Space

LUNAR ECLIPSE 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 9, 2017
When the full Moon rose over Europe last night, it wasn’t its usual self. The normally bright lunar disk was dipped in shadow–a lunar eclipse.

By David Aragorn
PERSEID METEOR SHOWER 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 9, 2017
The full Moon is bright. So are Perseid fireballs. On Aug. 7th, a NASA meteor camera at the Kitt Peak National Observatory caught this Perseid meteoroid disintegrating over Arizona, easily visible in glaring moonlight.

By David Aragorn
The Space Junk Problem Is About to Get a Whole Lot Gnarlier 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 4, 2017
For a few months in the fall of 1957, citizens of Earth could look up and see the first artificial star. It shone as bright as Spica, but moved across the sky at a much faster clip. Lots of people thought they were seeing Sputnik—Russia’s antennaed, spherical satellite, and the first thing humans had flung into orbit. But it wasn’t: It was the body of the rocket that bore Sputnik to space—and Earth’s first piece of space junk.

By David Aragorn
Sun’s core rotates four times faster than its surface 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 4, 2017
The sun’s core rotates nearly four times faster than the sun’s surface, according to new findings by an international team of astronomers. Scientists had assumed the core was rotating like a merry-go-round at about the same speed as the surface.

By David Aragorn
Eastern Idaho braces for massive influx of eclipse tourists 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 4, 2017
The total solar eclipse of 2017 is just three weeks away, and if you are planning a road trip to Idaho for the big event, you’re not alone.

By David Aragorn
NASA Recommends Safety Tips to View the August Solar Eclipse 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 3, 2017
More than 300 million people in the United States potentially could directly view the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse, and NASA wants everyone who will witness this celestial phenomenon to do so safely.

By David Aragorn
Idaho County Passes Emergency Declaration Ahead of Eclipse 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 3, 2017
Washington County Commissioners have passed an Emergency Declaration ahead of the August 21 solar eclipse.

By David Aragorn
Earth Will Have Its Last Total Solar Eclipse in About 600 Million Years 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 3, 2017
During the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, skywatchers will direct most of their attention to the sun, but don’t forget about the moon: Its slow progress away from Earth means these celestial events won’t keep happening forever.

By David Aragorn
Evidence mounts for an ocean on early Venus 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 3, 2017
Second planet from the sun may have been watery millions of years after its birth, simulations suggest

By David Aragorn
Milky Way’s origins are not what they seem 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 2, 2017
“Our origins are much less local than we previously thought,” said Faucher-Giguère, a CIERA member. “This study gives us a sense of how things around us are connected to distant objects in the sky.”

By David Aragorn