Major Dust Storm Could Soon Hit Mars
This image illustrates the haze that engulfs Mars during major dust storms. These two images were taken in 2001, about a month apart. A raging Martian dust storm is expected to sweep across the Red Planet within the next few months, according to a study that found a way to predict these otherwise variable weather […]
Perfect Lineup of Satellites Finds 'Missing Link' in Aurora Mystery
For the first time, the bright, shimmering auroras that dance across the sky have been directly linked to specific disturbances in Earth’s magnetic field. “These observations reveal the missing link in the conversion of magnetic energy to particle energy that powers the aurora,” Evgeny Panov, a researcher at the Space Research Institute at the Austrian […]
'Star Trek Beyond' Beams Up to the International Space Station
Talk about “Beam me up!” The latest entry in the “Star Trek” science fiction franchise — “Star Trek Beyond” — has been “beamed up” to the International Space Station for real-life space explorers to enjoy as they live and work in the final frontier. Representives with Paramount announced on Oct. 4 that “Star Trek Beyond” was […]
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Air Force's X-37B Space Plane Mystery Mission Wings by 500 Days in Orbit
An artist’s depiction of the U.S. Air Force’s unmanned X-37B space plane in orbit with its solar array deployed and payload bay open. The latest secretive mission of the United States Air Force’s X-37B space plane has cruised beyond 500 days in Earth orbit since its launch last year. The U.S. military launched the robotic X-37B […]
Notes from Mars 160: The Mars Society's Epic Simulation
The Mars Society’s Mars 160 Twin Desert-Arctic Analog simulation is underway at the Mars Desert Research Station (shown here) in the Utah desert. A seven-member crew is spending 80 days at the habitat for this first phase of the two-part mission. On Sept. 24, The Mars Society launched the ambitious two-phase Mars 160 Twin Desert-Arctic […]
'Valerian' Time-Traveling Ship and Other Sci-Fi Awesomeness Revealed at NY Comic Con
The poster for the upcoming “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” (2017) was revealed Oct. 6, 2016 at New York Comic Con. NEW YORK — “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” a big-budget action movie built from a long-running French comic, has arrived at New York Comic Con. Its booth here […]
'StarTalk' Makes Space a Laughing Matter at New York Comic Con
Retired astronaut Mike Massimino joins “StarTalk” host Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice for a panel discussion about space, science and pop culture at New York Comic Con on Oct. 6. NEW YORK — Neil deGrasse Tyson’s hit radio and television show “StarTalk” brought astrophysics — and an astronaut — to New York Comic […]
Researchers Night
ESA 2016 European Researchers’ Night in Italy, 30 September To source
Eye of the storm
This image, from the Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite, shows the temperature at the top of Hurricane Matthew as it approached the US this morning To source
Star Trails Seen From Low Earth Orbit
Astronauts on the International Space Station captured a series of incredible star trail images on Oct. 3, 2016, as they orbited at 17,500 miles per hour. The station orbits the Earth every 90 minutes, and astronauts aboard see an average of 16 sunrises and sunsets every 24 hours. To source
NASA's Kepler Gets the 'Big Picture' of Comet 67P
The animation shows a series of 15 images of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko taken by NASA’s Kepler spacecraft, operating in its K2 mission, from Sept. 17 through Sept. 18. The comet is seen passing through Kepler’s field of view from top right to bottom left, as outlined by the diagonal strip. original
New Tool Provides Localized Solar Weather Forecasts
Violent solar flares send large amounts of hot material hurling through space. If this material comes too close to Earth’s atmosphere, it can cause severe damage on the ground. A new tool will help improve forecasts of extreme space weather that can wreak havoc on satellites and cause lengthy power outages here on Earth. While […]