Asteroid Flyby Of Earth — Tracked By Spaceguard
A small asteroid will fly past Earth on Wednesday, March 18th.
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Gargantuan Galaxy Smash-up
A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope offers a rare view of an imminent collision between the cores of two merging galaxies, each powered by a black hole with millions of times the mass of the sun.
Read MoreThe Light + Dark Side Of Janus
Janus imitates its two-faced Greek god namesake by catching light on two sides — the brighter side of Janus is lit by the sun while light reflected off Saturn dimly illuminates the rest of the moon and reveals the non-spherical shape of this small satellite.
Read MoreGOCE Gets Green Light
The launch of ESA's Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) has been confirmed for Tuesday, March 17th, at 15:21 CET. The problem that halted the countdown has been identified and solved. Launch will be streamed at ESA's website and broadcast live on ESA TV.
Read MoreHubble Reveals Dwarf Survivor Galaxies
The Hubble telescope provides continuous wonders, the most recent to date is while peering into the tumultuous heart of the nearby Perseus galaxy cluster, Hubble discovered a large population of small galaxies that have remained intact while larger galaxies around them are being ripped apart by the gravitational tug of other galaxies.
Read MoreFermi Gamma-ray Grabs
A new map combining nearly three months of data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is giving astronomers an unprecedented look at the high-energy cosmos.
Read MoreESO’s Access To Hubble + VLT Offer Remote Galaxy Views In 3D
Astronomers have obtained exceptional 3D views of distant galaxies, seen when the Universe was half its current age, by combining the twin strengths of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s acute eye, and the capacity of ESO’s Very Large Telescope to probe the motions of gas in tiny objects, according to the latest information from the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO).
Read MoreSaturn’s New Moonlet Ringed In By Cassini
This sequence of three images, obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft over the course of about 10 minutes, shows the path of a newly found moonlet in a bright arc of Saturn's faint G ring.
Read MoreESA + China Agree To Bio Sample Space Transportation
The Xinhua News Agency is reporting China has agreed to carry a bio sample for the European Space Agency on the country's Shenzhou-8 spacecraft, this according to Zhang Jianqi, deputy chief commander of the manned space project.
Read MoreHerschel + Planck’s Space Ride Arrives
Arianespace has taken delivery of its second Ariane 5 ECA for launch in 2009, receiving the heavy-lift vehicle for installation of two spacecraft that will study the universe's origins.
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