Hubble “Crane-s” in for a Closer Look at a Galaxy
In 1900, astronomer Joseph Lunt made a discovery: Peering through a telescope at Cape Town Observatory, the British–South African scientist spotted this beautiful sight in the southern constellation...
NASA set to double data exchange with space station
NASA is set to boost its Space Network (SN) system used to deliver data from and to the International Space Station (ISS) to double its capacity, the organization said on its website. The SN,...
Juno Captures Jupiter ‘Pearl’
This image, taken by the JunoCam imager on NASA’s Juno spacecraft, highlights the seventh of eight features forming a ‘string of pearls’ on Jupiter — massive counterclockwise rotating...
NASA Mission to Search for Rare Asteroids
NASA’s first mission to return a sample of an asteroid to Earth will be multitasking during its two-year outbound cruise to the asteroid Bennu. On Feb. 9-20, the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral...
Siberian meteorite could be up to 15 meters in diameter
The meteorite that exploded above Russia’s southern Siberian republic of Khakassia Tuesday could be about 10-15 meters in diameter, a leading Russian space scientist told TASS. “Obviously, the...
Curiosity Rover Team Examining New Drill Hiatus
Mission Status Report NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is studying its surroundings and monitoring the environment, rather than driving or using its arm for science, while the rover team diagnoses...
Falcon 9 rocket may return to flight in mid-December
The Falcon 9 heavy rocket may blast off from a launch pad in California on December 16 for the first launch since a launchpad explosion in September, Iridium Communications said. “Launching...
Scientists Probe Mystery of Pluto’s Icy Heart
Was Pluto’s frozen heart formed in an ancient impact basin and was it once closer to the north pole? And does the icy heart conceal a subsurface ocean? Scientists are offering several new scenarios...
