This week in space
Six coronal mass ejections in 24 hours
If these head our way, expect some 'fun' interference on communications.
The sun let loose with at least six coronal mass ejections (CMEs) -- solar phenomena that can send solar particles into space and affect electronic systems in satellites -- from 7 PM ET on September 18, 2011 until 1 PM on September 19.
Read more about it HERE
Young clays on Mars could have been habitable regions for life
Let's just hurry up and get a manned mission to Barsoom so we can see evidence of life, instead of finding evidence to suggest it may be possible for life to be there.
Two small depressions on Mars found to be rich in minerals that formed by water could have been places for life relatively recently in the planet’s history, according to a new paper in the journal Geology.
See more about it HERE
From the comfort of home, Web users may have found new planets
All I have to say, is... AWESOME!
Since the online citizen science project Planet Hunters launched last December, 40,000 web users from around the world have been helping professional astronomers analyze the light from 150,000 stars in the hopes of discovering Earth-like planets orbiting around them.
See more about it HERE
WISE mission captures black hole's wildly flaring jet
Even black holes experience flatulence. True story.
Astronomers using NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have captured rare data of a flaring black hole, revealing new details about these powerful objects and their blazing jets.
See more about it HERE
Saturn's moon Enceladus spreads its influence
Old Faithful... IN SPACE!
Chalk up one more feat for Saturn's intriguing moon Enceladus. The small, dynamic moon spews out dramatic plumes of water vapor and ice -- first seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in 2005. It possesses simple organic particles and may house liquid water beneath its surface. Its geyser-like jets create a gigantic halo of ice, dust and gas around Enceladus that helps feed Saturn's E ring. Now, thanks again to those icy jets, Enceladus is the only moon in our solar system known to influence substantially the chemical composition of its parent planet.
See more about it HERE
The secret lives of solar flares
People were about crazy leaders nuking humans to death... I worry about solar flares hurling us into the middle ages, because it's a very very likely possibility.
One hundred and fifty two years ago, a man in England named Richard Carrington discovered solar flares.
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The mission to find the missing lunar module
Aliens took it, for a museum, duh.
Where is the Apollo 10 Lunar lander module? It’s somewhere out there — orbiting the Sun — and there’s a new initiative to try and find it!
See more about it HERE