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Spring officially began this morning at 5:02am MDT. It is during this time, the vernal equinox, that the Earth’s axis is not tilted toward or away from the Sun. As a result equal amounts of the Sun’s light are directed to the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Soon after the event this morning one of NOAA’s [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.The Friday morning calm in Chelyabinsk, Russia was shattered by a meteor slamming into Earth’s atmosphere and exploding over the city in the Ural Mountains. The energy released was greater than that of the first atomic bombs and caused widespread destruction and injuries. Photo slideshow and video below NASA says the 50 foot, 7,000 ton [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.Known formally as ‘Asteroid 2012 DA14’, a massive piece of rock will pass perilously close to Earth on Friday. The 150 foot wide asteroid is similar in size to one that devastated Siberia in the early 20th century. At its closest to the Earth, asteroid 2012 DA14 will be within 17,200 miles of Earth. That [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.The ‘blue marble’ images captured by NASA satellites are extremely popular and showcase the Earth without borders in its natural beauty. New images dubbed ‘black marble’ show our planet at night with the lights of population dotting the landscape. The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite captured the images in April and October and [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.The biannual ritual of changing our clocks to adjust for Daylight Savings Time occurs tonight providing yet another signal of the changing of seasons. The United States will ‘fall back’ one hour at 2:00am Sunday morning as we return to Standard Time. The ritual of changing our clocks twice a year can be met with [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.The retired fleet of space shuttles continues their journey to their final homes where they will be relegated to history as museum pieces. It is sad to see these extraordinary spacecraft retired before their time and the United States’ space program a shadow of its former self. From NASA: NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) with [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.There are few Americans who don’t know the name ‘Neil Armstrong’ and can’t cite the tremendous contribution the man made to exploration and our nation. Following his passing last week, a memorial service was held today at the Washington National Cathedral and a new video tells much about the man. On July 16, 1969, Neil [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.While they are viewed by the public these days as routine, there can hardly be a more dangerous – or thrilling – task for an astronaut to perform than a spacewalk. The imagery captured by these modern day explorers is nothing short of amazing as seen in a photo of NASA astronaut Sunita Williams seemingly [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.Landing on Mars has proven over the years to be an extremely difficult task with few space probes seeing success. NASA’s Curiosity rover beat the odds completing its 352 million mile journey with a perfect landing early Monday morning. The probe was launched on November 26 and as it neared its touchdown on the Red [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.A large solar flare on Thursday was expected to lead to heightened aurora activity this weekend but not as far south as Colorado. One Thornton resident however appears to have captured images of the northern lights Sunday morning. The images by Justin Whitesel show a purple sky over the city as the geomagnetic storm hits [...]
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