The following video lists the evening planets, constellations and deep-sky objects, morning planets and events during November 2014. We can expect to see bright Jupiter early in the mornings, and the Leonid meteor shower...
The Siding Spring comet will pass by Mars and will come closest around 2:27 p.m. EDT. For astronomers, this is a great opportunity to gather data on the comet and its influence on the...
This year, the Orinoid meteor shower will appear on October 20-21, 2014 and will be visible from the both hemispheres. The expected number of meteors that could be seen per hour is 20.
The scientists from ESA continue to study the comet in order to prepare Rosetta orbiter for landing in november 2014. They gather the data from Rosetta that enable them to to choose the right...
An explanation on the differences between these heavenly bodies. Asteroids are usually made from space debris like rock, although some are comprised of nickel or iron. Comets are essentially space’s equivalent to snowballs. Unlike...
What can we learn from the Rosetta adventure? Composed of an orbiter and lander, Rosetta’s objectives since arriving at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in August 2014 are to study the celestial object up close in unprecedented detail,...
An asteroid, named 1950 DA, has a chance in 300 of colliding with our planet in the brink of March 2880. Until that particular moment, though, NASA could come up with a solution to...
Asteroid Redirect Mission Lately, NASA has looked on creating missions in case an asteroid ‘visits’ Earth in a negative way. The organization has put together a series o emergency cases. Check out the video...
More on Rosetta and how it will land on comet 67P. This documentary is from early this year before the spacecraft was woken up for the final leg of its journey to the comet.
The Rosetta spacecraft, launched 10 years ago by ESA, became the first to orbit a comet. Part of the mission is to land a probe onto the surface around November time.
Some asteroids may be electrically charged, announced NASA during the last couple of days. This is why they pose a threat to astronauts that are currently doing their jobs regularly, in space. Check out...
The next images were recorded in 2000, by NASA. The video is about the Asteroid 1999 RQ36, that apparently hosts a pyramid-like structure on its surface, a structure said to be of an alien...
Asteroids are minor planets, that travel the Universe and could be a potential threat to other planets, depending on their size. The distribution of Asteroids inside our solar system is as follows: the asteroids...
In one of our latest videos, we were telling you how NASA has made the decision of conquering an asteroid. Here’s a video about how the work is progressing and what milestones the Agency...
NASA intends on capturing an astroid and it will decide by the end of the year just what kind of method it’ll be using. Apparently, the way of catching an asteroid that is preferred...
A look at asteroids and how they have held the surprising power of life and death on our planet.
An unexpected discovery has been made by observers at telescopes in South America. They have made the surprise discovery that the remote asteroid Chariklo is surrounded by two dense and narrow rings. The much larger...
Japan has a project to rendezvous and shoot a hole into an asteroid to bring back interior samples. The project is known as Hayabusa 2, and according to the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, it’s...
