Distant Galaxy Merger Captured by Hubble Space Telescope (Photo)
The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of the galaxy NGC 6052, which is actually two spiral galaxies in the process of merging.Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt You can ring in the new year with some celestial fireworks, courtesy of the iconic Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble has taken a colorful photo of the […]
SpaceX Falcon 9 First Stage Comes In Hot In Alternate NASA View | Video
A NASA camera tracked the Dec. 21st, 2015 first stage landing of the commercial spaceflight company’s uprated Falcon 9 booster, a key step to lower cost, reusable operation. The vehicle can be seen, coming in fast, with a last moment deploy of its landing legs before touchdown. SpaceX Launches, Lands, Deploys 11 Birds Credit: NASA […]
Message to the Queen
British ESA astronaut Tim Peake’s message to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland To source
Triple Play
What looks like a pair of Saturnian satellites is actually a trio upon close inspection. To source
Under the Starry Sky: Trio Watches Meteor Shower in Stunning Photo
A trio of skywatchers enjoy the beach watching meteors streak across the starry sky. Astrophotographer Deepanshu Arora took this image during Perseids Meteor shower week on August 18, 2015 at Cannon Beach in Oregon. Arora had just bought a wide lens camera and wanted to capture some shots of the night sky. He used a […]
Moon Mystery Solved! Apollo Rocket Impact Site Finally Found
The impact site of the Apollo 16 mission’s S-IVB rocket stage, which slammed into the lunar surface in April 1972.Credit: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University A sharp-eyed NASA spacecraft has spotted the final resting place of part of one of the rockets that took astronauts to the moon, more than 43 years after the booster slammed into […]
'Star Wars' for Real: US Military Wraps Up Space War Games
The United States’ Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program supports missile early warning, missile defense, battlespace awareness and technical intelligence mission areas.Credit: Lockheed Martin Think of it as “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” — but for real. The United States Air Force Space Command’s ninth Schriever Wargame, which took place from Dec. 11 through Dec. […]
Holiday highlights
Images from Rosetta taken over the holiday period To source
Power to ISS
Sunrise strikes the solar panels that power the International Space Space Station, caught by astronaut Tim Peake on New Year’s Eve To source
The First Meteor Shower of 2016 Is Peaking, and It's an Exceptional One
The 2016 Quadrantid meteor shower of 2016 peaks before dawn on Monday Jan. 4, and could be one of the best of the year, weather permitting. Here, astrophotographer Roberto Porto captures a Qudrantid meteor over Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands in 2012.Credit: Roberto Porto The first meteor display of 2016 – the Quadrantid meteor shower […]
Manned Orbiting Laboratory: Secrets of a US Military Space Station (Infographic)
By Karl Tate, Infographics Artist | January 01, 2016 09:42am ET Announced to the pubic in August 1965, the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) was described as a technology-development platform that would aid manned and unmanned space efforts. The project also had a top-secret mission: MOL was to be the first U.S. manned spy satellite. The […]
Space Plutonium: US Once Again Producing Fuel for Deep-Space Missions
For the first time in 30 years, the United States produced an isotope of plutonium that powers NASA’s deep-space missions. A total of 50 grams of plutonium-238 was produced at the Department of Energy (DOE)’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, in the first end-to-end demonstration of the material’s production in the United States […]
Astronauts Ring In New Year from Space (Video)
Happy New Year from space! Three of the six people living aboad the International Space Station have beamed home a special New Year’s video message for the 7.3 billion people confined to Earth’s surface. “I’d like to wish everyone down on our beautiful planet Earth a very happy New Year, and a fantastic 2016,” British […]