Latest Articles on Space
-A blue planet that rains molten glass.
As I wrote yesterday, astronomers often discover new planets outside of our solar system, hinting at what type of planets are out there in our large universe. Discovered in 2005, this blue world (HD189733b) that looks a marble is about 63 light years away from Earth. Does this planet have a chance to harbor life? This world is unfriendly to life because on this planet the atmosphere produces molten glass that rains down on the planet all the time. During the day time, this planet's temperature is at a comfy 1700 degrees Celsius. There is no chance of life ever developing or surviving there. The search continues for a plane that has the conditions to harbor life.
-NASA prepares for first Virginia Coast launch to the moon.
NASA is set to launch a spacecraft to the moon on September 6th. It will be the first time that NASA has ever developed a spacecraft from the state of Virginia. The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment (LADEE) is a robotic mission that will orbit the moon and gather information on the Moon's atmosphere and lunar dust. It will test the atmosphere of the moon and collect data for a 100 day period. It will hopefully answer the question about lunar dust that had been electrically charged by sunlight. Was it responsible for the pre-sunrise glow above the lunar horizon detected during several Apollo missions? We will have to wait and see.
Credit to Space.com for the image.
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