Spying on Our Stellar Neighbors: New Strides Made in Alpha Centauri Planet Hunt
GRAPEVINE, Texas — Earth's lonely sun is an outlier: most of the nearest sun-like stars have a stellar buddy or two in orbit with them. And researchers are getting closer to probing those complicated systems to directly image their planets. At last winter's meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), Space.com reported on a talk by Ruslan Belikov, a scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center in California, about how to complete a seemingly impossible task: using a deformable mirror ..>> view originalThis monkey and deer have the hots for each other
It’s a strange breed of love. Two species of completely different animals — a monkey and a deer — were recorded having “consensual” sex for the first time ever, according to a report released Tuesday. In the rare case of inter-species lovin,’ a Japanese snow monkey and female sika deer were filmed doing the wild thing on Japan’s Yakushima Island. The bizarre friskiness is likely due to “mate deprivation” and sheds some light on beastiality, according to the report, titled “Interspecies sexual b..>> view originalClose encounters of the asteroid kind
A previously undetected asteroid that could rival the size of a mid-sized Boston office building passed by Earth this week in a close shave that brought the object within half the distance of the moon. The space rock — with the catchy name 2017 AG13 — was likely somewhere between 36 feet and 115 feet across, a relatively small size that makes asteroids difficult to detect when they are far away from Earth but could be very dangerous if they broke up or hit the ground near a city. Advertisement..>> view originalStudy suggests Earth once had many moonlets — until they merged to form the moon
This narrow-angle image taken by NASA's Cassini shows the moon in August 1999. (NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute) The moon is the most obvious and familiar object in Earth's night sky — constant, consistent, predictable in its monthly cycles and its daily rising and setting. Astronomers understand the moon's movements so thoroughly that even a break from the routine, like an eclipse, can be anticipated 1,000 years in advance. But we don't know the moon as well as we think. In fact, for years..>> view originalIn 2016, the Average US Temperature Was 54.9 Degrees
In 2016, the Average U.S. Temperature Was 54.9 DegreesMoreThe Earth is getting hotter faster, and the United States just recorded the second-highest temperatures on record since 1895. The NOAA reported the average temperature was 54.9 degrees last year, less than half a degree lower than the hottest year on record, 2012. It was the 20th year in a succession of abnormally warm years, and all Lower 48 states registered a top-seven warmest year. "The breadth of the 2016 warmth is unparalleled in th..>> view originalAntarctica is about to lose an enormous piece of ice. The question is what happens after that.
The Larsen C rift on Nov. 10. (John Sonntag/NASA) Last week, British scientists announced a disturbing finding — a crack in the Larsen C ice shelf in the Antarctic Peninsula had dramatically accelerated its spread, increasing 11 miles in length in the space of a month. This means the floating ice shelf, which is nearly as big as Scotland and the fourth largest of its kind in Antarctica, is poised to break off a piece nearly 2,000 square miles in size, or over 10 percent of its total area. An..>> view originalBumblebee is first bee in continental US to be listed as endangered
The rusty patched bumblebee is in worrisome decline and it is a race to keep it from becoming extinct, the agency said. "Listing the bee as endangered will help us mobilize partners and focus resources on finding ways right now to stop the decline," Wildlife Service Midwest Regional Director Tom Melius said.The population of the rusty patched bumblebee has shrunk by 87% since the late 1990s, the wildlife service said. Bees help pollinate 35% of the world's food, and bumblebees pollinate everyth..>> view originalAnti-Vaccine Activist Says Trump Wants Him to Lead Panel on Immunization Safety
“It gives it a quasi-legitimacy that I frankly find frightening,” said William Schaffner, a professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University. He said Mr. Trump and Mr. Kennedy were being fooled by “long-discredited” theories about vaccines. “This is going to be a sad struggle as we try to protect as many children as possible,” Dr. Schaffner said.Told of the meeting between Mr. Trump and Mr. Kennedy, Dr. Carrie L. Byington, the chairwoman of the committee on infe..>> view originalAstronauts Baker and Fossum retire from NASA
Astronauts Baker and Fossum retire from NASA Rae Botsford End January 11th, 2017 NASA astronauts Mike Fossum (left) and Mike Baker retired from the space agency on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017. Image Credit: NASA On Saturday, Jan. 7, astronauts Mike Baker and Mike Fossum both retired from NASA to pursue work in the private sector. Both of the spaceflight veterans served in the U.S. military, and both wore numerous hats during their time with the space agency. Fossum first worked with NASA in 1981, s..>> view original
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