Category Archives: astronomy

Oscars Viewership Sinks to New Low With 23.6 Million | The Virtue Signaling Awards

Posted on February 10, 2020 by TonyR

The 2020 Oscars ceremony was watched by the smallest audience the awards show has ever received. 23.6 million viewers tuned in on Sunday night to see “Parasite” sweep to a surprise victory. That’s a 20%, 6 million viewer drop-off from last year. … Continue reading →

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NASA Asteroid Airburst Warning: 75-Foot NEO Approaching Earth Tomorrow | Tomorrow Was Today AM EST

Posted on January 15, 2020 by TonyR

Although much of the blast would be absorbed by the atmosphere, the remaining energy that would be deflected onto Earth could still be powerful enough to cause significant damage. Depending on the altitude of the explosion, its energy could break … Continue reading →

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Sunspot update Nov 2019: The longest flatline in centuries |Baby It’s Going to Get Cold Outside

Posted on December 10, 2019 by TonyR

Are we therefore entering a new grand minimum? No one yet knows, and we probably will not know until this upcoming solar maximum unfolds in the next four years. If it is merely weak, it means a grand minimum has … Continue reading →

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NASA’s Solar Probe Found Things Near the Sun That We Can’t Explain | But It Has Nothing to do With Earths Climate

Posted on December 5, 2019 by TonyR

“To our big surprise,” Kasper said, “by the time we got to our closest approach, [the solar wind] was flowing between 35 and 50 kilometers per second around the Sun. That’s something like 15 to 25 times faster than the … Continue reading →

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“A longer animation highlighting the atmospheric gravity waves.

Posted on October 29, 2019 by TonyR

A gusty south easterly surge over NW WA – perhaps enhanced by outflow from last night's thunderstorms over the Northern Interior – carries a plume of dust out over the Indian Ocean. pic.twitter.com/TqySYPa3NL — Andrew Miskelly (@andrewmiskelly) October 21, 2019 … Continue reading →

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Hubble spies ‘alien’ comet for the first time – BGR

Posted on October 17, 2019 by TonyR

When astronomers have observed comets from our own solar system they all tend to look similar. An icy nucleus is the heart of the comet, surrounded by a cloud of dust and gas that forms a tail as the comet … Continue reading →

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India: Lunar Lander Chandrayaan2 Ready to Land on September 7th

Posted on September 3, 2019 by TonyR

Live media coverage of the landing of Chandrayaan-2 on lunar surface The soft landing of Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lander on lunar surface is scheduled between 1:30 am to 2:30 am on Saturday, September 07, 2019. This will be followed by the … Continue reading →

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China’s Lunar Rover Has Found a Wierd gel-like Something on the Far Side of the Moon | Space Slime?

Posted on August 31, 2019 by TonyR

China’s Chang’e-4 lunar rover has discovered an unusually colored, ‘gel-like’ substance during its exploration activities on the far side of the moon. The mission’s rover, Yutu-2, stumbled on that surprise during lunar day 8. The discovery prompted scientists on the … Continue reading →

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Satellite study reveals that area in Africa emits one billion tonnes of carbon — ScienceDaily

Posted on August 14, 2019 by TonyR

A vast region of Africa affected by drought and changing land use emits as much carbon dioxide each year as 200 million cars, research suggests. via Satellite study reveals that area in Africa emits one billion tonnes of carbon — … Continue reading →

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Glaxy Map: Massive Selfie of the universe revealed

Posted on August 11, 2019 by TonyR

via Master plan of the universe revealed in new galaxy maps At the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy in Honolulu, the veteran cosmologist has been meticulously charting the large-scale structure of the universe. In July, after more than three … Continue reading →

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