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网页Spiral galaxy NGC 1559 is a loner in outer space. 09-29-2024. Dwarf galaxy I Zwicky 18 has a youthful appearance. 09-28-2024. The ice giant Uranus in stunning detail. 09-27-2024. NGC 604 is home to hundreds of hot, massive stars. At Earth.com, our goal is to provide the internet with a homepage for anything and everything about our planet Earth ...
Planet Mars captured in "true" color for the first time ever
网页2024年1月8日 — Marvelous Mars in true, full color. Typically, the HRSC captures the Martian surface from about 300 kilometers up, focusing on areas around 50 kilometers wide. However, this new mosaic adopts a different approach. To encompass a broader view, the camera collected 90 images from higher altitudes, …
It's official: Earth now has two moons - Earth.com
网页19 小时之前 — Earth.com staff writer. Over the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard somewhere that Earth was going to get a second moon. Well, we can now confirm that Earth now officially has two moons after capturing asteroid 2024 PT5. On Sunday, September 29, our planet captured the tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon.
Earth has planet-wide electric field that's as important as gravity ...
网页2024年8月31日 — Earth.com staff writer. Using observations from a NASA suborbital rocket, an international team of scientists has, for the first time, successfully measured a planet-wide electric field that is as fundamental to Earth as gravity and magnetic fields. This electric field, known as the ambipolar electric field, was first hypothesized over 60 years ...
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网页IMAGE OF THE DAY. 09-30-2024. Spiral galaxy NGC 1559 is a loner in outer space. Today's Image of the Day from the European Space Agency features the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1559, located around 35 million light-years away in the little-observed southern constellation Reticulum. The image was captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.
Carbon dioxide discovered on Pluto's moon Charon - Earth.com
网页14 小时之前 — Researchers studying Pluto’s small moon, Charon, found something remarkable: carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide. This is the first time these chemicals have been discovered on the frozen surface of that particular moon. A team of astronomers at the Southwest Research Institute, using the James Webb Space Telescope, recently confirmed this ...
Hurricane Helene: Aging infrastructure in a dangerous climate
网页16 小时之前 — Aging infrastructure played a critical role in amplifying the destructive effects of Hurricane Helene. Shirzaei warned that legacy systems, including levees, dams, bridges, roads, and electrical grids, were not originally designed to endure the growing severity of hurricanes exacerbated by climate change. “As these structures deteriorate with ...
"Extreme" and rare G5 solar storm hits Earth on Saturday - Earth.com
网页Update — May 11, 2024 at 9:11 AM EDT. On May 11, 2024, at 07:28 AM EDT (1128 UTC), extreme (G5) solar conditions were observed once again by the NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center ().The geomagnetic storming, which varies in intensity, is expected to persist through at least Sunday.. This latest event follows a series of strong solar flares and coronal mass ejections that have been ...
James Webb captures incredible new image of Uranus
网页2023年4月7日 — NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of the solar system’s seventh planet, Uranus, which showcases its dramatic rings and bright features in the planet’s atmosphere.. The image, which was taken by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), combines data from two filters at 1.4 and 3.0 microns, shown in blue and orange, respectively.
NOAA: "Geostorm Warming" as recent solar flares hit Earth
网页2023年12月17日 — This likely ranks as one of the largest solar radio events ever recorded. On Dec 14 at 1702 UTC, AR 3514 produced an X2.8 flare, causing R3 (Strong) radio blackouts on portions of the sunlit side of the Earth. These blackouts may temporarily degrade or completely lose high frequency radio signals. This …