Nat Geo 'Mars' Series Explores Making a Home on the Red Planet
The National Geographic series “Mars” tells the story of the first crew of humans to visit the Red Planet, set in 2033. The third episode of the National Geographic series “Mars” airs tonight and will explore the challenge of building a long-term home on Mars. The six-part series is a combination of science fiction and […]
Check Out This Jaw-dropping Image of Jupiter and the Moon
Greg Diesel Walck took the image from Moyock, North Carolina as a thunderstorm drifted across the horizon on August 5, 2016. Does this stunning image of the moon give you chills? That’s how astrophotographer Greg Diesel Walck felt when taking the image. “I’ve taken over 30,000 pictures of the moon. Tonight, I had a chance to […]
Under the Stars: Photographer Captures Stunning Taurid Meteor
Astrophotographer Jeff Berkes took this image from Assateague Island National Seashore along the eastern shores of Maryland on November 5, 2016. Taurid meteors dot the sky above as a skywatcher captures the gorgeous night sky in his tent below. Astrophotographer Jeff Berkes took this image from Assateague Island National Seashore along the eastern shores of Maryland […]
Mars 160 Coverage: Training for a Manned Mission to Mars
Patch for the Mars Society’s Mars 160 mission, during which seven crewmembers will conduct 80-day simulated Red Planet missions in the Utah desert and the Canadian Arctic. On Sept. 24, 2016, seven explorers began an 80-day mission at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS), a facility in the Utah desert operated by the nonprofit Mars […]
Photographer's Deepest Sky View Reveals a Stunning Triangulum Galaxy
This image of M33 was taken by astrophotographer Chris Schur taken from Payson, Arizona in October 2016. This purple-dotted images is of the northern galaxy M33 located nearly 3 million light-years away from Earth. The image was a personal accomplishment for astrophotographer Chris Schur taken from Payson, Arizona in October. “This is my deepest shot yet,” […]
Incredible! Milky Way Shines Through a Midnight-Blue Sky (Photo)
Barbara Matthews took this image the first week of August from Donner Summit, a mountaintop on the northern Sierra Nevada range. While scouting locations to watch the Perseids meteor shower earlier this year, an astrophotogrpaher was able to capture this stunning shot of the Milky Way , our home galaxy. Barbara Matthews took this image the […]
Week In Images
Our week through the lens: 21-25 November 2016 To source
Twinkling Stars: Skywatcher Snaps Stunning View of Pleiades Star Cluster
This image of M45, or the Pleiades star cluster, was taken by Ron Brecher in October 2016. Twinkling stars shines in the stunning stargazing image. This image is of M45, also known as the Pleiades star cluster, or the Seven Sisters . The image was taken by Ron Brecher in October 2016. The twinkling star field inspired Brecher. […]
Notes from Mars 160: The Science Work We're Doing
Me, drawing a hypolith quadrat in the field. The Mars Society is conducting the ambitious two-phase Mars 160 Twin Desert-Arctic Analogue mission to study how seven crewmembers could live, work and perform science on a true mission to Mars. Mars 160 crewmember Annalea Beattie is chronicling the mission , which will spend 80 days at […]
Watch Out for the Winking Eye of the Demon Star
Look almost directly overhead in the constellation Perseus at 10:30pm local time to see the variable star Algol. There is an apocryphal story, dating back to the mid-18th century, about a famous Paris astronomer who would stand on one of the Seine bridges on nights when the variable star Algol was in eclipse, to point […]
Satellites confirm sinking of San Francisco tower
The Sentinel-1 satellites have shown that the Millennium Tower skyscraper in the centre of San Francisco is sinking by a few centimetres a year. Studying the city is helping scientists to improve the monitoring of urban ground movements, particularly for subsidence hotspots in Europe. To source
Japan
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-3 image of Japan, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source
Celebrating Thanksgiving Aboard the International Space Station
The six Expedition 50 crew members celebrate Thanksgiving in space, Nov. 24, 2016, with rehydrated turkey, stuffing, potatoes and vegetables. To source