New data analysis from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft reveals a subsurface ocean of molten or partially molten magma beneath the surface of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io.
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has obtained its first image of the giant asteroid Vesta, which will help fine-tune navigation during its approach. Dawn is expected to achieve orbit around Vesta on July 16, when the asteroid is about 188 million kilometers (117 million miles) from Earth.
Read the rest of this article
This image shows the first, unprocessed image obtained by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft of the giant …
Back From Vacation
May 9, 2011
I’m recently back from vacation down in Tenerife:
I didn’t get any astronomy done aside from a quick look at the stars on the clear nights. I was too knackered from all the hiking and walking we did each day to do anything in the evenings!
See that mountain in the photo above. That’s Mt. Teide, a dormant volcano and … Read the rest of this article
Posts for April, 2011
May 1, 2011
|
April 14: To mark Yuri Gagarin’s historic flight, “Yuri’s Night” and “YuriGagarin50” teamed up with the astronauts onboard the International Space Station to film a new view of what Gagarin would have seen as he travelled around the planet. |
|
|
April 13: Space now affects our everyday lives and makes an important contribution to the economies of the world. |
Read the rest of this article
AAVSO Alert Notice 437
Campaign To Monitor T Pyx Throughout 2011 Eruption
April 15, 2011
Campaign To Monitor T Pyx Throughout 2011 Eruption
April 15, 2011
Further to AAVSO Alert Notice 436 (http://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-436), a fast photometry observing campaign has been initiated by Dr. Bradley Schaefer (Louisiana State University) to monitor the recurrent nova T Pyxidis throughout its current eruption.
Brief summary of eruption: The recurrent nova T Pyx was discovered in … Read the rest of this article
Flyby of a Spinning Asteroid
April 15, 2011
Newly-discovered asteroid 2011 GP59 is flying past Earth today, April 15th, not far beyond the orbit of the Moon (1.4 LD). There’s no danger of a collision, but the 50-meter space rock is remarkable: It is elongated and spinning once every 7.5 minutes. This causes the asteroid to flash like a strobe light. A video taken by Joe Pollock of … Read the rest of this article
This week marks 50 years since Yuri Gagarin climbed into his space ship and was launched into space. It took him just 108 minutes to orbit Earth and he returned as the World’s very first space man.
To mark this historic flight, Yuri’s Night and YuriGagarin50 teamed up with the astronauts onboard the International Space Station to film a new … Read the rest of this article
AAVSO Alert Notice 436
AAVSO Alert Notice 436: Outburst Of The Recurrent Nova T Pyxidis
April 14, 2011
AAVSO Alert Notice 436: Outburst Of The Recurrent Nova T Pyxidis
April 14, 2011
The recurrent nova T Pyxidis has been discovered in outburst. It was detected by M. Linnolt (Hawaii, United States) at a visual magnitude of 13.0 on 2011 April 14.2931 (JD 2455665.7931), and confirmed by A. Plummer (m(vis)=12.2, JD 2455665.8847) and S. Kerr … Read the rest of this article
What Is Yuri Gagarin’S Legacy?
April 13, 2011
|
Yuri’s night connected people throughout the world |
Space is an inspirational subject and human spaceflight in particular has motivated many young people to follow careers in science and engineering. Space now affects our everyday lives and makes an important contribution to the economies of the world.
This is the legacy of the early days of spaceflight, but it is often … Read the rest of this article
50 years ago, for the first time in history, a human travelled into space. Who was Yuri Gagarin? How did this flight change his life and the future of humankind?
Loading…
function addViewCount() { Read the rest of this article
var rUrl = “http://multimedia.esa.int/layout/set/void/dam/add_view/9086”;
obj = YUI().Get.script(rUrl, {});} jwplayer(“pi_player”).setup({
flashplayer: “http://multimedia.esa.int/extension/esadam/design/standard/flash/player.swf”,
file: “http://hwcdn.net/n4h9e7v2/fms/public/videos/2011/04/002/1104_002_AR_EN.mp4.smil”, type: “highwinds”, autostart: true,
“rtmp.loadbalance”: true, height: 308, width: 520, events: {onPlay: …
Free Affiliate Marketing Training
The Sun And Aurora Now
The Sun Now (Visible light)
|
The Sun Now (H-Alpha light)
|
|
Aurora Oval
(Northern Hemisphere) |
Aurora Oval
(Southern Hemisphere) |
|