A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images from space-related science news items: ** ESA-led Heracles mission will return samples of the lunar surface to Earth: Landing on the Moon and returning home: Heracles – ESA The Heracles lander will […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A preview of the June night sky from NASA JPL: What’s Up: June 2019 Skywatching Tips from NASA | NASA Solar System Exploration What’s up in the June sky? Jupiter is at its biggest and brightest, Mercury and Mars appear ultra-close […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images from space-related science news items: ** Experiments designed and built by students were among the 38 R&D payloads on the recent Blue Origin New Shepard flight to 106 km: UCLA students touch […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A survey of the night sky for May from NASA JPL: What’s up in the May sky? A meteor shower produced by debris from Halley’s Comet, asteroids named after dinosaurs and a “blue moon” on May 18th. Additional information about […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images from space-related science news items: ** Latest Mars exploration news: Curiosity Mission Updates – NASA Mars Curiosity Rover – “Sols 2390-2393: Confirmation of another taste of the “Clay-Bearing Unit”, as good as […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest episode of the TMRO.tv Space webcast program: This week we bring on Dr. Jielai Zhang to talk about Dragonfly Telephoto Array, its unique capabilities, why it was needed and what they have found or hope to find out […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images from space-related science news items: ** The InSight Mars Lander detects its first Marsquake using the seismometer set on the ground next to the spacecraft: NASA’s InSight Lander Captures Audio of First […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A recent episode of the TMRO.tv Space show: Why JWST’s first images will just be 18 fuzzy blobs This week we are joined by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Program Scientist Dr. Eric Smith. We talk about the most ambitious […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images from space related science news: ** Radio telescope array images a black hole for the first time. This is the big news not just of the week but for 2019: First Image […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NASA JPL presents a preview of highlights in the night sky in the coming month: What’s Up: April 2019 Skywatching from NASA | Solar System Exploration: NASA Science ==== Brief Answers to the Big Questions – Stephen Hawking
The latest report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): GRAVITY instrument breaks new ground in exoplanet imaging Cutting-edge VLTI instrument reveals details of a storm-wracked exoplanet using optical interferometry The GRAVITY instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) has made […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
At a public seminar at NASA JPL, Jessie Christiansen and Karl Stapelfeldt of Caltech and NASA talked about the exoplanets discoveries made thus far and those to be made by new observatories: Since the discovery of the first exoplanet orbiting […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest ESO (European Southern Observatory) report: A Cosmic Bat in Flight ESO’s Cosmic Gems Programme captures the Cosmic Bat’s dusty clouds Hidden in one of the darkest corners of the Orion constellation, this Cosmic Bat is spreading its hazy […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is a preview of the night sky for March from NASA JPL: What’s Up: March 2019 Skywatching – What can you see in the March sky? Jupiter and other planets in the morning, a change of seasons and an […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images related to space related sciences: ** Mars weather reports – Daily Mars weather reports are now available from the Insight lander, which has activated its temperature and wind sensors – InSight Is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As often reported here, citizen scientists, especially in astronomy, continue to make significant contributions to the sciences. Here is a new article from NASA detailing one such case: Citizen Scientist Finds Ancient White Dwarf Star With Puzzling Rings A volunteer […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): Bubbles of Brand New Stars This dazzling region of newly-forming stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) was captured by the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer instrument (MUSE) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Highlights of the night sky in February from NASA JPL: What’s Up: February 2019 Skywatching from NASA | Solar System Exploration: NASA Science What can you see in the February sky? Stars and planets with distinct red and blue colors, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an opportunity to buy a “black hole” for display at home or office: SINGULARITY – A simulated black hole by Singularity designs — Kickstarter The display is “constructed from a carbon nanotube array which absorbs 99.9% of light in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest report from the European Southern Observatory (ESO): A Fleeting Moment in Time European Southern Observatory’s Cosmic Gems Programme captures last breath of a dying star The faint, ephemeral glow emanating from the planetary nebula ESO 577-24 persists for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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