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Ceres’ bright spots likely salt deposits

Mystery solved? Bright spots seen by Dawn spacecraft on dwarf planet Ceres are likely salt deposits, say researchers.

Editors of EarthSky

December 10, 2015

EarthSky News with Deborah Byrd

All the news you can fit into outer space LIVE on Slooh.com Wednesdays at 11 a.m. ET (1600 UTC). Or watch right here!

Deborah Byrd

December 10, 2015

Success for Japan’s Akatsuki Venus probe!

Akatsuki failed to reach orbit five years ago. Now The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirms it's circling Venus.

Deborah Byrd

December 9, 2015

Looking for meteorites in Antarctica

One-minute video on searching the Antarctic ice sheet for meteorites from outer space.

Eleanor Imster

December 9, 2015

Monstrous baby galaxies in dark matter

This nest of monstrous baby galaxies, 11.5 billion light-years away, appears to reside at the junction of gigantic filaments in a web of dark matter.

Deborah Byrd

December 8, 2015

Closest Pluto images ever returned

New images from New Horizons' July flyby of Pluto are among the sharpest of another world, other than those closely orbited or landed upon.

Andrew R. Brown

December 7, 2015

Cygnus resupply mission blasts off

Commercial space station resupply launch success! The Cygnus spacecraft is at last on its way to the International Space Station, carrying vital food and supplies.

Deborah Byrd

December 7, 2015

LISA Pathfinder lifts off

LISA Pathfinder - forerunner of a mission that, it is hoped, will detect gravitational waves from space - lifted off at 4:04 GMT (12:04 a.m. EST) on on December 3, 2015.

Deborah Byrd

December 3, 2015