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Dawn over Vesta
Posted on September 19, 2011 | 1 Comment202 million km (1.35 AU or 125 million miles) from Earth an explorer from Earth is investigating the giant asteroid Vesta. This intrepid pioneer is the Dawn space probe. […] -
NASA Reveals Giant Rocket For Mission to Nowhere
Posted on September 15, 2011 | 7 CommentsOn 14 September ˆà2011, NASA revealedˆà the design of its new rocket, the Space Launch System. This titanic vehicle may send American astronauts to the Moon, Near Earth Asteroids or […] -
Have we found an alien Earth?
Posted on September 15, 2011 | 2 CommentsA team of astronomers based at the European Southern Observatory have announced the discovery of more than 50 new exoplanets orbiting nearby stars. ˆàThis is the largest number of such […] -
Postcards from Mars
Posted on September 9, 2011 | 3 CommentsNASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has returned thousands of fascinating images of our neighbouring world, here is a selection some of the most striking and thought-provoking (false colour) images. Part of […] -
How to see an Exploding Star
Posted on September 8, 2011 | 3 CommentsThe astronomy community is excited by the discovery of an exploding star, a supernova, in a galaxy 21 million light years away in the constellation Ursa Major. We explain this […] -
Apollo 18: Astronotes Goes to the Movies!
Posted on September 6, 2011 | 17 CommentsApollo 18, a movie hybrid of horror and science fiction is stirring up a lot of interest. Your intrepid reporter decided to see what the fuss was about. Here is […] -
NASA’s Lunar Module: Everything You Need to Know
Posted on September 2, 2011 | 127 CommentsThe Lunar Module was an iconic spacecraft which carried two-man crews to and from the MoonòÀÙs surface during NASAòÀÙs Apollo Program of the 1960s and òÀØ70s.ˆà Along with the Saturn […]