Tag: science
Curiosity has found evidence showing how Mars lost its atmosphere.
Curiosity has found evidence showing how Mars lost its atmosphere.
The most distant supernova ever found.
Meteorite hunters in Poland have found Eastern Europe’s larges meteorite weighing almost 700 pounds.
Meteorite hunters in Poland have found Eastern Europe’s larges meteorite, weighing almost 700 pounds.
“The U.S. is currently in an extended and intense hurricane ‘drought.'”
More evidence of past glaciers on Mars.
More evidence of past glaciers on Mars.
The twenty most bizarre scientific experiments of all time.
The twenty most bizarre scientific experiments of all time.
Though bizarre, some of these experiments produced profound results. See especially numbers 2, 7, 13, 18, and 19.
The B612 foundation has signed its first contract for building Sentinel, its private infrared space telescope designed to find asteroids that might impact the Earth.
The B612 foundation has signed its first contract for building Sentinel, its private infrared space telescope designed to find asteroids that might impact the Earth.
Weirdness at the edge of the solar system.
Weirdness at the edge of the solar system.
A house-sized asteroid will zip past the Earth in February at a distance less than 14,000 miles.
Chicken Little report: A house-sized asteroid will zip past the Earth in February at a distance less than 14,000 miles.
The asteroid, referred to as 2012 DA14, has a diameter of approximately 45m and an estimated mass of 130,000 tonnes. It was discovered at the start of 2012 and is set to travel between the Earth and our geostationary communication satellites on 15 February 2013. At a distance of just 22,500km this will be the closest asteroid ‘fly by’ in recorded history. Asteroid and comet researchers will be gathering at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, U.S., to watch the event, but experts say there is no chance of a collision – this time.
The claim that this is the closest “fly by” in recorded history sounds bogus to me, but because of the size of this asteroid the fly-by will nonetheless be quite interesting. Scientists should be able to get a very good look at 2012 DA14 as it goes by.
The marshes of Mexico and their similarities to Gale Crater.
The marshes of Mexico and their similarities to Gale Crater.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
An evening pause: On Behind the Black, we answer the truly important questions.
Sugru: the story of the invention of this ultimate repair tool.
Sugru: the story of the invention of this ultimate repair tool.
Meteorite experts now think the rock that hit a pastor’s house could be a piece from last week’s San Francisco fireball.
The uncertainty of science: Meteorite experts now think the rock that hit a pastor’s house could be a piece from last week’s San Francisco fireball.
At first they said, “Yes it was from space,” then they said “No it is not from space.” Now they think yes.
A new study suggests that the exoplanet orbiting the star Formalhaut that was supposedly imaged and then later theorized to be nothing more than a dust cloud might be a planet after all.
The uncertainty of science: A new study suggests that the exoplanet orbiting the star Formalhaut that was supposedly imaged and then later theorized to be nothing more than a dust cloud might be a planet after all.
The after effects of the giant storm on Saturn.
The after effects of the giant storm on Saturn.
Singing sand dunes
Singing sand dunes. With video.
The rock found on Sunday is not part of the meteor that fell over San Francisco last week.
False alarm: The rock found on Sunday is not part of the meteor that fell over San Francisco last week.
The comet that vanished
The comet that vanished.
This is the first time since 1988 that climate hasn’t been mentioned in the presidential debate cycle
When you try to sell government policy based on crisis, and that crisis doesn’t take place as predicted, and in fact is shown to be based on fraud and dishonesty, the sales job will eventually fail. Thus, better to forget the whole thing and make believe it never happened.