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Posted by Bill Dunford on 2013/08/12 08:03 CDT | 8 comments
New images from Mars.
Beautiful science by Elektro-L
Posted by Vitaliy Egorov on 2013/08/08 03:54 CDT | 5 comments
Six months ago, I wrote about the Russian weather satellite Elektro-L, which has more than two years of successful experience in the geostationary orbit. Then I promised that I would be here to share the materials that we collected. I think it's time to deliver on the promise.
Posted by Bill Dunford on 2013/08/05 01:38 CDT | 4 comments
Seasons, sunlight, and shadow at the Moon's north pole
Curiosity is copying Cassini's tricks!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/08/03 10:59 CDT | 9 comments
Take a look at this amazing photo, captured by Curiosity from the surface of Mars on sol 351 (August 1, 2013). It is unmistakably Phobos.
Jupiter and Io from Pioneer 10
Posted by Ted Stryk on 2013/08/02 04:25 CDT | 1 comments
This is a parting shot of Jupiter and Io, taken December 5, 1973, by the Pioneer 10 spacecraft, the first to see either world as a crescent.
Posted by Bill Dunford on 2013/07/29 01:18 CDT | 4 comments
Pushing back the frontier, and filling in the blank spaces on the map.
Jani Radebaugh, Titan Explorer
Posted by Bill Dunford on 2013/07/23 03:47 CDT | 4 comments
Robotic space exploration is human exploration. Meet one of the people behind the machines.
Pretty picture: Looking backward
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/07/23 05:03 CDT | 15 comments
Here it is: the view from Saturn of our Earthly home, one and a half billion kilometers away. We see Earth and the Moon through a thin veil of faintly blue ice crystals, the outskirts of Saturn's E ring. Earth is just a bright dot -- a bit brighter than the other stars in the image, but no brighter than any planet (like Saturn!) in our own sky.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/07/22 05:03 CDT | 3 comments
A new picture of the Earth-Moon system from MESSENGER, taken the same day we were told to "Wave at Saturn." Updated with a neat photo taken from much closer to Earth from a similar perspective.
Pretty picture: An Atlas launch and a very surprised bird
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/07/19 12:30 CDT
If you take hundreds of photos of every single spacecraft launch you can get to, you will eventually get lucky shots like this one. It was taken by Ben Cooper at today's launch of the U.S. Navy satellite MUOS-2 and features a very surprised turkey vulture in a striking pose in front of the American flag.
A new HiRISE view of Opportunity (sol 3361)
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/07/17 06:14 CDT
The HiRISE camera on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has snapped a lovely color photo of the rim of Endeavour crater, catching Opportunity midway between Nobby's Head and Solander Point.
Posted by Bill Dunford on 2013/07/15 01:42 CDT | 3 comments
There's a cool new way to explore the first planet.
New names for Pluto's little moons Kerberos and Styx; and a new moon for Neptune
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/07/15 01:37 CDT | 4 comments
Pluto's moons, formerly known as "P4" and "P5," are now named Kerberos and Styx; I thought I'd help place them into context with a little help from Cassini. Also, Neptune now has a 14th known moon.
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/07/12 06:00 CDT | 3 comments
NASA recently shared a gloriously detailed image of an unusual clear day in Alaska as seen from the Terra satellite.
Scale comparisons of the solar system's major moons
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2013/07/10 06:05 CDT | 12 comments
A few presentation slides with pretty pictures, sized to scale, of the large moons of the solar system.
Posted by Bill Dunford on 2013/07/07 10:24 CDT | 9 comments
The south polar cap of Mars is riddled with strange landscapes.
The Space Computer and the Beautiful Worlds
Posted by Bill Dunford on 2013/06/30 11:31 CDT | 2 comments
An "Up Goer 5" tribute to the Cassini mission.
What would Earth's skies look like with Saturn's rings?
Posted by Jason Davis on 2013/06/26 12:59 CDT | 3 comments
Illustrator and author Ron Miller visualizes what we would see in our skies if Saturn’s majestic rings circled the Earth.
Posted by Bill Dunford on 2013/06/25 04:38 CDT | 6 comments
Meet some worlds that were nearly shattered, literally.
Astrophotographer captures 'Heavenly Palace' transiting the Sun
Posted by Jason Davis on 2013/06/24 10:56 CDT | 1 comments
Astrophotographer Thierry Legault captured a striking image set of Chinese spacecraft Tiangong 1 and Shenzhou 10 transiting the Sun.
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