CASSINI’S FINAL PLUNGE!
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will make its mission-ending dive into the atmosphere of Saturn in 9 days. It will bravely make it’s plunge on September 15th.
Alien Seekers Report Repeated Radio Bursts
Breakthrough Listen – a global astronomical initiative to find signs of intelligent life in the universe, launched in 2015 by Internet investor Yuri Milner and cosmologist Stephen Hawking used the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia to observe the bursts from the mysterious distant object known as FRB 121102.
Water on TRAPPIST 1 Planets?
Planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system An international team of astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to estimate whether there might be water on the seven earth-sized planets orbiting the nearby dwarf star TRAPPIST-1. The results suggest that the outer planets of the system might still harbor substantial amounts of water. This includes the three planets […]
Eclipse and Florence Flies By
The much anticipated spectacular Total Eclipse of 2017 occurred on August 21. As millions of people across the United States experienced a total eclipse as the moon’s shadow passed over them, six astronauts on the International Space Station witnessed the the eclipse from orbit.
THE LARGEST DEAD ZONE
Did you know that there are oxygen depleted waters in the Gulf of Mexico? Scientist have tracked this dead zone for 32 years. The one that’s occurring this year is the biggest yet.
Big Asteroid’s Close Flyby on September 1st
On September 1, 2017, Asteroid 3122 Florence will safely pass by our planet at over 18 times the distance between the Earth and Moon.
ELECTRIC BUSES COMING TO LA!
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) has goals of an emission free fleet by 2030, making plans to spend $138 million on electric buses.
LA to Host 2028 Summer Olympics
Los Angeles officials have reached a deal with the International Olympics Committee to host the 2028 Summer Games.
Close Encounter with an Undetected Asteroid
On July 23, 2017, astronomers detected a small asteroid now designated Asteroid 2017 001, three days after it passed by at 1/3 the moon’s distance from the Earth
Solar Eclipse of August 21, 2017
On August 21, 2017 a total eclipse of the sun will be visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses the United States. The path of the moon’s umbral shadow begins in the northern Pacific and crosses the U.S.