Astronomers Find 1st Alien Planet With X-Ray Observations
U. S. and European space-based X-ray observatories have added a new technique for identifying alien planets with the discovery of HD 189733b, a “hot Jupiter” class world rapidly orbiting a star 63 light years away. NASA’s Kepler space telescope is...Russian Space Freighter Delivers U.S. Space Suit Repair Tools
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The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and Bella Gaia are launching a short film titled Hotspots to Hopespots – a multimedia presentation of scientific data and images on the planet’s changing environment. As changes to ecosystems and the...How to Put Humans on Mars?: BBC/Imperial College London Explore Challenges
A team of academics from Imperial College London have blueprinted a concept on how best to place a trio of space travelers on the surface of the red planet. The mock mission to Mars is to be showcased on a special five-part program carried by the BBC. The researchers...Comet ISON Bubbles, Reveals Secrets of Early Solar System
Though more than three million miles distant, Comet ISON, also known as the “soda pop” comet, is putting on quite a show for the planet’s best equipped observatories. The active comet is headed heads towards a close encounter with the sun in late...NASA’s Curiosity Rover on Mars: On a Roll!
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has issued a map showing the route driven by the rover Curiosity through the 342 Martian day, or sol, as of July 21, 2013. Shown in the map, the numbering of the dots along the line indicates the sol number of each drive. North is up....NASA Opens Probe into Space Suit Leak
NASA appointed a Mishap Investigation Board on Tuesday to unravel a July 16 space suit leak that released at least a liter of water, much of it into the helmet of European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano. NASA’s Mission Control was forced to short...From a Distance!
Two spacecraft have managed to snag images of our Earth and the Moon, but from far, far away. NASA’s MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) orbiter circling Mercury took the image July 19 as part of a campaign to search for natural...Space Talk
HiPOD: Periglacial Terrain in Protonilus Mensae
With this observation, the existing periglacial mantle near a previous image can be better constrained across this area. Futher up from this pic, the terrain appears scoured and the mantle is discontinous.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_077144_2250
The Andromeda galaxy isn't making stars like it used to. A new study using @NASAHubble data shows that star formation in Andromeda has been slowing down over the last 40 million years: https://go.nasa.gov/4yE0X5z
On Aug. 12, a total solar eclipse will cross Greenland, Iceland, and Spain — and NASA science will be there! ☀️🌑🔭
We're flying high-altitude jets and launching scientific balloons to study the Sun and the eclipse's effects on us: http://go.nasa.gov/4x5qvqP
📸: NASA/Ernie Wright
On Aug. 12, a total solar eclipse will cross Greenland, Iceland, and Spain — and NASA science will be there! ☀️🌑🔭
We're flying high-altitude jets and launching scientific balloons to study the Sun and the eclipse's effects on us: http://go.nasa.gov/4x5qvqP
📸: NASA/Ernie Wright