Awe-Inspiring View of the Milky Way
The Milky Way as seen near the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama Desert. Credit: ESO/Y. Beletsky The Chilean Atacama Desert boasts some of the darkest skies on Earth – […]
The scars of impacts on Mars
Public release date: 4-Mar-2011 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Markus Bauer Markus.Bauer@esa.int 31-715-656-799 European Space Agency ESA’s Mars Express has returned new images of an elongated impact crater […]
Solar mystery solved
Public release date: 2-Mar-2011 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Christine Pulliam cpulliam@cfa.harvard.edu 617-495-7463 Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics The Sun has been in the news a lot lately because […]
X-37B launch delayed due to weather
Poor weather dealyed the launch of the Air Force’s Orbital Test Vehicle. Photo Credit: Jason Rhian CAPE CANAVERAL – Weather delayed the launch of the second of the United States […]
Amateur Astronomer’s View Of Space Shuttle Cosying Up To ISS – Gizmodo Australia
Guiding his 9-inch telescope by hand, amateur astronomer Rob Bullen snapped this extraordinary shot of the Space Shuttle Discovery approaching the International Space Station over Gloucestershie, England, last Saturday. […]