This Dec. 18, 2015, view of the downwind face of “Namib Dune” on Mars covers 360 degrees, including a portion of Mount Sharp on the horizon.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has captured some spectacular new photos of big, active sand dunes on the Red Planet. The new images depict the dark Bagnold Dunes , […]
Technology image of the week: dismantling a replica of Europe’s largest environmental satellite To source
The nineteenth session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-19), under the main theme entitled “Enriching the quality of life through innovative space programs,” successfully concluded its 4-day program on Friday, December 14, 2012, at the Berjaya Times Square Hotel Malaysia, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. APRSAF-19 was jointly organized by the Ministry of Science, […]
The beauty of the planetary nebula ESO 456-67 exhibits how the death of a sun-like star can create immense beauty. As the dying star inside Sagittarius throws off its remnants of dust and gas into space this unique and inspiring image emerges. [Learn more about nebula .] Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA. Acknowledgement: J.-C. Lambry To […]
The artist’s illustration shows NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft operating in its second-chance K2 mission.Credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/T Pyle KISSIMMEE, Fla. — NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has bounced back nicely from the malfunction that ended its original exoplanet hunt more than two years ago. Kepler has now discovered more than 100 confirmed alien planets during its second-chance K2 […]
A powerful new documentary takes a fresh look at the space shuttle Challenger explosion, a tragedy that is still seared into the minds of a generation 30 years after the smoke cleared. The National Geographic Channel’s hour-long “Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes” will premiere Jan. 25, three days before the 30th anniversary of the accident that […]
Astronomers have found a “burping” supermassive black hole is 26 million light-years from Earth in the Messier 51 galaxy (which includes the picturesque Whirlpool galaxy). They used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to spot the monster black hole, which is singled out in the X-ray view inset.Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ of Texas/E.Schlegel et al; Optical: NASA/STScI KISSIMMEE, […]
To mark the 30th anniversary of the Space Shuttle disaster, National Geographic Channel has compiled footage from several outlets about the crew and launch day (January 28th, 1986). It will premiere on Jan. 25th, 2016. (Full Story) Credit: National Geographic Channel To source
This observation shows a false-color infrared image of the region around the nucleus of our Milky Way, the supermassive black hole Sag A*. The marker shows the location of the black hole, which glows faintly due to accretion of material; the other objects are stars or dense clouds either orbiting the black hole or in […]
Virgin Galactic’s second SpaceShipTwo, as seen being built in May 2015, will be rolled out on Feb. 19, 2016, at the Mojave Air and Space Port in CaliforniaCredit: Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic will roll out and christen its second SpaceShipTwo on Feb. 19, 15 months after its first suborbital spacecraft was lost during a test […]
Mega Bloks is celebrating the 50th anniversary of “Star Trek” in 2016 with three new sets from the original series of the sci-fi franchise, including this flagship model of the USS Enterprise. All three sets will launch in the fall.Credit: Mega Bloks courtesy of Mega Brands “Star Trek” fans, assemble! Later this year, fans of […]
A crewmember of the Canadian Forces Station Alert in the High Arctic tests out virtual-reality gear that could help make the long trek to Mars more enjoyable for astronauts.Credit: Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine Could virtual reality make the long trek to Mars more exciting and less stressful for astronauts? An ongoing study in the […]
Four ‘Star Trek’ stamps that will be released to commemorate the franchise’s 50th anniversary in 2016.Credit: © 2016 USPS Set phasers to mail! With space as much a “final frontier” today for “Star Trek” fans as it was in 1966, a new set of stamps will commemorate the sci-fi franchise’s 50th anniversary. According to the […]