Want To More Than Just Watch The Eclipse? Become A Citizen Scientist
This month's total solar eclipse might be the most-studied disappearance of the sun ever, thanks in part to legions of citizen scientists from the Northwest and beyond.NASA, UC-Berkeley and other institutions are recruiting volunteers to aid more than half-a-dozen different science experiments tied to the celestial happening on August 21. In some cases, all you need to join the crowdsourced observing network is a smartphone or a ham radio. On the morning of the total eclipse, retired science t..>> view originalForget the eclipse. There's a big show in the sky this week
by: Eric Elwell, WHIO.com Updated: Aug 7, 2017 - 9:27 PM While we have been talking for many weeks about the coming solar eclipse that is now less than two weeks away, there is another major celestial event happening right now – and it will peak later this week! >> Read more trending news The annual Perseid meteor shower is underway, and the show will get better as we head through the week. The Perseid meteor shower occurs every year as Earth passes through the trail of dust and debri..>> view originalSee it! Full moon and partial eclipse
Gianluca Masi of the VirtualTelescopeProject offered a live feed of the eclipse. He extracted this wonderful image, over the Coliseum in Rome, Italy. The partial lunar eclipse from Czech Republic by Antonín Hušek?. Partial lunar eclipse from France, by Jean-Bapitiste Feldmann of Cielmania. Partial lunar eclipse – August 7, 2017 – 20:55 local time at Ploiesti, Romania by Steliana Cristina Voicu. Nicky Bester Langebaan Western Cape, South Africa, saw the eclipse this way. A montage of the parti..>> view originalCoddled Puppies Make Poor Guide Dogs, Study Suggests
Well-trained guide dogs are important for visually impaired people who rely on them. But many puppies bred to be guide dogs flunk out of training programs. A study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests the way a puppy's mother raises it may be the key to the dog's success, or failure. A research team at the University of Pennsylvania found that puppies destined for guide dog training are more likely to fail if they're coddled by their mothers. "Surprisin..>> view originalINDOT Asks Motorists To Prepare For August 21 Solar Eclipse
INDOT Asks Motorists To Prepare For August 21 Solar Eclipse Updated August 7, 2017 12:11 PM (UNDATED) - Indiana Department of Transportation officials urge motorists to plan for traffic congestion expected to occur in southern Indiana before and after the total solar eclipse on August 21. Approximately 200 million people live within a day's drive of the total eclipse path. Many will be on the road to get a closer view. INDOT officials say motorist should be prepared for traffic congestion bef..>> view originalUS in rare bull's-eye for total solar eclipse on Aug. 21
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It will be tough eclipsing this eclipse.The sun, moon and Earth will line up perfectly in the cosmos on Aug. 21, turning day into night for a few wondrous minutes, its path crossing the U.S. from sea to shining sea for the first time in nearly a century.Never will a total solar eclipse be so heavily viewed and studied — or celebrated."We're going to be looking at this event with unprecedented eyes," promises Alex Young, a solar physicist who is coordinating NASA's ed..>> view originalMusk says maiden Falcon Heavy rocket to launch in November, acknowledges high risk
SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket poised for launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this artists concept. Credit: SpaceX. Before the year is out, the long awaited debut launch of the triple barreled Falcon Heavy rocket may at last be in sight says ...>> view originalNASA released this 5-year time-lapse of Mars from its Curiosity rover — and the footage looks amazing
Aug. 7, 2017, 1:48 PM 9,014 On August 6, 2012, NASA landed its Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars. In the last 5 years, Curiosity has captured our hearts with its selfies and first-hand accounts of Mars' Gale Crater. To celebrate Curiosity's 5-year anniversary, NASA released amazing time-lapse footage that spans Curiosity's time on Mars, so far. We can't wait to see what Curiosity finds next. Video courtesy: NASA Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook>> view originalNostalgic Voyager documentary relives first exploration of the solar system
View the trailerA species gets only one chance to explore its solar system for the first time.For humans, that chance began 40 years ago this month, when the twin Voyager spacecraft embarked on their “grand tour” of the solar system. A new PBS documentary airing on August 23, The Farthest: Voyager in Space, chronicles their journey to send home the first close-ups of the giant planets and to bring a message about life on Earth to the stars.Voyagers’ launch dates took advantage of a rare planetar..>> view originalHere's What It's Like to Be the Planetary Protection Officer at NASA
A primary task of the officer is to make sure that during NASA missions earthly microbes don’t contaminate potentially habitable environments. And should a mission bring back samples from outer space, the officer is tasked with making sure that dust, or rocks, or whatever is brought back from outer space doesn't contaminate us. John Rummel, a biology professor at East Carolina University, held the position twice, first between 1990 and ..>> view original
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