2016 – Earth Mystery News

Yearly archives: 2016

Prometheus Popping 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 31, 2016
Saturn’s potato-shaped moon Prometheus is shown in this close-up from Cassini.

By David Aragorn
Check Out NASA’s Asteroid-Catching Robot Arms 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 31, 2016
NASA to launch the robotic portion of its Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) in 2021. This will be the first mission to visit and collect a multi-ton sample from a large near-Earth asteroid. The collected sample will be used in a demonstration of enhanced gravity tractor asteroid deflection.

By David Aragorn
Russia develops satellite to remove space garbage from near-Earth space 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 31, 2016
Russia’s state-run corporation Roscosmos develops a project of a space cleaner – a satellite that will be able to “blow away” space junk.

By David Aragorn
2016 Is About To Get Even Longer, As Scientists Add An Extra Second To The New Year’s Eve Countdown 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 31, 2016
The countdown for the end of the year 2016 is going to be one second longer, thanks to a “leap second” that will be added on to the end of it, according to Science Alert.

By David Aragorn
NEOWISE mission spies one comet, maybe two 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 30, 2016
NASA’s NEOWISE mission has recently discovered some celestial objects traveling through our neighborhood, including one on the blurry line between asteroid and comet. Another—definitely a comet—might be seen with binoculars through next week.

By David Aragorn
New Year’s Comet To Be Visible From Northern Hemisphere With Binoculars Or Telescopes 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 30, 2016
NASA is reporting that on New Year’s Eve, comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova is going to be visible from locations in the Northern Hemisphere, including New York City and London.

By David Aragorn
So About That Physics-Defying NASA Thruster That Supposedly Works 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 30, 2016
When NASA scientists think they’ve built something that breaks the laws of physics, do you take them at their word?

By David Aragorn
Scientists plan on contacting the closest Earth-like exoplanet to our Solar System 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 30, 2016
Scientists are making preparations to send a transmission to Proxima b – the closest Earth-like exoplanet to our Solar System.

By David Aragorn
Quantum Leap: Researchers Send Information Using a Single Particle of Light 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 30, 2016
According to research published Thursday in Science, physicists at Princeton University have designed a device that allows a single electron to pass its quantum information to a photon in what could be a big breakthrough for silicon-based quantum computers.

By David Aragorn
Would you eat a 3-D printed pizza?0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- December 29, 2016
Could you imagine serving a 3-D printed turkey for Christmas lunch? Or munching on a 3-D printed pizza for an afternoon snack?

By David Aragorn