As the sun sets, our own planet can light up the moon and produce an ashen glow. The crescent moon lit up by earthshine was captured by astrophotographer John Chumack on Sept. 8. “That pale glow on the unlit part of a crescent moon is light reflected from Earth, also known as earthshine,” Chumack wrote […]
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly captured this photograph from the International Space Station on Oct. 7, 2015. Sharing with his social media followers, Kelly wrote, “The daily morning dose of #aurora to help wake you up. #GoodMorning from @Space_Station! #YearInSpace” To source
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly captured this photograph from the International Space Station on Oct. 7, 2015. Sharing with his social media followers, Kelly wrote, “The daily morning dose of #aurora to help wake you up. #GoodMorning from @Space_Station! #YearInSpace” To source
The Hubble eXtreme Deep Field combines 10 years of images to capture the most distant galaxies ever seen.Credit: NASA, ESA, G. Illingworth, D. Magee and P. Oesch (University of California, Santa Cruz), R. Bouwens (Leiden University and the HUDF09 Team Although time machines remain a sci-fi fantasy, the vast distances of the universe make it […]
The path to Mars goes through the moon — or the region of space near the moon, anyway. NASA aims to put boots on Mars in the 2030s after first gathering human-spaceflight experience and expertise in low Earth orbit and the “proving ground” of cis-lunar space near the moon. NASA has been working on this three-stage […]
Two RD-181s integrated with the Antares first-stage air frame at the Wallops Island, Virginia, Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF). A “hot fire” test on Pad 0A is scheduled for late 2015 or early 2016.Credit: NASA/Terry Zaperach LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Following a devastating loss of vehicle last year, Orbital ATK is ready to get back to […]
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-1A image of the Azore Islands in Portugal, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source
Pluto’s haze layer displays a blue color in this image obtained by the New Horizons spacecraft’s Ralph/Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC). Image released Oct. 8, 2015.Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI The more scientists learn about Pluto, the more interesting the dwarf planet gets. During its historic flyby of Pluto this past July, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft discovered towering […]
Representatives from 21 aviation research organizations around the world came together this week at NASA’s Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California to explore solutions for many of today’s most significant aviation challenges. To source
Illustration depicting a lake of fresh water partially filling Mars’ Gale Crater. Gale hosted a series of such lakes that each persisted for hundreds to tens of thousands of years at a time, a new study suggests.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/MSSS Ancient Mars harbored long-lasting lakes, boosting the odds that life could have existed on the Red […]
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A space plane that would continue the legacy of NASA’s shuttle program is getting ready for a second stage of flight testing, according to representatives from the Sierra Nevada Corp. At a gathering of the top leaders and innovators in the commercial spaceflight industry here yesterday (Oct. 7), Mark Sirangelo, […]
This snapshot from a computer simulation of the formation of large-scale structures in the universe shows the coherent motions of galaxies flowing toward the highest mass concentration in the center. (A patch of 100 million light-years is shown.)Credit: ESO Our universe is actually really simple, it’s just our cosmological theories that are getting needlessly complex, […]
Patricia Hynes, chair of the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight, speaks during the 2015 conference in Las Cruces, New Mexico.Credit: Calla Cofield/Space.com LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Members of the international spaceflight industry gathered in New Mexico for an annual meeting to discuss new developments, ideas and technologies. The International Symposium for Personal and […]