20 Years Exoplanet Anniversary- From Zero to Thousands
The first discovery of an exoplanet, called 51 Pegasi b, orbiting a sun-like star beyond our solar system, discovered 20 years ago, on October 6.
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La Palma Lunar Eclipse sequence
An astonishing image sequence follows late September’s total lunar eclipse above a rugged landscape and sea of clouds from the Canary island of La Palma. Image credit
Pluto has a Blue Sky
Pluto’s awesome haze layer shows its blue color, is thought to be similar in nature to that seen at Saturn’s moon Titan.
Earth as a Living Creature
Earth as a living creature… We’ve all seen images of extreme weather from space. But this video created by NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio, is really exceptional…
Sputnik and the Dawn of the Space Age
On October 5, 1957 at 1:28am local time, the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I, world’s first artificial satellite.
The Heat Shield testing for future Mars Explorations
NASA completes successful heat shield testing for future Mars exploration vehicles.
Cultivating Plant Growth in Space
The ability to grow food in space will be very important, to support human nutrition in future missions into deep space. Watch how plants grow in space…
Earth Motion from the Illapel Earthquake was more than a meter
Chile sitting along the southeast edge of the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” is used to earthquakes and tsunamis. The strongest quake on record was recorded in 1960,
Ice House 3D-printed ice shell
Ice House, a 3D-printed ice shell structure constructed from water on Mars, took last week the first prize in NASA’s 3D Printed Habitat Challenge Design Competition.
Hurricane Joaquin from the ISS
Early morning shot of Hurricane #Joaquin from @space_station before reaching #Bahamas.”Hope all is safe.” By NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, who captured this photo on Oct. 2, 2015,