‘Light Echoes’ used to study Protoplanetary Disks
Astronomers used a method called “photo-reverberation,” also known as “light echoes,” to determine the distance from a star to the inner rim of its surrounding protoplanetary disk.
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Mammatus Clouds Over Tobyhanna
A huge formation of mammatus clouds observed over Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, during the afternoon of March 17, 2016. Image credit Tom Wildoner
Morning Sun glint Over the Pacific
This breathtaking Earth composite image from the International Space Station captures morning sun glint and low clouds over the central Pacific Ocean.
Hubble sees a Star ‘Inflating’ a Giant Bubble
The impressive Bubble Nebula, also known as NGC 7653, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, on February 25/26, 2016. Watch the video…
High-Power Solar Electric Propulsion
A prototype 13-kilowatt Hall thruster, demonstrated the technology development of high-power solar electric propulsion into a flight-qualified system.
Incredible new 4K footage from ISS
This incredible NASA’s footage from the astronauts on ISS, brings ultra-high definition video to a new level…
BEAM Expandable Module successfully installed to the Space Station
The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, attached to the International Space Station early on April 16, 2016.
A Unique Red Rectangle
Hubble Space Telescope frames the unique star HD 44179, surrounded by an extraordinary structure known as the Red Rectangle.
An Inflatable Space Hotel in orbit by 2020
Two space companies just announced a partnership to launch an Inflatable Commercial Space Habitat in 2020.
Stephen Hawking is planing to send spacecraft to Alpha Centauri
Physicist Stephen Hawking and Russian billionaire, Yuri Milner, plan to send a spacecraft to Alpha Centauri at 20% of the speed of light. Image credit NASA