Enhanced color image highlights Mercury’s low-reflectance material, which appears blue in this image, and its association with impact-excavated material. The young rayed crater Degas appears near the center, and to the far left is the crater Akutagawa, whose extensive low-reflectance (dark blue) material was studied by MESSENGER and found to be carbon rich. Credit: NASA/Johns […]
Trail left by the object that exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in February 2013. Credit: Alex Alishevskikh/Flickr, CC BY-SA A fireball exploded over the south Atlantic Ocean on Feb. 6 in the most powerful such event since February 2013, when a similar “airburst” injured more than 1,200 people in the Russian city of […]
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Editor’s note for March 8, 10:45 pm ET: The total solar eclipse of 2016 has ended. You can see photos of the solar eclipse here . To see our full wrap up, read: Total Solar Eclipse Wows Skywatchers Across Indonesia, Pacific Region . When the sun goes dark, NASA’s work is just beginning. Space.com talked with […]
Skylon SABRE – A True Space Plane | Video Sh… CosMix: The Universe Is Alive With Music Goddard Space Flight Center’s Best Videos NASA Edge NEOs: Near Earth Objects – The Video Show Inside Space Station – The Video Show Exploring the Southern Sky – ESO at 50 | Vide… Last Venus Transit In Your […]
Following a long series of tests, ESA’s LISA Pathfinder has started its science mission to prove key technologies and techniques needed to observe gravitational waves from space. To source
ESA and UK satellite operator Inmarsat are forging ahead with the development of air–ground communications via satellite as part of Europe’s plan to keep our skies safe as air traffic increases. To source
ESA business incubation has passed the milestone of 400 new companies. The initiative to profit from space technology and expertise to create new businesses and jobs in Europe also boosts local economies and Europe’s competitiveness. To source
Monday/Tuesday, March 21/22, 12 midnight EDT. There is a close conjunction between the planet Jupiter and the moon right at midnight. Credit: Starry Night Software Powerful Jupiter, attention-grabbing Mars and spectacular Saturn will dominate March’s night sky: Here’s how to see them. Of the three planets, Jupiter is the most dominant, particularly since it arrives […]
NASA’s T-38 jet, tail no. 913, is seen in chase of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft mated with the orbiter Enterprise in 1977. The same jet is going on display with the prototype shuttle at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City. Credit: NASA Almost 40 years after it gave chase to […]
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A model of the Orion III space plane from “2001: A Space Odyssey,” made by professional prop-maker Stephen Dymszo, with contributions from Space.com’s Infographics Artist Karl Tate. Background image is from the film. Credit: Karl Tate The futuristic space plane Orion III from the science fiction movie epic “2001: A Space Odyssey” has landed in […]