Cosmos Series to air this weekend, This is a Must Watch!
I remember when Carl Sagan published his book Cosmos, I read it end to end and learned more about the universe and our place in it than in any other…
Category Archives: Space
Hubble Watches Comet Breakup in Asteroid Belt
NASA – The Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the never-before-seen breakup of an asteroid into as many as 10 smaller pieces. Though fragile comet nuclei have been seen falling apart…
Kepler Science Module Fails but Mission can continue
Preparations continue for the first K2 campaign in the ecliptic plane … if it is approved, following the 2014 Astrophysics Senior Review of Operating Missions. The vaunted Kepler Spacecraft had…
Beautiful Image Captured as Star Speeds through Milky Way
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope captured this image of massive, hot supergiant Kappa Cassiopeiae, or HD 2905a as it speeds through the Milky Way. The star is moving at around 2.5 million mph relative…
Hubble percisely measures spin of a galaxy
In a first ever scientists have measured the rotation of a galaxy by measuring the movement of the stars within it. In the central part of the our neighboring galaxy,…
Wobbly Planet found by Kepler 2300 light years away
Imagine living on a planet with seasons so erratic you would hardly know whether to wear Bermuda shorts or a heavy overcoat. That is the situation on a weird, wobbly…
Mars Curiosity Rover Snaps Picture of Earth and Moon
New images from NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover show Earth shining brighter than any star in the Martian night sky. The rover’s view of its original home planet even includes our moon,…
ESA Rosetta Comet Lander Wakes up after 31 Month Hibernation
Not communicating with a spacecraft for an extremely long time. Normally regular health checks are made just so you know the spacecraft is ok. This is fine unless you have…
