Scientists Accurately Measure Northern Hemisphere Snow Mass From Space Researchers at the Finnish Meteorological Institute and Environment and Climate Change Canada have developed a method to more accurately measure snow mass by reducing the error margins of various observations through determined data from satellite observations, measurements made from the ground, and computer modeling. Warming surface temperatures have driven a substantial reduction in the extent and duration of the Northern […] Brains Sebastian Opazo | June 25, 2020 2 Comments
110 Humans Needed to Colonize Mars. You In? As the planet barrels faster and faster towards environmental collapse, humans will start to feel the pressure to acquire a proverbial Earth 2.0. Given our rate of technological advancement, it is reasonable that a strong effort to reach Mars, our planetary neighbor, will happen within the century. Related: Prediction: 2080 Will Be The Golden Age of Space Skiing A new […] Brains Elliot Levey | June 19, 2020 3 Comments
From The Wide Space To The Deep Ocean Kathryn D. Sullivan at 68 years old has become the first person to walk through space and also reach the bottom of the ocean, with her arrival at Challenger Deep last week. More than 500 people have visited space, 65 of them women, and 8 people have reached Challenger Deep, at the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific […] Brains Sebastian Opazo | June 18, 2020 0 Comments
Prediction: 2080 Will Be The Golden Age of Space Skiing Intergalactic travel has been the dream of humanity ever since we figured out that those twinkling stars actually have planets circling them. Perhaps those planets have fresh water, perhaps they have mountains, and perhaps we can shred powder in the Cassiopeia constellation. Let’s light this candle baby, we’re going to the moon with Dynafits. But rather than searching for 0.00001% […] Elliot Levey | June 10, 2020 0 Comments
Happy Earth Day! | NASA’s Best Photos of Earth: Nasa is marking Earth Day by releasing some of its best images of our planet taken from space – by its satellites, its research aircraft and astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) – in the past year. A Sky View of Earth From Suomi NPP. This composite image of southern Africa and the surrounding oceans was captured by six orbits of the NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership spacecraft on April 9, 2015, by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument. Tropical Cyclone Joalane can be seen over the Indian Ocean. Sea Ice Off East Antarctica’s Princess Astrid Coast. On April 5, 2015, the […] SnowBrains | April 22, 2020 0 Comments
NASA Figures Out Why Mysterious Rings Form on one of Earth’s Oldest and Deepest Lakes For several decades, scientists and astronauts observing Lake Baikal have noticed giant rings in the spring ice on one of the world’s oldest and deepest lakes. Related: Snow: The Survival Mechanism For An Exclusive Ecosystem While the rings have attracted speculation and a few conspiracy theories, decades of satellite data and field-based studies collected by NASA have shed light […] Brains SnowBrains | February 8, 2020 0 Comments
“Super Snow Moon” to appear this weekend A “snow moon” will appear from this Friday evening to Monday morning — and not just any snow moon — a SUPER snow moon. The full moon that comes in February is traditionally known as the “snow moon,” despite its inability to actually affect snowfall patterns. Related: NASA Figures Out Why Mysterious Rings Form on one of Earth’s Oldest and Deepest […] Brains Martin Kuprianowicz | February 7, 2020 1 Comment
NASA Investigating First Ever Crime Committed in Space (Allegedly…) NASA is reportedly investigating the first-ever crime to be committed in space. It’s being alleged that an astronaut accessed the bank account of her estranged spouse from the International Space Station. Related: Scientist is ‘First Man to be Charged with Attempted Murder in Antarctica’ | Plunged Knife into Colleague’s Heart Anne McClain, who has since returned to Earth, acknowledges accessing the account […] SnowBrains | August 27, 2019 0 Comments
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