by Colin Stuart | Dec 5, 2014 | Astronomy news, Uncategorised
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is getting closer to the biggest asteroid in the asteroid belt every day. Also classified as a dwarf planet due to its round shape, Ceres is set to be visited by the probe next year. Dawn will start to make its approach on Boxing Day (Dec...
by Colin Stuart | Dec 2, 2014 | Astronomy news, Uncategorised
I’ve just seen this beautiful video from Swedish artist Erik Wernquist. He imagines what our future in the solar system might look like and it is nothing short of spectacular. Carl Sagan provides the stirring narration.
by Colin Stuart | Dec 1, 2014 | Astronomy news, Uncategorised
This year has been all about Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, the destination finally reached by Rosetta after a decade in space. But last year all eyes were on an entirely different comet: ISON. Some commentators were billing it as ‘the comet of the...
by Colin Stuart | Dec 1, 2014 | Astronomy news, Uncategorised
The recent landing of the Philae spacecraft on the surface of a comet captivated the world. Now it seems its hair-rising ride also came with a fair amount of good fortune. Matt Taylor, the mission’s colourful project scientist, has been describing how it might...