Teachers and students can learn the science behind scoring a touchdown, throwing a slam-dunk or a…
Month: February 2014
The Shocking Behavior of a Speedy Star
Roguish runaway stars can have a big impact on their surroundings as they plunge through the…
Space inventions for free
ESA is looking for European companies interested in using its 450 inventions from its space programmes
Post-flare up
Technology image of the week: Proba-2 shows the aftermath of 18 February’s ‘coronal mass ejection’
Proba-2 view of post-eruptive loops on Sun
ESA’s Sun-watching Proba-2 minisatellite shows the aftermath of 18 February’s ‘coronal mass ejection’. Acquired at 0445…
Kumbunbur Creek, Australia
This false-colour satellite image shows the Kumbunbur Creek in Australia’s Northern Territory, about 260 km southwest…
NASA’s IRIS Spots Its Largest Solar Flare
On Jan. 28, 2014, NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, witnessed its strongest solar flare…