by Sebastian | Oct 17, 2019 | Cool Rocks, NASA
On October 16, 2019, NASA released footage of Comet 2I/Borisov, a likely interstellar visitor, captured by the Hubble Telescope several days prior. Borisov is the second (basically) confirmed interstellar visitor after ‘Oumuamua. Unlike the rocky asteroid-like...
by Sebastian | Oct 3, 2019 | Black Holes, NASA
On September 26, 2019, NASA reported that the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) Mission, mankind’s premier planet hunter, recently observed the initial bursts of a tidal disruption event, a world first in the history of our civilization. This cosmic...
by Sebastian | Sep 6, 2019 | Moon, NASA
Artemis represents the next stage of mankind’s pursuit into the unknown, as NASA continues developing the mission that will bring American astronauts back to the Moon, bringing the first woman to ever set foot on our bright little neighbor, and creating a permanent...
by Sebastian | Jul 4, 2019 | Lander, NASA, Technology
On June 27, 2019, NASA announced its next destination into deep space where no man’s gone before: Titan, Saturn’s largest moon and the solar system’s second largest satellite behind Ganymede (Jupiter). A unique icy world, Titan presents NASA a significant challenge...
by Sebastian | Jun 24, 2019 | NASA, Planetary Defense
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test Mission, also referred to as DART, is a planetary defense program designed to test technologies to prevent impacts from Earth’s most notorious nemeses: hazardous asteroids. For the first time in our planet’s history, our...
by Sebastian | Apr 24, 2019 | NASA, Space Observatory
Twenty-nine years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope launched into orbit, beginning one of NASA’s greatest missions that completely altered the way our civilization views the Cosmos. The first of NASA’s Great Observatories, Hubble launched on April 24, 1990 aboard the...
