Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is stranded on Mars, in the new Ridley Scott movie, “The Martian.”Credit: Twentieth Century Fox In the history of Hollywood envisioning the future of space exploration, few, if any movies have come as close to NASA’s own goals at the time of their release as does “The Martian.” At a […]
Mercury is a very challenging planet to view, but this week, skywatchers have a good chance to see it, especially in the Southern Hemisphere —on Friday, Sept. 4, the planet travels as far east of the sun as it can go, its greatest elongation. Here, we see the planet as we might from space —for […]
The moon will appear to eclipse the bright star Aldebaran on Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, in what astronomers call an occultation. Aldebaran is a bright star that forms the eye of the constellation Taurus, the Bull.Credit: Starry Night Software If you live in the eastern-third of the United States or southeast Canada and your local […]
The Sentinel-2A satellite has been in orbit for only a matter of weeks, but new images of an algal bloom in the Baltic Sea show that it is already exceeding expectations. Built essentially as a land monitoring mission, Sentinel-2 will also certainly find its way into marine applications. To source
This spectacular time-lapse video depicts a composite day in the life of Europe’s largest space centre To source
Our week through the lens: 31 August-4 September 2015 To source
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When the next pair of Galileo satellites is boosted into orbit next Friday, a team of mission control experts in Darmstadt, Germany, will spring into action, working around the clock to bring the duo through their critical first days in space. To source
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows Messier 96, a spiral galaxy just over 35 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo (The Lion). It is the nearest group containing both bright spirals and a bright elliptical galaxy (Messier 105). To source
Artist’s concept of Mars One’s envisioned colony on the Red Planet.Credit: Bryan Versteeg/Mars One A new Web TV series follows the efforts of five people who hope to be among the first humans to set foot on Mars. The subjects of the new series, which is called “Citizen Mars” and airs on Engadget.com, aim to […]
An artist’s depiction of a sunflower-shaped starshade that could help space telescopes find and characterize alien planets.Credit: NASA/JPL/Caltech In an attempt to better characterize planets beyond the solar system, some scientists are turning to big, flower-shaped disks known as starshades. Intended to be used in space in combination with a separately flying telescope, a starshade […]
A new illustrated book, “Ladies of Kirk,” features drawings and descriptions of the many women encountered (and kissed) by Capt. James T. Kirk on “Star Trek.”Credit: Kelley McMorris/Kickstarter A famed “Star Trek” captain’s romantic conquests have come to life in a new illustrated book. The new book showcases all the women Capt. James T. Kirk […]
Watch the replay of ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, commander Sergei Volkov and Aidyn Aimbetov opening the hatch to the International Space Station after a two-day flight in space To source