Critical Gaps Looming in Important Earth Observation Data
GAO Predicts a gap in data of 17-53 months Above our heads in low Earth Polar Orbit a series of aging Earth Observation satellites is beginning to slowly break down…
The Potentially Habitable Universe Around Us
More exoplanets than expected in the first year of the Habitable Exoplanets Catalog. The first confirmed extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, were discovered from the Arecibo Observatory twenty years ago, in 1992. These…
Solar Cycle 24 not following Sun Spot Activity Predictions
Every eleven years the sun experiences a peak of sun spot activity, we are nearing this peak period now but activity is low and below predictions. As you can see…
Two Nearby Habitable Candidate Worlds found at Tau Ceti
An international group of scientist led by Mikko Toumi, from the University of Hertfordshire, announced the potential discovery of five planets around the nearby star Tau Ceti (aka HD 10700 or Gliese…
Beautiful Image Created by Giant Star Zeta Ophiuchi
Sweeping majestic clouds in space lit by surrounding stars are normally the creation of artists but this image is real. Looking like a picture from a science fiction movie this image was…
SDO captures image of Comet Lovejoy as it grazes the Sun
On Dec. 15, 2011, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured image of Comet Lovejoy approaching the sun. The images and data collected by NASA’s solar observing fleet can help scientists learn…
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 asteroids, planet conjunctions and more. Below you will see a…
Need Microscope on Mars now, and Thirty Years ago on Viking.
Why have we not taken this basic instrument to Mars? Sometimes the most obvious things somehow get lost when large complex missions are being planned and we can’t see the…
