Showing posts with label Astronomy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Astronomy. Show all posts

Friday, March 9, 2012

all kinds of solar storms

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This 2006 Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) image shows a flare on the Sun. An unusual solar flare observed by a NASA space observatory on Tuesday could cause some disruptions to satellites, communications and power on Earth over the next day or so, officials said. An eruption of similar magnitude has not been witnessed since 2006

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IN SPACE - JUNE 7: In this handout from NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory, a solar large flare erupts off the sun June 7, 2011 in space. A large cloud of particles flew up and then was pulled back down to the sun's surface. According to NASA, the event is not suppose have any effect once the particles reach the earth on either June 8 or June 9. (Photo by NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory via Getty Images)

Monday, March 5, 2012

Mars Shines Bright


Tonight is the best night to see Mars. The red planet will appear bright and can be seen without a telescope. Apparent brightness of Mars this evening related to the process of revolution around the Sun, Mars is sometimes brought to the closest point to another planet.

On Saturday (3/3/3012) ago, Mars reaches opposition with the Earth. Mars opposition means the condition in which Mars is between the Sun and the Earth, much like the condition of the eclipse of the Moon.

Logically, if the opposition occurred on Saturday, then Mars will also be at the point nearest the Earth on the same day. But because of differences in the new orbit is the closest point reached on Monday (03/05/2012) or tonight.

Tonight, Mars will be at a distance of 100.7 million kilometers from Earth. Mars never reach the closest distance to Earth for 60,000 years in opposition events in 2003.

Friday, March 2, 2012

Earth formed from the mixture of Meteorites


Earth was formed from various types of meteorites. This is the result of a study published in the journal Science on Friday (02/03/2012). Fitoussi and Caroline Bernard Bourdon from the Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France, is an expert who is behind the geochemical study.

Fitoussi and Bourdon analyze silicon isotopes on Earth rocks and meteorites. The process of research conducted at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland.

Previously, it was believed that the Earth was formed from the subclass called enstatite chondrite meteorites. The reason, Earth rocks and meteorites that have a common type of oxygen isotopes, nickel, and chromium.