By Leonidas Papadopoulos, on November 15th, 2016
A breathtaking Hubble image of Saturn in ultraviolet light, showing the planet’s southern hemisphere and the southern face of its rings. A new study has proposed utilising the observing capabilities of Hubble together with the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope, for capturing stereoscopic 3-D images of planets in the Solar System. Image Credit: […]
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By Paul Scott Anderson, on February 20th, 2016
The canyons of Charon, some of which dwarf the Grand Canyon on Earth. Image Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
One of the most surprising discoveries in recent years in the outer Solar System is that there are small moons which have oceans inside them. Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s moon Enceladus are now known to have […]
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By Paul Scott Anderson, on January 21st, 2016
Artist’s conception of Planet Nine. The new evidence is the best so far that a massive planet exists far past Neptune in the outer Solar System. Image Credit: Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)
For a long time now, there have been theories and rumors regarding the possible existence of another planet in our Solar System, […]
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By Paul Scott Anderson, on January 20th, 2016
The mystery surrounding KIC 8462852 may not involve comets after all, but it is still an enigma for astronomers. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
As has been reported previously on AmericaSpace, and elsewhere, there is something weird going on around a star which is a little over 1,400 light-years away. Astronomers are still baffled as […]
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By Leonidas Papadopoulos, on October 31st, 2015
An image mosaic of Europa taken from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft, showing the moon’s famous “chaos terrain” of linear cracks and ridges that crisscross almost its entire surface. A new research by a team of U.S. astronomers has identified a previously unseen set of minerals along Europa’s chaos terrain, which are thought to have […]
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By Leonidas Papadopoulos, on October 24th, 2015
Astronomers have begun a follow-up study of the unusual star KIC 8462852 in the hopes of explaining Kepler’s enigmatic observations. To that end, the American Association of Variable Star Observers recently issued a call to the astronomical community worldwide for more detailed observations, while the SETI Institute has began searching for possible radio […]
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By Leonidas Papadopoulos, on October 17th, 2015
The ‘Pathfinder’ enters Chamber A at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Image Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn
If there is one mantra that drives the development of space mission projects, it’s ‘test, test, test’. Before every successful manned or robotic mission has ever flown to space countless man-hours were devoted for extensive and rigorous testing on […]
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By Leonidas Papadopoulos, on October 10th, 2015
As part of its research and development efforts on in-situ resource utilisation, NASA has recently announced the In-Situ Materials Challenge which seeks proposals from the public on converting in-situ extraterrestrial materials into structural elements that would be useful for human deep space missions. Image Credit: NASA
In the much-advertised Hollywood sci-fi blockbuster movie […]
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By Leonidas Papadopoulos, on August 14th, 2015
A spectacular image of Pluto’s atmosphere backlit by the Sun, taken during New Horizons’ closest approach to Pluto on July 14. The bright halo of Pluto’s atmosphere is caused by the scattering of sunlight from nitrogen, a compound that dominates the planet’s atmosphere. A new study suggests that the source of all this […]
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By Emily Carney, on July 2nd, 2015
From NASA: “Image is an artist’s conception of the Pluto occultation seen close-up, not a photo.” NASA’s SOFIA jetliner recently observed Pluto during an occultation event, prior to New Horizons’ historic flyby. Image Credit: NASA
In a year brimming with ongoing discoveries about distant, unknown worlds, including the Solar System’s planets and a […]
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