Mission controllers at ESA’s mission operations center in Darmstadt, Germany, received a signal confirming that the Philae lander had touched…
Category: Space
ESA Rosetta Probe to Land on Comet 11/12/14
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft will deploy its harpoon laden comet lander, “Philae.” for a landing on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko…
Hubble Images Stars with Planet Construction Zones
(NASA) – Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have completed the largest and most sensitive visible-light imaging survey of dusty…
Mars Satellite Fleet has Front Row Seat for Comet Viewing
(NASA) – The extensive fleet of science assets, particularly those orbiting and roving Mars, have front row seats to image and…
NuSTAR finds Shockingly Bright Star
(NASA) – The NuSTAR Telescope (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) has found a pulsating, dead star beaming with the energy of about…
India Spacecraft to Enter Mars Orbit this Week
After a successful launch on November 5th 2013 the Indian Space Research Organization ISRO is set to place the Mangalyaan spacecraft into orbit…
Hubble finds monster black hole inside one of the tiniest galaxies ever known
(NASA) – Astronomers using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground observation have found an unlikely object in an…
Surviving Companion Star of Supernova seen by Hubble
(NASA) – Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a companion star to a rare type of supernova. This…
