A color-coded topographic map shows Occator crater on Ceres. Image released Sept. 30, 2015.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA New maps of Ceres show the dwarf planet’s mysterious bright spots and huge, pyramid-shaped mountain in a new light. The new maps of Ceres come courtesy of NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, which has been orbiting the heavily cratered dwarf planet since March. […]
Real NASA astronauts just dropped a little spaceflight knowledge on the stars of the upcoming sci-fi film “The Martian,” from 250 miles (400 kilometers) above Earth. Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain and other actors from “The Martian” — as well as director Ridley Scott — got a chance to ask a few questions of Scott Kelly […]
Apollo 15 commander David Scott salutes the U.S. flag he helped plant on the moon in July 1971. On Scott’s left arm can be seen the only privately-owned watch to be worn on the lunar surface, which is now heading to auction.Credit: NASA/collectSPACE.com Forty-four years ago, David Scott’s watch broke while he was out for […]
This evening an Ariane 5 delivered two telecom satellites into their planned orbits after lifting off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. To source
Are you ready for Mars? NASA is working to get the agency ready for a human mission to the Red Planet in a few decades, and is showcasing its personnel and projects online. Among NASA’s many spotlights is a fascinating new video that zooms in on a NASA power system engineer’s quest to create enough […]
In “Apollo: The Panoramas,” Mike Constantine presents his work digitally assembling stunning panoramas from individual photos taken by the Apollo astronauts on the moon.Credit: Moonpans via collectSPACE.com A new photo book about the Apollo moon landings provides a “wide look” at the lunar surface vistas that astronauts saw and captured on film more than 40 […]
The giant asteroid Vesta, the brightest asteroid in the sky, will be very visible for the next two weeks. This image of Vesta was captured by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft in 2012.Credit: NASA The next two weeks provide an excellent opportunity to spot the brightest asteroid visible from EarthVesta — one of the best-known objects in […]
Scale models of the Ariane 5 rocket (right) and next-generation Ariane 6 rocket, near Times Square. Ariane 6 is set to make its first flight in 2020.Credit: Calla Cofield/Space.com NEW YORK — This past weekend (Sept. 26 and 27), New York City hosted the annual “Best of France” event, which aims to promote the country […]
The dusty-red sphere now called Mars has fascinated stargazers since the dawn of humanity, but Earthlings’ view of the planet has changed drastically over the years. Once thought of as a lush alien world teeming with life, it was later dismissed as an arid, desolate orb. But now, scientists have announced the Red Planet has long, […]
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Matt Damon outfitted in his Mars surface spacesuit in the sci-fi film ”The Martian,” which hits theaters on Oct. 2, 2015.Credit: ™ and © 2015 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. The upcoming sci-fi film “The Martian” features many real-life technologies being developed to help put boots on the Red Planet, but the sleek spacesuits showcased […]
Matt Damon has become a Hollywood A-lister by taking on roles in big-budget action films and dramas, but could he become known for his science fiction work instead? This Friday is opening night of “The Martian,” which is the third major science fiction movie starring Damon in the last two years. In 2014, Damon played […]
Galaxy clusters are often described by superlatives. After all, they are huge conglomerations of galaxies, hot gas, and dark matter and represent the largest structures in the Universe held together by gravity. To source