Space Contents Archive

A once in a Lifetime Shot - The Comet and a Shooting Star

Once in a lifetime shot. A brilliant green meteor lights up the sky over Southern India. The green colour implies it is rich in Magnesium Credit: Prasenjeet Yadav

We’re partnering with @ISRO to launch #NISAR, a new satellite that will give us a close-up look at changes in Earth’s crust using advanced radar imaging. What we learn could help people better manage natural disasters. https://t.co/DY69Nv4vL9 https://t.co/B7eerkATpN

A once in a Lifetime Shot - The Comet and a Shooting Star

My wife and I got to observe the comet through the 30” telescope at Powell Observatory last night. It was an incredible experience and we learned a ton!

Roche Lobe in a close binary system - an astrophysical simulation on a mobile phone! (Credit: Milky Way app)

A multitude of magnificent, swirling clouds in Jupiter's dynamic North North Temperate Belt is captured in this image from NASA's Juno spacecraft.

The comet

Private Peregrine moon lander will now target 'geologic enigma'

Creating a Perfect Solar Storm

can I still see the green comet in the sky tonight? I'm in Texas and last night it was cloudy, but it's a clear day today

Two spacewalkers relaxed today as the rest of the crew set up a 3-D bio-printer, watered tomato plants, began a fluid physics experiment, and studied cardiac research. https://t.co/hNuLlPI7mz

The Sun compared to the largest star ever discovered.

Moon 1-30-23

Eight signals from far-off stars probably aren't aliens, but the machine learning method that found them holds promise in the search for real extraterrestrials. https://t.co/NqlIekVAr8 https://t.co/3b6yrsauEb