Travel One Orbit With Venus Express
Bright and dark cloud bands wind around the poles of Venus in this beautiful sequence tracked by ESA’s Venus Express as it makes a rollercoaster orbit…
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McLaughlin Crater on Mars May Once Have Held Groundwater-Fed Lake
This view of layered rocks on the floor of McLaughlin Crater shows sedimentary rocks that contain spectroscopic evidence for minerals formed through interaction with water. The…
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Could Comet ISON Be the Comet of the Century?
Out near the orbit of Jupiter, a faint speck of light is moving through the black of space. At first glance it doesn’t look like much,…
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ESA Appealing for Research Ideas for Asteroid Deflection Mission
A space rock several hundred metres across is heading towards our planet and the last-ditch attempt to avert a disaster – an untested mission to deflect…
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The Huygens Experience
Eight years ago yesterday, ESA’s Huygens bounced, slid and wobbled its way to rest on the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan, the first time a probe…
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StarGazing Live is a program run over 3 consecutive days by the BBC at the beginning of each year. This year, it ran from Jan 8th-10th…
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Monster Sunspot AR1654 Is Turning Towards Earth…
One of the biggest sunspots of the current solar cycle is now turning toward Earth. Named AR1654, the active region is crackling with medium-sized (M-class) flares…
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Largest-Known Spiral Galaxy Revealed by GALEX Mission
This composite of the giant barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872 combines visible light images from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope with far-ultraviolet (1,528 angstroms)…
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AAVSO Alert Notice 477: Supernova 2013E in IC 2532 = PSN J10000552-3414013
January 9, 2013 Event: Supernova 2013E in IC 2532 = PSN J10000552-3414013 Discovered by: Stuart Parker (Canterbury, New Zealand) Discovery Date: 2013 Jan. 4.58 UT Discovery…
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Herschel Images Asteroid Apophis Flyby – No Collision in 2029
ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory captured asteroid Apophis in its field of view during the approach to Earth on 5/6 January 2013. This image shows the asteroid…
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