Oppositions between Earth and Mars happen about every 26 months because the planets are relatively close to one another. NASA and other agencies often take advantage of these close approaches to send spacecraft that way. A recent example is NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution probe (MAVEN), which launched in November 2013 and will arrive …
Mars closest to Earth on Tuesday Night 14th April 2014 Read More »
The first total lunar eclipse of 2014 will occur overnight on April 14-15, and mark the beginning of an eclipse tetrad – four back-to-back total lunar eclipses. Space.com is offering complete coverage of the total lunar eclipse, which will be visible from a wide region that includes most of North America and parts of South …
This morning, at around 05h15, Saturn disappeared behind the Moon. At around 06h30, it re-appeared from behind the darkened edge (near the terminator). Herewith some pics, taken with a digital camera through the eyepiece of my 8″ telescope. If you have a ‘movie’ option on your laptop, use it….!
Artist illustration of the Van Allen Probes which are helping scientists study two giant belts of radiation around Earth. Image credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center By Jenny Winder | 22 March 2014 (Sen) – Scientists, using data from the twin NASA Van Allen Probes, have discovered a new, persistent pattern in Earth’s inner radiation …
Twin probes discover ‘zebra stripe’ pattern in Earth’s inner radiation belt Read More »
MENTION inflation and most people will think of something that erodes the value of their bank balances. A cosmologist, however, may think instead of the beginning of all things—for, though no one knows how the universe started, they do know, or believe they know, what happened a trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of …
