Rosetta Mission Update: ESA Racing Time To Wake Up Dead Comet Lander Philae
The European Space Agency is doing its best to nudge the comet lander Philae back to life after six months of hibernation. On Sunday, Jan. 10, scientists will send a command to the robot lab in hopes of restoring contact.(Photo : ESA/ATG medialab)Time is running out for the comet lander Philae, which has been in hibernation since July 9 last year. For scientists, every moment without contact with the sleeping space probe means coming closer to losing it completely. This is why the European S..>> view originalNew high resolution NASA images show Pluto's 'lava lamp' landscape
This region of Pluto's surface is separated into huge cells, some 10 to 25 miles wide (16 to 40 kilometers). These areas are separated by ridged edges that show up as furrows in the landscape when the Sun's rays hit them at a low angle. Scientist believe that this patterning is created by convection in the nitrogen-dominated ice. Great globules of solid nitrogen are thought to be warmed by Pluto's "modest internal heat" before rising up to the surface, cooling, and sinking back down ag..>> view originalMountain lion spotted in Idaho with facial deformity
A photo of a dead mountain lion found in Idaho has gone viral due to an interesting peculiarity – a set of teeth that actually grew from the side of his head. The male mountain lion was, according to a report from the Idaho State Journal, legally killed by an unnamed hunter and harvested near Weston on December 30. According to biologist Zack Lockyear, who was quoted by the publication, the lion’s photo “has all of us scratching our heads” due to the pl..>> view original'Changing-look quasar' swallows all gas in its vicinity
Astronomers with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) have finally come to know, as to why quasar SDSS J1011+5442, has undergone dramatic transformation in few years of observation. The distant quasar has run out of gas. Prinicipal investigator of the ...>> view originalBlack hole near Earth 'burps' gas
Black holes have long been known for “destroying” matter, with scientists usually referring to them as “eating” gas and stars. This reputation may be about to change.Astronomers noticed two gigantic waves of gas being “burped” by the massive black hole at the center of NGC 5195, a small galaxy 26 million light years from Earth. It’s one of the closest “supermassive” black holes to our planet to be showing such activity.The team believes the outburst is a consequence of the interaction of NGC 519..>> view originalFirst-ever 'growth chart' for our galaxy, the Milky Way, created
Jan 11, 2016 06:32 AM ESTByRashmi Kalia, UniversityHerald ReporterFirst-ever 'growth chart' for our galaxy, the Milky Way, created(Photo : European Southern Observatory) An illustration of the Milky Way Galaxy. Researchers have created a chart that depicts the way Milky Way grew from its infancy to the bright spiral galaxy that it is today,Business Standard reports.Like Us onFacebook "Close to the centre of our galaxy, we see old stars that were formed when it was young and sm..>> view originalBeach Cables May Be Dangerous
Beach Cables May Be DangerousJan 11, 2016ByJohn BirksLeave a CommentRemoving the cables might be more dangerousBuried in unknown places and being in unknown states of functioning, beach cables may be dangerous for people.The cables were buried by the U.S. Coast Guard during the last century. According to the Coast Guard there are 48 sites through 12 states in which cables powering lighthouses and other beacons have been replaced with solar power but the underground cables are probably still in s..>> view original19th Century Whaling Shipwrecks Were Found Near Alaska
19th Century Whaling Shipwrecks Were Found Near AlaskaJanuary 11, 2016Posted byAmelia DonovanThe wrecks were found in the ice-filled Chukchi SeaThanks to global warming, two 19th century whaling shipwrecks were found near Alaska by researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Due to the increasing speed of ice melting and “state of the art” technology, archaeologists found the lost remains of a more expansive fleet of whaling ships. The team o..>> view originalNASA's Armageddon Office Aims To Protect Earth From Doomsday Asteroids
Rest a little easier tonight, Earthlings: NASA has just launched a new office aimed at protecting the planet from potential doomsday asteroids.The Planetary Defense Coordination Office will oversee all of the space agency's efforts to detect and track near-earth objects, and coordinate with other federal agencies as well as other nations if and when it becomes necessary.The head of the department,Lindley Johnson, even has an awesome new title: Planetary Defense Officer.NASA has been stepping up ..>> view originalWhy I left the Paris Climate Summit with an activist tattoo
I never imagined I would get a tattoo during theU.N. Climate Summitin Paris. Yet here it is, newly healed and permanently inked on the inside of my right wrist.The tattoo is three numbers and a symbol: "355<" in 25-point font, styled as if from a typewriter. It's my commitment to the people of the climate movement, to listening to and sharing their stories of climate justice.When I was born in October 1991, the concentration of carbon dioxide — the primary greenhouse gas emitted by human acti..>> view original
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