space

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) recorded the largest solar flare released by the sun in four years. Called an X-Flare it’s the strongest types and can disrupt communications and electrical power grids on Earth. This is because solar flares aren’t only burst of energy. They’re also a magnetic pulse...

The Moon; Humans will always be fascinated by it. Cavemen likely looked up at it and wondered if they could unhook it from the sky. We’ve written books about it, poems were recited, Duran Duran wrote a song about it being new, on a Monday. We’ve had paintings, documentaries, men...

Apparently it’s not only scientifically plausible, but also very possible and likely. At least the part about the second “sun”. According to Dr.Brad Carter Senior Lecturer of Physics at the University of Southern Queensland, Betelgeuse, the second most massive star in our galaxy, is losing mass and is nice...

In case you didn’t know, there was a solar eclipse on January 4th and Japan’s Hinode x-ray telescope satellite (which was set up to study the Sun’s magnetic fields) was in prime position to capture one of the best eclipse photographs that I have ever seen. [National Geographic via...

Not at all impeded by budget cuts in the aftermath of the recession, NASA is now asked to address how babies are made in space. On the front line of this issue is Dr. Rhawn Joseph, putting the ‘O’ back in zero gravity for the Journal of Cosmology in...

NASA are planning a one way trip to Mars, they’ve begun keeping a list of volunteers to go there, and take on terraforming the Red Planet. In itself the news isn’t that interesting, however the fact that over 400 people have come forward, including celebrities like John Travolta is...

While eclipse shots always look interesting, if you have seen one you have pretty much seen them all… until now. NASA’s SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) captured these incredible images as their camera was focused on the Sun in a wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light – when the dark Moon...

Apparently, the worst thing about going to space is what happens to your fingernails. A recent study of the injuries suffered by astronauts found that at least 22 had experienced fingernail delamination (fingernail loss). While 22 separate cases might not sound like a lot, when you consider how many...

Being an astronaut has always been a risky occupation, but there was a lot more that could go wrong back in the days that they rode rockets into space. It was dangerous enough for life insurance providers deny astronauts coverage – which meant that NASA had to find another...