Tag: Space exploration
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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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The Great Red Spot makes the news (again)
If there is a famous image for Jupiter, it’s for sure the one of its Great Read Spot, which is a giant, spinning, fast travelling…
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Pluto’s latest surprises
… If you have thought we were done with Pluto (who dares still calling it a dwarf, planet or anything?), well, get ready. NASA…
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Water on Mars, what’s the big deal?
… I mean, it’s not like there’s no H2O anywhere in the Solar System apart from our planet. We know for a fact that…
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Dragon scales on Pluto’s surface
It seems surprises are not over yet – at least judging from what the newly-downloaded data from New Horizons showed to NASA scientists. Together…
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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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Broadcasting Earth to the aliens – NASA Soundcloud
Not satisfied with having already uploaded an amazing series of recording about space events and planetary radio emissions, and even created a radio (Third…
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Writing about science and space for other blogs / 5
This is the periodic update about articles I have contributed in these last months to other blogs. Compared to last year I have been…
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Here we are, Pluto. Earth is watching!
I can’t almost believe Pluto Day has arrived. While I’m writing this New Horizons, after a trip of nine years, is at T-3, 94,670…
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The end of an era of planetary exploration
Yes, you read it correctly. With New Horizon’s historical mission, the first era of planetary exploration – where we have explored all planets of…
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Eris, the goddess planet of discord
Eris is the name of the Greek goddess of chaos and discord, famous for being the one who caused the Trojan War by throwing the…
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Going to Pluto: New Horizons’ new imagery
One of the most exciting features of New Horizons, on its way for the expected Pluto’s flyby next month, is the amazing pictures the…
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SF Classics – Titan by Stephen Baxter
Titan (1997) is a SF/ techno-thriller by Stephen Baxter. It examines Saturn’s moon Titan as the object of a manned mission aiming at discovering…
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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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Name (or vote) your favourite Pluto-Charon Features
It seems that nominations and votes are taking up all my time this week. After Hugos, it’s Pluto, and the NASA’s campaign to encourage…
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Dawn on Ceres: mission accomplished!
Today March, 6 NASA’s Dawn has finally completed its historic mission and entered Ceres’ orbit after 7.5 year of travel. The first space mission to have…
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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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The myth of Planet X
…which is maybe not a myth after all. When I have written some time ago about Nemesis, or the Death Star, in fiction and in…
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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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A busy year for bacteria
This is definitively the year of bacteria in terms of scientific discovery and ground-breaking experiments. It was only a few months ago that a new strand…
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Writing about space for other blogs / 2
My latest published articles on Serious Wonder. Incidentally, there are also a few more on space and SF posted by other contributors – I do recommend having…
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Space exploration – to the far end of the Solar System? Maybe, or maybe not.
2015 NASA budget – as disclosed in these day by the White House – (http://www.space.com/24911-nasa-2015-budget-highlights.html) – amounts at $17.5 billion to NASA, about $200…