[ad_1] This illustration represents an asteroid, but not the one that was crushed by Earth on August 16. NASA / JPL-CalTech We have acquired good enough to spot disturbing asteroids and follow their paths. But sometimes the little ones sneak around, like asteroid 2020 HQ did on Sunday. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) NEO coordination … Read more
[ad_1] This illustration from NASA’s “Eyes on the Solar System” app shows the Mars 2020 spacecraft emerging from planet Earth. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech Three robotic missions to Mars launched from Earth last month have begun to refine their trajectories through the solar system with the first in a series of mid-term corrections to target … Read more
[ad_1] There are many reasons why life can exist on Earth. We are the right distance from the Sun, our planet has an abundance of liquid water (but not too much to cover all of the earth), and our atmosphere is nice and thick, protecting us from radiation and dangers in space. Earth’s magnetic field … Read more
[ad_1] By NASA Goddard Space Flight Center August 19, 2020 Earth’s magnetic field acts as a protective shield around the planet, repelling and trapping charged particles from the Sun. But over South America and the southern Atlantic Ocean, an unusually weak spot on the ground – called the South Atlantic Anomaly, or SAA – allows … Read more
[ad_1] Rising sea levels are an unequivocal consequence of climate change. The warmer water expands as the melted land ice flows into the sea. But what fun would it be if the natural world didn’t complicate matters a bit? A number of processes can cause trends observed on different coasts to vary, from ocean circulation … Read more
[ad_1] Credit: NASA / CXC / Univ of Texas at Arlington / M. Millard et al. Astronomers used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to record material exploded far from the site of an exploded star at speeds over 20 million miles per hour. This is about 25,000 times faster than the speed of sound on Earth. … Read more
[ad_1] ‘Pothole’ in space: Changing Earth’s magnetic field could impact satellites, USA TODAY spacecraft Earth’s magnetic field ‘breach’ puzzles scientists NBC News NASA explores splitting a ‘tooth’ in Earth’s protective magnetic shield [Video]SciTechDaily Scientists say ‘anomaly’ in Earth’s magnetic field splits New York Post ‘Unusually weak point’ in Earth’s magnetic field could endanger satellites and … Read more
[ad_1] A light aircraft sustained an engine failure while overflying a city in Brazil, and the pilot made an emergency landing on a city street. Viral video shows the plane crashing and rolling onto its roof with its wings torn off. Incredibly, the pilot and his passenger were able to walk away from the crash … Read more
[ad_1] NASA took a “big step” on its last mission to Mars, with the space agency successfully powering up the helicopter attached to the Perseverance rover, known as Ingenuity. The six lithium-ion batteries that power Ingenuity were powered up and charged on August 7, NASA said in a statement. It took eight hours for Ingenuity’s … Read more
[ad_1] This et al., Scientific robotics 2020 By Charlotte HartleyAugust 19, 2020 at 2:00 pm Robots tend to be powered by batteries and outlets. But the RoBeetle is a little different. This insect-sized microbot (defined as weighing less than 1 gram) runs on methanol, a type of alcohol commonly found in solvents and antifreeze. Liquid … Read more