How to Observe October’s Meteor Shower
This video gives us detailed information about the Orionid meteor shower that happens during this week. It occurs due to passing by of Halley’s Comet. Even though we can see Halley’s Comet once in...
Category: Asteroids & Comets
Real-Time Philae’s Descent on the Comet 67P – ESA
This video contains images that Philae’s Rosetta Lander captured during its landing on the Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on November 12th, 2014. Philae landed in the area called Aglikia and began shooting the surface of the...
ESA/NASA’s Solar Observatory Found out 3000th Comet
The project SOHO (the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) that has been active since 1995 has discovered 3,000 comets. Namely, its 3,000th comet was discovered on September 13th, 2015.
Chariklo, an Asteroid, Has Two Rings
Chariklo, a centaur object that was discovered last year, orbits through the area between Saturn and Uranus. It is the first asteroid with the rings. Chariklo has two rings – one, which is seven...
New image of Occator Crater on Ceres
NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft has captured the highest resolution image of Occator Crater on Ceres and its intriguing bright spots. In this image, it is completely clear that the bright spots are, in fact, the...
The Perseid Meteor Shower – in Pictures
This video contains the images of the last Perseid meteor shower taken by stargazers from around the world. This year, the Perseid meteor shower reached its peak on August 11, 12, and 13th. This...
Rosetta Comet Fires of a Spectacular Beam of Gas and Dust
Rosetta’s camera Osiris has captured powerful outburst that a comet 67O/Churyumov-Gerasimenko blasted on July 29th. The jet comes from the narrow area of the comet that holds its two lobes together.
The Perseid Meteor Shower
This year, the Perseid meteor shower will reach its highest intensity between August 12th and 13th. According to astronomers, it will be possible to observe almost 100 meteors during the peak hours of the...
The Yarkovsky Effect Can Change Course of Asteroids and Comets
This video explores how sunlight affects asteroids and comets, thus influencing their paths. By studying asteroid Bennu, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collects data that help scientists understand how the Yarkovsky effect work and influence the...
An Alien Comet Can Be from Different Solar System
A strange comet known as Comet 69P/Machholz makes astronomers think that comes from another solar system. According to them, the comet shows unusual characteristics such as the irregular shape of its orbit and strange...
Annual Alpha Capricornid Meteor Shower
Every year, in the last week of July /from 25th to 30th) we experience annual alpha Capricornid meteor shower. This video gives us more details on how and where to look for this beautiful...
The List of 10 Most Fascinating Asteroids
This video explains the differences between asteroids and comets, and shows us distinct types of asteroids. It also points out on their classifications to better understand the following list.
The Rosetta Probe Detects Giant Sinkholes on Comet 67P
Rosetta spacecraft has taken a new image of the comet 67P/ Churyumov – Gerasimenko that reveals 18 pits in its northern hemisphere. These pits are clustered in a few regions of the comet. Scientists...
Philae Wakes Up After 7 months
Rosetta’s lander Philae has woken up after being dormant for 7 months. It landed in a shadow which severley affected its solar panels but as it has got closer to the Sun no doubt...
Planets, Dwarf Planets and Asteroids Visible in June 2015
At the beginning of the month, we can see Saturn very close to the Moon in the early evening. Pluto will also come close to the Moon, but it is still invisible. At the...
New Images of Comet 67P
The European Space Agency (ESA) has released new images of the Comet 67P/ Churyumov – Gerasimenko, taken by the Rosetta space probe. They depict the area of 4 km wide, full of ice, snow,...
German Scientists Have Discovered a Mysterious Rock on Comet 67P
Scientists from Rosetta’s OSIRIS team have spotted a so-called ‘balancing rocks’ on the comet 67P/ Churyumov – Gerasimenko. They discovered a group of three boulders in the Aker region of the comet. The biggest...
The Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Will Reach Its Peak on Tuesday
The Eta Aquarids will appear from the constellation Aquarius on May 5, 6, and 7th. This meteor shower will be visible from both hemispheres, but it can be better observed from the southern hemisphere....
