Human technology such as cell phones and broadcast towers constantly radiate radio waves ROOMand astronomers estimate that this telltale sign of humanity has been included 75 nearby star systems, signaling to any alert alien civilization that Earth hosts a technologically advanced species. And while scientists have been listening to the incessant radio chatter from our … Read more
New research from Boston University and the Harvard Radcliffe Institute suggests that the Sun passed through a large hydrogen cloud two million years ago, directly impacting its protective heliosphere and may have forever changed all life on Earth. The evidence for this event and its effects on Earth’s climate also indicates that the location of … Read more
It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s a super star cluster! NASA’s Chandra X-ray telescope has imaged a star cluster that is “super” in every way. Westerlund 1 is super big, super massive, super young, super close – and it’s creating stars at a super fast rate. Westerlund 1 is about 13,000 light-years away from … Read more
LOS ANGELOS – Earth’s inner core, a solid sphere of iron located deep within our planet, has slowed its rotation, according to new research. Scientists from the University of Southern California say their discovery challenges previous notions about the behavior of the inner core and raises intriguing questions about its influence on Earth’s dynamics. The … Read more