A Cygnus cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station this morning, carrying more than three metric tons of critical … More
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The Coming and Going of Ice
The knobby, pitted terrain is caused when ice is deposited and then sublimates over and over again. from HiRISE: High … More
Strange Patterns in Echus Chasma
This image shows bright and dark patterns with curving boundaries, a good example of Mars art. What caused this appearance? … More
Curiosity Trek
The Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity, continues its exciting traverse of Mars. Here, we highlight some of its stops. from HiRISE: … More
Inverted Streams in the Aeolis Region
The sinuous ridges in this image display strong characteristics of ancient meandering riverbeds that are preserved as inverted topography. from … More
Tale of Capella and the Two Red Dwarfs
Bright Capella plays it close to the vest when it comes to companions, but with a good map and steady … More
ESO: Zooming In On a Curious Cosmic Collision
NGC 5291, the hazy, golden oval dominating the center of this image, is an elliptical galaxy located nearly 200 million … More
VLT Revisits a Curious Cosmic Collision
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Kutch Amateur Astronomers’ Club
NAME Kutch Amateur Astronomers’ Club ADDRESS Sandhya Apartment Opp. Jilla Panchayat Bhuj, Gujarat 370001 India CONTACT Rahul Zota PHONE EMAIL … More
Japan’s Akatsuki Spacecraft Reaches Venus . . . At Last
Engineers executed an innovative contingency plan to save the Akatsuki spacecraft and place it in orbit around our sister planet. … More