Astronomy
Images from Enceladus ‘Plume Dive’ Courtesy of Cassini
Oh, to hitch a ride aboard NASA’s Cassini spacecraft this week. The Saturn orbiting sentinel recently completed an amazing series…
Saturn’s Moon Dione
Thanks to the Cassini mission, a great deal has been learned about Saturn’s system of moons (aka. the Cronian system)…
A Halloween Season ‘Taurid Meteor Swarm’ on Tap for 2015?
Asteroid 2015 TB145 isn’t the only cosmic visitor paying our planet a trick-or-treat visit over the coming week. With any…
Saturn’s “Yin-Yang” Moon Iapetus
Thanks to the Cassini mission, a great many things have been learned about the Saturn system in recent years. In…
Bio-Mimicry and Space Exploration
"Those who are inspired by a model other than Nature, a mistress above all masters, are laboring in vain." -Leonardo…
The Puzzle of Planetary Protection
The recent announcement by NASA confirming the presence of liquid water on Mars pulls planetary protection into the spotlight and…
Hunting Prospero
A relic of the early Space Age turns 44 years old this week. The United Kingdom’s first and only successful…
How to See the Spooktacular Halloween Flyby of Asteroid 2015 TB145
Trick or treat! I think we're definitely in for a treat. 2015 TB145 will fly past Earth at a safe distance…
Saturn’s “Death-Star” Moon Mimas
Much has been learned about Saturn's system of moons in recent decades, thanks to the Voyager missions and the more…
Saturn’s Moon Tethys
Thanks the Voyager missions and the more recent flybys conducted by the Cassini space probe, Saturn's system of moons have…