How To Mix A Harvest Moon – Pour This Fall Full Moon Cocktail! | Video
Fall has fallen! And the full moon falling closest to the Fall (Autumnal) Equinox is known as the Harvest Moon, because it’s time for farm-folk to gather in their crops; an act best done with a drink recently downed (unless machinery is to be used!). Guest celestial mixologist Athena Hom, of The Rumpus Room in New […]
Supermoon Cocktail! Make One Tonight! | Video
When the full moon falls near the time when the Moon is closest to Earth, we see a “supermoon” that’s up to 14% larger than other big, round full moons. Let’s celebrate with a tasty, full-bodied adult beverage! Guest celestial mixologist Athena Hom, of The Rumpus Room in New York City, gives you the secret recipe […]
Pluto Revealed: The Historic Voyage of New Horizons (Kavli Hangout)
Could Pluto hide liquid water far beneath its surface?Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech Adam Hadhazy, writer and editor for The Kavli Foundation, contributed this article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights . After a journey lasting nine-and-a-half years, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft finally reached the distant world of Pluto. The three-billion-mile expedition culminated with New […]
Veil Nebula Supernova Remnant
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled in stunning detail a small section of the Veil Nebula – expanding remains of a massive star that exploded about 8,000 years ago. To source
Destination ESA
Technology image of the week: thousands of visitors will soon be headed this way to ESA’s technical heart To source
Veil Nebula Supernova Remnant
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled in stunning detail a small section of the Veil Nebula – expanding remains of a massive star that exploded about 8,000 years ago. To source
Lifting the veil
Spectacular new images of the Veil Nebula from Hubble To source
Forty years of European space tracking
Today, ESA celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Agency’s ground station network, the indispensable link to spacecraft that are helping us to learn about our planet, our Solar System and our Universe. To source
Biggest Moon Myths for the 'Supermoon' Total Lunar Eclipse
The far side of the moon, often mistakenly called the “dark side” though it receives just as much sunlight as the near side, as imaged by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.Credit: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University Sunday’s rare “supermoon” total lunar eclipse has prompted greater discussion of the moon — and those discussions sometimes involve persistent lunar myths. […]
India's 1st Mars Mission Celebrates One Year at Red Planet
This image of Mars was captured by India’s Mangalyaan orbiter, which arrived at the Red Planet in September 2014.Credit: Indian Space Research Organisation India’s first-ever Mars probe is now one year into its historic mission, and it’s still going strong. The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft, also known as Mangalyaan, arrived at the Red Planet […]
Ground station chillax
The winning entry in the #Estrack40 audio contest is now the official theme music for ESA’s ground station network To source
NASA Mars Probe Marks One Year at Red Planet
NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft, shown here in an artist’s illustration, celebrated one year in Mars orbit on Sept. 21, 2015.Credit: NASA/Goddard NASA’s newest Mars probe has now been circling the Red Planet for a year. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft arrived in orbit around the Red Planet on Sept. 21, 2014, 10 months […]
Spectacular Solar Eclipse View Wins Astronomy Photographer of the Year Prize
Luc Jamet (France) captured the total solar eclipse of March 20, 2015, from Svalbard, Norway — one of only two habitable locations able to witness totality — just 16 seconds after it began.Credit: © Luc Jamet The winning images from the Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition were announced last week, […]