Todd hemmingNews Ripples in space-time could explain the mystery of why the universe exists Fox News - LiveScienceA new study may help answer one of the universe's biggest mysteries: Why is there more matter than antimatter? That answer, in turn, could explain why everything from atoms to black holes exists. Billions
Todd hemmingSpace LightSail 2 captures stunning photos of Earth from space space.com - Meghan Bartels LightSail 2 has been orbiting Earth for eight months now, and it has captured some stunning shots of our home planet during that time. The Planetary …
Todd hemmingSpace What's up with that rock? China's moon rover finds something strange on the far side. space.com - Andrew Jones China's Yutu-2 lunar rover has discovered what appear to be relatively young rocks during its recent exploration activities on the lunar far side. The …
Todd hemmingSpace Watch Mars 'sneak' behind the crescent moon in these amazing views (video) space.com - Hanneke Weitering The Red Planet briefly disappeared behind the moon for skywatchers in North America on Tuesday (Feb. 18), providing a rare celestial treat for early …
Todd hemmingNews Incredible moon halos, corona shine over Manitoba, Canada The Washington Post - By Matthew CappucciBrent Mckean thought he had seen just about everything the sky has to offer. But on Thursday, Feb. 13, his day began with a scene that looked like something from another planet. The sky was aglow with
Todd hemmingThe Future NASA's Juno mission discovers clues to Jupiter's weird and wild water mystery CNET - Amanda Kooser The Juno mission has NASA reassessing the surprise data sent back decades ago by the Galileo probe.
Todd hemmingSpace Meet the unknown female mathematician whose calculations helped discover Pluto space.com - Meghan Bartels Ninety years ago today (Feb. 18), astronomer Clyde Tombaugh gathered the data that proved the existence of what would eventually be dubbed Pluto — …
Todd hemmingScience The Further Adventures of Betelgeuse, the Fainting Star The New York Times - Dennis OverbyeBetelgeuse, the red supergiant star that marks the armpit of Orion the Hunter, has been dramatically and mysteriously dimming for the last six months. Some astronomers and excitable members of the public
Todd hemmingSpace Satellite megaconstellations prompt new warning from astronomy group about impact on science space.com - Meghan Bartels The more astronomers consider the advent of satellite megaconstellations, the more anxious they get. Now, the International Astronomical Union (IAU), …
Todd hemmingSupernovae Scientists Say There Might Be A Supernova On February 21, Warn Of ‘Darker’ Sky For Months The Inquisitr - Anna Harnes Scientists are warning that a supergiant star close to planet Earth appears to be on the brink of explosion, according to The Tech Times. The …
Todd hemmingChristina Koch NASA Astronaut Reunites With Her Dog After 328 Days In Space HuffPost UK - Josie Harvey Christina Koch has spent more consecutive days in space than any other woman, and her dog was not a big fan of that. In a video tweeted by the NASA …
Todd hemmingSpace Scientists just watched a newfound asteroid zoom by Earth. Then they saw its moon. space.com - Meghan Bartels One of Earth's premier instruments for studying nearby asteroids is back to work after being rattled by earthquakes, and its first new observations …
Todd hemmingBlack Holes Black holes echoing through spacetime could be telling us they aren’t what we think they are SYFY WIRE - Elizabeth Rayne Nothing — not even light — can escape a black hole, right? Black holes might not be the fathomless cosmic graves we think they are. Most scientists …
Todd hemmingSpace Exploration Voyager 1’s Iconic ‘Pale Blue Dot’ Photo Is 30 Years Old. So NASA Made A New One Forbes - Jamie Carter“Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives.” “Every saint
Todd hemmingNews Mysterious radio signal from space is repeating every 16 days CNN - By Ashley Strickland, CNN(CNN) — Mysterious radio signals from space have been known to repeat, but for the first time, researchers have noticed a pattern in a series of bursts coming from a single source half a billion light-years
Todd hemmingScience 77-year-old amateur astronomer helps make stunning discovery Fox News - James RogersA 77-year-old amateur astronomer has helped discover a rare galaxy double nucleus. Allen Lawrence, a retired electrical engineer, enrolled in astronomy courses at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in
Todd hemmingUniverse New pattern uncovered in mysterious 'fast radio bursts' from deep space Live Science - Rafi Letzter One of the universe's deep mysteries just got a lot stranger. Astrophysicists have discovered a clue that could help explain why, every once in a …
Todd hemmingSpace Europe's planet-hunting CHEOPS telescope beams down its first image. It's better than expected space.com - Chelsea Gohd A planet-hunting probe has taken its first photos, and they're better than expected! CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOplanets Satellite), a planet-hunting …
Todd hemmingSpace Two Russian Spacecraft Are Trailing a US Spy Satellite. Space Force Is Unimpressed ScienceAlert - BRYAN PIETSCH Russian spacecraft are trailing a US satellite used to spy on other countries, according to the commander of the US Space Force. "This is unusual and …
Todd hemmingClimate Change Scientists show solar system processes control the carbon cycle throughout Earth's history phys.org - Trinity College Dublin The world is waking up to the fact that human-driven carbon emissions are responsible for warming our climate, driving unprecedented changes to …
Todd hemmingUniverse Something in Deep Space Is Sending Signals to Earth in Steady 16-Day Cycles VICE - Becky FerreiraA mysterious radio source located in a galaxy 500 million light years from Earth is pulsing on a 16-day cycle, like clockwork, according to a new study. This marks the first time that scientists have detected
Todd hemmingScience The sun is still a burning mystery. That may be about to change. National Geographic - Sun 101The historic launch of the new European Solar Orbiter helps foster a golden age for understanding our nearest star. On Sunday evening, a rocket lit up Florida’s nighttime sky as it ferried a spacecraft
Todd hemmingAstronomy Pluto's frozen heart of nitrogen makes its atmosphere go backwards dailymail.co.uk - By Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline Pluto has a heart-shaped patch of frozen nitrogen, responsible for gusty winds that push in the opposite direction to the dwarf planet’s rotation, …
Todd hemmingVoyager 2 NASA somehow managed to fix Voyager 2 from 11.5 billion miles away bgr.com - Mike Wehner When you’re trying to fix something, it helps to have that thing right in front of you. For NASA engineers, that’s often not possible, and when …
Todd hemmingGalaxies Astronomers Discover A Very Rare Double Nucleus In The Cocoon Galaxy - Science Mashable - Mashable News StaffFor the first time ever, astronomers have discovered a rare double nucleus in the nearby galaxy NGC 4490, nicknamed as ‘Cocoon Galaxy’, located 30 million light-years away from Earth. A new paper published
Todd hemmingAstronomy Stars Above: Stars and planets shine bright this month montrealgazette.com - Andrew Fazekas, Special to the Montreal Gazette Updated: February 6, 2020 While February may be icy cold, the sunrise and sunset celestial shows are worth braving the elements for. On Feb. 8 look for the beautiful full disk …
Todd hemming Rosetta data reveals process behind color-changing chameleon comet phys.org - European Space Agency A grand synthesis of Rosetta data has shown how its target comet repeatedly changed color during the two years it was watched by the spacecraft. The …
Todd hemmingScience A huge distant galaxy went from making billions of stars to suddenly stopping. Why? SYFY WIRE - Phil Plait Astronomers have found a very massive galaxy nearly clear across the Universe. It has something like 300 billion stars in it, so it's actually more …
Todd hemmingGalaxies Scientists bewildered after monster galaxy 'dies' without warning New York Post - Ben Cost Scientists are left scratching their heads after a hugely productive galaxy went dark without warning, according to a new study. The monstrous star …
