New virtual tour of Pluto
The latest images (as of Sept. 11, 2015) downloaded from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft were stitched together and rendered on a sphere to make this flyover. This animation, made with the LORRI (Long Range Reconnaissance Imager) images, begins with a low-altitude look at the informally named Norgay Montes, flies northward over the boundary between informally […]
Earth in motion
A sense of perspective is unavoidable from 22,000 miles up. Below, images from the Himawari-8 weather satellite’s first official day paint a living portrait of the western Pacific, with Typhoons Chan-hom and Nangka spinning slowly westward.
Beautiful view of The Moon Transiting...
This video is composed from images released by NASA from its Deep Space Climate Observatory showing the “dark side” of the moon. This view of The Moon is never visible from Earth. The images were taken as the moon moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month. Photo: NASA
Panspermia gets some new support
Could life on Earth have been kick-started by a comet strike? A startling discovery by the Rosetta comet-chasing mission has added fresh evidence to suggest that it is possible. The European Space Agency (ESA), which is leading a consortium that includes NASA, announced that the mission to explore Comet 67P has discovered 16 organic compounds, […]
Neil Degrasse Tyson dukes it out with...
Watch as Neil Degrasse Tyson and Steven Colbert exchange pleasantries and some not so pleasant perspectives over the New Horizons flyby of Pluto.
Images from Cassini
While the whole world waits on more pictures from the New Horizons Spacecraft, we thought we would share some amazing pictures of other planets and moons taken by the Cassini Spacecraft.
Fueling life on mars with methane
Researchers say methane, a potential sign of primitive life, has been found in meteorites from Mars, adding weight to the idea that life could live off methane on the Red Planet. This discovery is not evidence that life exists, or has ever existed, on Mars, the researchers cautioned. Still, methane “is an ingredient that could […]
Expensive robots falling down
D.A.R.P.A. (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) holds a yearly competition for robotics. Each year there are amazing strides in the field and a ton of new information and advancement. There are also a lot of failures and accidents. Keep in mind that these robots cost millions of dollars to develop, so watching their life’s’ work fall […]
Sailing the cosmic sea of photons
LightSail, an experimental solar-powered spacecraft orbiting the Earth, has finally deployed its Mylar sails, Bill Nye proudly announced Sunday. The tiny 11 pound solar sail satellite is the work of a The Planetary Society, a non-government organization that promotes space research. Its goal is to make space exploration affordable and efficient by building a spacecraft that […]