Eight Years on Mars
Following yesterdays post on the Mars Rover ‘Spirit’ we now present the full story of the two predecessors to ‘ Curiosity’. When the twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity touched down on Mars in January...
Following yesterdays post on the Mars Rover ‘Spirit’ we now present the full story of the two predecessors to ‘ Curiosity’. When the twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity touched down on Mars in January...
With all the limelight taken up by Curiosity, it is easy to forget that of the two previous Rovers, Opportunity, is still going strong. However Spirit has not been heard from for over three...
Images of the Perseid meteor shower that has recently lit up the night sky. The “shooting stars”, a result of the material falling from the tail of Comet Swift-Tuttle.
A look at the top five places within our Solar System where life may yet exist. A look at Venus, Titan and other moons and planets.
A NASA backed project to develop a fusion engine could mean that trips to Mars are cut from 8 months to just 30 days. Traveling through deep space is a hazardous undertaking and choosing...
New rovers will be needed to help humans when they eventually start to colonise Mars. On a north Utah rough terrain desert in May 2013, several universities and their rovers from across the globe...
A look at the behaviour of liquids in zero gravity. A good description of what happens when you try to drink a cup of coffee in the International Space Station.
It’s Curiosity’s first anniversary and The Mars Science Laboratory team talks about what was exciting to them about year one on Mars and what the future has to offer. Curiosity is currently on its way...
16 Cygnus b is a gas giant located 70 light years from Earth, but it swings in and out of its habitable zone in an extreme elongated orbit. The extreme elliptical orbits give rise...
Observations show that the sun’s global magnetic field is about to flip, a sign that Solar Max has arrived. This happens about every eleven years. The Suns electromagnetic influence, the current sheet, extends to the outer...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope bring you a new and detailed look at the famous Ring Nebula. Hubble and several ground-based telescopes have combined to obtain the best view yet of the iconic nebula....
HTV-4 Transfer Vehicle launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan for a rendezvous with the International Space Station. The HTV-4 will deliver 3.6 tons of dry cargo, water, experiments and spare parts to...
Video of Virgin Galactic’s first supersonic flight test and a discussion on the Mars One programme which is looking at sending humans on a one way trip to Mars. Mars One is a reality...
Although the speed of physical objects is most probably limited to the speed of light as per Einstein. There is no limit for ‘Spacetime’ expansion or contraction. Could a warp drive based on warping...
CST 100 is Boeing’s entry into the space race. Here we get a first glimpse of its interior. Boeing is competing with two other companies for the NASA contract.