The surface of the Jupiter-sized L-dwarf star, W1906+40, is blemished by a storm raging near its north pole. At 3500° F, the star is relatively cool compared to most stars; cold enough to have coherent clouds. NASA’s Spitzer and Kepler Space Telescopes made the detection. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech To source
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'The Martian' Snags 3 Golden Globe Nominations, Including 'Best Comedy'
Matt Damon plays NASA astronaut Mark Watney in ”The Martian,” which was released in October 2015.Credit: ™ and © 2015 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. The sci-fi epic “The Martian” has been nominated for three Golden Globe awards — including, a bit confusingly, for Best Comedy. “The Martian ,” which stars Matt Damon as a NASA […]
Police Drama Set In Colonized Solar System – Syfy's 'The Expanse' Trailer
The new series is set 200 years into the future, where humanity has colonized the Solar System. It follows a detective and spaceship officer as they try to prevent a catastrophe from occurring. Premieres on SyFy on Dec. 14th, 2015. Credit: Syfy Channel To source
Phytoplankton Bloom in the North Atlantic
On Sept. 23, 2015, the weather was adequate for the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite to acquire this view of a phytoplankton bloom in the North Atlantic. The image was composed with data from the red, green, and blue bands from VIIRS, in addition to chlorophyll data. To source
Phytoplankton Bloom in the North Atlantic
On Sept. 23, 2015, the weather was adequate for the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite to acquire this view of a phytoplankton bloom in the North Atlantic. The image was composed with data from the red, green, and blue bands from VIIRS, in addition to chlorophyll data. To source
See the Milky Way Shine Over a Yellowstone Waterfall in This Awesome Photo
The Milky Way shines in the Yellowstone Grand Canyon in this stunning image. Astrophotographer A. Garrett Evans took this image in June 26 from Lower Falls in the Yellowstone Grand Canyon and shared it this month with Space.com. “After arriving at the location around 2 a.m. I had to wait for the moon to set,” […]
French Sensor for NASA Mars Lander Should Be Fixed in Time for Launch
The SEIS instrument qualification model for the Mars InSight mission undergoes testing at the CNES facility in Toulouse, France.Credit: CNES/E. Grimault LE BOURGET, France — The French-built instrument for NASA’s InSight Mars lander scheduled for launch in March is expected to be repaired in time for shipment to the United States in early January after […]
Can’t stop me now: Tim set for Principia launch
ESA astronaut Tim Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and cosmonaut commander Yuri Malenchenko will leave our planet for the International Space Station 15 December at 11:03 GMT, marking the start of Tim Peake’s Principia mission. To source
Skywatcher Snaps Mesmerizing View of Spider Nebula (Photo)
Astrophotographer Ron Brecher took this image of IC 417, known as the spider nebula, from Guelph, Ontario.Credit: Ron Brecher The stunning view of the Spider nebula offers a cosmic web of celestial delights, and was captured by astrophotographer Ron Brecher in Guelph, Ontario. Brecher took multiple exposures of the distant nebula to collect enough light to […]
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When We Dodged A Solar Bullet: Halloween 2003 Sun-Storm | Time-Lapse Video
Imagery captured in the days leading up and following the Sun erupting with an X-28 class solar flare in October 2003. According to NASA, the coronal mass ejections “saturated the (Solar and Heliopsheric Observatory) cameras with snow-like artifacts.” Credit: NASA/GSFC To source
Cool Star Marked by Long-Lived Storm
This illustration shows a cool star, called W1906+40, marked by a raging storm near one of its poles. original
NASA Telescopes Detect Jupiter-Like Storm on Small Star
A star the size of Jupiter has a raging, giant storm. original