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- Wild Little Mercury to Cause Interplanetary Smashup? Maybe.
Artistic design : J Vidal-Madjar; planet textures from NASA; copyright: IMCCE-CNRS The chaotic evolution of the planetary orbits in the Solar System could cause a close approach or even a collision within the next 5 billion years, according to a paper in this week’s issue of Nature . The odds a… more
Wed Jun 10 08:00pm EEST
- Lunar, Solar Eclipses Hold Secrets to Other Worlds
Total Lunar Eclipse, 2004. Credit: Fred Espenak Want to know about the atmospheres of planets around other stars , and the stars themselves? Start at home. A pair of papers in this week’s issue of Nature is advocating continued studies of both lunar eclipses, when the Moon transits Earth ’s s… more
Wed Jun 10 07:17pm EEST
- First Extra-Galactic Planet May Have Been Detected
Panel on the right shows The upper panel shows the simulated light curve (black dots) of a planetary event in M31. Credit: Ingrosso, et al. Using a technique called Pixel-lensing, a group of astronomers in Italy may have detected a planet orbiting another star. But this planet is unique among the… more
Wed Jun 10 02:10pm EEST
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Source: Universe Today
- Shuttle Endeavour on Track for Saturday Launch
NASA's shuttle Endeavour is on track for a planned weekend launch toward the International Space Station, mission managers said Tuesday. more
Tue Jun 09 08:09pm EEST
- Galactic Collisions Leave Cosmic Skid Marks
Subaru telescope images debris stripped from colliding galaxies; could shed light on early galactic formation. more
Tue Jun 09 08:09pm EEST
- MISSION UPDATE: Space Shuttle Astronauts Arrive at Launch Site
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Tue Jun 09 08:09pm EEST
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Source: SPACE.com
- Planck satellite manoeuvre aims at L2 arrival
Beginning today, ESA's Planck satellite will carry out a critical mid-course manoeuvre that will place the satellite on its final trajectory for arrival at L2, the second Lagrange point of the Sun-Earth system, early in July. more
Fri Jun 05 03:33pm EEST
- Craters and channels in Hephaestus Fossae
The High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA’s Mars Express orbiter has obtained images of Hephaestus Fossae, a region on Mars dotted with craters and channel systems. more
Fri Jun 05 04:31pm EEST
- ESA extends Envisat satellite mission
ESA Member States have unanimously voted to extend the Envisat mission through to 2013. Envisat – the world’s largest and most sophisticated satellite ever built – has been providing scientists and operational users with invaluable data for global monitoring and forecasting since its launch in 2002… more
Fri Jun 05 10:36am EEST
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Source: ESA Top News