May 25
The much anticipated
Apr 19
Last night, yet another eye-searing blue meteor screamed across the dark Russian sky. Lucky for us, Russia is the land of dashcams, meaning that yet again
Jan 19
Two and a half years is a long time to sleep—even for a machine. That’s how long Rosetta has slumbered in its decade-long journey towards the comet where it will land. But in the dead of the night, at 2am PST tomorrow morning, Rosetta will awaken. Here’s how its alarm clock works.
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Dec 10
In November 2014, after traveling 10 years and hundreds of millions of miles, a European spacecraft will touch down on a two-and-a-half-mile-wide ball of ice and dust as it hurtles through space towards the sun. And if all goes according to plan, this unprecedented feat could finally give us what we need to understand the origins of life on Earth. It’s just the "according to plan" that’s the tricky part.
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Nov 24
The H-1 camera on board NASA’s STEREO-A spacecraft has captured this sequence of the two comets now en route to the Sun: Encke and ISON.
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Jul 10
The solar system isn’t stationary; it’s careening through the infinite abyss of space as we speak. Just like a comet, it comes complete with its own tail, and for the first time, we’ve actually been able to see it.
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Apr 01
Though we’ve seen plenty of our beautiful blue marble from space before, here’s what Earth looks like from a hundred million miles away. That’s roughly the same distance from the Earth to the Sun. More »
Oct 16
Sunday morning you’ll be able to see the Orionid meteor shower spawned from Halley’s Comet a few hours before dawn. And it should be absolutely stunning. More »
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