An “over-the-top” complex mix of craters, ice flows, mountains, valleys and apparent dunes coexist on Pluto in the latest amazing images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft. “Pluto is showing us a diversity of landforms and complexity of process that rival anything we’ve seen in the solar system,” New Horizons’ principal investigator Alan Stern, from the […]
New imagery from the NASA’s New Horizons’ mission has been processed. High detailed views of the Sputnik Planum and the Chaos region give you the perspective from 1,100 miles (1,800 kilometers) above Pluto’s equatorial area. Credit: NASA/JHPL/SWRI/mash mix: Space.com’s @SteveSpaleta To source
On Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, the United States will fall under the Moon shadow with huge swaths of the country viewing a total eclipse, while the rest is treated to a partial eclipse. Exact areas can be seen in these visualizations created by NASA. Credit: NASA/GSFC To source
Texas-based Firefly Space Systems, which aims to launch small satellites, has tested its first rocket engine.Credit: Firefly Space Systems A company that aims to launch small satellites to orbit has successfully tested its first rocket engine. Texas-based Firefly Space Systems, which is developing rockets dedicated to getting small spacecraft aloft, has conducted a ground test […]
This new infographic from Guinness World Records 2016 Gamer’s Edition shows how video-game spaceships have changed over the years.Credit: Guinness World Records This awesome new image from the folks behind the Guinness World Records traces the evolution of video-game spaceships, from the simple dots and dashes of “Spacewar!” in 1962 to the hyperrealistic Anaconda craft […]
SpaceX CEO and entrepreneur Elon Musk was a guest on the second episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” on Sept. 2, 2015.Credit: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert/CBS Elon Musk appeared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” last night (Sept. 9) to talk about dropping nuclear bombs on Mars, the future of […]
The reddish polar patch on Pluto’s moon Charon is visible in this image, which was taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft on July 13, 2015, from a distance of 289,000 miles (466,000 kilometers).Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute The north pole of Pluto’s big moon Charon likely gets its reddish color from […]
SpaceX’s robotic Dragon capsule could be modified to help bring Mars samples back to Earth, some researchers say.Credit: SpaceX A mission that uses SpaceX’s Dragon capsule to help bring chunks of Mars rock back to Earth for analysis could launch as early as 2022, researchers say. This “Red Dragon” project — which remains a concept at […]
This image shows a digital terrain model of the crater investigated by the University of Arizona’s Ali Bramson. Image released August 26, 2015.Credit: American Geophysical Union A giant slab of ice as big as California and Texas combined lurks just beneath the surface of Mars between its equator and north pole, researchers say. This ice […]
An unusual observation by Mars Express shows a sweeping view over the planet’s south polar ice cap and across its ancient, cratered highlands. To source
Why does Saturn look like it’s been painted with a dark brush in this infrared image, but Dione looks untouched? To source
Galileo 9 and 10 are due for launch atop a Soyuz rocket at 02:08 GMT on 11 September (04:08 CEST; 23:08 local time, 10 September). Streaming starts at 01:48 GMT (03:48 CEST). To source
This radio image shows a shock wave (the bright arc running from bottom left to top right) in the ‘Sausage’ merging cluster of galaxies as seen by the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope. The shock wave was generated 1 billion years ago, when the two original clusters collided, and is moving at 5.6 million mph (9 […]