OCO-2 launches-Carbon Sensing Mission to Monitor Earth’s Breathing

11 years ago

(NASA) - The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) raced skyward from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on a United Launch Alliance…

Video – Falcon 9 1000m Fin Flight Onboard Cam and Wide Shot

11 years ago

Fairly awesome video taken by an on board camera during a test flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 reusable rocket…

Hubble Proceeding with Full Search for New Horizons Targets

11 years ago

(NASA) - The Hubble Space Telescope has been given the go-ahead to conduct an intensive search for a suitable outer…

Astronomers Confounded By Massive Rocky World

11 years ago

(NASA) - At the Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) a team of astronomers from Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics…

Orbiting Carbon Observatory Delayed, Launch July 2, 2014

11 years ago

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

11 years ago

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

11 years ago

(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

11 years ago

(NASA) - Mars Curiosity rover will complete a Martian year -- 687 Earth days -- on June 24, having accomplished…

Mars Curiosity Rover takes Self Portrait

11 years ago

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

11 years ago

(JPL) - This is the first transit of the sun by a planet observed from any planet other than Earth,…