Astronomy

NEW – Astronomical Events Section Added to KnowledgeOrb

New to KnowledgeOrb we have added a section which highlights astronomical events such as moon phases, meteor showers, near earth…

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Geminid Meteor Shower Fireball Captured Dec 14, 2012

The December 2012 Geminid shower  produced 50 or more meteors per hour. One of two major showers per year it’s…

12 years ago

Radar Captures Video of Asteroid Toutatis over 4.4 Million Miles away

                Asteroid Toutatis image captured December 12, 2012 NASA captured this image when…

12 years ago

Hubble sees further back in time than ever before

Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers announced Dec. 12 they have seen further back in time than ever before and…

12 years ago

Voyager 1 Probe Searching Deep Space Near Edge of Solar System.

KnowledgeOrb reported earlier this year that Voyager 1 was nearing exit of the solar systems helosphere, or the edge of…

12 years ago

Messenger Spacecraft finds water on planet Mecury

New information from  MESSENGER spacecraft shows there is frozen water on Mecury. Its onboard instruments have been studying Mercury in…

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Two Multi-Billion Dollar Spy Satellites Looking for Use at NASA

NASA Seeks Concepts for Innovative Uses of Large Space Telescopes Former Spy satellites will be given to NASA in order…

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Cassini Mission finds Pac-Man in Space

These thermal images captured by the Cassini mission have spotted features shaped like the 1980s Pac-Man video game icon in…

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Hubble and Spitzer Observatories Find Candidate for Most Distant Galaxy

(Source NASA)-- By combining the power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes and one of nature's own natural "zoom…

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WERE DOOMED!! Milky Way in Head on Collision!!

  Pack up the car, get into the storm cellar, gather your survival gear were all doomed, the Preppers were…

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