If aliens are out there, they may all be dead. It might be relatively easy for life to evolve on hospitable planets throughout the universe, but very hard for it to get any kind of a foothold, a new study suggests. This could be the answer, the study’s authors say, to the famous Fermi Paradox , […]
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How Holograms Could Aid Alien Life Hunt
Examples of organisms and trajectories observed in sackhole brines of Malene Bay, Greenland, using digital holographic microscopy. (A) Appearance of a nearly full-screen image containing objects suggestive of bacteria (arrows). (B) Zoomed-in appearance of a single bacterial cell. (C) Amplitude image of non-motile diatom. Note the clear resolution of cell walls and nuclei. (D) More […]
Star Cluster Sparkles Like Jewels in Hubble Telescope View (Photo, Video)
Dozens of stars glimmer like jewels in a jaw-dropping new photo by the Hubble Space Telescope. The new Hubble image depicts the star cluster Trumpler 14, a collection of about 2,000 young stars that lies 8,000 light-years from Earth, near the center of the Carina Nebula. You can zoom in on the glittering star cluster […]
NASA Sees Massive Winter Storm Moving East
A massive winter storm that is expected to bring snow and ice to the eastern United States in the next 48 hours dwarfs the central part of the country in a new satellite image. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s GOES-West satellite spotted this cloudy view of the large storm near the Gulf Coast today […]
When Will We Make Contact with Intelligent Aliens?
The universe is big — and possibly home to countless civilizations.Credit: NASA, ESA, H. Teplitz and M. Rafelski (IPAC/Caltech), A. Koekemoer (STScI), R. Windhorst (Arizona State University), and Z. Levay (STScI) “Are we alone?” is a pretty big question. But if the answer is “no,” humanity may have to grapple with an even bigger issue […]
Invisible Space 'Noodles' May Lurk in the Milky Way
Astronomers used the CSIRO Compact Array in Australia, shown here with the Milky Way overhead, to detect strange plasma lenses shaped like noodles in the space between the stars of our galaxy.Credit: Alex Cherney Invisible “plasma lenses” shaped like noodles, lasagna sheets or hazelnuts might lurk between stars in the Milky Way, researchers say. This […]
Hubble Telescope Opens Cosmic Jewel Box | Video
Trumpler 14 is one of the ‘most populous clusters within the Carina Nebula.’ It is also the youngest, exploding with hot, short-lived stars. The Hubble Space Telescope surveyed this ‘dazzing diamond-district’ of our the Milky Way galaxy. Credit: ESO, DSS, ESA/Hubble, Risinger (skysurvey.org) To source
First Flower Grown in Space (Or Not): Zinnia Blooms on Space Station
One of the orange zinnia flowers grown in NASA’s Veggie chamber on board the International Space Station in January 2016.Credit: NASA “First ever flower grown in space makes its debut!” With that declaration, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly revealed to the world the bright orange zinnias that had blossomed on board the International Space Station on Jan. […]
Major Winter Storm Headed For Eastern U.S.
NASA and NOAA satellites are tracking a large winter storm that is expected to bring heavy snowfall to the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region on Jan. 22 and 23. Data from NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP and NOAA’s GOES-East satellite were used to create images and an animation of the movement of the powerful storm. To source
WFIRST: Work On NASA's 'Spy Telescope' Begins
This is an artist’s impression of the WFIRST mission in Earth orbit.Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab Next month, NASA will begin work on its next major space observatory after the James Webb Space Telescope, which is finishing construction for launch in 2018. The new mission is called WFIRST (Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope) […]
Sculpture Puts You In Orbit With Satellites
An entire fleet of satellites is out there right now circling our planet, but we earthlings don’t tend to notice. Now a light-filled interactive sculpture is making those NASA satellites feel real by assigning them unique sounds. Want to hear the rush of a satellite zipping by? Step right in. Exquisite Exoplanetary Art: Photos NASA […]
SnOMG! Developing Blizzard Seen From Space | Time-Lapse Video
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NASA Officially Cautious About 'Planet Nine' | Video
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