Kepler Space Telescope Gets A New Exoplanet-Hunting Mission
After several months with their telescope on the sidelines, the Kepler space telescope team has happy news to report: the…
Russian Proton Rocket Fails After Launch, Destroys Satellite: Reports
About nine minutes after launching towards space, a Russian Proton rocket reportedly crashed Friday (May 16), destroying an advanced satellite…
Venus Express Prepares to Descend into Hell
Venus is definitely not a friendly planet for humanity. Soviet landers that arrived on the surface a few decades back…
Mercury’s Ready For Its Close-Up, Mr. MESSENGER
Are you ready for a good close look at Mercury? At an incredible 5 meters per pixel, this is one of…
Astrophotos: Occultation of Saturn
Observers in Australia and New Zealand had a special treat this week: watching Saturn disappear behind the Moon during an…
Hubble Sees Jupiter’s Red Spot Shrink to Smallest Size Ever
Earlier this year we reported that amateur astronomers had observed and photographed the recent shrinking of Jupiter's iconic Great Red Spot. Now,…
It’s Alive! Rosetta’s Comet Flares As It Approaches The Sun
Wow! This image shows the target comet for the Rosetta mission starting to develop a tail. This bodes well for…
Earth’s Lightning Ramps Up With The Solar Wind: Study
As the northern hemisphere enters the hazy days of summer, thunderstorms will freckle many of our nights and days. What…
- Atlas V
- Atmosphere
- Aurora
- Charles Bolden
- Earth
- Earth Observation
- NASA
- Science
- Solar System
- Space Exploration
- United Launch Alliance
NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission to Provide 1st 3-D View of Earth’s Magnetic Reconnection Process – Cleanroom visit with Bolden
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden poses with the agency’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft, mission personnel, Goddard Center Director Chris Scolese and…
Phobos & Deimos — The Moons of Mars Explained
Where did Mars' moons Phobos and Deimos come from? How did they end up in orbit around Mars? This cool…