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Astronomy Without A Telescope – Impact Mitigation
[/caption] The save-the-Earth rehearsal mission Don Quijote, commissioned by the European Space Agency, is planned to test the potential of…
Turning On A Supermassive Black Hole
[/caption] ESO’s Very Large Telescope and ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray Space Observatory has just opened our eyes once again. While we…
Milky Way Sparkles In The Eyes Of Gaia
[/caption] Here on Earth we play around with CCD cameras that boast a million pixels. But, can you imagine what…
June 21 ATV Re-Entry: A Man-Made Fireball In The Sky
[/caption] The Johannes Kepler ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) has undocked from the International Space station and will re- enter Earth’s…
Worlds Apart: Planet and Moon Align
Here's a cool animation showing Mars' little moon Phobos passing in front of distant Jupiter from the viewpoint of ESA's Mars…
Why Can We See Multiple ISS Passes Right Now?
[/caption] Last night in the UK, US and Europe, we were spoiled with multiple and bright ISS passes. Not just…
Rosetta… Stoned Again
[/caption] About 163 million kilometers and three more years separate brave little ESA spacecraft - Rosetta - from comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko.…
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Era of Space Shuttle Endeavour Ends with June 1 landing at the Kennedy Space Center
[/caption] KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - Space Shuttle Endeavour and her six man crew landed safely today at the Kennedy Space…
UK and European Space Agencies Give a Go For Skylon Spaceplane
After 30 years of development, the UK and European space agencies have given a go for the Skylon Spaceplane. The…
A Varying Venusian Vortex
Our neighboring planet Venus really is a world of extremes; searing surface temperatures, crushing air pressure, sulfuric acid clouds...Venus pretty…