Saturday, March 16, 2013
The comet will be trekking across the skies for the next few days and can be seen by the naked eye, NASA says.
Duluth skywatchers, there's good news. The Comet 2011 L4, better known as Pan-STARRS, will be visible for new few days. The coment is a true astrological rarity, because it is visible to the naked eye, something that occurs only once every 5 to 10 years, according to NASA. According to Amy Mainzer, the principal investigator of NASA’s NEOWISE mission, “There is a catch to viewing comet Pan-STARRS…a relatively unobstructed view to the southwest at twilight and, of course, some good comet-watching weather.” Viewers captured some stunning photos of the comet over the Lincoln Memorial in Washington this week with its passage coinciding with a crescent moon. NASA says that Pan-STARRS should still be visible through the end of the month, but it …
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Venus will transit across the sun for the last time this century and probably your lifetime on June 5, 6.
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
The transit of Venus across the face of the sun will be a rare sight. In fact, it will be the last time it will happen this century and probably your lifetime. But don't look at it directly without protecting your eyes. Sunglasses aren't adequate. According to NASA, the passage of Venus across the sun only happens twice in a century. It happened in 2004 and is scheduled to occur again on Tuesday, June 5, and Wednesday, June 6, 2012. Although the entire eclipse will be visible from certain countries, in the United States and the western hemisphere it will only be visible as it begins Tuesday afternoon. The sun will set before the transit ends. In the eastern hemisphere, the transit can be observed at sunrise and early Wednesday morning. …
Monday, June 27, 2011
Asteroid will zip by 7,500 miles above Earth or about the same distance as Duluth to Afghanistan.
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Monday, June 27, 2011
A team tasked with monitoring the skies for near-Earth objects (NEOs) that threaten the planet has discovered an asteroid that will pass only 7,500 miles above the Earth’s surface today, June 27, at about 9:30 a.m., according to a NASA statement -- a distance roughly the same as between Duluth and Kabul, Afghanistan. The asteroid, named 2011 MD, was discovered by the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) project, a program funded by the United States Air Force and NASA. A statement posted June 23 on NASA’s Near Earth Object Program website indicates the newly discovered asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth in the southern hemisphere over the southern Atlantic Ocean. In those areas, the asteroid should be bright enough …
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Modeled after NASA space travel, the program 'flies' its last mission at Hull Middle School after 17 years.
The sounds of a simulated space journey starting with 30 7th graders in complete control: Twenty seconds and counting. T-15 seconds, guidance is internal. 12, 11, 10, 9 ... ignition sequence start ... 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 ... All engines running. Liftoff! We have a liftoff! The Gwinnett Space Bus program is now in full operation for teams of 7th grade students at Hull Middle School. The activities center around a 1982 school bus that is painted and set up to look like the real NASA space shuttle. The orbiter comes complete with wings and exterior thrusters. The program, though, is in its final year. The full simulation runs about 90 minutes and includes a launch, life experiments in the mid-deck, space experiments in the space lab, an …
Ashley Shaver
10:53 pm on Monday, May 16, 2011
I participated in the Space Bus program as a Gwinnett 8th grader in the late 90s. Now, I teach Earth science in GCPS and just thought about my experience in connection with this morning's shuttle launch. Is there anything I can do to attempt to keep the program alive? I really want to share it with my students! Who do I contact? Please help! Ashley Shaver ashley_shaver@gwinnett.k12.ga.us more ›