Category: Space
5 forecasts early climate models got right – the evidence is all around you
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Climate models are complex, just like the world they mirror.…
How NASA’s Roman mission will unveil our home galaxy using cosmic dust
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help scientists better understand our Milky Way galaxy’s less sparkly components—gas and dust strewn between stars, known…
2 billion people will be able to see ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid Apophis when it buzzes Earth in April 2029
An asteroid once thought to pose a threat to Earth may be visible to the naked eye for up to two billion people when it safely whizzes past our planet…
The moon and Venus visit the ‘Heart of the Lion’ this week, here’s how to see it
Sometimes an unusual celestial sight will take place at a rather ungodly hour. As a budding young amateur astronomer living in the Bronx, I remember the bemused look on my…
Is dark energy evolving? Astrophysicists consider the possibilities
A new study, based on years of precise data from telescopes such as the Dark Energy Survey in Chile, above, suggests that the mysterious force known as dark energy may…
Study finds exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e is unlikely to have a Venus- or Mars-like atmosphere
New research using the James Webb Telescope rules out possible atmospheric conditions of the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e, depicted at the lower right as it transits in front of its host star.…
NASA satellites spot brand-new island in Alaska formed by melting glacier (photos)
NASA satellite imagery has revealed a new island off Alaska’s coast that emerged after long-standing glacial ice melted, isolating a small mountain that was once part of the mainland. The…
Scientists track down fresh boulder falls on the moon
This article is republished from Eos. Read the original article. As a boulder rolls down a cliff slope on the moon, it kicks up lunar dust, leaving behind a telltale…
