Eyes on Exoplanets 也没有忘记那些发现诸多星球的功臣们。通过菜单可以定位到那些用于发现系外行星的望远镜之上,不论是著名的哈勃空间望远镜、开普勒太空望远镜抑或是鲜为人知的「凌日系外行星勘测卫星」(TESS),都有 NASA 为它们准备的高清建模,理所当然地还附有各自的介绍文字。 遗憾的是,当下科学家们掌握的信息有限...
The third module isEyes on Exoplanets, which is, of course, the part that deals with planets and other heavenly bodies outside our Solar System. So, with these three modules,NASA’s Eyesembodies many of what we can imagine and want to know about. Some additional featured modules cover even...
What it is:It is no secret that I am a big fan of NASA…I may, in fact, be a space nerd. It is all so fascinating, mysterious and beautiful. Whenever I do a space unit with students, I find that I have many kindred spirits. Space seems to have that effect on all kids. Recent...
NASA has just rejected missions to moons of Jupiter and Neptune. Here's what we would have found out. After Cassini: Giant-Planet Exploration Focus Shifts to Jupiter Related: Our solar system: A photo tour of the planets The teams behind the four mission concepts will each receive $3 mi...
from NASA is a work of art: Called Eyes on the Solar System, this 3D rendering of our cosmic neighborhood lets you explore planets, asteroids, and witness spacecraft encountering comets and moons. Powered by the Unity 3 gaming engine, Eyes provides a stunning view of your favorite c...
Webb may be the biggest news in the telescope community.But it's not the only news.Next year, NASA will launch the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). It will do the first study of the sky from space. 'It will recognize thousands of new planets,' says George Ricker, a resear...
National Research Council has advised the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) to develop and launch a wide-field infrared survey telescope by 2020 that would search for planets beyond the solar system and explore the effect of dark energy on the universe. The project is estimated ...
Plutoand its moon,Charon, as revealed by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Credit: Dr. R. Albrecht,ESA/ESOSpace Telescope European Coordinating Facility;NASA The image was taken by the European Space Agency’s Faint Object Camera (FOC) on February 21, 1994, when the planet was 2.6 billion...
Image: NASA/JPL If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping supportour expert product labs. Of all the planets in our Solar System, you’d have to agree that Saturn is the most immediately recognizable. With its iconic rings, you can pick Saturn out in ...
The interactions between clouds and aerosols are illustrated in this image, taken by retired astronaut Chris Hadfield onboard the International Space Station. It shows contrails produced by aircraft (bright streaks) over the ocean. Credit: NASA/Chris Hadfield ...