Science
Space is dark, but scientists have found unexplained light. – NPR
Scientists have used a NASA probe way out in space, beyond Pluto, to measure visible light that’s not connected to any known source like stars or galaxies.
Scientists have used the New Horizons spacecraft, billions of miles from Earth, to measure the darkness of space.
NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
Look up at the night sky and, if you’re away from city lights, you’ll see stars. The space between those bright points of light is, of course, filled with inky blackness.
Some astronomers have wondered about that all that dark space–about how dark it really is.
“Is space truly black?” says Tod Lauer,…
-
Business23 hours agoHow to build a $250,000 ASX share portfolio starting at zero
-
Noosa News18 hours agoFeral pig cull reduces pest numbers in WA’s Northern Agricultural Region
-
Business20 hours agoDoes Macquarie rate CAR Group shares a buy, hold or sell after its FY25 result?
-
Noosa News19 hours agoArmed robbery, Buddina – Sunshine Coast