Roughly 50 million light-years away lies a somewhat overlooked little galaxy named NGC 1559. Pictured […]
Category: PLANETS
Volcanoes are so hot right now
Lava on Io is among the hottest things in the Solar System. Volcanoes like the […]
Planetary Wanderings: Recording Powerpoint
I’ve been wrestling with how to record myself delivering Powerpoint slideshows, as research has shown […]
R Sculptoris | Earth Blog
This ghostly image features a distant and pulsating red giant star known as R Sculptoris. […]
Chang’e-6 launch: What to expect
The missionThe Chang’e-6 spacecraft consists of four separate components: an orbiter, lander, ascender, and reentry […]
Planetary Wanderings: Hubble and Juno
Mike Wong invited me to be a co-author on his excellent paper in ApJ Supplement, […]
The Nile at Night seen from the International Space Station
The Nile at Night seen from the International Space Station | Earth Blog The Nile […]
Science on the docket: The 2024 Congressional…
This funding level requested in the bipartisan letter will allow the NASA Science Mission Directorate […]
Planetary Wanderings: Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC2020)
Welcome to the first day of #EPSC2020, our first major virtual conference! The conference is […]
Earth and Moon seen by OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from 63 million kilometers away
As part of an engineering test, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captured this image of the Earth […]