ESO auscultates a stellar nursery
The Small Magellanic Cloud is one of the galaxies of our own satellites, remote a little over 200,000 years light. It is visible to the naked eye from the southern hemisphere. Among the many cosmic objects therein, the open star (more...)
The origin of lunar maria are accurate
Looking at the moon to the naked eye, one notices the presence of darker areas. They occupy about 16% of the surface of our satellite. Mistaken for stretches of water by early observers, they are actually large ponds dug by huge meteorites and progressively filled by outpourings of lava. They are evocative names assigned to the 17th century by the Italian astronomer Riccioli. If the Sea of Tranquility is familiar (this is where the astronaut Neil Armstrong set foot in July 1969), you may be surprised to know that there is also an Ocean of Storms, a Sea of Fertility or a Lake of Dreams!
With Selene, Japan has made an ambitious lunar exploration
The ambitions of the Indian Space
The Indian Minister of Finance has presented the country’s budget for the coming year. The objective is to reduce the budget deficit without threatening the economic recovery begins.
Hubble’s successor, the James Webb Space Telescope Takes Shape
The first segment of the main mirror of the future telescope James Webb Space (JWST James Webb Space Telescope) is taking shape. His temperature has been lowered significantly to almost -223 ° C,
The giant telescope of ESO in Chile probably will move
Where to install the largest telescope in the world, including the diameter of the mirror primary rise 42 meters? Several sites are competing but the Committee of the ESO in charge of this difficult choice has announced its preference for the Cerro armazón,
Giant Telescope EELT: Spain wants her!
The matter seemed settled: the EELT the future giant telescope 42 meters in diameter that the Europeans intend to build should be installed on the South American continent. It would logically joined three other ESO observatories located in the Chilean Andes, in La Silla, at Paranal (head of the prestigious VLT, the Very Large Telescope) [...]
Wise detects dark asteroids hitherto invisible!
By monitoring the vicinity of Earth in the infrared, the telescope spatial Wise has identified several unknown objects and potentially dangerous of asteroids dark. Not to worry, it is expected that improved means of detection leads to discover new things …
Hydrogen Economy
JB: This is Earth and Sky. Some experts believe that, in the 21st century, humanity’s need for energy will exceed our ability to find and extract fossil fuels.
NASA prepares to send space shuttle Endeavour
Specialists American space agency (NASA) began re-fueling space shuttle Endeavour to the launch site to them. Kennedy at Cape Canaveral (Florida),
Russia will raise prices for the delivery of American astronauts into orbit
Russia will raise prices for the delivery of American astronauts into orbit, the head of the Federal Space Agency Anatoly Perminov. “At a meeting of heads of space agencies in Tokyo,
Shuttle “Endeavour” successfully docked to the ISS
Space Shuttle Endeavour with the load of new equipment has successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), said the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA.
Spacecraft cracked the U.S. in space
The main body of the American space ship Endeavour, which docked with the International Space Station (ISS), NASA experts discovered just two damage. Nearly one out of the windows cockpit walked round ceramic lining,
Moon’s Rotation
DB: This is Earth and Sky. Many of you have asked if it’s a coincidence that the moon keeps a single face toward Earth.
NASA released pictures taken by powerful telescopes
Researchers from NASA recently presented a spectacular collection of photographs, which were sealed with a variety of objects - from a comet before colliding galaxies.
Obama asked the crew of the ISS, it can be seen from space the Great Wall
Communication session with U.S. President Barack Obama held a joint ISS crew members and the spacecraft Endeavour.
