The star Kepler 11145123 is the roundest natural object ever measured in the universe. Stellar oscillations imply a difference in radius between the equator and the poles of only 3 km. This star is significantly more round than the Sun. A star 5,000 light-years from Earth is the closest thing to a perfect sphere that […]
Tag Archives | space
New International Space Station Crew Launches Today: How to Watch Live
Astronauts Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency), Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, and Peggy Whitson of NASA pose for a group photo at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia during qualification exams for their Expedition 50/51 mission to the International Space Station. Three new crewmembers will begin their […]
Sentinel sees us
Operations image of the week: An impressive view of Germany’s Rhine-Main area, which includes ESA’s Sentinel mission control centre To source
Chinese Astronauts Prepare for Return to Earth
Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng (right) and Chen Dong bid farewell to the Tiangong-2 space lab and prepare to head home aboard their Shenzhou-11 spacecraft. Two Chinese astronauts have entered the Shenzhou-11 re-entry module to prepare for their return to Earth. Space travelers Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong have lived and worked in the Tiangong-2 space […]
Liftoff! Truly International Crew Launches to Space Station
A trio of space travelers from the U.S., Russia and France launched into space Thursday (Nov.17), to kick off a six-month mission to the International Space Station. The three-person Expedition 50/51 crew includes Russian cosmonaut and Soyuz commander Oleg Novitskiy, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and the European Space Agency’s Thomas Pesquet, who will become the first […]
Space Age: Astronaut Peggy Whitson Talks Aging & Spaceflight | Exclusive Video
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson smiles as she listens to a reporter’s questions ahead of final qualification exams at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Star City, Russia, for a launch to the International Space Station with the Expedition 50 crew. Whitson will launch on a Russian Soyuz rocket on Nov. 17, 2016. NASA astronaut […]
NASA, Russia Set Flights for Trimmed-Down Space Station Crew
Sunlight glints off the International Space Station in this photo taken by an astronaut aboard the space shuttle Endeavour on Feb. 10, 2010. With Thursday’s (Nov. 17) launch of three new crewmembers, the International Space Station (ISS) will be returned to full staffing — but not for long. Beginning with the next Soyuz launch, in […]
Cloudscape Over the Philippine Sea
Flying over the Philippine Sea, an astronaut looked toward the horizon from the International Space Station and shot this photograph of three-dimensional clouds, the thin blue envelope of the atmosphere, and the blackness of space. The late afternoon sunlight brightens a broad swath of the sea surface on the right side of the image. To […]
Probing Greenland’s ice sheet for future satellites
With a helicopter the sole feature on the vast expanse of ice and her only way back to warmth and safety, polar scientist Anna Hogg must have thought, “What on Earth am I doing out here?” as she set to taking ice samples. To source
Astronaut Peggy Whitson: From Chicken Entrepreneur To Space Station Commander | Video
By Steve Spaleta | November 16, 2016 10:24am ET The NASA astronaut has lived the American Dream, starting back when she was selling chickens to make enough money to pay for a pilot’s license. Now she is set to launch to the International Space Station for her 3rd tour of duty. Whitson explains 5 things […]
Best Night Sky Events of June 2017 (Stargazing Maps)
See what’s up in the night sky for June 2017, including stargazing events and the moon’s phases, in this Space.com gallery courtesy of Starry Night Software. Shown here: At first quarter, the positions of the Earth, sun, and moon cause us to see one-half of the moon illuminated by the sun. The moon’s lit half […]
Supermoon and the Soyuz – Awesome Time-Lapse From Baikonur Cosmodrome | Video
Recommended videos for you Below Pluto’s ‘Heart’ A Slushy Ocean May Chur… Astronaut Peggy Whitson: From Chicken Entrepr… Supermoon and the Soyuz – Awesome Time-Lapse… Cyclone Powered By Warm Winter Causes ‘Size o… ‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’… Imaging Planets Around Alpha Centauri Is Aim… Rare ‘Supermoon’ In Nov. 2016 – NASA’s […]
Cool bit of kit
Technology image of the week: a commercially-available ‘atom interferometer’ using clouds of supercooled atoms to perform precise measurements, on show at ESA’s inaugural Quantum Technology workshop To source