Northern Summer on Titan
by José Joaquin Galánviernes, junio 16, 2017
NASA's Cassini spacecraft sees bright methane clouds drifting in the summer skies of Saturn's moon Titan, along with dark hyd...Read More
Chaotically Magnetized Cloud Is No Place to Build a Star, or Is It?
by José Joaquin Galánjueves, junio 15, 2017
Artist impression of chaotic magnetic field lines very near a newly emerging protostar. Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF; D. Berry | Download image ...Read More
NASA’s WFIRST probe faces cost crisis
by José Joaquin Galánmiércoles, junio 14, 2017
An illustration of the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope WFIRST, which is scheduled to launch in 2025. Credit: NASA GSFC/CI Lab. ...Read More
A Triple Crater on Mars
by José Joaquin Galándomingo, junio 11, 2017
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows an elongated depression from three merged craters. The raised rims ...Read More
The North Pole of Venus
by José Joaquin Galánsábado, junio 10, 2017
Venus’s North Pole. Credit: SSV, MIPL, Magellan Team, NASA The Magellan probe that orbited Venus from 1990 to 1994 was able to ...Read More
SBW1, a star ready to explode
by José Joaquin Galánviernes, junio 09, 2017
SBW2007 is a nebula with a giant star at its center. All indicates that it could explode as a supernova at any time. Credit: ESA/NASA, ac...Read More
Mystery of rare volcanoes on Venus
by José Joaquin Galánviernes, junio 09, 2017
This 1996 Magellan full resolution mosaic, centred at 12.3 north latitude, 8.3 degrees east longitude, shows an area 160 kilometres by 25...Read More
Flares May Threaten Planet Habitability Near Red Dwarfs
by José Joaquin Galánjueves, junio 08, 2017
This illustration shows a red dwarf star orbited by a hypothetical exoplanet. Credits: NASA/ESA/G. Bacon (STScI) Cool dwarf stars...Read More
ALMA Finds Ingredient of Life Around Infant Sun-like Stars
by José Joaquin Galánjueves, junio 08, 2017
ALMA has observed stars like the Sun at a very early stage in their formation and found traces of methyl isocyanate — a chemical building...Read More
A South Polar Pit on Mars or an Impact Crater?
by José Joaquin Galánjueves, junio 08, 2017
Observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter of Mars's South Pole. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona This ...Read More
Einstein's 'impossible hope' comes true: Weighing a star with gravity
by José Joaquin Galánjueves, junio 08, 2017
This illustration reveals how the gravity of a white dwarf star warps space and bends the light of a distant star behind it. This materia...Read More
Hubble's Tale of Two Exoplanets: Nature vs. Nurture
by José Joaquin Galánmiércoles, junio 07, 2017
The artwork on top depicts planet HAT-P-38 b a world with no clouds and the bottom is planet WASP-67 b a planet covered in clouds. Credit...Read More
KELT-9b: Newly-Discovered ‘Hot Jupiter’ a Planet Hotter Than Most Stars
by José Joaquin Galánmiércoles, junio 07, 2017
Artist’s illustration of the star KELT-9 (left) and its planet KELT-9b (right). The planet takes only 1.5 days to complete a revolution a...Read More
They were looking for Planet 9 but ‘Backyard Worlds: Planet 9’ Project found a Cold Brown Dwarf
by José Joaquin Galánmartes, junio 06, 2017
Artist’s impression of a T-dwarf. Image credit: R. Hurt / NASA Professional and citizen astronomers with the NASA-funded ‘Backyard ...Read More
Curiosity Rover findings indicate stratified lake on ancient Mars
by José Joaquin Galánmartes, junio 06, 2017
This evenly layered rock imaged in 2014 by the Mastcam on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows a pattern typical of a lake-floor sedimen...Read More
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