A tidal disruption was detected using multiple orbiting observatories by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN) in Nov. 2014. The event occurred in galaxy PGC 043234 about 290 million light years away from Earth. The disruption was caused by a star orbiting too close to the galaxy’s black hole, and being caught in its […]
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Landing site recommended for ExoMars 2018
Oxia Planum has been recommended as the primary candidate for the landing site of the ExoMars 2018 mission. To source
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Begins Environmental Testing
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is undergoing environmental testing at Lockheed Martin Space Systems facilities, near Denver, Colorado. To source
President Obama Calls Space Station To Congratulate Scott Kelly | Video
Twin Study in Space – One Up, One Down for Bio-Science | Video One Year In Space: Preparing For Mars | Video Seconds Before Philae’s 1st Comet Touchdown Visualized | Video Soyuz Snaps Amazing View of Space Station Dock Switch | Time-Lapse Video Astronaut Scott Kelly: Merchant Marine To A Year In Space | Video […]
How to Tell Star Types Apart (Infographic)
by Karl Tate, Infographics Artist | October 21, 2015 01:00pm ET Stars come in different types, and most stars will change types throughout their lifetimes. Stars are often organized using what’s known as the Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) diagram. Stars like Earth’s sun that burn hydrogen into helium are in a group called the “main-sequence.” The […]
[ISS / Japanese Experiment Module (KIBO)] Japanese and Brazilian CubeSats deployed from Kibo
Japanese and Brazilian CubeSats deployed from Kibo Last Updated: October 22, 2015 Astronaut Kimiya Yui announces the success of S-CUBE deployment (Credit: JAXA) On September 17, 2015, two CubeSats — SERPENS developed by the University of Brasilia (UnB) and S-CUBE of the Chiba Institute of Technology — were successfully deployed from the Japanese Experiment Module […]
'Death Star' Vaporizes Its Own Planet: 1st Evidence
A Ceres-like asteroid slowly disintegrates while orbiting a white dwarf star in this illustration. A similar object seems to be coming apart as it orbits one of the white dwarfs imaged by the Kepler Space Telescope during its K2 mission – the first object ever seen transiting a white dwarf.Credit: Mark A. Garlick The planet-destroying […]
New Perspective on a Galaxy Cluster
The galaxy cluster MS 0735.6+7421 is home to one of the most powerful eruptions ever observed. X-rays detected by NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory (blue) show the hot gas that comprises much of the mass of this enormous object. This image is part of a collection of new images released from the Chandra archive to celebrate […]
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Begins Environmental Testing
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is undergoing environmental testing at Lockheed Martin Space Systems facilities, near Denver, Colorado. To source
Star-Crossed Lovers? Two Suns Caught Smooching
It’s a make-out session on a cosmic scale: Two incredibly hot stars, spinning in a tight orbit around one another, appear to be “kissing.” The stellar pair are so close together that their surfaces overlap, creating a bridge between them. The smooching stars are two of the hottest and most massive overlapping double stars ever […]
New Perspective on a Galaxy Cluster
The galaxy cluster MS 0735.6+7421 is home to one of the most powerful eruptions ever observed. X-rays detected by NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory (blue) show the hot gas that comprises much of the mass of this enormous object. This image is part of a collection of new images released from the Chandra archive to celebrate […]
Look Ahead on Back to the Future Day!
The White House released this graphic promoting Back to the Future Day, Oct. 21, 2015.Credit: The White House/Office of Digital Strategy Today, the White House is marking “Back to the Future Day” with a series of conversations with innovators across the country. As part of the day, the White House requests your participation by asking […]
NASA’s K2 Finds Dead Star Vaporizing a Mini “Planet”
Astronomers have detected the first planetary object transiting a white dwarf using data from the K2 mission, confirming a decade-old theory. original