NASA Spacecraft and Ground Telescope Observe Violent Storm on Saturn
The Cassini NASA spacecraft and a ground-based telescope have Tspotted and have been tracking the progress of a violent storm on Saturn for months, observing the atmospheric disturbances it generated.
NASA’s 10 Most Spectacular Nebula Images
Thanks to high-performance telescopes like Hubble, Spitzer or WISE we can see the most spectacular nebula images, like those that we’ve included in this nebulae gallery.
NASA Spacecraft Discovers Magma Ocean Under Jupiter’s Io Moon
New data analysis of NASA’s Galileo spacecraft mission led to the discovery of a magma ocean under the surface of Io, Jupiter’s moon and the most volcanic object in our solar system.
Crab Nebula “Superflare” Captured by NASA’s Fermi
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope of NASA has captured a unique event in the Crab Nebula: the famous supernova remnant burst into an enormous flare, five times more powerful than any such event observed in the past.
A Modern Icarus Will Fly to Another Sun
The modern day Icarus is not a not a man and does not have wings made out of feathers and wax, but it will still fly to the sun someday. To another sun that is. According to Discovery, Project Icarus is an ambitious five-year study into launching an unmanned spacecraft to an interstellar destination.
SETI Shuts Down Its Searches for Extraterrestrial Signals
Federal and state funding cutbacks have forced the SETI Institute to put a halt to the Allen Telescope Array project.
Asteroid will pass close to Earth today – Monday, June 27
The team assigned to monitor the cosmos for objects that might threaten our planet, the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) project, has discovered an asteroid, named 2011 MD that will pass quite close to Earth – only 7500 miles from the planet’s surface. On June 23, a statement published on NASA’s Near Earth Object [...]
Continue reading...A Modern Icarus Will Fly to Another Sun
The modern day Icarus is not a not a man and does not have wings made out of feathers and wax, but it will still fly to the sun someday. To another sun that is. According to Discovery, Project Icarus is an ambitious five-year study into launching an unmanned spacecraft to an interstellar destination.
Continue reading...Gliese 581d – a Possible Haven for the Human Kind
Gliese 581d, a barren, rocky alien world may be the first planet besides our own capable of supporting human life. According to recent astronomical studies involving some new research techniques, the planet is at a distance of it’s star that allows liquid water to exist and could also support oceans, forests and rainfall.
Continue reading...NASA’s 10 Most Spectacular Nebula Images
Thanks to high-performance telescopes like Hubble, Spitzer or WISE we can see the most spectacular nebula images, like those that we’ve included in this nebulae gallery.
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