Picture: GRAIL lift-off for Moon mission
NASA abandoned the Space Shuttle program but not the Space Exploration!!! (see photo below) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) agency seems to focus on the exploration of Earth’s natural...
Monthly Archive: September 2011
Video: HD 85512 b Super-Earth among 50 newly discovered exoplanets
Astronomers employing HARPS instruments have found 50 new alien planets. High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher instrument (HARPS) is part of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) 3.6-meter telescope located in...
Comet C/2010 X1 Elenin – no reason to be afraid
A new comet creates excitement in the press. Experts say it’s just a harmless ball. “Who is afraid of a dirty snowball?” ask the scientists from Astronomical Observatories. The answer...
Stunning photo of Saturn rings reveals Earth presence
It is hard to believe since Earth does not feature rings around it, but in this picture recorded by Cassini-Huygens spacecraft our planet can be seen as never before (scroll...
HD 85512b aka New Earth – a planet with H2O, CO2 and N2, found 36 light years away
Astronomers created a formula that determines Earth-like planets and based on the application (HARPS-upgrade GTO program) they found also an ideal candidate, lying 36 light years away from us (i.e....