The crew of expedition 45 got into the spirit of “Star Wars” before their trip to the International Space Station.Credit: NASA This weekend, fans flocked to the opening of the new “Star Wars” film, “The Force Awakens,” to see intelligent droids, agile spaceships and stunning views of a galaxy far, far away. But many of […]
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is seen during his first spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Oct. 28, 2015. Kelly and crewmate Tim Kopra will make a 3-hour spacewalk today (Dec. 21) to fix a stuck railcar on the station.Credit: NASA Two American astronauts will take a short, but unplanned, spacewalk today (Dec. 21) to […]
Space Science Image of the Week: A multicolour view of the galaxies in Stephan’s Quintet as revealed by Herschel, XMM-Newton and ground observatories To source
A gorgeous shot of Earth with the moon in the foreground, captured on Oct. 12, 2015 by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.Credit: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University A spectacular new photo of Earth from space recalls the two most famous images of our planet ever taken. The photo, which was captured by NASA’s robotic Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter […]
Orbcomm posted this photo Dec. 17 of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket poised to carry its 11 satellites to orbit.Credit: Orbcomm Update 5:58 p.m. Eastern Dec. 20: SpaceX reset Sunday’s launch attempt for 8:33 p.m. Monday (Dec. 21), citing an analysis showing a 10-percent better chance of a good landing by waiting 24 hours. WASHINGTON — SpaceX has […]
A new colorized image of Pluto, built from photos taken by the New Horizons spacecraft during its July flyby, depicts a strip 50 miles (80 kilometers) wide split between the dwarf planet’s al-Idrisi mountains and the flat Sputnik Planum.Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI Astronauts head to the International Space station, while a damaged launchpad is refurbished; scientists ponder […]
By now most of us know that Mars is a windy planet (well, not as windy as “The Martian” would have us believe), where active aeolian processes shape the…Read More » landscape continuously. Active dune fields are evidence of the large-scale transport of fine Mars sand whereas dust devils (like miniature tornadoes) show us the […]
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, […]
This size comparison shows the size of asteroid 2015 YB as compared to professional soccer player Lionel “The Flea” Messi.Credit: Slooh Community Observatory Update: On Dec. 19, the Minor Planet Center retracted the designation of asteroid 2015 YB, saying that more observations are needed to confirm the object and work out its orbit. You can […]
This Hubble image shows the supernova’s signal appearing in the Einstein Cross as predicted by astronomers.Credit: NASA & ESA and P. Kelly (University of California, Berkeley) An ancient supernova that was serendipitously captured in four Hubble space telescope images thanks to a naturally occurring cosmic magnifying lens has reappeared, as astronomers predicted. RELATED: Hubble Shows […]
“That’s no moon, it’s a space station…” Actually Obi Wan, that IS a moon, it’s Saturn’s moon Mimas. It simply resembles the “Death Star” from Star Wars. (Or that’s what the Sith Lord would have us believe.)Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI It’s not in a galaxy far, far away or even another star system — this alien world […]
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is seen during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Nov. 6, 2015. He and crewmate Tim Kopra will likely perform a surprise spacewalk on Monday, Dec. 21, to repair the station’s stuck Mobile Transporter.Credit: NASA Astronauts on the International Space Station will likely take an unplanned spacewalk next week […]
*According to statistics. How big and powerful would aliens be compared to humans? The answer that we can currently give is of course limited, because we haven’t found any evidence for extraterrestrial life, yet. But a little statistics knowledge suggests we may beway underestimating a typical alien’s stature. PHOTOS: What We Think Martians Look Like The University of […]