[Project Topics] Happy Birthday, Akatsuki!
Topics List Jul. 29, 2016 UpdatedHappy Birthday, Akatsuki! On July 19, Akatsuki celebrated 1st Venus’s year anniversary (a year on Venus is 225 Earth days). Akatsuki keeps working well and continues to gather lots of data. The four cameras aboard the Venus Climate Orbiter “Akatsuki” keep sending down images. May 23, 2016 UpdatedA movie of […]
Iranian painting
Earth observation image of the week: A Sentinel-2A image of northeastern Iran To source
A Black Hole ‘Choir’
The blue dots in this field of galaxies, known as the COSMOS field, show galaxies that contain supermassive black holes emitting high-energy X-rays. To source
Asteroid Defense: Scanning the Sky for Threats From Space
This graphic shows all of the potentially hazardous asteroids (and their orbital paths) around Earth (not to scale). As of 2013, scientists had counted over 1,400 of these potentially hazardous asteroids. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Earth is hit every day by small bits of space dust. Slightly larger chunks burn up colorfully in the atmosphere, causing the […]
How are comets born?
Rosetta paints comets as ancient leftovers of the early Solar System, not young fragments born from collisions To source
New American Spy Satellite Launches on Secret Mission
A new American reconnaissance satellite has made it to orbit to begin the latest secret mission for the U.S. government. The classified NROL-61 satellite launched into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida this morning (July 28) at 8:37 a.m. EDT (1237 GMT), riding into space atop a two-stage United Launch Alliance (ULA) […]
Apollo Astronaut Study Reveals Greater Heart Risk for Deep-Space Travelers
New research suggests that Apollo astronauts, the only astronauts to travel outside of low-Earth orbit, died of heart disease four to five times more often than astronauts who never flew in space or who stayed near to Earth. Credit: NASA NASA astronauts on the Apollo missions to the moon , flown in the 1960s and 1970s, […]
Mission controllers
Operations image of the week: A happy mission control team at ESA just after ExoMars completed its first deep-space engine firing en route to the Red Planet To source
Liftoff! NRO Spy Satellite Launched Atop Atlas V Rocket | Video
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Launch Photos: Secret Spy Satellite NROL-61 Blasts Off On Atlas V Rocket
On July 28, 2016, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched into space to deliver the classified NROL-61 satellite into orbit for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. Liftoff occurred at 8:37 a.m. EDT from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Check out more amazing launch photos in this slideshow. Click here for launch video […]
Mysterious Baby Star Throws a Tantrum… Alone
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech A very young star has been discovered by itself, far from any star forming region. It is so isolated that astronomers are confounded as to how it came to be . By collecting data from several observatories, researchers have realized that the star, called CX330, is going through an outburst. This energetic phase […]
First Launch of NASA's New Megarocket On Track for 2018
NASA said it will adjust the flow of work to prepare for the launch of Exploration Mission 1, the first Space Launch System flight, to keep it on schedule for the fall of 2018. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — The first launch of NASA’s Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket remains on schedule for the fall of […]
Otherworldly Beauty: Astronomy Photography Contest Highlights Astounding Shots
“A mesmerising lunar halo forms around our natural satellite, the Moon, in the night sky above Norway. The halo, also known as a moon ring or winter halo, is an optical phenomenon created when moonlight is refracted in numerous ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere.” Credit: Copyright Tommy Richardsen It’s that wonderful time of year […]