by rmil2k | Feb 7, 2024 | News
[ad_1] Black holes have always held a special fascination for me ever since I was a geeky kid looking up at the stars. Their intense forces are the stuff of science fiction and can tear a star to pieces. This process is violent and can send bursts of electromagnetic...
by rmil2k | Feb 7, 2024 | News
[ad_1] ESA’s deep-space communication station in Spain has received a ‘cool’ new upgrade.The ‘antenna feed’ connecting the physical Ka-band antenna to the station’s electronic signal transmitter and receiver is now being cooled to -263°C. That’s just 10 degrees above...
by rmil2k | Feb 7, 2024 | News
[ad_1] SpaceX plans to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites early Wednesday morning (Feb. 7).A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Wednesday during a 37-minute...
by rmil2k | Feb 6, 2024 | News
[ad_1] This composite image shows the three small worlds NASA Stardust spacecraft encountered during its 12 year mission. Stardust performed a flyby of asteroid Annefrank in 2002, Comet Wild in 2004, and Tempel 1 in 2011. Credit: NASA. Amid the vibrant colors of...
by rmil2k | Feb 6, 2024 | News
[ad_1] The Juno spacecraft has revealed some fascinating things about Jupiter since it began exploring the system on July 4th, 2016. Not only is it the first robotic mission to study Jupiter up close while orbiting it since the Galileo spacecraft, which studied the...
