Dimming Mars and Crescent Moon Cross Paths in Sunday's Evening Sky
On the evenings of Sunday and Monday, Dec. 4 and 5, the waxing crescent moon hops eastward over Mars in the southwestern sky. On Sunday, the moon sits 6 degrees to the right of Mars. The following evening, it jumps to sit 6 degrees to the upper left of the Red Planet. Mars sets about 9:45 p.m. local time Credit: Starry Night Look for a waxing crescent moon passing the diminishing Red Planet during the evenings of Dec. 4 and 5. Back in the spring, Mars was a dazzling yellow-orange ligh..>> view originalTornado Cluster Sizes Skyrocket, and No One Knows Why
Tornados are behaving strangely: The number of tornado outbreaks per year is fairly constant, but the number of tornados per outbreak has skyrocketed. And scientists aren't entirely sure why. In an effort to learn more, researchers looked at meteorological factors related to tornado outbreaks, and then dug into the data to see whether these factors had changed over time, said study lead researcher Michael Tippett, an associate professor of applied physics and applied mathematics at Columb..>> view originalThe Electric Blue Polar Cloud Season Came Early This Year
Each year, a glowing mass of clouds forms over the South Pole, high in the atmosphere, trapped between Earth and space. From the ground they look wispy and shimmery, like a blue-white aurora borealis. From space, they look like an electric-blue gossamer haze. Noctilucent clouds as viewed from the International Space Station in 2003. NASA/ISS/Don Pettit hide capti..>> view originalEuropean Mars mission funding approved even after test lander's crash
LUCERNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - European space agency (ESA) member states have approved another 450 million euros ($479 million) in funding for the ExoMars mission to the Red Planet, even after a test lander that was part of the program crashed in October, ESA said on Friday. The European-Russian ExoMars program sent a gas-sniffing orbiter and the test lander to Mars this year to search for signs of past or present life on the Red Planet and to lay the groundwork for a rove..>> view originalBuzz Aldrin gets visit from NASA after polar evacuation
In this Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, photo provided by Christina Korp, right, Buzz Aldrin lies in a hospital bed in Christchurch, New Zealand. Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, was evacuated from the South Pole to New Zealand where he …more.>> view originalOfficial Names And Symbols For Four New Chemical Elements In the Periodic Table Announced
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Joint Working Party has announced the official names and symbols of the chemical elements formerly known as 113, 115, 117 and 118. The proposed names and symbols were announced back in June and were approved on Nov. 28 after a five-month public review. The elements complete the seventh row of the Periodic Table. The discoverers, who come from Japan, the United States and Russia, were given the right to propose the names and symbols. Official..>> view originalA dreaded carbon time bomb lurks beneath your feet
There are many uncertainties when it comes to global warming, from how quickly the planet's ice sheets will melt to how global leaders will enact rapid emissions cuts. One nagging scientific uncertainty concerns a rather unsexy topic: the soil. As in, the ground beneath your feet. There is growing concern that terrestrial soils, which are the Earth's largest reservoir of carbon outside of the oceans, will switch from being a net absorber of greenhouse gases to a net source. This can happen as mi..>> view originalEPA boss: Room for hope on climate change
(CNN) - If you're concerned about climate change, you're likely in full panic mode right now.Consider three recent news items:• US President-elect Donald Trump has called climate change a "hoax" and has suggested he might scrap many Obama-era environmental regulations, including the landmark Paris Agreement, which aims to limit warming to 2 degrees Celsius.• The head of Trump's EPA transition team is basically a fossil fuel industry mouthpiece.• And, thanks partly to our addiction to fossil fue..>> view originalVIDEO: NASA's First Flight With Crew Will Mark Important Step on Journey to Mars
ABOVE VIDEO: In less than 10 years NASA's “Orion” will take us to places we've previously only dreamed about. Janet Shamlian explores the Spacecraft that may take us back to the Moon, to Mars, and Beyond. (NASA) – When astronauts are on their first ...>> view original
Monday, December 12, 2016
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