Comet ISON Peak Today. Comet of Century? Maybe not.
Well the much anticipated date has arrived and the sky is unfortunately not ablaze with comet ISON. Anytime something is hyped as the comet of the century you need to…
Comet ISON and Encke seen from STEREO – Video
In this video you can see both comets as their tails whip in the solar wind. The latest movie from the STEREO-A spacecraft’s Heliospheric Imager shows the comet moving in…
NASA hosts Google+ Hangout to discuss Comet ISON Nov 28th
NASA will host a Google+ Hangout Thursday, Nov. 28 to discuss Comet ISON’s journey through our solar system and what the public worldwide may see in the coming days as…
Infant Galaxies Merging Near ‘Cosmic Dawn’
(Source NASA) This composite color image of a giant primordial bubble of gas, dubbed Himiko (after the queen of ancient Japan), is assembled from Hubble, Subaru, and Spitzer data. The…
Comet ISON, Viewing information and Images
UPDATE 11/29/13 – COMET ISON may have survived. Early reports of it’s death may have been pre-mature. It appears par of it reappeared after passing the sun. Read about it…
High School Students Build and Launch Satellite
(Source NASA) – NASA is beginning to receive confirmation 11 small cubesat research satellites, including the first developed by high school students, that were launched into space Tuesday night from…
New Low Cost Solar Instrument launches from Wallops
(Source NOAA) – An instrument that measures the sun’s energy output is in orbit after it was launched last night on the U.S. Air Force’s Space Test Program Satellite-3. The…
Wallops Minotaur/ORS-3 Launched! East Coast Viewing Report
The launch of Orbital Sciences Minotaur I rocket supporting the U.S. Air Force ORS-3 mission was delayed until 8:15pm est. due to a tracking station issue. Launch was smooth after the delay and…
