New Version 3.35 Now Available
http://www.lunarphasepro.com
Not just an interactive Moon Atlas, LunarPhase Pro (for Win98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Win 7/Win 8) is a moon observer’s software toolkit designed to help you learn about the Moon and make your lunar observing sessions more productive. By using the integrated observation planning tools and the general lunar data presented on screen, you’ll be able to easily … Read the rest of this article
The 2011 noctilucent cloud (NLC) season has begun. For the past few nights, observers in northern parts of Europe have spotted velvety, electric-blue tendrils rippling across the sunset sky. NLCs are a summertime phenomenon first reported by polar observers in the 19th century. In recent decades, for reasons no one fully understands, the clouds have intensified and spread … Read the rest of this article
A team of NASA-funded researchers has measured for the first time water from the Moon in the form of tiny globules of molten rock, which have turned to glass-like material trapped within crystals. Data from these newly discovered lunar melt inclusions indicate the water content of lunar magma is 100 times higher than previous studies suggested.
Read the rest of this article
This microscope photo shows …
The six men in the Mars500 facility near Moscow have been in isolation now 365 days. The European crewmembers have been writing in their latest letters home about the highlights, monotonous life, team spirit and determination to go on.
“Wow, it’s already been a year,†begins Diego Urbina, one of the two Mars500 crewmembers from ESA, in his latest diary … Read the rest of this article
Space shuttle Endeavour and its six-astronaut crew sailed home for the final time, ending a 16-day journey of more than 6.5 million miles with a landing at 2:35 a.m. EDT on Wednesday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Read the rest of this article
Space shuttle Endeavour makes its final landing at the Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility, completing a 16-day mission to the …
The Sky This Month page has been updated with this months videos, Moon and Jupiter information and news about this month’s Total Lunar Eclipse.… Read the rest of this article
|
May 30: Tiny crystals of a green mineral called olivine are falling down like rain on a burgeoning star, according to observations from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. |
|
|
May 30: NASA has ended operational planning activities for the Mars rover Spirit and transitioned the Mars Exploration Rover Project to a single-rover operation focused on Spirit’s still-active twin, Opportunity. |
Read the rest of this article
Tiny crystals of a green mineral called olivine are falling down like rain on a burgeoning star, according to observations from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope detected tiny green crystals, called olivine, thought to be raining down on a developing star. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Toledo
This is the first time such crystals have been observed in … Read the rest of this article
NASA has ended operational planning activities for the Mars rover Spirit and transitioned the Mars Exploration Rover Project to a single-rover operation focused on Spirit’s still-active twin, Opportunity.
This marks the completion of one of the most successful missions of interplanetary exploration ever launched.
Spirit last communicated on March 22, 2010, as Martian winter approached and the rover’s solar-energy supply … Read the rest of this article
An assorted mix of colorful galaxies is being released today by NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission, or WISE. The nine galaxies are a taste of what’s to come. The mission plans to release similar images for the 1,000 largest galaxies that appear in our sky, and possibly more.
Read the rest of this article
A new, colorful collection of galaxy specimens has been released by …
The Sun Now (Visible light)
|
The Sun Now (H-Alpha light)
|
|
Aurora Oval
(Northern Hemisphere) |
Aurora Oval
(Southern Hemisphere) |
|
