This year, the Geminid meteor shower will reach its peak on December 13th and 14th, and stargazers can observe up to 120 meteors per hour. The shower will be better seen in the Northern...
In this video, bright fireballs in the night sky in Poland lit up the whole night sky and turned night into day yesterday. According to astronomers, it seems that the annual Taurid meteor shower...
Scientists on the Rosetta mission unexpectedly detected large quantities of oxygen around the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. One of the theories they have, explains that oxygen dates back to the formation period of the comet, and...
This video gives us detailed information about the Orionid meteor shower that happens during this week. It occurs due to passing by of Halley’s Comet. Even though we can see Halley’s Comet once in...
This video contains images that Philae’s Rosetta Lander captured during its landing on the Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on November 12th, 2014. Philae landed in the area called Aglikia and began shooting the surface of the...
The project SOHO (the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) that has been active since 1995 has discovered 3,000 comets. Namely, its 3,000th comet was discovered on September 13th, 2015.
Chariklo, a centaur object that was discovered last year, orbits through the area between Saturn and Uranus. It is the first asteroid with the rings. Chariklo has two rings – one, which is seven...
NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft has captured the highest resolution image of Occator Crater on Ceres and its intriguing bright spots. In this image, it is completely clear that the bright spots are, in fact, the...
This video contains the images of the last Perseid meteor shower taken by stargazers from around the world. This year, the Perseid meteor shower reached its peak on August 11, 12, and 13th. This...
Rosetta’s camera Osiris has captured powerful outburst that a comet 67O/Churyumov-Gerasimenko blasted on July 29th. The jet comes from the narrow area of the comet that holds its two lobes together.
This year, the Perseid meteor shower will reach its highest intensity between August 12th and 13th. According to astronomers, it will be possible to observe almost 100 meteors during the peak hours of the...
This video explores how sunlight affects asteroids and comets, thus influencing their paths. By studying asteroid Bennu, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collects data that help scientists understand how the Yarkovsky effect work and influence the...
A strange comet known as Comet 69P/Machholz makes astronomers think that comes from another solar system. According to them, the comet shows unusual characteristics such as the irregular shape of its orbit and strange...
Every year, in the last week of July /from 25th to 30th) we experience annual alpha Capricornid meteor shower. This video gives us more details on how and where to look for this beautiful...
This video explains the differences between asteroids and comets, and shows us distinct types of asteroids. It also points out on their classifications to better understand the following list.
Rosetta spacecraft has taken a new image of the comet 67P/ Churyumov – Gerasimenko that reveals 18 pits in its northern hemisphere. These pits are clustered in a few regions of the comet. Scientists...
Rosetta’s lander Philae has woken up after being dormant for 7 months. It landed in a shadow which severley affected its solar panels but as it has got closer to the Sun no doubt...
At the beginning of the month, we can see Saturn very close to the Moon in the early evening. Pluto will also come close to the Moon, but it is still invisible. At the...
NASA NEWS
