Enjoy the sight while you can. 2024 is a pretty great year for gawping at celestial events. As well as a possible once-in-a-lifetime chance to see a nova, there is a total solar eclipse taking place across North America on April 8. While emergency officials warn that you should stock up on food, water, and fuel ahead of the eclipse, and follow guidelines on how … [Read more...] about When Will Earth’s Last Total Solar Eclipse Take Place?
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Earth’s Quietest Place Will Drive You Crazy in 45 Minutes
Inside the room it’s so silent that the background noise measured is actually negative decibels Everybody seems to be looking for a little peace and quiet these days. But even such a reasonable idea can go too far. The quietest place on earth, an anechoic chamber at Orfield Laboratories in Minnesota, is so quiet that the longest anybody has been able to bear it is … [Read more...] about Earth’s Quietest Place Will Drive You Crazy in 45 Minutes
NASA’s DSCOVR Satellite Captures Unique View of Moon Crossing Earth’s Face
In August 2015, a remarkable image was captured by NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite. It showed the moon moving in front of the sunlit side of Earth from a distance of 1 million miles. EPIC is a four-megapixel CCD camera and telescope that constantly views the fully illuminated Earth as it rotates, … [Read more...] about NASA’s DSCOVR Satellite Captures Unique View of Moon Crossing Earth’s Face