May 2022
Essential guide to the James Webb Space Telescope
... Universe, in our own Solar System, JWST will turn to the icy moons Europa (Jupiter) and Enceladus (Saturn), studying them for signs of submerged hydrothermal vents as part of our hunt for ‘life elsewhere’. Even tiny...
October 2023
Space architecture on Earth
...,000 m3 volume VAB remains the biggest single-floor building in the world, once able to assemble four Saturn V rockets simultaneously, so huge that, but for air-conditioning, clouds would form inside. Getting the rockets...
April 2026
Art, imagination and the human spirit
... together towards a common goal. Inspired by and reflecting what I have seen, my paintings represent possibility and hope. Saturn V, Stage 2 Engines, study created from drawings and photos taken in the Kennedy Space Center. I first saw...
13 March 2015
Ceres breakthrough: NASA's Dawn is first probe to visit a dwarf planet
... range someplace. One thing that's very good in the solar system at reflecting sunlight is ice. For example, [Saturn's moon] Enceladus has an albedo of about 100 percent. But there are people who are holding out...
04 November 2015
KIC 8462852 mystery: blocked by ‘alien megastructure’ … or something more banal?
... Space.com, the dust could be generated by all sorts of interesting objects – be they exocomets or a giant ring system a la Saturn. Nevertheless, the SETI Institute is now using the Allen Telescope Array to look for possible radio emissions...
22 January 2016
Possible “Planet Nine” Discovery Announced
... closer to the sun and been kicked out to its current location after a gravitational interaction with Jupiter or Saturn. “One of the most startling discoveries about other planetary systems has been that the most common...
