Ice Volcanoes May Have Erased Craters on Dwarf Planet Ceres
Ice volcanoes on Ceres might help solve the mystery of why large craters seem to be missing on the dwarf planet’s surface , a new study shows. With a diameter of about 585 miles (940 kilometers), Ceres is largest member of the asteroid belt located between Mars and Jupiter. Large portions of Ceres’ surface are […]
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NASA 'Boldy Goes' To Comic-Con International | Video
By Steve Spaleta | July 26, 2016 10:04am ET NASA sent a team to represent them at Comic-Con International 2016 in Sand Diego. The guest list included: astronaut Kjell Lindgren, astronomer Amber Straughn and engineers Bobak Ferdowski and Rebekah Sosland Siefriedt. They were on a public outreach effort and talked space exploration, sci-fi and more. […]
Cockpit of the First All-Electric Propulsion Aircraft
NASA’s Scalable Convergent Electric Propulsion Technology and Operations Research (SCEPTOR) project has reached a critical milestone, where the electric propulsion integration and conversion of the Tecnam P2006T aircraft into the X-57 will commence. To source
CryoSat sets new standard for measuring sea levels
Trying to measure sea levels around rugged coastlines is not always an easy task. ESA’s CryoSat satellite is making a difference with its radar altimeter. To source
Facebook Reports Successful Fight of Full-Scale Internet-Delivery Drone
Facebook’s Aquila high-altitude, unmanned, solar-powered plane conducted its first full-scale flight on June 28. Facebook said it was a success but that there is a long road ahead before the Aquila program can begin commercial Internet delivery to the world’s unconnected populations. Here’s Facebooks assessment, as of February 2016, of connectivity levels worldwide. Credit: Facebook […]
Sun Blasts Out 2016's Strongest Flare (Video)
The sun fired off its strongest solar flare of 2016 during an active weekend that saw three eruptions from the star’s surface. The uptick in solar activity occurred overnight on Friday and Saturday (July 22 and 23) when the sun unleashed three relatively moderate solar flares, all of which were captured on video by NASA’s Solar […]
Apollo 15: First Moon Buggy Celebrates 45th Anniversary
The Apollo 15 mission featured the first use of a “moon buggy ,” or lunar roving vehicle (LRV), which traveled 17.5 miles (28 kilometers) over the course of three extravehicular activity (EVA) missions on July 31, and Aug. 1 and 2. This photograph was taken at the end of the last EVA. To source
1.2 Million Galaxies Dot Largest Ever 3D Map
One slice through the 3D map of 1.2 million galaxies created by the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) program of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II. The image covers 1/20th of the sky; a segment 6 billion light-years wide, 4.5 billion light-years high and 500 million light-years thick. Yellower galaxies are closer to Earth, and purple […]
New Space Startup Audacy Shoots for the Moon
Artist’s conception of the planned Audacy space-communications network. Credit: Audacy A new company aims to provide the communications capacity required for the ongoing private spaceflight revolution. Around Aug. 1, California-based Audacy plans to close a Series A fundraising round of at least $15 million to begin creating three satellites and two Earth stations. The goal […]
[ISS / Japanese Experiment Module (KIBO)] HTV6 site has been opened
HTV6 mission logo HTV6 Mission Developed and built in Japan, the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) known as “KOUNOTORI (white stork)” is an unmanned cargo transfer spacecraft that delivers supplies to the International Space Station (ISS). With the world’s largest loading capacity of approximately six tons and such unique functions as the International Standard Racks, “KOUNOTORI” […]
How Many Suns Can a Planet Have?
A strange alien world with three suns in its sky has just been discovered , but it didn’t break any records. There are a handful of other known exoplanets with three host stars , and quite a few out there with two suns. (This latter group is sometimes nicknamed “Tatooine” planets, after Luke Skywalker’s home […]
Sun Blasts 2016's Most Powerful Flare Yet – Part of Flare Trio | Video
By Steve Spaleta | July 25, 2016 11:50am ET The sun erupted with a M7.6-class flare on July 23rd, 2016. The blast was the second of three m-class flares that occurred in a time span of a few hours (the 2nd and 3rd flares were only separated by 15 minutes). How Do Solar Flares Affect […]