Astronomers Find a Cosmic Cannon Astronomers have spotted super-hot blobs of plasma blasting into space like cannonballs near a dying red giant star, some 1,200 light years away. Using the Hubble Space Telescope to make their discovery, the scientists found that the balls of hot gas are flying so fast a trip from the Earth […]
Cosmic Cannon; Mars Dust Storm Forecast; Dione’s Subsurface Ocean
Posted October 7th, 2016 at 4:20 pm (UTC-4)
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Phobos May Shatter; Study: Poles Won’t Flip; Webb Space Telescope
Posted November 25th, 2015 at 4:00 pm (UTC-4)
Mars May Shatter its Largest Moon Scientists in California have found that the largest moon of Mars, Phobos, is slowly inching closer to Mars. They predict that once the gravity of Mars finally overpowers Phobos, in about 20 to 40 million years, the moon will probably be shredded to bits. The scientists from the University […]
Flu Forecasts Could Soon Join Weathercasts
Posted November 30th, 2012 at 8:10 pm (UTC-4)
Imagine that one day soon when you tune in to your favorite radio or TV station for the latest weather forecast, you’re given a flu forecast as well. Adapting techniques used in modern weather prediction, scientists at Columbia University and the National Center for Atmospheric Research have come up with a way to produce localized […]