NASA’s Dawn Mission Shows New View of Vesta Mountain
A new image from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft shows a mountain three times as high as Mt. Everest, amidst the topography in the south polar region of…
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The Night Sky as We Should Be Able to See It
If you live in a city, ever wondered what the night sky would have looked like before all the city lights drowned out the stars? This…
Read the articleA Computer Simulation of the Universe’s Evolution
The Bolshoi Simulation is a massive, incredibly detailed model of everything, providing a comprehensive simulation of the universe’s 14 billion year history. Scientists are now exploring…
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Possible Draconid Meteor Shower Outburst
On October 8th Earth is going to plow through a stream of dust from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, and the result could be an outburst of Draconid meteors.…
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The Guardian newspaper in the UK reported that China’s state run television, CCTV, and China’s space agency released a video animation prior to the recently launched…
Read the articleThe Orion Nebula as You’ve Never Seen It Before
This is the Orion Nebula, a vast stellar nursery located 1,500 light-years away. We have the Spitzer Space Telescope and its infrared camera to thank for…
Read the articleMESSENGER Reveals More Details About Planet Mercury
NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft, the first to achieve orbit around Mercury, is providing scientists new information about the planet. The data show widespread flood volcanism similar to…
Read the articleChina Launches Space Module Rocket Tiangong 1
China has launched a rocket marking its first step towards building its own space station. Tiangong 1 was launched from the Gobi Desert. The space module…
Read the articleESA Spacecraft Reveal Unprecedented Details Around a Black Hole
A fleet of spacecraft including ESA’s XMM-Newton and Integral have shown unprecedented details close to a supermassive black hole. They reveal huge ‘bullets’ of gas being…
Read the articleAsteroid Family Believed Responsible for Dinosaur Extinction May Not Be Responsible After All
Observations from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission indicate the family of asteroids some believed was responsible for the demise of the dinosaurs is not…
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