by rmil2k | Jan 14, 2024 | News
[ad_1] The thin crescent moon will meet up with the solar system’s second-largest planet, Saturn for the first time in 2024 on Sunday (Jan. 14), during a close approach between the two celestial bodies. At the same time, the 3-day-old moon will move into an...
by rmil2k | Jan 14, 2024 | News
[ad_1] This week may be your first opportunity to catch Mars as it emerges from the Sun’s glow before sunrise. Credit: Charles de Mille-Isles (Flickr) Friday, January 12Mercury reaches its greatest western elongation (24°) from the Sun at 10 A.M. EST this morning. In...
by rmil2k | Jan 14, 2024 | News
[ad_1] Does the size of an exomoon help determine if life could form on an exoplanet it’s orbiting? This is something a February 2022 study published in Nature Communications hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated the potential for large exomoons to...
by rmil2k | Jan 13, 2024 | News
[ad_1] Watch the replay of ESA’s start-of-the-year press briefing looking ahead to 2024. Director General Josef Aschbacher presents this year’s key milestones from ESA HQ in Paris: in 2024, Europe will regain its autonomous access to space, with the...
by rmil2k | Jan 13, 2024 | News
[ad_1] The X-59 is finally here.As NASA’s newest X-plane, the X-59 is designed to break the sound barrier without the thunderous sonic booms that typically occur when aircraft go supersonic. Instead, the Quesst will make a much quieter “thump,”...
