INTERVIEW: Talking telescopes with the Director of new IMAX movie ‘Deep Sky’
Deep Sky is directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn: a new film which uses the scale of giant IMAX screens to take audiences on a journey to the beginning of time and space,…
Compressed air: sonic shock waves collide
When a plane flies faster than the speed of sound, the pressure waves in front don’t have time to flow around the aircraft and the air becomes compressed, eventually producing a shock wave,…
Black hole caught committing murder
Most homicide cases involve finding the murderer, but this is the first time NASA have been able to identify a stellar homicide victim.
Up close and personal with Saturn and its moons
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft has taken pictures of Tethys and Dione. Both moons were discovered in 1684 by Giovanni Domenico Cassini. 327 years later, we know that both moons have icy surfaces composed almost…
