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Astronomers are expecting a “new star” to appear in the night sky anytime between now and September in a celestial event that has been years in the making, according to NASA.
NASA reports the flare emerged from the far northwest corner of the sun and peaked around 12:02 p.m. EST. Impact was largely felt on the side of the Earth that was facing the sun at the time ...
This article is a list of notable unsolved problems in astronomy. Problems may be theoretical or experimental. Theoretical problems result from inability of current theories to explain observed phenomena or experimental results. Experimental problems result from inability to test or investigate a proposed theory.
This is predicted to be the longest eclipse during the current 10,000-year period, from 4000 BC to 6000 AD (eclipse predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC.DEPP). [141] 6 "Crowning" this series. 7 This will be the longest solar eclipse of the 25th century. 8 "Crowning" at the top the series. 9 First total solar eclipse visible from London since ...
Diagram of the Gamma ray burst Coordinates Network. (NASA/GSFC) The General Coordinates Network (GCN), formerly known as the Gamma-ray burst Coordinates Network, is an open-source platform created by NASA to receive and transmit alerts about astronomical transient phenomena.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy.As the largest telescope in space, it is equipped with high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments, allowing it to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope. [9]
Institution: NASA; Primary mission completion: November 1980; Current trajectory: entered interstellar space August 2012; Voyager 2. Mission: studying all four giant planets. This mission was one of NASA's most successful, yielding a wealth of new information. As of November 2017 it is some 116 AU from the Sun (17.34 billion kilometers). [14]
Universe Today (UT) is a non-commercial space and astronomy news site, founded in 1999 [13] by Fraser Cain and edited by Nancy Atkinson. [14] [15] The news can then be discussed on the forums. The forum began on 24 July 2003, and was mainly used to discuss the Universe Today news as well as ask space-related questions and discuss alternate ...