by rmil2k | Dec 9, 2023 | News
A rare astronomical event will be perfectly positioned in the night sky on Monday (Dec. 11) for some parts of the world.On that evening, an asteroid will pass in front of the curious red star Betelgeuse, eclipsing it from our vantage point here on Earth and blocking...
by rmil2k | Dec 9, 2023 | News
Credit: Mike Lewinski (Flickr) The number of proposed giant constellations of satellites, mostly in low Earth orbit and mostly devoted to providing broadband internet service anyplace on Earth, just keeps growing, with no international regulations yet in place to...
by rmil2k | Dec 8, 2023 | News
The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy. More specifically, it is a barred spiral galaxy, meaning that within its central region, there is a bar shape off of which the spirals emanate. About two-thirds of spiral galaxies are barred spirals, and astronomers have thought this...
by rmil2k | Dec 8, 2023 | News
The powerful Hurricane Otis has been captured in this Copernicus Sentinel-3 image when it was approaching Mexico’s southern Pacific coast in October 2023.Zoom in to explore this image at its full resolution or click on the circles to learn more. Originally classified...
by rmil2k | Dec 8, 2023 | News
SpaceX is poised to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit.A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 22 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on Friday (Dec. 8) during a roughly two-hour window...
