The asteroid is roughly the same size as the one that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013. “It will come no closer than 4,200 miles (6,800 kilometers),” from Earth on Oct. 12, 2017 according to NASA. Image-NASA via Space.com NASA scientists are excited about the upcoming close flyby of a small asteroid and plan to […]
Earlier this year Arctic sea ice sank to a record low wintertime extent for the third straight year. Now NASA is flying a set of instruments north of Greenland to observe the impact of the melt season on the Arctic’s oldest and thickest sea ice. Operation IceBridge, NASA’s airborne survey of polar ice, launched a […]
Could an extra warm summer cause an earthquake in your backyard? Probably not… unless you live in Alaska. You probably know that friction in the earth’s crust causes earthquakes, but did you know that a little extra sunshine might increase your chances of experiencing an earthquake if you live where glaciers are present? That’s because […]
The Hubble Space Telescope captured images of Phobos, one of the moons of Mars in orbit around the red planet. Image-NASA The sharp eye of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured the tiny moon Phobos during its orbital trek around Mars. Because the moon is so small, it appears star-like in the Hubble pictures. Over […]