New satellite captures highest-resolution images of the Sun’s corona

New satellite captures highest-resolution images of the Sun’s corona

First images from High Resolution Coronal Imager or Hi-C launched last week just started coming in.Hi-C telescope was launched on July 11, 2012 aboard a NASA sounding rocket and has captured the highest-resolution images ever taken of the sun’s million-degree

Spitzer telescope finds evidence for an exoplanet smaller than Earth

Spitzer telescope finds evidence for an exoplanet smaller than Earth

Astronomers using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have detected what they believe is a planet two-thirds the size of Earth. The exoplanet candidate, called UCF-1.01, is located a mere 33 light-years away, making it possibly the nearest world to our solar system that is

Going green is space! – ESA Clean Space initiative

Going green is space! – ESA Clean Space initiative

While we engage ourselves in exploring green solutions to our various problems within the Earth’s atmosphere nothing much has been done about the trash that dangerously swirls in the space beyond. ESA’s new ‘Clean Space’ initiative aims to address the

NASA sends new mission to capture detailed UV images of Sun

NASA sends new mission to capture detailed UV images of Sun

This Wednesday, July 11, 2012, NASA will launch its High Resolution Coronal Imager (HI-C) mission from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, sending a sounding rocket above the atmosphere with some of the best mirrors ever made to capture incredibly-detailed

WISE finds fewer brown dwarfs close to home than previously thought

WISE finds fewer brown dwarfs close to home than previously thought

Recently, NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has been turning up a new crowd of stars close to home: the coldest of the brown dwarf family of "failed" stars. Now, just as scientists are "meeting and greeting" the new…

China achieves first manned space docking

China achieves first manned space docking

China completed its first manned space docking on Monday, June 18, 2012 as a spacecraft carrying three astronauts successfully coupled with an orbiting module, in a major milestone for its ambitious space programme.The docking to Tiangong-1 space lab was done by

China launched first manned crew to their future space station

China launched first manned crew to their future space station

On June 16, 2012 People’s Republic of China (PRC) successfully launched their first manned crew to Tiangong-1 space lab. Not only will this soon become their own space station but this is the mission when first Chinese woman was sent to space.Chang Wanquan, Chief