Earth from Space
Noel Gourmelen joins the programme at the Living Planet Symposium in Prague to discuss a new way of processing CryoSat data over ice sheets To source
Lunar ice drill
Technology image of the week: this ice drill has been designed to penetrate 1–2 m into the surface of the Moon To source
Mercury Transit Delivered in Highest-Ever Spatial Resolution By Observatory | Video
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Mysterious Dwarf Planet 'Snow White' Much Bigger Than Thought: Study
A faraway object nicknamed “Snow White” is considerably larger than scientists had thought, and is in fact the third-largest dwarf planet in the solar system, a new study suggests. Snow White is about 955 miles (1,535 kilometers) in diameter rather than 795 miles (1,280 km) wide as previously believed, according to the new study. That […]
Largest Unnamed Solar System Body Spied By Space Telescope | Video
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NASA Probes Witness Powerful Magnetic Storms Near Earth, a Space First
This artist’s illustration shows NASA’s four identical Magnetospheric Multiscale mission satellites flying in near the sun-facing edge of the Earth’s magnetic field. The spacecraft have made the first-ever detection of a magnetic reconnection, an explosive energy burst, between the magnetic fields of Earth and the sun. Credit: NASA Explosive storms spawned by interactions between the […]
Atomic Oxygen on Mars Detected by Flying Telescope
The flying observatory SOFIA’s measurement of atomic oxygen in Mars’ atmosphere is superimposed on the Red Planet itself. Researchers’ new measurements of the highly reactive element will let researchers model the planet’s conditions much more accurately. Credit: SOFIA/GREAT spectrum: NASA/DLR/USRA/DSI/MPIfR/GREAT Consortium/ MPIfS/Rezac et al. 2015. Mars image: NASA The airborne SOFIA telescope has measured atomic […]
Full of Science, Dragon Spacecraft Undocks for Return to Earth
ESA astronaut Tim Peake photographed the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft as it undocked from the International Space Station on May 11, 2016. Scheduled to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at 2:55 p.m. EDT, the spacecraft will return the final batch of human research samples from former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly’s historic one-year mission. To source
SpaceX Dragon Cargo Ship Headed Home from Space Station
SpaceX’s uncrewed Dragon spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station May 11, 2016 at 9:19 a.m. EDT (1319 GMT) after a monthlong orbital stay attached to the station. Credit: NASA TV SpaceX’s robotic Dragon cargo capsule has left the International Space Station and is headed back to Earth. The uncrewed Dragon spacecraft undocked at 9:19 […]
2007 OR10: Largest Unnamed World in the Solar System
A recently published study is helping to demystify the largest known object in our solar system without an official name. original
From petabytes to pictures
Thousands of scientists are at the Living Planet Symposium in Prague this week to present the latest findings on our changing planet. Between the mountains of data coming from multiple satellites and the high level of expertise needed to translate them into useful information, the results are not always easy to understand. To source
1st Alien Earth Still Elusive Despite Huge Exoplanet Haul
Artist’s illustration of Kepler-186f, an exoplanet similar in size to Earth that appears to orbit in the habitable zone of its parent star. Credit: NASA Ames/SETI Institute/JPL-Caltech The first “alien Earth” continues to evade detection. On Monday (May 10), astronomers announced the discovery of 1,284 exoplanets by NASA’s Kepler space telescope, bringing the prolific observatory’s […]
Are We Alone? Scientists Discuss the Search for Life and Odds of E.T.
As more planets are discovered outside Earth’s solar system, scientists must update estimations about the likelihood that life has formed somewhere other than Earth. Credit: ESO SALT LAKE CITY — What are the odds that alien life exists elsewhere in the universe? At a major physics meeting, experts talked about updates to historic predictions about […]