by rmil2k | Jan 1, 2024 | News
[ad_1] A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters investigates the potential existence of Mars-sized free-floating planets (FFPs)—also known as rogue planets, starless planets, and wandering planets—that could have been captured by our Sun’s gravity...
by rmil2k | Jan 1, 2024 | News
[ad_1] One of the Artemis 2 astronauts will mark his first trip in space with a trip to the moon.Canadian Space Agency mission specialist Jeremy Hansen recently shared in a video on X, formerly Twitter, how he and the rest of the Artemis 2 crew plan to get to the moon...
by rmil2k | Jan 1, 2024 | News
[ad_1] Pluto imaged with the New Horizons spacecraft during its historic 2015 flyby. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI/Alex Parker In 1930 a young astronomer from Kansas, employed as an observer at Lowell Observatory in Arizona, discovered Pluto. It was the first planet in the...
by rmil2k | Jan 1, 2024 | News
[ad_1] Light pollution ruins dark skies. It’s a scourge that ground-based observatories have to deal with in one form or another. Scientists used a small observatory in Japan to measure what changed when a nearby town improved its lighting practices. They also noted...
by rmil2k | Dec 31, 2023 | News
[ad_1] With the end of 2023 comes the end of an endeavor — or rather Endeavour — as the retired NASA space shuttle goes off public view for the next few years.The California Science Center in Los Angeles has exhibited OV-105, better known as the orbiter Endeavour,...
