We now have a new neighbor only 7.2 light years away. NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Spitzer Space…
Category: Space
Morpheus Planetary Lander Takes 8th Test flight
NASA’s Morpheus Project has developed and tested a prototype planetary lander capable of vertical takeoff and landing. Designed to serve…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
