This map shows the path of the 2017 total solar eclipse, crossing from Oregon to South Carolina, and the 2024 total solar eclipse, crossing from Mexico into Texas, up to Maine, and exiting over Canada. To see a map showing which areas will experience the partial solar eclipse and which areas will experience the total … Read more
The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between NASA and ESA. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, manages the telescope. The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland, conducts Hubble and Webb science operations. STScI is operated for NASA by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, in … Read more
Dragonfly is being designed and built under the direction of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, which manages the mission for NASA. The team includes key partners at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland; Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado; Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company; NASA’s Ames Research Center in … Read more
April is unbelievably hot and the sweltering heatwave is making life miserable for people but for sky-gazers, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Latest planetary analysis shows that Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are going to form one straight line this month. And the best part, you can see this with naked eyes from Earth. A … Read more
The dark feature prominently seen in the center of the image is called Aphrodite Terra, which is the largest highland region on the surface of Venus. Image: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Naval Research Laboratory/Guillermo Stenborg and Brendan Gallagher NASA’s Parker Solar Probe catches new images of Venus! While studying the dynamics of the sun, the National Aeronautics … Read more
The event is occurring on the day of the winter solstice, when the night is the longest. (Image: NASA/ Bill Ingalls) Christmas Star: The Great Conjunction is set to occur tonight! Christmas Star is set to be visible a few days before Christmas Day as Jupiter and Saturn would come together as one in the … Read more
The next total solar eclipse is estimated to be visible from India on March 20, 2034. (Reuters image) Solar Eclipse 2020: The last solar eclipse of 2020 will be visible on December 14 and December 15 in a few parts around the world. The total solar eclipse will be visible for two minutes and 10 … Read more
WASHINGTON: Scientists have identified 24 planets outside our solar system that they say may have conditions more suitable for life than the Earth. The study, published in the journal Astrobiology, details characteristics of potential “superhabitable” planets, that include those that are older, a little larger, slightly warmer and possibly wetter than Earth. The researchers from … Read more