by Frank Tomaras | Jan 31, 2015 | News
Protoplanet Vesta, visited by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft from 2011 to 2013, was once thought to be completely dry, incapable of retaining water because of the low temperatures and pressures at its surface. However, a new study shows evidence that Vesta may have had...
by Frank Tomaras | Jan 28, 2015 | News
A newly discovered planet makes Saturn’s famed ring collection look downright tiny by comparison. Astronomers from the Leiden Observatory in Netherlands and Rochester University in the United States discovered a planet encircled by a ring system more than 200 times...
by Frank Tomaras | Jan 27, 2015 | News
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has begun its long-awaited historic encounter with Pluto, entering the first of several approach phases that will culminate with the first close-up flyby of the Pluto system six months from now. ...
by Frank Tomaras | Jan 27, 2015 | News
Above is an image of Comet Lovejoy taken on the evening of January 19th, imaged by Sean Walker and Sheldon Faworski with an 8-inch f/3.8 Newtonian reflector – See more at:...
