Dione and SaturnDione and Saturn
<p></p> <p>Saturn has many, varied moons – over 60 have been discovered so far. One of the larger ones, Dione, is shown here in this image from the Cassini orbiter, pictured
Tag: Distant Planets
NASA Missions Have Their Eyes Peeled on PlutoNASA Missions Have Their Eyes Peeled on Pluto
<p></p> <p>What’s icy, has “wobbly” potato-shaped moons, and is the world’s best-known dwarf planet? The answer is Pluto, and NASA’s New Horizons is speeding towards the edge of our solar system
Faint Signatures of Water Found in Atmospheres of Five Distant PlanetsFaint Signatures of Water Found in Atmospheres of Five Distant Planets
<p style="text-align:center"></p> <p>Using the powerful eye of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, two teams of scientists have found faint signatures of water in the atmospheres of five distant planets.</p> <p>The presence of atmospheric
Spitzer Space Telescope Detects Light Emanating From a “Super-Earth”Spitzer Space Telescope Detects Light Emanating From a “Super-Earth”
<p>NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light emanating from a “super-Earth” planet beyond our solar system for the first time. While the planet is not habitable, the detection is a
What Is Yuri Gagarin’S Legacy?What Is Yuri Gagarin’S Legacy?
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="215" align="left"> <tr> <td> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Gagarin/SEMYN76UPLG_1.html" target="_blank"></a> </td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p class="small" style="text-align: center;">Yuri’s night connected people throughout the world </p></td> <td></td> </tr> </table> <p>Space is an inspirational subject and human spaceflight in particular has motivated
Galaxy Evolution Explorer Identifies Planet-Hunting TargetsGalaxy Evolution Explorer Identifies Planet-Hunting Targets
<p>Astronomers have come up with a new way of identifying close, faint stars with NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer satellite. The technique should help in the hunt for planets