Tag: space
Tonight! Look up to view August’s Super Moon
(And not just any old Super Moon, but a ‘Supermoon Blue Moon’)
Best times to see the 2024 Perseid meteor shower? Tonight, and tomorrow night!
The spectacular Perseid meteor shower will be lighting up the night sky
Space telescope helping to defend Earth against incoming asteroids and comets has been decommissioned
This concludes more than 10 years of the NEOWISE planetary defense mission
Hubble’s latest gift to mankind: Classic snapshot of a spiral galaxy
detailed snapshot of spiral galaxy NGC 3430, 100 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo Minor
Exciting discovery: Mars rover accidentally finds rocks made of pure sulfur
Rocks made of pure sulfur (aka ‘elemental sulfur’) have never been seen before on the Red Planet.
Study reveals origin of four-million-year-old ‘potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid’
Researchers describe how the ancient asteroid was ejected from the moon following a massive strike from an even larger ‘impactor’ that left an crater on the lunar surface measuring 14-miles wide in diameter.
NASA reports on first successful lunar landing in over 50 years
But the lander did not touch town as smoothly as planned, ending up on its side
NASA announces discovery of new ‘Super-Earth’ in our habitable zone
The new exoplanet dubbed TOI-715 b is situated “fairly close to us”
Mars’ Ingenuity Helicopter Mission comes to a glorious end after three years cruising the Red Planet
Ingenuity surpassed all of NASA’s expectations and has proved that powered, controlled flight is possible on other worlds …
NASA reaffirms manned moon missions, punches up Artemis mission schedules
NASA looking at Sept. 2026 to land the first astronauts near the lunar South Pole
