Tag: Solar System
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Eerie Jupiter – from Juno with love.
That NASA’s Juno spacecraft was going to deliver amazing science we already knew. And when, in June 24, Juno crossed the boundary of Jupiter’s…
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(More) Space Art from NASA
I have already written about the beautiful artwork produced by NASA over the years, so I won’t go through any lengthy explanation – this…
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News from Saturn – Getting ready for Cassini’s plunge
It is not a real news that the glorious Cassini’s mission will come to an end in April 2017, when the spaceship will plunge…
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We love Mars – future home in space
If there’s a place that has been constantly in the mind of all space lovers in terms of a future home in space of…
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New Horizons reaches the Kuiper Belt’s inner edge
After its historical fly-by of Pluto last year, New Horizons is now well on its way to explore more of the Kuiper Belt’s area…
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Planet 9, X, and counting…
For a bizarre coincidence, I’ve written about the fabled (and infamous) Planet X just this time last year, mentioning that, from the analysis of some…
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Pluto’s moon system – how cool can it be?
One of the most valuable results New Horizons was able to deliver in its historic Pluto’s flyby was more information and precious imagery of…
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Crossing Saturn’s Rings – the 2016 Finale
It’s not the first time I cover this authentic natural wonder, including posting a link to a media gallery with some of the best Cassini’s…
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Go, New Horizons, Go – The next target
Dust has not yet settled on Pluto’s amazing Flyby that New Horizons got more job to do. Or so it seems. In a way,…
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Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey
Leviathan Wakes (2011) is a SF/ space opera by James S. A. Corey – i.e. the pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck.…
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Gernsback SF Short Story Writing Contest 2015
If you’re following this blog you already know I contribute articles to Amazing Stories. Today I’d like to talk about the SF short story…
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Solar System’s Best Flybys – which one is your favourite?
Thanks to Cassini, we got spoiled for flybys over planets and moons – just think that we are now at number 111 (the last…
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Guest Post – The invisible geometries of the Solar System
This is an abridged version of the article “The invisible geometries of the Solar System” by Roberto Flaibani, first published in Italian on Il Tredicesimo Cavaliere, a…
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Space missions – updates
2015 is an amazing year for space missions (not that 2014 has been a bad one) – plenty of them under way and expectations…
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Europa Report. A Review
No, Europa Report is not a Jupiter Ascending ante-literam movie (the fear is legitimate considering the astronomical proximity) and, while I have still to…
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Jupiter, Destroyer of Worlds
There have been in these last weeks many news discussing aspects of the biggest gas giant of the Solar System, and one of them has caught my…
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Living in the Solar System, a colonist’s guide
If you have always wondered, like me, how would it be in practice living on another world, you can’t possibly miss the series recently…
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See you on Europa
Yes, “on” it is the correct preposition. It’s not the continent I’m talking about; it is the Jupiter’s moon with the same name. Why…
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Solid Bodies in the Solar System – a great map
That xkcd is an amazing website, you already know (and if you don’t, go and have a look at it now! You won’t regret it).…
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SF Classics – Rendezvous with Rama
Rendezvous with Rama (1973) is a novel by Arthur C. Clarke, set in the 2130s in the Solar System. Rama, initially mistaken for an…
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From Titan with love
During this Christmas break (still ongoing) I was thinking about the most amazing videos I have watched in 2014, and there are many that qualify in this…
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Wanderers. Why Erik Wernquist’s short movie is so amazing
If you were dreaming about the day we are going to leave and explore the Solar System, take space elevators down to Mars and…
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Does size matter for life? Giant and tiny exoplanets
Post number five in the exoplanet series, covering this time the important aspect of size. (In case you are interested to other variables examined so…
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Moon(s) Gallery
After having published a list of Wonders of the Solar System, it seems just right setting up an entry in the Media Gallery with…