Orionid Meteor Shower This Weekend
Today Earth is entering a stream of debris from Halley’s comet, source of the annual Orionid meteor shower. Forecasters expect the shower to peak on Saturday…
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Herschel Space Observatory Detects Abundant Water in Planet-Forming Disc
ESA’s Herschel space observatory has found evidence of water vapour emanating from ice on dust grains in the disc around a young star, revealing a hidden…
Read the article →What Is Our Future in Space?
In July 2011, at the JREF’s TAM 9 meeting in Las Vegas, astronomer Phil Plait moderated a panel discussing the future of space exploration. On that…
Read the article →Soyuz VS01 on Launch Pad – Watch Online: Soyuz – Galileo IOV Launch
Follow the launch of Europe’s first Galileo navigation satellites on Russia’s first Soyuz rocket from Europe’s Spaceport. Liftoff is scheduled at 12:34 CEST (10:34 GMT, 07:34…
Read the article →Amateur Skywatchers Help Space Hazards Team
For the first time, observations coordinated by ESA’s space hazards team have found an asteroid that comes close enough to Earth to pose an impact threat.…
Read the article →Did the Water in Earth’s Oceans Come From Comets After All?
ESA’s Herschel infrared space observatory has found water in a comet with almost exactly the same composition as Earth’s oceans. The discovery revives the idea that…
Read the article →NASA Releases New Interactive Space Communications Game
NASA has released an interactive, educational video game called NetworKing that depicts how the Space Communication and Navigation (SCaN) network operates. The release of the video…
Read the article →Photometry Needed for the November Asteroid Flyby
This article originally appeared on Sky & Telescope’s website On November 8–9, 2011, the Earth-crossing asteroid 2005 YU55 will speed past us at a distance closer…
Read the article →Mars500 Crew “Returning” to Earth Soon
Since June last year, the six crewmembers of a simulated mission to Mars have been isolated in a special facility near Moscow. They will ‘arrive back…
Read the article →Best Picture of Our Galactic Center as Taken by Hubble
Behold your galactic center. This NASA Hubble Space Telescope infrared mosaic image represents the sharpest survey of the Galactic Center to date. It reveals a new…
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