The volcano on the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in southern Iceland began erupting just after midnight on April 15. Icelandic public broadcaster RUV reported that a 500m fissure…
Read the articleAfter months of inactivity, I finally got around to plugging the SynScan hand controller into the EQ6 and powering everything up. No bangs, flashes or fizzles…
Read the articleHerschel’s latest image reveals the formation of previously unseen large stars, each one up to ten times the mass of our Sun. These are the stars…
Read the articleThis figure shows the volcanic peak Idunn Mons (at 46°S, 214.5°E) in the Imdr Regio area of Venus. The topography derives from data obtained by NASA’s…
Read the articleA NASA spacecraft gliding over the surface of Mercury has revealed that the planet’s atmosphere, the interaction of its surrounding magnetic field with the solar wind,…
Read the articleSo you thought Northern Lights were big in Alaska? “That’s nothing,” says Randy Gladstone of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. “Jupiter has auroras…
Read the articleApril 14, 2010: NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured images of lightning on Saturn. The images have allowed scientists to create the first movie showing lightning flashing…
Read the articleA comprehensive analysis of distorted galaxies from the most ambitious cosmic survey ever undertaken by the Hubble Space Telescope has confirmed the mysterious cosmic acceleration. It…
Read the articleA crew of six, including two Europeans, will soon begin a simulated mission to Mars in a mockup that includes an interplanetary spaceship, Mars lander and…
Read the articleA new UK Space Agency will take over responsibility for UK government policy and the key budgets for space, and bring together all UK civil space…
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