Publication: Universe Today

First Reported May 14 2012 - Updated May 14 2012 - 1 Documents

Warhol Crater Gets Its 15 Minutes of Fame

Warhol crater, one of 23 recently named craters on MercuryAs pop art icon Andy Warhol said, “In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes,” and so here’s an image of the crater on Mercury that now bears his name, set up in the style of one ... [ Published May 14 2012 by Universe Today ]

Entities: Andy Warhol, Mercury, NASA, International Astronomical Union, Gustav Holst

First Reported Apr 03 2012 - Updated Apr 03 2012 - 1 Documents

University of Arizona

Ice Sculptures Fill The Deepest Parts of Mars

Curious "lava lamp" landforms in Mars' Hellas Basin may have been created by ice. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of ArizonaOne of the “weirdest and least understood” areas of Mars, the enormous Hellas Impact Basin contains strange flowing landforms bespeaks ... [ Published Apr 03 2012 by Universe Today ]

Entities: Hellas Basin, NASA, University of Arizona, Solar System

First Reported Mar 21 2012 - Updated Mar 21 2012 - 1 Documents

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Twister on Mars: The Movie

As we reported earlier this month, The HiRISE camera captured a tornado in action on Mars, and this dramatic new video put together by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory provides new insights showing we’re definable not in Kansas anymore!Nancy Atkinson is ... [ Published Mar 21 2012 by Universe Today ]

Entities: Tornado, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Astronomy, NASA

First Reported Mar 14 2012 - Updated Mar 14 2012 - 1 Documents

Book Review: The Ballet of the Planets: A Mathematicianâs Musings on the Elegance of Planetary Motion

When I read the title of this book, I thought I was going to be treated to a graceful ballet of planetary motion etched out in chapter verse. In my mind’s eye, our solar system is an elegant stage and we are simply ticket holders to a heavenly perfor ... [ Published Mar 14 2012 by Universe Today ]

Entities: Planetary Motion, David Benson, Ellipse, Astronomy, Copernican

First Reported Feb 21 2012 - Updated Feb 21 2012 - 1 Documents

NASA

Degas: a Crater Painted Blue

MESSENGER wide-angle camera image of Degas craterThis image, acquired by NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft on December 12, 2011, reveals the blue coloration of the 32-mile (52-km) -wide Degas crater located in Mercury’s Sobkou Planitia region.Degas’ bright ... [ Published Feb 21 2012 by Universe Today ]

Entities: Mercury, NASA, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Labora..., Carnegie Institution For Science

First Reported Jan 17 2012 - Updated Jan 17 2012 - 1 Documents

Kindle

New Book: Night Sky Companion 2012

For those of us interested in the night sky, what could be better than having an astronomer for a friend? Well, how about if that astronomer friend has written a book detailing everything you can see in the night sky for every night of the year?Universe ... [ Published Jan 17 2012 by Universe Today ]

Entities: Binoculars, Kindle, Illustrator

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