Prepare for the annular solar eclipse of May 20-21, 2012 with these handy sky maps. Read more…
Articles in category 'Space'
New data from the Herschel Space Observatory shows that galaxies with the most powerful, active, supermassive black holes at their cores produce fewer stars than galaxies with less ones. Supermassive black holes are believed to reside in the hearts of all large galaxies. When gas falls upon these monsters, the materials are accelerated and heated [...]
The spacecraft suffered a hiccup last week, but engineers have since recovered it. Read more…
Meteorite hunters have descended on a region in California where suspected space rocks fell to Earth. Read more…
A brightly reflective Enceladus appears before Saturn’s rings, while the planet’s larger moon Titan looms in the distance. Jets of water ice and vapor emanating from the south pole of Enceladus, which hint at subsurface sea rich in organics, and liquid hydrocarbons ponding on the surface on the surface of Titan make these two of [...]
Real-life astronaut Mike Massimino wants to help Howard Wolowitz launch into space. Read more…
Jupiter’s gravity kept Vesta from hooking up with many other protoplanets. Read more…
330 mile-wide Vesta, one of the largest asteroids, must have been whacked by two very large objects. This virtual view of its South Pole shows features called the ‘snowman’ craters and a crater called Oppia. Read more…
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has finished an important evaluation of a prototype Dragon spacecraft designed to carry people into orbit. This key milestone is part of SpaceX’s partnership with NASA under a funded Space Act Agreement to advance the design of crew transportation vehicles. The primary goal of the tests was to determine whether the [...]
ATK aims to use its Liberty system to carry passengers to destinations in low-Earth orbit. Read more…