Comet Tails and Star Trails
After grazing the western horizon on northern summer evenings Comet PanSTARRS (also known as C/2014 Q1) climbed higher […]
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Comet PanSTARRS and a Crescent Moon
A comet has brightened quickly and unexpectedly. Discovered last year, Comet C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS) is expected to be […]
The First Rocket Launch from Cape Canaveral
A new chapter in space flight began this week in 1950 July with the launch of the first […]
Charon
Icy world Charon is 1,200 kilometers across. That makes Pluto’s largest moon only about 1/10th the size of […]
50 Miles on Pluto
A 50 mile (80 kilometer) trip across Pluto would cover the distance indicated by the scale bar in […]
Pluto Resolved
New Horizons has survived its close encounter with Pluto and has resumed sending back images and data. The […]
New Horizons Passes Pluto and Charon
Will the New Horizons spacecraft survive its closest approach to Pluto and return useful images and data? Humanity […]
Last Look at Plutos Charon Side
Pluto surface is strange. As the robotic New Horizons barrels toward its closest approach to Pluto and its […]