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Kepler-22b: Facts About Exoplanet in Habitable Zone
An artist’s conception of Kepler-22b, a planet known to be in the habitable zone of a sun-like star. Credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech. Kepler-22b is the first extra-solar planet, or exoplanet, that the Kepler Space Telescope found in the habitable zone of its star. It is believed to be a promising spot to search for life. But at […]
Vacuum test
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet tries out a spacesuit To source
Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Trapped in Clouds
NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of the clouds over Canada on May 9, 2016. Entwined within the clouds is the smoke billowing up from the wildfires that are currently burning across a large expanse of the country. To source
Earth’s magnetic heartbeat
With more than two years of measurements by ESA’s Swarm satellite trio, changes in the strength of Earth’s magnetic field are being mapped in detail. To source
Galileo satellites fuelled for flight
Europe’s latest Galileo satellites have been filled with fuel in preparation for their joint launch on a Soyuz rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 24 May. To source
Rare Mercury Transit Thrills Skywatchers Around the World (Photos)
Stojan Stojanovski took these great images of the May 9, 2016 Mercury transit from Ohrid, Macedonia. Credit: Stojan Stojanovski Mercury crossed the sun’s face from Earth’s perspective for the first time in a decade Monday (May 9), and skywatchers around the world took in the rare celestial sight. Mercury popped onto the solar disc at […]
Mystery Mission: Air Force's X-37B Space Plane Nears 1 Year in Orbit
The first X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle waits in the encapsulation cell of the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle on April 5, 2010, at the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Florida. Half of the Atlas V 5-meter fairing is visible in the background. Credit: U.S. Air Force The U.S. military’s uncrewed X-37B space plane is nearing one year […]
Pluto Behaves More Like a Planet Than Thought
Enhanced-color image of Pluto from New Horizons’ approach on July 14, 2015. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI Apologies to all of the Pluto-isn’t-a-real-planet folks out there but researchers have found a way in which this ever-surprising world acts more planet-like than dwarf-like: how it interacts with the solar wind. During New Horizons’ flyby through the Plutonian system in […]
Transit of Mercury
As the smallest planet in the Solar System crossed the fiery face of the Sun on Monday 9 May, one of ESA’s smallest satellites was watching To source
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Pluto's Moon Hydra Sheathed in Ultraclean Water Ice
Hydra, Pluto’s outermost moon, is about 31 miles (50 kilometers) in diameter. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI Pluto’s outermost moon, Hydra, was named for a legendary Greek water monster, and it’s living up to its name: New data show that the little moon is almost entirely covered in “nearly pristine” water ice, NASA officials say. The new data […]