SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH, Utah – Utah officials are telling residents to prepare now for scarce supplies ahead of the annular eclipse that sweeps across most of the state on Oct. 14. The Utah Division of Emergency Management said hotels and other accommodations in southeastern San Juan County were reporting 95-100 percent occupancy in the…
A group of astronomers has called for more disco balls to be installed in observatories and scientific facilities to better observe the Sun. Disco balls consist of pinhead mirrors that work much like pinhole cameras, except they reflect light back onto the surface. IN new paper in Teaching physics Journal, a group of astronomers in…
“Physics says you can’t even make objects that small. Jumbo Discovery NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has spotted hundreds of lone “planets” seemingly floating through empty space without being tethered to any particular star. But many of them are not completely alone: instead, they appear in pairs. The discovery of these Jupiter-mass binary objects (JuMBOs),…
Pizzls are hybrids born as a result of interspecies frolicking between a grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) and the polar bear (Ursus maritimus). Although they are rare, some scientists believe they could become more common due to climate change encroaching on bear habitats in the northernmost parts of our world. Polar bears are significantly larger…
Artist’s impression of the Psyche spacecraft orbiting near the surface of the asteroid Psyche. Image: Maxar/ASU/Peter Rubin. NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, now scheduled for launch on Oct. 12, will reduce the power of its maneuvering system after engineers discovered a danger of overheating its thrusters during its eight-year expedition to explore a metallic asteroid. The $1.2…
It’s been six years since the closest images were taken of Saturn’s innermost moon, but last week may have been the first time many saw photos of the oddly shaped celestial body when NASA shared them on Instagram. And many couldn’t help but notice the similarities between the moon known as Pan and some familiar…
Last November, the low-Earth orbit satellite unfolded into a sprawling array that spans nearly 700 square feet, roughly the size of a studio apartment. The satellite, BlueWalker3, has since become one of the brightest objects in the sky, outshining some of the brightest stars in the Milky Way. study published Monday in nature—and it’s just…
The huge communication satellite of the new generation BlueWalker 3 has become one of the brightest objects visible in the night sky. research published in the journal today Nature. While the BlueWalker 3 is groundbreaking for its ability to essentially turn regular smartphones into satellite phones, it may also usher in a new generation of…
Perseverance spotted a 1.2-mile-tall dust devil at Thorofare Ridge on Mars Dust devils are funnel-shaped chimneys through which hot air moves upwards Dust devils—vertical columns of hot air and particles—may seem like a weather phenomenon found only on Earth. However, new images captured by NASA’s Perseverance rover show one of them measuring a whopping 1.2…
Drew Rae The 2023 solar eclipse is crossing the United States this year, giving millions of Americans in the Northwest a chance to catch a glimpse of the “Ring of Fire.” That’s the phrase for a type of eclipse known as an annular eclipse, where the Moon passes in front of the Sun but leaves…
