The famous Comet Halley spawns the Eta Aquariids – going on now – and the Orionids in October. Plus where the comet is now, parent bodies of other meteor showers … and Isaac Newton’s Vis-viva equation, his poetic rendition of instantaneous motion. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/comet-halley-parent-of-2-meteor-showers…
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Building better life support systems for future space travel
Astronauts on future long-duration spaceflight missions to the Moon and Mars could rely on microalgae to supply essentials including food, water and oxygen. A new investigation aboard the International Space Station tests using the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris as a biological component of a hybrid life support system (LSS). Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-05-life-future-space.html…
How hacked rental e-scooters could be the future of street crime
This changes everything | As we travel in autonomous cars or on electronic scooters, a trick involving a bit of malicious code may put our computer networks at risk Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24232282-900-how-hacked-rental-e-scooters-could-be-the-future-of-street-crime/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
How to Celebrate the Moon Landing, From Coast to Coast
This summer marks the 50th anniversary of mankind’s giant leap, and NASA centers, museums and even entire cities are gearing up to celebrate. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/travel/moon-landing-festivals-nasa.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Preparing for asteroid Apophis
Astronomers are meeting today at the Planetary Defense Conference to discuss plans to observe asteroid 99942 Apophis, a relatively large asteroid that’ll sweep past Earth safely – but rather closely – in 2029. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/preparing-asteroid-apophis-april-13-2029-passage…
Scientists planning now for asteroid flyby a decade away
On April 13, 2029, a speck of light will streak across the sky, getting brighter and faster. At one point it will travel more than the width of the full Moon within a minute and it will get as bright as the stars in the Little Dipper. But it won’t be a satellite or an airplane—it will be a 1,100-foot-wide (340-meter-wide)…
Moon and Venus grace eastern morning sky
Get an eyeful of the beautiful early morning scene as the moon joins up with Venus (and Mercury) in late March and early April 2019. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-venus-grace-eastern-morning-sky…
Ghost Rockets Over the Bahamas: An Unusual Atlantic UFO Incident
Some of the most interesting UFO reports from over the years are those which occurred at sea. Entire books have been written about this subject, most notably, Ivan Sanderson’s Invisible Residents (1970), which may have been the first major offering to look deeply at a maritime component to the broader UFO enigma. In the book,… Read more » Source: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/04/ghost-rockets-over-the-bahamas-an-unusual-atlantic-ufo-incident/…
Astrophysicists simulate the sounds of stars to reveal their secrets
Sound may not be able to travel through the vacuum of space. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-04-astrophysicists-simulate-stars-reveal-secrets.html…
Jumbo exoplanet discovered in double system with a dead star
The giant exoplanet – 13 times more massive than Jupiter – is the first yet found that orbits a binary star system in which 1 of the 2 stars is dead. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/exoplanet-13x-bigger-than-jupiter…