The December solstice signals the beginning of winter for the Northern Hemisphere. This image was taken near Stockholm, Sweden, by astrophotographer P-M Hedén of in December 2012.Credit: P-M Heden/clearskies.se Next week marks a major turning point in the annual cycle of the seasons: the winter solstice. It takes place at 11:48 p.m. EST on Dec. […]
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured a unique view of Earth from the spacecraft’s vantage point in orbit around the moon. To source
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Commercial Launch Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, has been fully repaired after an October 2014 rocket explosion.Credit: Virginia Commercial Spaceflight Authority WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. ─ It’s taken a year of repairs, but a commercial launchpad on Virginia’s Eastern Shore is once again ready for private rocket […]
Coming to an off-the-Earth film screen: the astronauts aboard the International Space Station will watch Star Wars.Credit: NASA/Disney (composite by collectSPACE.com) As it turns out, the allure of “the Force” can out-pull even the force of gravity. The cultural impact of Star Wars , including episode 7, “The Force Awakens,” premiering in theaters on Friday […]
Nearly 40 years after the first “Star Wars” film debuted, the iconic sci-fi movies remain as popular as ever, capturing the imaginations of multiple generations and gaining new fans as the next movie in the franchise, “The Force Awakens,” premieres this week. “Star Wars ” is a cultural phenomenon like few others. The films that […]
Watch ESA astronaut Tim Peake’s first live video link since he arrived at the International Space Station, today 14:15 GMT (15:15 CET) To source
ESA’s animated guide to lasers on Earth and in space, for kids of all ages To source
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2A image of Southern Mongolia, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source
TOP > Topics > 2015 > Akatsuki’s IR2 successfully visualizes fine-scale undulations of Venus clouds! The first light image taken by Akatsuki’s IR2 has arrived. The 2-micron camera IR2 is one of four high-resolution science imagers onboard Akatsuki. It takes a time to take the first image, because the sensor array on IR2 should be […]
Artist’s depiction of the newly discovered Jupiter-like planet orbiting the star HD 32963.Credit: Stefano Meschiari This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Is our little corner of the galaxy a special place? As of this date, we’ve discovered more than 1,500 […]
Galaxy 1068 is shown in visible light and X-rays in this composite image. High-energy X-rays (magenta) captured by NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, are overlaid on visible-light images from both NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. To source
Galaxy 1068 is shown in visible light and X-rays in this composite image. High-energy X-rays (magenta) captured by NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, are overlaid on visible-light images from both NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. To source
Movie posters from three “Star Wars” films. (L to r): “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace” (1999); “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope”; “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (2015).Credit: Disney/Lucasfilm/Bad Robot A long time ago, in a cinema not so far away, filmmaker George Lucas introduced the world to “Star Wars.” […]