NASA’s IBEX finds mysterious ribbon at edge of solar system
-
- Share:
-
-
-
-
-
-
Reach -
Credibility
-
Related Allvoices Contributions
-
Big Splash: How Water on the Moon Was Found
By: Jhaszachery
Water on the moon? If you had asked almost any space scientist about it after Apollo 11, you would have gotten nowhere. The moon was dry as dust -- even more so -- they would have told you. For sure, the moon was probably pummeled with com
about 1 month ago
-
Saturn’s Largest Ring Found by Scientists and NASA Telescope
By: dustgeer
-- Scientists using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered the largest known ring around Saturn. The nearly invisible sphere is made of ice and dust particles and lies at the outer edge of Saturn’s system, between 3.7 million miles (6 million kilometers) and 8.1 million miles from the planet, according to a statement on NASA&...
about 1 month ago
-
Tiny Moon feeds largest ring around saturn
By: MrFkas
PARIS: Anew mega ring has discovered around Saturn. Scientist believe that its genesis is a small moon of a distant giant planet. Phoebe, a Saturnian satellite measuring only 214 kilometres (133 miles) across, probably provides the record-breaking tenuous circle of dusty and icy debris.The circle starts about six million kilometres (3.7 ...
about 1 month ago
-
Nasa Moon bombing: LCROSS mission crashes into Moon
By: candygirl
The Nasa LCROSS mission to discover how much water is on the Moon has crashed into the surface of the satellite but left millions who watched the expected spectacle live disappointed. A plume of dust and rock that was predicted to reach up to six miles high was forecast, but in the end those watching the crash on televisions or on the ...
about 1 month ago
- News Source: The Christian Science Monitor | about 1 month agoThe ribbon could be the solar system’s version of Earth’s northern and southern lights. Friday in the journal Science. Astronomers have discovered what could turn out to be the solar system’s version of Earth’s aurora. The phenomenon appears...
- News Source: io9 | about 1 month agoTurns out that these "winds" of charged particles are shaped by nearby stars. This discovery completely changes our picture of the solar system...This bubble shields the planets from cosmic particles that zoom from interstellar space towards the sun...
- News Source: Uinta County News | about 1 month agoThis magnetic field seems to fundamentally organize the interaction region. The sky map was produced with data collected by two detectors on the spacecraft over a six-months period. The detectors measured and counted particles known as energetic...
- News Source: NewKerala | about 1 month agoThe new view will change the way researchers view and study the interaction between our galaxy and sun. The sky map was produced with data that two detectors on the spacecraft collected during six months of observations. The detectors measured and...
- News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | about 1 month agoScientists say the new map shows a narrow ribbon of bright hydrogen emissions unlike anything in current theoretical models. It marks the actual border between our solar system and interstellar space...For half a year, it studied particles called...
- News Source: The Courier-Mail | about 1 month agoThat bright narrow ribbon that snakes through the sky "remained completely undetected until now", Mr McComas said...Scientists long have been keen to investigate the boundary between the solar system and the rest of our galaxy. They are particularly...
- Blog Source: www.tgdaily.comWhile mapping the solar system's edge for the first time, NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX), spacecraft has discovered a 'space ribbon' two billion miles long. As the solar wind reaches the edge of the solar system and collides ... "We
- Blog Source: xenophilius.wordpress.comNASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spacecraft has made it possible for scientists to construct the first comprehensive sky map of our solar system and its location in the Milky Way galaxy. The new view will change the way ...
- Blog Source: www.huffingtonpost.comNASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, has just produced new images of the solar system that has shocked astronomers. This first full-sized map shows 9 billion miles of atoms surrounding the solar system that scientists are ... The edge of
- Blog Source: spacefellowship.comThe results from Cassini complement and extend findings from NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spacecraft. Data from IBEX and Cassini have made it possible for scientists to construct the first comprehensive sky map of our ...
- Blog Source: www.thewhitenoiseforum.comreveals a bright “ribbon” of unknown origin. Map courtesy NASA. NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft has discovered energetic neutral atoms in the outer heliosphere where the solar wind begins to slow down and mix ...
- Blog Source: spacefellowship.comNASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spacecraft has made it possible for scientists to construct the first comprehensive sky map of our solar system.
-
Image Source: alumweb.mit.edu -
Image Source: susty.com -
Image Source: o.aolcdn.com -
Image Source: i.dailymail.co.uk -
Image Source: geology.com -
Image Source: science.nasa.gov
- Video Source: www.truveo.comGiant Ribbon Discovered at the ...Video Source: www.truveo.comGiant Ribbon Discovered at the Edge of the Solar System
- Video Source: www.truveo.com
- Video Source: www.truveo.com
- Video Source: www.truveo.comIBEX All Sky Map - Fly to the ...Video Source: www.truveo.comIBEX All Sky Map - Fly to the Edge of the Solar System
- Video Source: www.truveo.com
- Video Source: www.truveo.com
Cell phones use report code: 
Site Links
Site Topics
Contributions
- Report Your News
- Add your voice and contribute via your cellphone - check out how to Report News via Your Cellphone
- Blog Widget
- Widget for Blog Owner
