Dark River on Face of the Sun
The sun has been awash with activity recently with X Class events, flares and an extremely active sun spot which has cause a significant increase in space weather and alerts….
ISS Antares Resupply Launch Monday Oct.27 View-able from NE U.S.
UPDATE – Launch was scrubbed due to a boat down range . The new launch time is now Tuesday night at 6:22 p.m. Managers for Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Virginia,…
Comet Siding Spring During Mars Flyby Picture
This composite Hubble Space Telescope image captures the positions of Comet Siding Spring and Mars in a never-before-seen close passage of a comet by the Red Planet, which happened at…
Watch Live: Comet C/2013 A meets planet Mars on Virtual Telescope
Watch Live Feed from the Virtual Telescope HERE! The Comet and the Planet: comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring meets planet Mars” – 19 Oct. 2014, 16:45 UT, 12:45 EST. Related:…
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 study a once-in-a-lifetime comet flyby on Sunday, Oct. 19. Comet C/2013…
Hubble Makes Most Detailed Map Yet Of Exoplanet
(NASA, STSci) – A team of scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have made the most detailed global map yet of the glow from a planet orbiting another star, revealing…
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 10 million suns. This is the brightest pulsar ever recorded….
Mars Rover Drills First Mount Sharp Sample
This image from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the first sample-collection hole drilled in Mount Sharp, the layered mountain that is the…
