by rmil2k | Oct 9, 2023 | News
With the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at NOIRLab’s Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile have enabled astronomers to spot three near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) hiding in the glare of the Sun, illustrated in this artist’s...
by rmil2k | Oct 9, 2023 | News
The Moon was once a geologically active place characterized by volcanoes, lava flows, and a magnetic field generated by action in its interior. The Moon’s airless environment has perfectly preserved evidence of this past and can be seen today as dark deposits,...
by rmil2k | Oct 9, 2023 | News
Enabling & Support 06/10/2023 1121 views 40 likes Among the smallest passengers aboard Europe’s Vega launch tonight are also the most ambitious in nature: twin miniaturised laboratories, or CubeSats, for the in-orbit demonstration of disruptive, state-of-the-art...
by rmil2k | Oct 8, 2023 | News
SpaceX plans to loft 22 of its Starlink broadband satellites early Monday morning (Oct. 9) on the second half of a launch doubleheader.The Starlink spacecraft are scheduled to lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base at 3:23...
by rmil2k | Oct 8, 2023 | News
Venus and Regulus meet over Spina Lake in Turin, Italy. Credit: Stefano De Rosa Friday, October 6Last Quarter Moon occurs at 9:48 A.M. EDT. During this phase, our satellite rises late and dominates the morning sky, leaving the evening dark for some deep-sky observing....
