Ask NASA: A Solar Orbiter discussion in Spanish
Your browser does not support the video tag. Spanish Facebook Live event with Solar Orbiter mission experts at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Video and description courtesy of NASA
Ask NASA: Answer your questions about the Sun
Your browser does not support the video tag. Is the Sun a ball of fire? And why does NASA send missions to the Sun? NASA’s Heliophysics Director Nicky Fox explains NASA’s latest solar science findings. The Parker Solar Probe mission is revolutionizing our understanding of the Sun, where changing conditions can propagate out into the solar system, affecting Earth and… Read more →
Ask NASA: What’s up at night?
Looking for something to look at in the night sky? NASA is here to help!
Asteroid 2006 QV89 will come within .05au of Earth
The Doomsday People are at it again. saying that an asteroid has a “non-zero chance of striking earth” around September 10th of this year. Repent! Repent! Well, maybe not. There are a lot of things that have a non-zero chance. Me marrying Ariana Grande, for example. Highly unlikely, but non-zero. The truth is, Asteroid 2006 QV89 will give the Earth… Read more →
Asteroid 1999 KW4 makes closest pass to Earth since 2001
A roughly mile-wide asteroid is about to give Earth a proverbial buzz-cut this weekend. The asteroid will come within .032 au of Earth. Zero-point-three-two! Holy moly! But don’t worry. An au, or Astronomical Unit, is a very large measurement. It is the distance from the Earth to the Sun. Or about 93 million miles. So 0.32 of 93 million is… Read more →
