Pluto Mystery Tour: A Weird 'Snakeskin' Landscape?
In this extended color image of Pluto taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, rounded and bizarrely textured mountains, informally named the Tartarus Dorsa, rise up along Pluto’s day-night terminator and show intricate but puzzling patterns of blue-gray ridges and reddish material in between.Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI If there’s one thing we’ve learned from NASA’s New Horizons flyby […]
Art Project to Beam Neil Armstrong's Heartbeat, Footprint Back to the Moon
A new art project by Richard Clar will bounce images and sounds representing the moon landing off of the moon, capturing the radio waves with this satellite at the Dwingeloo Radio Observatory in the Netherlands.Credit: ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy Just in time for this Sunday’s (Sept. 27) lunar eclipse, artist Richard Clar […]
Supermoon Total Lunar Eclipse: A Complete Viewing Guide for Skywatchers
What can observers expect to see happen during a lunar eclipse? Check out our guide to learn about the different phases of this celestial event. No enthusiastic skywatcher ever misses a total eclipse of the moon. People are often surprised by how beautiful and engaging the spectacle is . Because of this hypnotizing beauty, during […]
Principia
Read about ESA’s next astronaut mission: Tim Peake will be launched to the International Space Station on 15 December To source
Zero Gravity Corporation Celebrates 10 Years of Weightless Flights
The Stern family of Colorado spent their Fourth of July holiday in weightlessness during a Zero Gravity Corporation flight on July 4, 2010.Credit: Steve Boxall/Zero-G A company that makes some of the thrills of spaceflight more accessible to regular folks has hit a major milestone — 10 years of weightless flights. The Virginia-based Zero Gravity Corp. […]
Hubble Snaps Breathtaking Views of Colorful Veil Nebula (Photos, Video)
by Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer Date: 25 September 2015 Time: 11:00 AM ET The Veil Nebula was observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Image released Sept. 24, 2015.CREDIT: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team The gorgeous, multicolored remnants of a destroyed star shimmer in stunning new images by the Hubble Space Telecope. The new […]
The Nile at Night
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, recently past the halfway mark of his one-year mission to the International Space Station, photographed the Nile River during a nighttime flyover on Sept. 22, 2015. Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) wrote, “Day 179. The #Nile at night is a beautiful sight for these sore eyes. Good night from @space_station! #YearInSpace.” To source
They're Out There! Most People Believe in E.T.
by Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Contributor Date: 25 September 2015 Time: 10:09 AM ET Many people believe alien life capable of communication is out there …CREDIT: NASA Are humans alone in the universe? A majority of people, particularly guys, in the United States, United Kingdom and Germany say they believe that intelligent life is out there. […]
Week In Images
Our week through the lens: 21-25 September 2015 To source
The Nile at Night
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, recently past the halfway mark of his one-year mission to the International Space Station, photographed the Nile River during a nighttime flyover on Sept. 22, 2015. Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) wrote, “Day 179. The #Nile at night is a beautiful sight for these sore eyes. Good night from @space_station! #YearInSpace.” To source
Oddly Gigantic Supermassive Black Hole Puzzles Scientists
The supermassive black hole at the heart of a recently discovered galaxy is much larger than it should be, and astronomers don’t know why. The galaxy, known as SAGE0536AGN, lies about 2 billion light-years from Earth and contains roughly 25 billion times the mass of the sun. Galaxies of this size typically harbor central black […]
Space for safer cars
A spacecraft tool is now improving car safety by stress-testing many of the internal computer systems to be sure they work well when the car is on the road. To source
Galileo satellites handed over to operator
Europe’s latest pair of Galileo satellites has passed its initial check out in space, allowing control to be handed over to the main control centre and join the growing fleet. To source