The view of our planet from orbit can’t be beat. Read more…
Articles in category 'Space'
Saturn and Dione appear askew in this Cassini spacecraft view, with the north poles rotated to the right, as if they were threaded along on the thin diagonal line of the planet’s rings. This view looks toward the anti-Saturn side of Dione (698 miles, or 1,123 kilometers across). North on Dione is up and rotated [...]
What was once a bicycle manufacturer in in the late-19th century evolved into a plane and rocket producer by the mid-20th century. Still a mainstay today, the Soyuz rocket has launched hundreds of humans and satellites since its first flight. Read more…
NASA’s Grail probes have returned their first view of the far side of the moon. Read more…
NASA’s Grail Mission has delivered its first video footage of the far side of the moon. The MoonKam on the ‘Ebb’ spacecraft snapped the imagery on January 19th, 2012. Read more…
The petition hopes to collect 100,000 signatures by March 13. Read more…
The chief of Russia’s Federal Space Agency said the launch will be delayed by about 45 days. Read more…
In mid-October 2011, NASA scientists working in Antarctica discovered a massive crack across the Pine Island Glacier, a major ice stream that drains the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Extending for 19 miles (30 kilometers), the crack was 260 feet (80 meters) wide and 195 feet (60 meters) deep. Eventually, the crack will extend all the [...]
E.T. would have had plenty of time to reach us by now. Are we just being ignored? Read more…
Sunspots are darkened patches on the sun that are not well understood. Read more…