Jul 22, 2015 Elves could be found in gas giant atmospheres. The plasmasphere of Saturn is highly energetic. The Cassini orbiter found lightning up to a million times more powerful than anything on Earth. It is not surprising that the discovery was made, since Saturn emits 2.3 times more energy than it…
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Jul 21, 2015 One of the Mars Exploration Rovers is still going strong. Recently, the Opportunity rover on Mars focused its camera on a grand vista from the summit of Cape Tribulation at the highest point of Endeavor crater’s rim—a view extending for more than 40 kilometers. Considering that its…
July 20, 2015 This image of Stephan’s Quintet is befogged with the same obsolete commentary as previous images: the foreground galaxy, collisions, shock waves, and heat. Editor’s note: Please enjoy this Picture of the Day from July 20, 2009. The foreground galaxy (bottom left) is believed to be in…
Jul 17, 2015 Charon and Earth’s Moons bear a striking resemblance. Pluto’s moon, Charon was discovered by astronomer James Christy on June 22, 1978 when he noticed a “bulge” on the disk of Pluto that was subsequently found in telescope images as far back as 1965. Charon is a…
Jul 16, 2015 Evidence for the dust cloud came from a gradual drop on either side of Rhea in the number of electrons detected by two of Cassini’s instruments. Scientists from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California discovered a “debris ring” surrounding Saturn’s frigid moon, Rhea. The Cassini space…
Jul 15, 2015 A recent press release announces the discovery of so-called “dark galaxies” in the Coma Cluster. Pieter van Dokkum of Yale University wrote: “On Coma’s outskirts lurk 47 galaxies similar in size to the Milky Way — but with 1,000 times fewer stars. To survive in crowded…
On July 14, 2015, the NASA Spacecraft New Horizons will achieve the first ever flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto. The much anticipated mission is receiving international attention, and early images of the Plutonian system are already sparking some scientific discussion. Like the scientific world at large, the Electric Universe…
Jul 14, 2015 “Our choicest plans have fallen through, our airiest castles tumbled over, because of lines we neatly drew and later neatly stumbled over.” — Piet Hein GROOKS I was checking out the dynamics describing the orbit of SOHO, the sun-watching satellite oscillating around a mathematical point in empty…
Jul 13, 2015 What are galaxies? Gal·ax·y /’ɡaləksē/ noun; plural noun: galaxies. A system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction. Modern astronomers suggest that galaxies are clouds of hydrogen gas and intergalactic dust that were assembled by gravity billions…
