Jun 11
The sun has been laying low for the past couple of years, producing no sunspots and giving a break to satellites.
Jun 11
The sun has been laying low for the past couple of years, producing no sunspots and giving a break to satellites.
Jun 11
What do Saturn’s rings look like from the other side? From Earth, we usually see Saturn’s rings from the same side of the ring plane that the Sun illuminates them. Geometrically, in the above picture taken in April by the robot Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn, the Sun is behind the camera but on the other side of the ring plane.
Jun 11
Coloured dust from smashing debris may be spraying across Pluto and its satellite Charon, changing their natural hues
Jun 11
As NASA turns 50, space historian looks to the agency’s uncertain future, and asks what lessons it can learn from the past (full text available to subscribers)
Jun 11
Colossal structures larger than the observable universe may be responsible for a strange pattern seen in the big bang’s afterglow
Jun 11
After a heavy scoop of soil failed to fall through a collection screen, the lander’s robotic arm will try its hand at lightly sprinkling the soil
Jun 11
Recent tests suggest a mission called MoonLITE might be the first to crash into an extraterrestrial object and survive to carry on measurements
Jun 11
Fossilised forms in what were once extremely acidic or salty lakes may have been alive, and could be the kind of life traces to look for on Mars (full text available to subscribers)
Jun 11
Radio transmitters used to communicate with undersea subs cause charged particles to leak out of the Van Allen belt, observations confirm
