The Philae Lander’s 3 Touchdowns
After achieving touchdown on a comet for the first time in history, scientists and engineers are busy analysing this new world and the nature of the…
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All NASA Mars Orbiters Healthy After Comet Siding Spring Flyby
All three NASA orbiters around Mars confirmed their healthy status Sunday after each took shelter behind Mars during a period of risk from dust released by…
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Watch a Sunset Solar Eclipse on October 23rd
Sunsets are always pretty. One sunset this month could be out of this world. On Thursday, Oct. 23rd, the setting sun across eastern parts of the…
Read the articleMars Express Prepared for Comet Siding Spring Close Encounter
This weekend, Comet Siding Spring (C/2013 A1) will make a historically close approach to Mars. Satellites and rovers will get an eye-full as the green comet…
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MAVEN Returns First Images
After 10-month voyage across more than 400 million miles of empty space, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft reached Mars on Sept. 21st 2014. Less than 8 hours later,…
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Incredibly Bright Dead Star Discovered by NuSTAR Telescope
Astronomers have found a pulsating, dead star beaming with the energy of about 10 million suns. This is the brightest pulsar – a dense stellar remnant…
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ESA’s Scale Model of Rosetta’s Comet
Visitors to ESA’s Technology Centre had a chance to get up close and personal with a model of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko during the centre’s Open Day on…
Read the articleNASA’s MAVEN Orbiter Ready for Sept. 21 Mars Orbit Insertion
NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft is nearing its scheduled Sept. 21 insertion into Martian orbit after completing a 10-month interplanetary journey of 442…
Read the articleRosetta’s Philae Lander to Set Down at Site J
Rosetta’s lander Philae will target Site J, an intriguing region on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko that offers unique scientific potential, with hints of activity nearby, and minimum risk…
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Bright Clumps in Saturn’s F-Ring Now Scarce
Compared to the age of the solar system — about four-and-a-half billion years — a couple of decades are next to nothing. Some planetary locales change…
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