Mars’ Chaotic Surface
When the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter has gathered data on Mars’ surface, they have been used to simulate the flight over Mars’ chaotic terrain, which consists of the hundreds of mountains that...
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10 Basic Traits of Super Earth Planets
The data gathering from the Kepler Space Telescope confirm that a super Earth is not so rare phenomenon outside of our solar system, as we could think. This video points out 10 major discoveries...
Siding Spring Comet Encounters Mars Today
The Siding Spring comet will pass by Mars and will come closest around 2:27 p.m. EDT. For astronomers, this is a great opportunity to gather data on the comet and its influence on the...
Partial Solar Eclipse on October 23
On the following new moon, on October 23, we can watch a partial solar eclipse. The eclipse will be visible from all the USA, except Hawaii and New England. Especially interesting will be the...
The Best Pictures of the Moon
The most beautiful images of the Earth satellite, the Moon, are selected from the pictures, sent by readers of Amateur Astrophotography Ezine.
Meteor Shower on October 21-22
This year, the Orinoid meteor shower will appear on October 20-21, 2014 and will be visible from the both hemispheres. The expected number of meteors that could be seen per hour is 20.
Red Giant Star Has Swallowed the Planet
Astronomers have discovered a red giant star that swallowed one of its closest planets. Researchers, who specialize in stellar evolution, have long been familiar with the fact that the inner planets have been always...
Amazing Images of Andromeda Galaxy
This video contains beautiful images of Andromeda galaxy. This selection of images is produced with the help of contributors of Amateur Astrophotography Ezine.
The First Close-up of Venus’ Atmosphere
Since 2005, ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft has been orbited around the Venus and gathering a data about its unique atmosphere. Its parameters have appeared much more strange than expected. There are extremely fast winds...
MAVEN Sends “First Light” Images of Mars’ Upper Atmosphere – NASA
After ten months, NASA’a MAVEN spacecraft has reached Mars and starts sending the data about Mars’ atmosphere. It is assumed that billions years ago, Mars had a hospitable atmosphere that could warm Mars and...
Pluto Reconsidered: Will It Become a Planet Again?
According to the criteria that define the group of planets, International Astronomical Union decided in 2006 that Pluto does not belong into it. Since that, Pluto lost its status as a planet and has...
Cassini Mission: All about Saturn
In the following video, Dr. Linda Spilker, a Cassini Project scientist, talks about the amazing findings made by the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft ten years ago. It was the first men made object that goes into...
The Black Holes: Astonishing Characteristics
What are the characteristics of the black holes? During the years of observing them, the astronomers came up with these amazing facts about the black holes. Watch the following video in order to find...
Back to Basics: Our Place in the Universe
The following video represents the model of the Universe, as we know it today. We can easily comprehend where in the Milky Way our place is, but when it comes to other clusters of...
How Fast Is Our Travel through the Universe?
Whether we are travelling by car or sitting by our computer, we are all travelling constantly through the Universe. We are all moving very fast and travelling large distances through the space. But, what...
The Space Station Save a Man’s Life from Sunking in a Sea
The following video shows how the space station, navigating by the Automatic Identification System sygnal from the sinking ship, rescues its survivor.
The Exoplanet Orbits around a Dying Star
After detecting about 500 planets in our galaxy orbiting around their stars, astronomers have found the planet which orbits a star of extragalactic origin. This star is about 2000 light years far away from...
The Most Astonishing Hubble Images
This video contains the most beautiful and popular images of various nebulas made by Space Telescope Hubble during the last couple of years.
