Within the asteroid belt sitting between Mars and Jupiter lies a bizarre metal asteroid known as 16 Psyche. Believed to be the naked core of an ancient planet, the object is the only one of its kind known to us within our solar system. This unique opportunity for knowledge proved too good to pass up for…
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Hubble Hump Day
It’s Hubble Hump Day! We thought we’d take the opportunity to brighten up your Wednesday with some of the most spectacular images taken by the Hubble telescope: The Final Frontier In honour of Star Trek’s 50th anniversary this year, NASA have released this image of the Final Frontier project. In the centre of the image is…
First Image of Jupiter Arrives from Juno Spacecraft!
Juno’s first image of Jupiter has been released by NASA today. The image, below, shows Jupiter and 3 of it’s 4 moons, Io, Europa and Ganymede. Read about the image in detail on NASA’s website.
Guest Post: Gliese 436b, the ‘Strangest Exoplanet Ever’
“Putting a cube of this in your drink would be more likely to boil it than to cool it down.”
Gingernut's Science Dunk 