‘Twins’ of Superstar Eta Carinae Found in Other Galaxies
Eta Carinae, the most luminous and massive stellar system within 10,000 light-years, is best known for an enormous eruption seen in the mid-19th century that hurled…
Read the articleNight Sky Observer Space and Astronomy News
View
Speedy Stars Build Bow Shocks in Space
Astronomers are finding dozens of the fastest stars in our galaxy with the help of images from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer,…
Read the article
ExoMars Schiaparelli Module Being Unpacked in a Cleanroom
On 14 March, the launch window opens for ExoMars 2016, ESA’s next mission to Mars, composed of the Trace Gas Orbiter and Schiaparelli. Last month, the…
Read the article
Sunrise Strikes ISS Solar Panels
Sunrise strikes the solar panels that power the International Space Station, caught by ESA astronaut Tim Peake on 31 December 2015. Follow Tim and his time…
Read the article
The Hercules a Supermassive Black Hole in Action
Scientists often use the combined power of multiple telescopes to reveal the secrets of the Universe – and this image is a prime example of when…
Read the article
Rosetta and Philae – One Year On
One year since Philae made its historic landing on a comet, mission teams remain hopeful for renewed contact with the lander, while also looking ahead to…
Read the article
The Manicouagan Crater in Canada
This false-colour image featuring the Manicouagan Crater was captured by the Sentinel-1A satellite on 21 March. Carved out by an asteroid strike some 214 million years…
Read the article
7 Facts About Cassini’s ‘Plume Dive’ Over Enceladus Today
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will sample the ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus on Wednesday, Oct. 28, when it flies through the moon’s plume of icy spray. Cassini…
Read the article
ExoMars Primary Landing Site Candidate Selected
Oxia Planum has been recommended as the primary candidate for the landing site of the ExoMars 2018 mission. ExoMars 2018, comprising a rover and surface platform,…
Read the article
Dione and Saturn
Saturn has many, varied moons – over 60 have been discovered so far. One of the larger ones, Dione, is shown here in this image from…
Read the article