Crystal Clear Images of Mercury look very Moon like
At a glance this extreamly crisp image may look like Earth’s Moon but it is actually Mercury. The image was taken by the MESSENGER satellites Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)….
Category Archives: Astronomy
Hubble Uncovers Evidence for Extrasolar Planet Under Construction
(Source NASA) – Nearly 900 extrasolar planets have been confirmed to date, but now for the first time astronomers think they are seeing compelling evidence for a planet under construction…
Hubble maps 3D Ejected material around star eruption
(Source NASA) – A flash of light from a stellar outburst has provided a rare look at the 3-D structure of material ejected by an erupting nova. Astronomers used NASA’s…
Study Suggests Black Holes Abundant in Earliest Stars
(Source NASA) – By comparing infrared and X-ray background signals across the same stretch of sky, an international team of astronomers has discovered evidence of a significant number of black…
JWST has its Eyes to the Universe Installed
Much like the inside of an operating room, in the clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., engineers worked meticulously to implant part of the eyes…
Hubble Captures Comet ISON, Possibly Comet of the Century
(Source NASA and STScI) – Comet ISON is potentially the “comet of the century” because around the time the comet makes its closest approach to the Sun, on November 28, it…
Radar Image Shows Asteroid 1998 QE2 has a Moon
As reported here the 1.7 mile wide (2.7km) Asteroid 1998 QE2 will fly by Earth at 20:59 p.m. UTC (4:59pm est), Friday, May 31. The asteroid will pass by Earth…
1.7 Mile long Asteroid Earth Close Flyby May 31, 2013
A 1.7 mile wide (2.7km) Asteroid will fly by Earth at 20:59 p.m. UTC (4:59pm est), Friday, May 31. The 1998 QE2 asteroid will pass by Earth at a safe…
