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Galileo timelapse
Timelapse video showing the Galileo satellites 15–18, from final preparations to liftoff on an Ariane 5 launcher To source
You've Never Seen Saturn's Weird Hexagon Storm Like This (Video)
NASA’s Cassini probe has beamed home the first close-up images of Saturn from the new phase of its venerable mission, and they’re a doozy. The photos — which you can check out in this Space.com video set to pulse-pounding music — show Saturn’s northern hemisphere in spectacular detail, and provide multiple views of the huge, […]
The Universe Is Flat — Now What?
The Hubble Space Telescope accumulated approximately 555 hours of exposure time to capture this Hubble eXtreme Deep Field image. The area shown represents a seemingly empty patch of sky about the width of a toothpick when held at arm’s length. The picture contains only two foreground stars (indicated by surrounding spikes). Every other object is […]
Science Museum, London Acquires British Astronaut's Soyuz for Display
Russia’s Soyuz TMA-19M descent module, which landed with British astronaut Tim Peake, is bound for Science Museum, London in 2017. The spacecraft that returned Britain’s first professional astronaut to Earth in June will land on display in London next year . Russia’s Soyuz TMA-19M descent module, which touched down from the International Space Station with […]
Mystery (Partially) Solved? 'Heat Bombs' Warm Sun's Outer Atmosphere
New observations from a NASA spacecraft could help solve a persistent mystery — why the sun’s atmosphere is so much hotter than its surface . While the sun’s visible surface is about 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit (5,538 degrees Celsius), its upper atmosphere, known as the corona , has temperatures in the millions of degrees. NASA’s Interface […]
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War and Peace: James S.A. Corey on New 'Expanse' Novel
“Babylon’s Ashes” by James S. A. Corey In “Babylon’s Ashes” (Orbit, 2016), the people of Earth, Mars and the asteroid belt deal with the aftermath of a stunning blow from the violent Free Navy, and Capt. James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante take on a desperate mission to regain equilibrium. The new novel, […]
ExoMars orbiter images Phobos
The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has imaged the martian moon Phobos as part of a second set of test science measurements made since it arrived at the Red Planet on 19 October. To source
Sahara Desert From the Space Station's EarthKAM
Middle school students programmed a camera aboard the International Space Station — the Sally Ride EarthKAM — to photograph this portion of the Sahara desert in western Libya on October 3, 2016. The Expedition 50 crew set up the EarthKAM gear in the Harmony module’s Earth-facing hatch window, to allow students to photograph targets on […]
ExoMars first images
First images taken by the ExoMars orbiter during instrument testing at Mars To source
Nat Geo's 'Mars' Colonists Grow Even More Ambitious in New Episode
Scene from “Mars,” a National Geographic Channel miniseries due to air in November. Tonight’s (Dec. 5) new episode of National Geographic’s “Mars” miniseries will demonstrate the importance of thinking realistically about big dreams while expanding a human settlement on the Red Planet. The docudrama “Mars” combines real science with a scripted portrayal of the first […]
Chaos at Hyperion
The moon Hyperion tumbles as it orbits Saturn. To source