[ad_1] According to Space News, the cable weighed about 30 kilograms (about 66 pounds) per meter and more than 200 meters of cable fell on the antenna. “It’s several tons of material crashing onto the flat,” Johnson said. The Arecibo Observatory is still assessing the damage and the National Science Foundation (NSF) will lead the … Read more
[ad_1] Denver Post Inc (Photo by David Cupp / The Denver Post via Getty Images) Quantum mechanics, examined closely, poses profound questions about reality. These questions often take the form of thought experiments, which are later (usually much later) followed by actual experiences. One of the most difficult and profound of these is a thought … Read more
[ad_1] Watch for the rare black moon over Washington KING5.com A ‘black moon’ and a meteor shower: there’s a lot going on in our skies PennLive What is a “black moon”? Here’s what you need to know about the celestial event for Miami Herald astronomers A rare “black moon” event will occur tonight; won’t happen … Read more
[ad_1] Over the past weekend, an SUV-sized asteroid passed Earth in the closest-to-its-type flyby on record. Traveling at around 8 miles per second and measuring around 10-20 feet, the small boulder came about 1,800 miles over the Indian Ocean before returning to deep space. NASA scientists only detected the asteroid when it was already on … Read more
[ad_1] BERLIN (AP) – A German icebreaker carrying scientists on a year-long international expedition to the High Arctic has reached the North Pole, after making an unscheduled detour due to more sea ice conditions lighter than usual. Expedition leader Markus Rex said on Wednesday the RV Polarstern was able to reach the geographic North Pole … Read more
[ad_1] A cloud of cosmic gas has a mysterious gamma “heartbeat” that appears to be synchronized with a nearby black hole. Using data from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico and NASA’s Fermi Gamma Space Telescope, an international team of researchers has found the “heartbeat” in a cloud of cosmic gas in the constellation Aquila, … Read more
[ad_1] The explosion of stars – or “supernovae” – just 65 light-years from Earth may have triggered the devastating mass extinction some 359 million years ago. The Late Devonian extinction saw the disappearance of 50 percent of all genera – groups of species – and 19 percent of all families, the second largest group in … Read more
[ad_1] The Trump administration has taken another small step towards its biggest step forward to commercialize space lab activities, even as NASA struggles to put current commercialization plans in place. A new White House memo released Friday, Aug. 14, said low-earth orbit research “on new platforms” – commercial facilities that could succeed the International Space … Read more
[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images The construction of large-scale dams has played a surprising role in limiting the rising seas, scientists say. Over the past century, melting glaciers and thermal expansion of seawater have caused ocean levels to rise. But this new study reveals that dams almost stopped the rising seas in the 1970s because … Read more
[ad_1] Our Sun may have already had a twin companion, astronomers have suggested – like Tattooine’s “binary” stars in Star Wars. Harvard researchers have said that another sun was present during the formation of the solar system and could explain features such as a cloud of debris at the edge of our solar system. The … Read more