3D simulation of a Type Ia supernova

A snapshot of a three-dimensional simulation of a Type Ia supernova, shortly after the nuclear flame bubble that initiates the Ia event is ignited slightly off-center from the progenitor white dwarf star (shown here as a light blue surface). (Photo: DOE NNSA ASC/Alliance Flash Center)


Phoenix Lander Pictures Show Robotic Arm's Workspace After 90 Sols

Aug 28, 2008
The landers Surface Stereo Imager camera recorded its view of the workspace on Sol 90, early afternoon local Mars time (overnight Aug. 25 to Aug. 26, 2008). The shadow of the camera itself, atop its mast, is just left of ...

NASA Mars Lander Digs Deeper as Third Month Nears End

Aug 26, 2008
Digging by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on Aug. 23, 2008, during the 88th sol (Martian day) since landing, reached a depth about three times greater than in any trench Phoenix has excavated. The deep trench, informally called ...

The M2-F1: 'Look Ma! No Wings!'

Aug 19, 2008
M2-F1 in flight. NASA / Photo

Perfect sight: Rosetta cameras track asteroid target

Aug 18, 2008
Asteroid Steins is the tiny white dot in the centre of the two concentric circles, as seen by Rosetta's Navigation Camera "A" in the morning of 4 August, when the spacecraft was approximately 24 mn kms from Steins; this was ...

Cassini Pinpoints Source of Jets on Saturn's Moon Enceladus

Aug 15, 2008
This sweeping mosaic of Saturn's moon Enceladus provides broad regional context for the ultra-sharp, close-up views NASA's Cassini spacecraft acquired minutes earlier, during its flyby on Aug. 11, 2008.