Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2015 Winning Photos
Sebastian Voltmer (Germany) snapped a close encounter between our neighbor Mars and Comet C/2013 A1, AKA Siding Spring, as it passed through the night…Read More » sky on Oct. 22, 2014. To obtained Voltmer used the SBIG STL11000M camera at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia. Less « To source
Four Blood Moons: Supermoon Eclipse Will Cap Epic Lunar Tetrad
The rare “supermoon” total lunar eclipse on Sunday (Sept. 27) will mark the end of a great eclipse-viewing era. The Sunday evening eclipse is the last in a “tetrad” — a term for four total lunar eclipses happening at six-month intervals — that has been stunning skywatchers across the United States for the past 18 […]
5 Teams Share First Round of NASA Cubesat Prizes
Cislunar Explorer, a 3U cubesat a team at Cornell University is developing for a NASA-funded Lunar Derby.Credit: Cislunar Explorer WASHINGTON — Five teams, ranging from university students to a group of engineers dispersed across the country, received $20,000 each from NASA in the first milestone of a competition to develop deep space cubesat technologies. The […]
Mystery Solved? How Universe's Brightest-Ever Galaxies Formed
This image shows the gas density distribution of one instance in time of the model starburst galaxy, spanning approximately 650,000 light-years across. Extreme star formation in the central galaxy is fueled by significant gas inflows, rendering it extremely bright.Credit: Desika Narayanan The mystery of how the brightest galaxies in the universe form may soon be […]
Total Lunar Eclipse Will Bring a Moon Triple Treat Sunday
This Sunday night moon observers have the chance to see a lunar triple treat, weather permitting. First, the moon will be full, as it always must be for a lunar eclipse to occur. This is a special full moon, because this is the Harvest Moon. Because the angle of the ecliptic —the path the moon […]
Ancient Bright Starburst Galaxies Framed The Present Universe | Video
Extremely luminous early galaxies – such as those simulated here in infrared light – established the structure of galactic clusters observed today by sub-millimeter wavelength telescopes. Visualization by Robert Thompson (NCSA) Music by Thomas Bergersen Credit: Visualization: Robert Thompson (NCSA) / Music: Thomas Bergersen To source
Here Comes the Sun: Water Blasts on Comets Tied to Sunlight Cycle
The comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, as seen by Europe’s orbiting Rosetta spacecraft on March 22, 2015.Credit: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM – CC BY-SA IGO 3.0 The outbursts of water vapor seen emanating from comets are fueled by subsurface ice reservoirs, a new study suggests. Observations by the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft show that surface ice on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, which […]
Rosetta reveals comet’s water-ice cycle
ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft has provided evidence for a daily water-ice cycle on and near the surface of comets. To source
Supersonic Shock Waves of a T-38C Aircraft
This schlieren image of a T-38C aircraft was captured using the patent-pending BOSCO technique and then processed with NASA-developed code to reveal shock wave structures. Researchers at Armstrong and NASA’s Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California, have developed new schlieren techniques based on modern image processing methods. To source
Flight Crew to Flight: NASA Names 1st Astronaut-Turned-Flight Director
Timothy “TJ” Creamer is the first astronaut in NASA’s history to be named a flight director in Mission Control.Credit: NASA TV Timothy “TJ” Creamer, who this week joined the ranks of Christopher Kraft, Eugene Kranz and Glynn Lunney as one of NASA’s flight directors, is no stranger to Mission Control. Over the course of his […]
Lunar Eclipse Gives Earth A Ring Of Fire | Moon-View Video
Future residents of the Moon’s Nearside will be treated to a ‘fire-ringed’ Earth during lunar eclipse totality (as Earth’s shadow completely envelops the Moon, turning it “blood red”). On September 27th, 2015, an eclipse of the rare Supermoon/Harvest Moon will produce quite a show for many here on Earth. [Sadly, no one yet lives on […]
A Rose by Any Name: Nebula Blossoms in Sweet Space Photo, Video
Omega Nebula, Swan Nebula, Checkmark Nebula, Horseshoe Nebula, Lobster Nebula — whatever you call it, the spectacular star-forming Messier 17 sparkles in a new photo. On Space.com alone, namers have called out the nebula’s similarity to a swan , the Greek letter omega and a horseshoe or lobster (although there’s another Lobster Nebula , too). […]
Blood Moon Tunes: Music to Make Your 'Supermoon' Lunar Eclipse Rock
How do you capture the moon’s majesty in song? Astrophotographer Stephan Kogelman captured this photograph of the August 2014 supermoon on the Island of Bonaire in the Caribbean, off the coast of Venezuela.Credit: Stephan Kogelman As you settle in Sunday night (Sept. 27) to watch the supermoon lunar eclipse, kick back with some moon tunes […]