Eclipse 2017 – catherin (cody) gregory

If you just got here … it’s almost time… and what is time anyway?

Stay tuned.

eclipse — from post.google.com Aug 18 2017

This Dried Up Riverbed Shows that Water Once Flowed on the Surface of Mars October 11, 2019

From some viewpoints, Mars is kind of like a skeleton of Earth. We can see that it had volcanoes, oceans, and rivers, but the volcanoes no longer fume and the water is all gone. A new image from the ESA’s Mars Express drives the point home. The new image is of Nirgal Vallis, one of […]

Evan Gough

A Satellite Just Launched Whose Job is to Extend the Life of Geosynchronous Satellites October 11, 2019

Space Logistics LLC, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, has launched a satellite that can extend the life of other satellites. The satellite is called MEV-1, or Mission Extension Vehicle-1. MEV-1 is the first of its kind. MEV-1 was launched on a Russian Proton rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on October 9th. It’s going […]

Evan Gough

Lava Flows on Venus Suggest That the Planet Was Never Warm and Wet October 10, 2019

A new study on the volcanic highlands of Venus casts doubt on whether or not the planet ever had oceans. The post Lava Flows on Venus Suggest That the Planet Was Never Warm and Wet appeared first on Universe Today.

Matt Williams

This is What Moondust Looks Like When You Remove All the Oxygen. A Pile of Metal October 10, 2019

The Moon has abundant oxygen and minerals, things that are indispensable to any space-faring civilization. The problem is they’re locked up together in the regolith. Separating the two will provide a wealth of critical resources, but separating them is a knotty problem. The Moon’s regolith varies from 2 meters (6.5 ft.) deep in mare regions, […]

Evan Gough

Weekly Space Hangout: October 7, 2019 – Marina Kounkel talks Stars and How They Form October 10, 2019

Hosts:Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain)Sondy Springmann (@sondy) Beth Johnson (@planetarypan) Michael Rodruck (@michaelrodruck) This week we welcome Dr. Marina Kounkel, a postdoctoral scholar in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the Western Washington University. Her research focuses on observing the dynamics of young stars. Marina is co-author, with Kevin Covey (also from WWU,) of the […]

Susie Murph