Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2A image of Argentina’s Upsala Glacier, which has retreated more than 3 km in the past 15 years To source
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Van Allen Radiation Belts: Facts & Findings
Two giant swaths of radiation, known as the Van Allen Belts, surrounding Earth were discovered in 1958. In 2012, observations from the Van Allen Probes showed that a third belt can sometimes appear. The radiation is shown here in yellow, with green representing the spaces between the belts. Earth is surrounded by giant donut-shaped swaths […]
Launchpad Explosion Destroys SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket, Satellite in Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and its commercial satellite payload were destroyed by an explosion at their launchpad in Florida early Thursday (Sept. 1) during a typically routine test. The explosion occurred at 9:07 a.m. EDT (1307 GMT), as SpaceX was preparing to launch the Amos-6 communications satellite for the Israeli company Spacecom from a pad at the […]
Ceres' Mountain Ahuna Mons: Side View
Ceres’ lonely mountain, Ahuna Mons, is seen in this simulated perspective view. The elevation has been exaggerated by a factor of two. The view was made using enhanced-color images from NASA’s Dawn mission. To source
Baikonur Cosmodrome: Russian Launch Complex
A Russian Soyuz-FG rocket launches 5 satellites from Baikonur launch site on July 22, 2012, at 10:00 Moscow time. Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan has been the launch site for Soviet and Russian space missions since the beginning of space exploration in 1957. The first satellite and the first human flew into space from there. Today, […]
What Is an Occultation?
Astrophotographer Laura Austin caught the moon’s occultation of the star Aldebaran, on Jan. 19, 2016, from her location in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, In space, an occultation happens when one object passes in front of another from an observer’s perspective. A simple example is a solar eclipse. From a certain area on Earth, the moon passes […]
'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse Captured From Reunion Island | Video
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SpaceX Rocket Explosion Aftermath Captured On KSC Launch Pad Video
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Mars team
Operations image of the week: ExoMars mission control trains for arriving at the Red Planet To source
Call for media: First data release from ESA's Gaia mission
Media representatives are invited to a briefing on the first data release of ESA’s Gaia mission, an astrometry mission to map the stars of our galaxy, the Milky Way. To source
Milky Way's 'Blowout Bash' May Explain Galaxy's Missing Mass
This is an artist’s impression of the exploding quasar at the center of the Milky Way 6 million years ago. The wisps of orange at the center represent the gasless “bubble” that would have formed following the event. At the center of the Milky Way, there is a dormant supermassive black hole — but new […]
Cuddly comet chaser
Technology image of the week: a plush toy version of Rosetta joins a rover in ESA’s Mars Yard – the actual Rosetta spacecraft will soon join the planetary lander club To source
Hurricane Hermine Threatens Florida in New Photo from Space
NASA’s Aqua satellite captured tropical storm, now Hurricane Hermine as it continued to strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico. Tropical Storm Hermine was upgraded to a hurricane this afternoon, as the Gulf of Mexico storm’s maximum sustained winds increased to near 75 miles per hour (120 km/h). A NASA satellite glimpsed the strengthening storm earlier […]