FP trendingSep 14, 2020 08:34:56 IST According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a “potentially dangerous” asteroid is set to pass through Earth on September 14. Known as the 2020 QL2, the asteroid has a diameter of 30.48 cm. (393 feet), which is wider than two professional American …
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Recordbreak temperature A CBS Los Angeles report states that the heat wave in Southern California swept through historic California during the Labor Day weekend. Woodland Hills recorded a record temperature of 121 degrees on Sunday afternoon, the highest official temperature ever recorded in LA County. National Weather Service. The previous …
Read More »The Sun’s new high-resolution images show just how awesome its structure is
Europe’s largest solar telescope unveiled Close-up images The sun – and they’re a little scary. Gregor, a telescope operated by a team of German scientists at Spain’s Ted Observatory, has obtained new high-resolution images of the Sun’s intricate composition – the best ever captured by a European telescope, scientists said. …
Read More »NASA to study the effect of ‘space weather’ on Earth | Science
NASA aims to fund concept studies on five mission proposals aimed at studying the dynamic nature of the sun and the changing space atmosphere due to its causes around the earth. Such information will help understand how “space weather” affects satellites in orbit, providing navigation and messaging; Technology on earth, …
Read More »Comet NEOWISE survived the sun intact, newly released image shows
A newly released image of the comet NEOWISE shows that it survived its encounter with the sun intact. The image, made by the Hubble Space Telescope on August 8, shows the dust and gas coming out of the comet as it formed behind the sun. This glow measures about 11,000 …
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