- 4 April 2016
Thanks to the Cassini spacecraft, Saturn’s moon Enceladus has been being monitored since 2005. And what it has discovered has given scientists a reason to dig deeper into why this icy moon has sustained eruptions.
Read the full article
- 1 April 2016
Thanks to observations from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, the first temperature map has been taken of a Super-Earth planet called, 55 Cancri e.
Read the full article
- 30 March 2016
Jupiter is in prime position this month to be observed by professional and novice astronomers alike. But it wasn’t NASA that captured this amazing occurrence, but two amateur astronomers that were viewing the right place at the right time.
Read the full article
- 26 March 2016
Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. This super rock has been the focus of many studies, particularly one bright spot that has risen questions in all those involved with its study. But thanks to the Dawn spacecraft, that bright area has now been further “illuminated.” What was discovered? A “salty” spot.
Read the full article
- 23 March 2016
A couple of days have past since the first of two comets made a close flyby Earth (the first was on March 21st, 2016 and the second was on March 22nd, 2016). And even though we hear about comets scooting past our small planet on many occasions, these two made headlines because they could be considered “twins.”
Read the full article
- 19 March 2016
We’ve been to the moon and we’ve been to Mars, so now scientists are putting a proposal together for NASA to take spacecrafts to the icy giants of Neptune and/or Uranus. Impossible? Not at all!
Read the full article
- 16 March 2016
Although the last name of Herschel may ring a bell, most people associate the surname with William (who made many discoveries in space). However, his sister Caroline, was actually the first women to receive the Royal Astronomical Society’s gold medal in 1828 for the discovery of six new comets and also the first female to be paid for her contributions. This prestigious award would not be given to another woman until 1996.
Read the full article
- 12 March 2016
A close encounter with Comet Siding Spring (C/2013 A1) in October of 2014 has now shown that Mars magnetic field was thrown into an uproar.
Read the full article
- 9 March 2016
It’s been just over a year since the Dawn spacecraft slipped int orbit around Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Since March 6th, 2015, Dawn has sent back some exciting data, including images of a mountain on this dwarf planet.
Read the full article
- 6 March 2016
The Hubble Space Telescope got its most intense workout when scientists pushed it to its very limits and spotted a “new” galaxy that is thought to have existed only 400 million years after the beginning of the universe when it was only 3 percent of its current age.
Read the full article
.jpg){kind=link}
