WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: A look at the stars of Harry Potter | Astronomy
Today: One minor Harry Potter character actually has two well-known star names: Regulus Arcturus Black, the brother of…
Saturn’s Largest Moon May Hold the Resources for a Space Colony
Artist’s rendering of Titan’s interior, with the Cassini spacecraft in orbit and Saturn in the distance. Credit: NASA…
WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: Microwaves from outer space | Astronomy
Today: Let’s learn about Capella. It is the fourth brightest star we can see in Ellensburg. It is…
Trajectory Design For A Titan-Enceladus Plume Sampling Pseudo-orbiter Mission
South polar stereographic projection of the Enceladus flybys for the Case 1 trajectory obtained in full fidelity and…
Scientists May Have Been Wrong About Europa’s Water Plumes
This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft as it orbits Jupiter and passes over the gas giant’s…
Missions to Ocean Moons Face a Strange Hazard Scientists Didn’t Expect
Of the hundreds of confirmed moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn, NASA describes Europa and Enceladus as “promising” and…
Active Moons In Our Solar System And Beyond – Io, Europa, Enceladus, Triton, and Exomoons
Interior, surface and atmosphere visualisation of Europa, Enceladus, Triton, Io, and exoIo. Best-estimate plume heights are displayed to…
Exploring The Habitability Of The Outer Solar System Icy Moons For The Extremotolerant Yeast Rhodotorula frigidalcoholis
We investigated the survival of the yeast Rhodotorula frigidalcoholis and analysed its RNA after exposure to icy moon…
Enceladus Plays Bigger Role in Shaping Saturn’s Space Environment than Previously Thought
A new analysis of data from four instruments aboard NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has demonstrated the crucial role that…
Newly Found Organics in Enceladus’ Plumes
Dramatic plumes, both large and small, spray water ice out from many locations along the famed tiger stripes…
NASA Cassini Study Finds Organics ‘Fresh’ From Ocean of Enceladus
Researchers dove deep into information gathered from the ice grains that were collected during a close and super-fast…
WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: Into the cart when nobody’s looking – dailyrecordnews.com
WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: Into the cart when nobody’s looking dailyrecordnews.comSt. Maarten’s Backyard Astronomy for October 10 –…