100,000 Orbits! International Space Station Hits Cosmic Milestone (Video)
The International Space Station (ISS) completed its 100,000th orbit of Earth early Monday morning (May 16), NASA officials said. “This is a significant milestone and is a tribute to this international partnership, made up of the European Space Agency, of Russia, Canada, Japan and the United States,” NASA astronaut Jeff Williams said in a video […]
Dying Stars May Transform Frozen Worlds Into Havens for Life
A red giant star will consume planets close to it, but leave others just right for life. Credit: Science@NASA When most stars reach old age and begin to run out fuel, they swell up to hundreds of times their normal size, engulfing planets that orbit too close. But can planets that escape this fiery demise […]
[Earth Observation Research Center (EORC)] EORC GOSAT web site has been redesigned
The Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite “IBUKI” (GOSAT) is designed to measure the concentration of major greenhouse gases from space. GOSAT Project is a joint effort promoted by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) and the Ministry of the Environment (MOE). Let’s block ads! (Why?) To source
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Kepler-69c: Earth-Size Planet in Star's Habitable Zone
This artist’s concept depicts Kepler-69c, a super-Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of a star like our sun, located about 2,700 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. Credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech Kepler-69c is a planet that could be a “super-Venus” or a “super-Earth,” depending on how habitable its surface is. At the time of its […]
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Week In Images
Our week through the lens: 9-13 May 2016 To source
Comet Whips Up Whirling Debris in Close-Up Hubble Telescope View
A shining jet of dust whirls around a comet zooming past Earth in newly released time-lapse images from the Hubble Space Telescope. When Comet 252P/LINEAR flew by Earth in late March , it passed within just 3.3 million miles (5.2 million kilometers) of Earth, or about 14 times the distance between Earth and the moon. That […]
Couture in orbit
Together with the London Science Museum and top European fashion schools, ESA is harnessing next-generation technology and exploring the future of fashion To source
Simulating Tropomi
Presented at this week’s Living Planet Symposium, this image shows how the Sentinel-5P satellite will improve air-quality forecasts To source
Hubble Spies a Spiral Snowflake
Together with irregular galaxies, spiral galaxies make up approximately 60 percent of the galaxies in the local universe. However, despite their prevalence, each spiral galaxy is unique — like snowflakes, no two are alike. This is demonstrated by the striking face-on spiral galaxy NGC 6814. To source
Living Planet 2016
Selected highlights of the Living Planet Symposium in Prague, 9-13 May To source