On this day 5 years ago, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft gave us a whole new view on Pluto. The spacecraft spent 9 and a half years swinging past Jupiter and heading to the edge of the solar system, before coming within 7,800 km of the distant dwarf planet. Prior to this, we didn’t know much …
Asteroid Day
Today marks the international day of awareness and education about asteroids – Asteroid Day! It’s a huge program, organising events all over the world, and headquartered from Luxembourg. The date of June 30th was chosen specially to mark the anniversary of the Tunguska event. In 1908 Siberia, an asteroid exploded, flattening 2,000 square kilometres of …
Hubble Space Telescope 30th Anniversary
Today is the 30th anniversary of the most influential telescope in history! Over the years, the Hubble Space Telescope has given us bucketloads of astronomical discoveries and countless images from up there in space. So, today’s the perfect day to learn all about what makes Hubble so special. What is the Hubble Space Telescope? First …