Astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly join students and school officials cutting a ribbon marking the opening of the newly-renamed Kelly Elementary School in West Orange, New Jersey, May 19, 2016. Credit: collectSPACE.com WEST ORANGE, N.J. — A New Jersey grade school launched its new name today (May 19) with the help of its honored namesakes — […]
A hilltop site in Milan, Ohio, located on a bluff overlooking the Huron River, was likely a prehistoric ceremonial site for “Early Woodland” people 2,300 years ago. Credit: Brian Redmond, Cleveland Museum of Natural History A curious prehistoric site on a hilltop in northern Ohio may reflect the spiritual cosmology of the ancient hunter-gatherer people […]
The Belt of Venus occurs in the anti-sunward direction just after sunset and, depending on atmospheric conditions, a very dark band (the Earth’s shadow) and an orange/pink glow (backscattered sunlight) can become very obvious. Credit: Ian O’Neill A beautiful atmospheric phenomenon descended over the ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) last week, giving the participants of […]
This detailed view of Mars was created using 1,000 photos taken by NASA’s Viking 1 orbiter. Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS The chances are good that microbial life existed on Mars long ago, and sending astronauts to the Red Planet is the best way to find the evidence, NASA’s chief scientist said. Do you think life exists on […]
Astronomers, biologists and other scientists are discussing the nature of alien intelligence during a daylong workshop on May 18, 2016, at the International Space Development Conference in Puerto Rico. Credit: Danielle Futselaar, Creative Director, METI International. Scientists are gathering in Puerto Rico today (May 18) to discuss the many forms alien intelligence could take. Do […]
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Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA posted this May 15, 2016 photograph to social media, writing, “Water etchings in western @Mexico sands. @Space_Station #Explore” To source
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst has been assigned a new mission to the International Space Station, where he will fulfil the role of commander during the second part of his six-month mission in 2018. To source
Images from Sentinel-2A over the last five months have been used to create a remarkable cloud-free view of Africa To source
Technology image of the week: this Lego model of Europe’s ExoMars 2020 rover on its lander is a tool, being used by robotics engineers during an ‘egress’ test campaign To source
Video briefing on the next Galileo launch on 24 May, including views of the satellites and an interview with ESA’s Navigation Director Paul Verhoef To source
Former NASA astronauts and identical twins Scott and Mark Kelly are being honored with the renaming of their elementary school in West Orange, New Jersey. Credit: collectSPACE.com A New Jersey elementary school is about to become the newest member of the “crew” of U.S. educational institutions that have been named for astronauts. On Thursday (May […]
A glowing gas cloud full of young stars shines brightly in a new picture from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile. The gas cloud, a nebula called LHA 120-N55, is about 163,000 light-years away from Earth and is situated in the Large Magellanic Cloud , a nearby dwarf galaxy that’s one […]