“The Sun can be viewed directly only when using filters specifically designed for this purpose. Such filters usually have a thin layer of aluminum, chromium or silver deposited on their surfaces that attenuates ultraviolet, visible, and infrared energy“.
Above excerpt has been taken from NASA Website – http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/safety.html, where NASA’s page suggests usage of SOLAR FILTERS [...]
Solar Filters are supposed to be the Most safe method for viewing Solar Eclipse. Hence that is the reason, all over world, people use Convenient and Easily available Solar Filters for viewing Solar Eclipses. But one has to take proper care and caution while using and selecting the right solar filters :
If you are using [...]
Solar Eclipse is a fascinating and a Celestial Event filled with Mysteries for many, and a “hay time” for many Astrologers, and publicity crazy societies and individuals etc., because, it is the time they want to make themselves popular by propogating unscientific fears, panic and for them even the popular saying goes wrong : MAKE [...]
Packed with novel devices and science instruments, Proba-2 is demonstrating technologies for future ESA missions while providing new views of our Sun. Original post: Technology-testing Proba-2 opens new eye on the Sun AKPC_IDS += "724,";Popularity: unranked [?] Read More →
A NASA jumbo jet that will help scientists unlock the origins of the universe with infrared observations reached a milestone Dec. Read more: NASA Flight Tests Unique Jumbo Jet; Plane’s Airborne Telescope Will Be Used to Unlock Secrets of the Cosmos AKPC_IDS += "636,";Popularity: 3% [?] Read More →
NASA has released the most detailed set of images ever taken of the distant dwarf planet Pluto. The images taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope show an icy and dark molasses-colored, mottled world that is undergoing seasonal changes in its surface color and brightness. Read more from the original source: New Hubble maps of Pluto show surface changes AKPC_IDS += "750,";Popularity: unranked [?] Read More →
Engineers and scientists from NASA and GM are working together to build a new humanoid robot capable of working side by side with people. Original post: NASA, GM take giant leap in robotic technology AKPC_IDS += "754,";Popularity: unranked [?] Read More →
A $32 million instrument package set for launch Feb. 9 by NASA should help scientists better understand the violent effects of the sun on near-Earth space weather that can affect satellites, power grids, ground communications systems and even astronauts and aircraft crews. Original post: Instruments to study space weather set for NASA launch AKPC_IDS += "752,";Popularity: 1% [?] Read More →
Using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have created a demographic census of galaxy types and shapes from a time before the Earth and the sun existed, to the present day. The results show that more than half of the present-day spiral galaxies had peculiar shapes only six billion years ago, which, if confirmed, highlights the importance of collisions and mergers in the recent past of many galaxies. It also provides clues for the unique status of our own galaxy. See the original... more
NASA astronomers have successfully demonstrated that a David of a telescope can tackle Goliath-size questions in the quest to study Earth-like planets around other stars. More here: Probing exoplanets from the ground: A little telescope goes a long way AKPC_IDS += "746,";Popularity: unranked [?] Read More →
Astronomers have found the first clear evidence of a binary quasar within a pair of actively merging galaxies. Binary quasars, like other quasars, are thought to be the product of galaxy mergers. View post: Merging galaxies create a binary quasar AKPC_IDS += "744,";Popularity: unranked [?] Read More →
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has observed a mysterious X-shaped debris pattern and trailing streamers of dust that suggest a head-on collision between two asteroids. Astronomers have long thought the asteroid belt is being ground down through collisions, but such a smashup has never been seen before. View original post here: Suspected asteroid collision leaves odd X-pattern of trailing debris AKPC_IDS += "740,";Popularity: 1% [?] Read More →
Galaxies throughout the universe are ablaze with star birth. But for a nearby, small spiral galaxy, the star-making party is almost over. Astronomers were surprised to find that star-formation activities in the outer regions of NGC 2976 have been virtually asleep because they shut down millions of years ago. More: Hubble catches end of star-making party in nearby dwarf galaxy AKPC_IDS += "742,";Popularity: unranked [?] Read More →
After six years of unprecedented exploration of the Red Planet, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit no longer will be a fully mobile robot. NASA has designated the once-roving scientific explorer a stationary science platform after efforts during the past several months to free it from a sand trap have been unsuccessful. Originally posted here: NASA’s Mars Rover Spirit Starts a New Chapter AKPC_IDS += "734,";Popularity: 1% [?] Read More →
On 26 January, Mars Express completed its 7777th orbit around the Red Planet, an auspicious milestone as the satellite is readied for the closest-ever flyby of Phobos, scheduled for just a few weeks from now. See original here: Auspicious orbit marks run-up to Phobos flyby AKPC_IDS += "738,";Popularity: unranked [?] Read More →
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