NASA Finds Clear Skies and Water Vapor on Exoplanet HAT-P-11b
Seeing Starlight Through a Planet’s Rim A Neptune-size planet with a clear atmosphere is shown crossing in front of its star in this artist’s depiction. Such crossings, or transits, are…
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 around the red planet. The spacecraft will arrive right on schedule…
Great Rocket Simulator, like LEGOs for big kids – Kerbal Space Program
This program is like LEGOs for the kid in all of us. If you have ever wanted to be a rocket scientist here is your chance, The program presents you…
Mars Curiosity rover has reached the Red Planet’s Mount Sharp
(NASA) – Mars Curiosity rover has reached the Red Planet’s Mount Sharp, a Mount-Rainier-size mountain at the center of the vast Gale Crater and the rover mission’s long-term prime destination….
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 improbable place — a monster black hole lurking inside one…
Video of Hurricane Odile Making Landfall from GOES Satellite
This movie was made by the GOES West Satellite. It shows Hurricane Odile Make Landfall in Baja California Video was captured September 13 through September 15. Credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project
MAVEN to enter Mars Orbit September 21st
Mars had water, an atmosphere, and at was time was very Earth like…what happened? Where did the water go? These are the questions Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) is trying…
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 observation confirms the theory that the explosion originated in a…
