Admiring the Beauty of Venus with Mobile Astronomy Apps
From now through the end of winter, the eye-catching planet Venus will shine brilliantly in the western evening sky. It's been hugging the horizon for months, but the turn of the seasons will soon lift it higher, to an ideal observing location even in a small telescope. Venus' orbit between the Earth and the sun creates a number of interesting phenomena in the way it looks and moves. In this edition of Mobile Stargazing, we'll look at Venus' properties using planetary apps, explain the motio..>> view originalVIDEO: NASA's First Flight With Crew Will Mark Important Step on Journey to Mars
ABOVE VIDEO: In less than 10 years NASA's “Orion” will take us to places we've previously only dreamed about. Janet Shamlian explores the Spacecraft that may take us back to the Moon, to Mars, and Beyond. (NASA) – When astronauts are on their first ...>> view originalA dreaded carbon time bomb lurks beneath your feet
There are many uncertainties when it comes to global warming, from how quickly the planet's ice sheets will melt to how global leaders will enact rapid emissions cuts. One nagging scientific uncertainty concerns a rather unsexy topic: the soil. As in, the ground beneath your feet. There is growing concern that terrestrial soils, which are the Earth's largest reservoir of carbon outside of the oceans, will switch from being a net absorber of greenhouse gases to a net source. This can happen as mi..>> view originalThe Electric Blue Polar Cloud Season Came Early This Year
Each year, a glowing mass of clouds forms over the South Pole, high in the atmosphere, trapped between Earth and space. From the ground they look wispy and shimmery, like a blue-white aurora borealis. From space, they look like an electric-blue gossamer haze. Noctilucent clouds as viewed from the International Space Station in 2003. NASA/ISS/Don Pettit hide capti..>> view originalEPA boss: Room for hope on climate change
(CNN) - If you're concerned about climate change, you're likely in full panic mode right now.Consider three recent news items:• US President-elect Donald Trump has called climate change a "hoax" and has suggested he might scrap many Obama-era environmental regulations, including the landmark Paris Agreement, which aims to limit warming to 2 degrees Celsius.• The head of Trump's EPA transition team is basically a fossil fuel industry mouthpiece.• And, thanks partly to our addiction to fossil fue..>> view originalThe man who stands between Earth and an asteroid Armageddon
ASTEROIDS-QANDA,1558 The man who stands between Earth and an asteroid Armageddon ATTN: National, Science editors Eric Roston Bloomberg. Lindley Johnson spent 23 years in the U.S. Air Force keeping his eyes above the skies. He helped identify and tackle a growing risk to human space activity-the sheer volume of stuff orbiting the planet-in addition to helping manage and monitor military assets in orbit. In 1982, the Air Force set up a space command to coordinate its activities, not the leas..>> view originalBuzz Aldrin gets visit from NASA after polar evacuation
In this Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, photo provided by Christina Korp, right, Buzz Aldrin lies in a hospital bed in Christchurch, New Zealand. Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, was evacuated from the South Pole to New Zealand where he …more.>> view original
Monday, December 12, 2016
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