Our week through the lens: 9-13 May 2016 To source
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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
Living Planet 2016
Selected highlights of the Living Planet Symposium in Prague, 9-13 May 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
Boeing's 1st 'Full-Blown' Starliner Space Capsule Takes Shape
Boeing’s first CST-100 Starliner hull stands in one piece inside the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida after the Structural Test Article’s upper and lower domes were mated together. Credit: Boeing Boeing’s plans to launch NASA astronauts to the International Space Station took on a new shape […]
What Lunar Luck! Friday the 13th Is Prime Moon Viewing Time
The first-quarter moon occurs on Friday, May 13. With the sun shining at a low angle across the center of the moon, it’s the best time of the month to observe the moon’s “seas” and craters. Credit: Imelda B. Joson and Edwin L. Aguirre When is the best time to look at the moon? Contrary […]
Einstein's Theory of Relativity Holds True for Early Universe, 3D Map Confirms
A 3D map of the universe from 12 to 14.5 billion light-years away. Analyzing the positions of ancient galaxies helped a team of scientists verify Einstein’s general theory of relativity, which describes how gravity warps space and time. Credit: NAOJ; Partial data supplied by: CFHT, SDSS Just over one hundred years after Albert Einstein proposed […]
Methane and carbon dioxide on the rise
Satellite readings show that atmospheric methane and carbon dioxide are continuing to increase despite global efforts to reduce emissions. To source
Mars Curiosity: Facts and Information
An artist’s concept illustrates what the Mars rover Curiosity will look like on the Red Planet. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The Mars Science Laboratory and its rover centerpiece, Curiosity, is the most ambitious Mars mission yet flown by NASA. The rover’s primary mission is to find out if Mars is, or was, suitable for life. Another objective […]
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Kepler-62f: A Possible Water World
The artist’s conception depicts Kepler-62f, a super-Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of a star smaller and cooler than the sun, located about 1,200 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lyra. The small shining object seen to the right of Kepler-62f is Kepler-62e. Credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/Tim Pyle. Kepler-62f is potentially an Earth-like planet about 1,200 […]