MESSENGER Mercury FlybyMESSENGER Mercury Flyby
<p>On Monday, Jan. 14, a pioneering NASA spacecraft was the first to visit Mercury in almost 33 years when it soared over the planet to explore and snap close-up images
Month: January 2010
Mars Spirit Rover Stationery on Mars for GoodMars Spirit Rover Stationery on Mars for Good
<p><b>Jan. 26, 2010:</b> After six years of unprecedented exploration of the Red Planet, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit no longer will be a fully mobile robot. NASA has designated the
Mars Close EncounterMars Close Encounter
<p>It rises in the east at sunset, pumpkin-orange and brighter than a first magnitude star. You stare at it, unblinking. Unblinking, it stares right back.</p> <p>It is Mars.</p> <p>This week Earth and
Annular Solar Eclipse Coming Up on Jan 15thAnnular Solar Eclipse Coming Up on Jan 15th
<p>The Moon is about to pass directly in front of the sun, producing an <a href="http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2010Jan15Agoogle.html" target="_blank">annular solar eclipse</a> on Jan. 15th between 05:00 and 09:00 GMT.</p> <p>The zone of visibility
James Webb Telescope Planet SearchJames Webb Telescope Planet Search
<table align="right" width=280 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0 border=0> <tr> <td align=center> <p class=small><br /> An artist’s concept of an exoplanet. Image credit: ESO.</p></td> </tr> </table> <p><b>January 14, 2010:</b> The premiere observatory of the next decade, the James Webb Space
Curious Asteroid Flyby on Jan 13thCurious Asteroid Flyby on Jan 13th
<p>A curious object is about to fly past Earth only one-third the distance to the Moon. </p> <p>Cataloged as a 10m-class asteroid, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/mpec/K10/K10A59.html">2010 AL30</a> has an orbital period of
Frozen Britain and Not So Frozen IrelandFrozen Britain and Not So Frozen Ireland
<p>This striking image taken by NASA’s Terra satellite on 7 January shows the UK deep in the clutches of the current cold snap. While the UK is completely white, Ireland,
Kepler Space Telecope Discovers Five ExoplanetsKepler Space Telecope Discovers Five Exoplanets
<p>NASA’s Kepler space telescope, designed to find Earth-size planets in the habitable zone of sun-like stars, has discovered its first five new exoplanets, or planets beyond our solar system.</p> <p>Kepler’s high