Over a 10 hour period, the Hubble Space Telescope gazed at the solar system’s largest planet to produce one of the most spectacular maps of Jupiter’s complex and dynamic atmosphere. Immediately astronomers were able to measure the size of the…
In the Northern hemisphere’s sky, hovering above the Milky Way, there are two constellations—Cygnus the swan, her wings outstretched in full flight, and Lyra, the harp that accompanied poetry in ancient Greece, from which we take our word “lyric.” Between…
Peering out into space is like looking into a kaleidoscope—the polychromatic nebulae and vibrant galaxies are all spectacularly unique. And that’s the one thing we do know about space—it’s full of stuff. But the universe constantly throws curveballs our way—like…
1991 VG is a Near-Earth object discovered by American astronomer James Scotti on 6 November 1991. Due to its unusual orbit and rapid variation in brightness, there is speculation that the object could be either man-made or an artifact of…
NASA reveals ideas for finding Alien life One of the selected proposals calls for the use of a soft-robotic rover for missions that can’t be accomplished with conventional power systems. This rover would resemble an eel with a short antenna…
BURSTS of radio waves flashing across the sky seem to follow a mathematical pattern. If the pattern is real, either some strange celestial physics is going on, or the bursts are artificial, produced by human – or alien – technology.…
Strange unexplained sounds have been detected that scientist believe could be coming from an a Earth like planet in the habitable zone. Astronomers also believe the mysterious signals – previously dismissed as stellar bursts – are coming from an Earth-like…
Nasa’s Dawn spacecraft prepares to orbit the dwarf planet Ceres. THE MYSTERIOUS WORLD OF CERES Ceres is the closest dwarf planet to the sun and is located in the asteroid belt, making it the only dwarf planet in the inner…
A strange, flickering white blotch found on the dwarf planet Ceres by a NASA spacecraft has scientists scratching their heads. The white spot on Ceres in a series of new photos taken on Jan. 13 by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, which…
Will they host life? Astronomers have found eight more worlds properly situated from their parent stars for liquid surface water, a condition which, at least on Earth, is believed to be key for life to evolve. The newly found planets…
WHEN EUROPE LANDED A ROBOT ON A COMET Really, did you have any doubt about which space story would clinch the #1 spot? The touch-down of the Rosetta mission’s Philae lander on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Nov. 12…
Scientists are baffled by the strange and mysterious sounds recorded from comet 67P ahead of Philae landing We did not expect this and we are still working to understand the physics of what is happening,” Karl-Heinz Glaßmeier, head of Space…
