Space Pioneers Series – Johannes Kepler

11 years ago

They are the dreamers, the deep-thinkers, the “what if-ers”, the folks who have peppered our history with those tiny nuggets…

Many Sunspots, Solar activity could increase

11 years ago

There are 10 sunspots in the view of Earth right now. This is the most we have seen in some…

Iceberg B-31, as big as city, breaks free

11 years ago

(Source NASA) - Between November 9–11, 2013, a large iceberg finally separated from the calving front of Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier.Scientists first…

Mar’s MAVEN Mission to Launch Nov 18th

11 years ago

What happened to the Atmosphere on Mars? Where did the water go? These are the questions Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN…

GOCE Satellite uncontrolled re-entry Update

11 years ago

UPDATE 11/11/13 - Update from ESA - GOCE has re-entered. The atmospheric interface at ~80 km altitude occurred, following a…

Hubble Sees Asteroid Spout Six Comet-like Tails

11 years ago

(Source NASA) - It's not often that astronomers stumble across a celestial interloper that they can only describe as "weird…

How to get a job at NASA – Series Part 4 – Internships

11 years ago

One of the best ways to get a job at NASA is to first work as an intern. There are…

Hubble’s New Image of Our Nearest Neighbor Proxima Centauri

11 years ago

Shining brightly in this Hubble Space Telescope image is our closest stellar neighbor: Proxima Centauri. Proxima Centauri lies in the…

GOES-R main instrument cleared for installation

11 years ago

(Source - NOAA) A key instrument that will fly on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – R  (GOES-R) spacecraft, NOAA’s…

Great Amateur Image of Sun During X Class Events

11 years ago

This image was captured  on October 26th by Astronomer Paul Stewart Sun in Hydrogen Alpha and White Light Sunspot AR1882…