<div data-cycle-pager-template=”” readability=”32″> SBIRS Geo-3 Launch: Closeup View Credit: United Launch Alliance A closeup view of the Jan. 20, 2017 launch of the SBIRS Geo-3 missile-warning satellite atop an Atlas V rocket. <div data-cycle-pager-template=”” readability=”32.5″> SBIRS Geo-3 Lifts Off Credit: United Launch Alliance The U.S. Air Force’s Space Based Infrared System Geo-3 missile-detection satellite launches […]
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Forecasting the Future is Becoming Big Business for Sci-Fi
A 1977 concept drawing for a space station known as the spider concept. The future is not that far off, and many professional forecasters in Washington make a living out of predicting the kind of world we might inhabit 10, 20 or 30 years down the road. These reports are put together by a committee […]
2016 Warmest Year Ever – How NASA Knows | Video
By Steve Spaleta | January 18, 2017 12:08pm ET NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) took measurements from 6300 weather stations across the world, sea surface teships and buoys for sea surface temperatures and measurements from Antarctic research stations to come to the conclusion. [Full Story on Live Science] credit : NASA/GSFC Watch more ► […]
Geoengineering Earth's Atmosphere: How It Could Affect Astronomy
Panelists at the 229th meeting of the American Astronomical Society discussed geoengineering Earth’s atmosphere to reduce the impact of climate change and the effect it might have on night-sky viewing and astronomy. Potential large-scale solutions to combat the influence that humans have on Earth’s rising temperatures may directly affect astronomers. During one of the United […]
2016 Warmest Year Ever – Largely Due To Human Emissions | Video
By Steve Spaleta | January 18, 2017 11:41am ET Using measurements from 6,300 locations, NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) has come to the conclusion that 2016 was the warmest ever and is breaks the record set just last year. Temperatures have risen “degrees Fahrenheit (1.1 degrees Celsius) since the late-19th century, largely a […]
Extremely Large Telescope's Massive and Unusual Mirrors – Quick Look | Animation
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Possible Signs of Ancient Drying in Martian Rock
A grid of small polygons on the Martian rock surface near the right edge of this view may have originated as cracks in drying mud more than 3 billion years ago. To source
#Sentinel2Go launch
Be a part of Europe’s Earth observation revolution: apply to join top Earth experts at the Sentinel launch SocialSpace on 6–7 March in Darmstadt, Germany To source
Astronaut's First Spacewalk Photos Are Out of This World!
French astronaut Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency snaps his first space selfie during his first spacewalk, on Jan. 13, 2017. French astronaut Thomas Pesquet, a first-timer aboard the International Space Station, ventured out into the void of space for his first spacewalk on Friday (Jan. 13). While he spent nearly 6 hours working […]
Prickly Pluto Could Reveal Ice Spikes Are Common on Other Worlds
When New Horizons whizzed by Pluto in 2015, images from the spacecraft revealed a geologist’s dream. Icy mountains, a nitrogen glacier and a surprisingly youthful surface changed our notions of the distant dwarf planet forever. And even 18 months after the flyby, discoveries continue to pour in as scientists analyze the treasure trove of data. […]
Making the Giant Magellan Telescope's Massive, Incredibly Precise Mirrors
The largest single-piece astronomical mirrors ever made are slowly coming together for an eagle-eyed ground-based telescope. To focus images for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), which is under construction in Chile , the 27.6-foot-wide (8.4 meters) concave mirrors must be curved precisely, to within 20 nanometers — the width of a single glass molecule. When […]
After Cernan, Only Six Apollo Moonwalkers Remain
Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, who died on Monday, snaps a picture of crewmate Harrison “Jack” Schmitt in the Taurus-Littrow valley on the moon. The generation of astronauts who inspired a world with the first and, so far, only journeys beyond Earth’s orbit is dwindling, with just six of the 12 Apollo moonwalkers still alive. […]
2016's Climate: Watch NASA, NOAA Report Live Today
Storms on July 29, 2016 over the South China Sea build into a breathtaking frenzy in this image from the ISS. NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will hold a joint press conference this morning (Jan. 18) at 11 a.m. EDT (4 p.m. GMT) to unveil their report on the changing climate in […]