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Massive Solar Eruptions 'Probably' Detonated Dozens of US Sea Mines in Vietnam War

Tuesday, November 13th 2018 04:25 PM

An extraordinary account of the impact space weather had on military operations in Vietnam in 1972 was found buried in the U.S. Navy archives, according to a newly published article in Space Weather. On August 4, 1972, the crew of a U.S. Task Force 77 aircraft flying near a naval minefield in the waters off Hon La observed 20 to 25 explosions over about 30 seconds. They also witnessed an add...

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After a “Stellar” Career, Kepler Space Telescope Retires in Place

Monday, November 12th 2018 04:48 PM

After nine years in deep space collecting data that indicates our sky is filled with billions of hidden planets – more planets even than stars – NASA’s Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel needed for further science operations. NASA has decided to retire the spacecraft within its current, safe orbit, away from Earth. Kepler leaves a legacy of more than 2600 planet discoveri...

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China ‘will move clouds and make it rain in different places using satellites’ in terrifying weather control plan

Wednesday, November 7th 2018 05:26 PM

CHINA is launching a bizarre bid to control Earth’s weather so it can shift rain clouds thousands of miles from its soaking south to its parched north. Six satellites will form a ring to spot water-laden clouds and create an atmospheric corridor to allow them to move to the arid regions, state media said. Tianhe — which translates as "Sky River" — is being developed by the Shanghai Academy...

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Astronomers spot one of the oldest stars in the entire universe

Thursday, November 8th 2018 05:39 PM

  One of the oldest stars in the universe is quietly hiding out in the Milky Way some 2,000 light-years from Earth.  According to a new study published in The Astrophysical Journal, the tiny, 13.5-billion-year-old red dwarf contains barely any heavy elements at all, suggesting it formed out of a nearly pristine cloud of material leftover from shortly after the Big Bang. Fur...

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Winter is coming, sayeth Orion the Hunter

Friday, November 2nd 2018 12:37 PM

This annotated image of the Orion constellation shows the dim clouds of nebulous, glowing dust that sit in the field. The asterism Orion’s Belt (composed of the stars Altitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka) is visible near center.     The night sky’s most conspicuous harbinger of winter now rises in the east around 11 p.m. local daylight time.  The constellation Orion the H...

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Why China’s artificial moon probably won’t work

Friday, October 26th 2018 05:34 PM

  To step outside on a moonlit night is to see the darkness pushed back. The reflected sunlight from our natural satellite during a nearly full moon is enough to limn the nighttime landscape in silver and allow even human eyes to penetrate the gloom. But we can always do better, right? If one moon is good, surely two is even better.One Chinese researcher thinks so, at least. Wu Chunfeng, h...

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