Looking Up by Bob Eklund

Looking Up by Bob Eklund

Venus and Mercury Pair Up in Twilight For the next week, the two closest planets to the Sun will shine together low in the twilight after sundown. Anyone can see them; they’ll form an eye-catching …[READ MORE]

Looking Up by Bob Eklund

Looking Up by Bob Eklund

Phobos Flyby Images Released Images from the recent close flyby of Mars’ moon Phobos, which took place on March 7, were released March 15. The images show the rocky, irregular-shaped moon in exquisite detail, with …[READ MORE]

Looking Up by Bob Eklund

Looking Up by Bob Eklund

Astronomically Large Lenses Measure Age and Size of the Universe Using entire galaxies as lenses to look at other galaxies, researchers have a newly precise way to measure the size and age of the Universe …[READ MORE]

Looking Up by Bob Eklund

Looking Up by Bob Eklund

Cassini Finds Plethora of Plumes, Hotspots at Enceladus Newly released images from last November’s swoop over Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft reveal a forest of new jets spraying from prominent fractures crossing …[READ MORE]

Looking Up by Bob Eklund

Looking Up- Bob Eklund

A diverse cast of cosmic characters is showcased in the first images NASA released last week from its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, an automated infrared telescope in Earth orbit. Since WISE began its …[READ MORE]

Looking Up by Bob Eklund

Looking Up by Bob Eklund

Imaging Pluto’s White, Dark-Orange, and Charcoal-Black Terrain NASA has released the most detailed and dramatic images ever taken of the distant dwarf planet Pluto. The images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope show an icy, mottled, …[READ MORE]

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Looking Up by Bob Eklund

Looking Up by Bob Eklund

Suspected Asteroid Collision Leaves Trailing Debris NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has observed a mysterious X-shaped debris pattern and trailing streamers of dust that suggest a head-on collision between two asteroids. Astronomers have long thought the …[READ MORE]