NASA’s Galileo Spacecraft Reveals Magma Ocean Under Io
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. ……
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NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Captures First Image of Asteroid Vesta
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…
Read the article →Back From Vacation
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.…
Read the article →Posts for April, 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…
Read the article →AAVSO Alert Notice 437: Campaign to Monitor T Pyx Throughout 2011 Eruption
AAVSO Alert Notice 437 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…
Read the article →Flyby of a Spinning Asteroid
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…
Read the article →First Orbit – Celebrate the First 50 Years of Human Spaceflight
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…
Read the article →AAVSO Alert Notice 436: Outburst of the Recurrent Nova T Pyxidis
AAVSO Alert Notice 436 AAVSO Alert Notice 436: Outburst Of The Recurrent Nova T Pyxidis April 14, 2011 The recurrent nova T Pyxidis has been discovered…
Read the article →What Is Yuri Gagarin’S Legacy?
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…
Read the article →50th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s First Man in Space Flight
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…
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