(NASA) – At the Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) a team of astronomers from Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics…
Month: June 2014
Orbiting Carbon Observatory Delayed, Launch July 2, 2014
Update July 1, The launch was delayed 24 hours due to an issue with the rocket. A 24 hour recycle…
Nearby Super-Earth with the Right Temperature but Extreme Seasons
Gliese 832 c is the nearest best habitable world candidate so far (PHL @ UPR Arecibo) – An international team of astronomers, led…
Tour of Perseus from Chandra X-Ray Observatory – Video
(NASA) – A team of astronomers has used Chandra X-ray Observatory and XMM-Newton to study a large group of galaxy…
NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover Marks First Martian Year
(NASA) – Mars Curiosity rover will complete a Martian year — 687 Earth days — on June 24, having accomplished…
Mars Curiosity Rover takes Self Portrait
On Sol 32 (Sept. 7, 2012) the Curiosity rover used the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) located on its arm…
Mercury Passes in Front of the Sun, as Seen From Mars
(JPL) – This is the first transit of the sun by a planet observed from any planet other than Earth,…
Oldest Known Potentially Habitable Exoplanet Found
The planets around the nearby red-dwarf Kapteyn’s star are over twice as old as Earth (PHL @ UPR Arecibo) –…
