A small asteroid will pass close to Earth on Sunday, it will pass at a distance of about 25,000 miles.…
Category: Space
After Rough Landing Stardust Team Reports First Potential Interstellar Space Particles
(NASA) – If you remember the images of the stardust capsule as it tumbled to Earth back in 2006, its…
Potential ‘Zombie Star’ found by Hubble in Supernova Star System
(NASA) – Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope for the first time have spotted a star system that later produced…
The Most Precise Measurement of an Alien World’s Size Kepler-93b
(NASA) – Thanks to NASA’s Kepler and Spitzer Space Telescopes, scientists have made the most precise measurement ever of the radius…
Hubble Sees Strange Spiral Bridge of Young Stars Between Two Ancient Galaxies
(NASA) – Astronomers routinely use the crisp view of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to study all kinds of intricate details…
Jupiter’s Giant Red Spot Shrinking, Could Disappear
(NASA) If you have not taken the time to look through a telescope at the Giant Red Spot on Jupiter…
Morpheus Autonomus Lander Completes Free Flight Test
A free-flight test of the Morpheus prototype lander was conducted April 30 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s…
New Brown Dwarf Solar System Found. Fourth Closest to Earth
We now have a new neighbor only 7.2 light years away. NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Spitzer Space…
