Wired has more on how Venus was left a waterless desert due to the “wind” of charged particles from the Sun:
… Read the rest “The electric wind left Venus without water or air.”Venus is one of the most Earth-like planets in our solar system in terms
Oh, yes. Nature tries to downplay it, but it’s the French who have launched an unprecedented meteor-spotting network to scan the skies:
… Read the rest “France – *France* – will save us all from the next killer asteroid.”By the end of this year, some 100 cameras will
A map of the planet Mars by astronomer Richard A. Proctor. The names we use for features on Mars nowadays come from Giovanni Schiaparelli – like what we call “Syrtis Major Planum,”… Read the rest “Science Art: An early map of the planet Mars, by Richard A. Proctor, 1867.”
Sci-News turns an ear to the heavens to learn about the oldest stars in the Milky Way – by listening to their acoustic oscillations:
… Read the rest “Listening to the music of the oldest stars.”The team, led by Dr. Andrea Miglio from the University
Nature goes EXXXTREEEEME!!! in the search for evidence of water on Mars. And boy did they find evidence. Seems like a couple billion years ago, meteorite impacts unleashed cosmic-sized… Read the rest “Water on Mars? TSUNAMIS ON MARS!”
From the Facebook desk of archaeologist Katie Rask (seconded by others) comes the following correction:
… Read the rest “…or maybe not.”From the world renowned Maya specialist and Linda Schele Professor of Mesoamerican
All kinds of news outlets have picked up this Le Journal de Montreal story on William Gadoury, a teenager who noticed that Mayan constellations lined up with their ancient cities…… Read the rest “So, a 15-year-old just discovered a Mayan city… without leaving home.”
So first, there’s a dwarf planet called Makemake. And now, says Space.com, Hubble found out that it has a moon:
… Read the rest “A new moon in the outer solar system.”Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered
Wired (with a little help from Cassini) narrows our search for the hidden, big planet orbiting the fringes of the solar system:
… Read the rest “We’re closing in on Planet Nine. (Or X. Whatever.)”Matthew J. Holman and Matthew J. Payne of the Harvard-Smithsonian
This is an artist’s conception of the James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to the Hubble. The European Space Agency is working on it, with NASA, Northrop Grumman… Read the rest “Science Art: Artist’s impression of JWST, European Space Agency, 2013”
Science Daily reveals how a century-old spectrographic analysis is probably the first ever evidence of an alien planetary system:
… Read the rest “New astronomy from old sources: Planetary system found in a photographic plate from 1917.”bout a year ago, the review’s author, Jay Farihi
I’m sure if you’re reading this, you’re already regularly checking out Bad Astronomy, but just in case you missed it, Phil Plait is asking a pretty fruitful question… Read the rest “Why *is* there a huge mountain on Ceres?”
SONG: “Janssen.”
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “Scientists just analyzed the atmosphere of a ‘super-Earth’ for the first time,” Washington Post, 16 Feb.… Read the rest “SONG: Janssen”
Washington Post unveils our first observations of the atmosphere on an Earth-like planet outside the solar system:
… Read the rest “Alien atmospheres”For the first time ever, scientists are sniffing out the secrets of a
Science Daily clinches it – not because of inaccuracy, but because of the sheer despair in considering that we’re not hearing anyone in our galaxy because everyone else has… Read the rest “Awfullest science headline of the month: “The aliens are silent because they’re dead.””
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