https://wordlesstech.com The future today in our amazing world Thu, 06 Mar 2025 11:21:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 223030326 https://wordlesstech.com/blue-ghost-lander-successfully-touched-down-on-the-moon/ https://wordlesstech.com/blue-ghost-lander-successfully-touched-down-on-the-moon/#respond Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:54:15 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=206446 Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander successfully touched down on the Moon, marking the first commercial lunar landing.]]> https://wordlesstech.com/blue-ghost-lander-successfully-touched-down-on-the-moon/feed/ 0 206446 https://wordlesstech.com/stunning-planet-aurora/ https://wordlesstech.com/stunning-planet-aurora/#respond Wed, 17 May 2017 09:40:52 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=139545 No this is not an alien planet. It’s our planet seen from the Space Station through the shimmering glow of aurora. About 400 kilometers (250 miles) above Earth, the orbiting station is itself within the upper realm of the auroral displays. Aurora have the signature colors of excited molecules and atoms at the low densities]]> https://wordlesstech.com/stunning-planet-aurora/feed/ 0 139545 https://wordlesstech.com/black-sun/ https://wordlesstech.com/black-sun/#respond Mon, 20 Feb 2017 16:47:41 +0000 http://wordlesstech.com/?p=137038 Detailed solar view captured in a very specific color of red light, then rendered in black and white, and then color inverted.  Credit Jim Lafferty Once complete, the resulting image was added to a starfield, then also color inverted. Visible in the image of the Sun are long light filaments, dark active regions, prominences peeking]]> https://wordlesstech.com/black-sun/feed/ 0 137038 https://wordlesstech.com/bright-giant-auroras-jupiter/ https://wordlesstech.com/bright-giant-auroras-jupiter/#respond Fri, 01 Jul 2016 14:28:47 +0000 http://wordlesstech.com/?p=128877 Watch this composite video showing the stunning auroras on Jupiter, relative to their position on the giant planet. Auroras on Jupiter The Jupiter auroras observed by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope are some of the most active and brightest ever caught by Hubble. As on Earth, auroras are produced by the interaction of a planet’s magnetic]]> https://wordlesstech.com/bright-giant-auroras-jupiter/feed/ 0 128877 https://wordlesstech.com/force-protects-planet/ https://wordlesstech.com/force-protects-planet/#respond Thu, 12 May 2016 10:06:30 +0000 http://wordlesstech.com/?p=127351 The magnetic field and electric currents in and around Earth generate complex forces that have immeasurable impact on every day life. The field can be thought of as a huge bubble, protecting us from cosmic radiation and charged particles that bombard Earth in solar winds. Image credit ESA/ATG medialab With more than two years of]]> https://wordlesstech.com/force-protects-planet/feed/ 0 127351 https://wordlesstech.com/solar-storms-ignite-northern-lights-jupiter/ https://wordlesstech.com/solar-storms-ignite-northern-lights-jupiter/#respond Wed, 23 Mar 2016 13:36:50 +0000 http://wordlesstech.com/?p=125801 Researchers using Chandra data shows how a giant solar storm can ignite auroras on Jupiter. Storms from the Sun occasionally release extremely large streams of particles via winds that travel through space. New data show the interaction between the solar wind and Jupiter’s magnetosphere can trigger auroras on the gas giant. Top image: Jupiter’s x-ray]]> https://wordlesstech.com/solar-storms-ignite-northern-lights-jupiter/feed/ 0 125801 https://wordlesstech.com/spacecraft-achieve-tightest-flying-formation-ever/ https://wordlesstech.com/spacecraft-achieve-tightest-flying-formation-ever/#respond Thu, 22 Oct 2015 06:31:34 +0000 http://wordlesstech.com/?p=119759 The four NASA satellites of the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission just broke a record, by flying now at their smallest separation, the tightest multi-spacecraft formation ever flown in orbit. The four spacecraft are just six miles apart, flying in what’s called a tetrahedral formation, with each spacecraft at the tip of a four-sided pyramid. The close]]> https://wordlesstech.com/spacecraft-achieve-tightest-flying-formation-ever/feed/ 0 119759 https://wordlesstech.com/a-majestic-spiral-aurora-over-iceland/ https://wordlesstech.com/a-majestic-spiral-aurora-over-iceland/#respond Tue, 15 Sep 2015 12:57:16 +0000 http://wordlesstech.com/?p=118234 A majestic Spiral Aurora over Iceland, captured late last month, noted by Icelanders for its great brightness and quick development.   Image credit Davide Necchi The aurora resulted from a solar storm, with high energy particles bursting out from the Sun and through a crack in Earth’s protective magnetosphere a few days later. Although a spiral]]> https://wordlesstech.com/a-majestic-spiral-aurora-over-iceland/feed/ 0 118234