31:44
On January 1 and 2, 2008, Comet 8P/Tuttle will be making its closest approach to Earth. See it in your local northern sky as it travels less than 24 million miles away. And, southern sky watchers get to see it later in January.
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Possibility of asteroid hitting Mars upped to 1 out of 25
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-29 09:14:03
One week ago the chance of Mars getting smacked by 2007 WD5 asteroid was 1 out of 75. Based on historical data of the asteroid’s path, that possibility of a collision has been raised to 1 out of 25, or four percent.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-29 09:14:03
One week ago the chance of Mars getting smacked by 2007 WD5 asteroid was 1 out of 75. Based on historical data of the asteroid’s path, that possibility of a collision has been raised to 1 out of 25, or four percent.
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Sandia simulation shows small near-earth objects can cause big troubles
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-22 10:02:05
A Sandia supercomputer has found that the space body causing the Tunguska explosion, which destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres and thousands of animals, in Siberia in 1908 was 3-4 times smaller than what first thought. Humans should pay attention to these smaller space bodies for the sake of millions of lives.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-22 10:02:05
A Sandia supercomputer has found that the space body causing the Tunguska explosion, which destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres and thousands of animals, in Siberia in 1908 was 3-4 times smaller than what first thought. Humans should pay attention to these smaller space bodies for the sake of millions of lives.
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Where oh where is the comet?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-17 07:52:35
That’s what they said when NASA scientists decided to send their Deep Impact spacecraft to Comet 85P/Boethin. When they looked again for the comet, it was no where to be found. So, Deep Impact was re-direced to Comet Hartley 2.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-17 07:52:35
That’s what they said when NASA scientists decided to send their Deep Impact spacecraft to Comet 85P/Boethin. When they looked again for the comet, it was no where to be found. So, Deep Impact was re-direced to Comet Hartley 2.
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Voyager 1 and 2 say solar system is dented
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-11 09:19:11
NASA scientists used data from the long-running, far, far away interstellar Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft to find that the solar system has an asymmetrical (not balanced or regularly arranged) shape.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-11 09:19:11
NASA scientists used data from the long-running, far, far away interstellar Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft to find that the solar system has an asymmetrical (not balanced or regularly arranged) shape.
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Mechanisms for solar wind discovered by Japanese Hinode spacecraft
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-10 09:43:30
An international group of scientists using the Hinode spacecraft have found that two mechanisms produce the solar wind. How the solar wind was produced was previously not fully understood by scientists.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-10 09:43:30
An international group of scientists using the Hinode spacecraft have found that two mechanisms produce the solar wind. How the solar wind was produced was previously not fully understood by scientists.
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Thirty Meter Telescope gets $200 million boost
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-06 11:58:40
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation gave the University of California and the California Institute of Technology a commitment of $200 million for future development and construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-06 11:58:40
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation gave the University of California and the California Institute of Technology a commitment of $200 million for future development and construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).
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Mars is BIG and RED for its close encounter with Earth
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-22 09:01:36
Mars and Earth are a mere 55 million miles (89 million kilometers) apart, making Mars appear much redder and larger than usual. See Mars, and the Moon, November 26-27, 2007, at your local night sky.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-22 09:01:36
Mars and Earth are a mere 55 million miles (89 million kilometers) apart, making Mars appear much redder and larger than usual. See Mars, and the Moon, November 26-27, 2007, at your local night sky.
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