Putorana Plateau
Earth observation image of the week: the snowy landscape of the Putorana Plateau in Siberia, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source
NASA Missions Harvest a Passel of ‘Pumpkin’ Stars
NASA’s Kepler and Swift missions have found rapidly rotating stars producing more than 100 times our own sun’s peak X-ray emission. Spinning so fast they resemble pumpkins, the stars likely formed by mergers of sun-like stars. original
First Pass of Echo 1 Satellite Over the Goldstone Tracking Station
This photograph shows the first pass of Echo 1, America’s first communications satellite, over the Goldstone Tracking Station managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, California, in the early morning of Aug. 12, 1960. The movement of the antenna, star trails, and Echo 1 (the long streak in the middle) are visible in this […]
Detailed images of Schiaparelli and its descent hardware on Mars
A high-resolution image taken by a NASA Mars orbiter this week reveals further details of the area where the ExoMars Schiaparelli module ended up following its descent on 19 October. To source
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Nat Geo's 'Mars' Invades NYC with Immersive Red Planet Exhibit
National Geographic set up a Mars experiential exhibit in New York City to celebrate the premiere of the new docudrama mini-series, “Mars.” NEW YORK — National Geographic is bringing Mars down to Earth this week. New Yorkers can visit the Mars experiential dome in lower Manhattan to get a taste of what it would be […]
Fifteen years of Proba-1
Technology image of the week: ESA’s original technology demonstration minisatellite, still going strong, images an Arctic river delta To source
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Operations image of the week: ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter swings into orbit around the Red Planet To source
Iron-Loving Bacteria a Model For Mars Life
A computer-assisted model of the Mars 2020 rover, which is expected to look for signs of habitable environments on the Red Planet. It also will cache samples for possible return to Earth by another mission. Single-celled microbes are considered a living example of the kind of life that might exist elsewhere in the universe , […]
Picture This: Startup Satellite Fleet Will Image Planet Daily
Two pf Planet’s satellites float by the Space Station’s massive solar array. A satellite-imaging startup wants to make global change transparent, by capturing every part of the planet every day and sharing those images with the world. The company, known as Planet , is aiming to make global change visible, accessible, and actionable for everyone, Will […]
Dusty with a Chance of Radiation: Mars Weather Forecasting Will Be Critical
Weather on Earth is often a hazard for travelers; after all, snowstorms, hurricanes, floods and other events can make it dangerous to drive or fly. Space travelers have a similar problem when dealing with space weather . As NASA plans to send humans to Mars in the 2030s, work is underway to study how the […]
How Was Mars Made? | Formation of Mars
The planet Mars was formed, along with the rest of the solar system, about 4.6 billion years ago. But exactly how the planets formed remains a subject of debate. Currently, two theories are duking it out for the role of champion. Artist’s conception of our solar system’s solar nebula, the cloud of gas and dust […]