by rmil2k | Jun 21, 2024 | News
The final NOAA satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R series of weather satellites, GOES-U, is set to head to space.The two-hour launch window opens at 5:16 p.m. EDT (2116 GMT) on June 25 and the mission will aim for the stars on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch...
by rmil2k | Jun 21, 2024 | News
A composite image showing the Full Moons in 2020 and 2021 by month. Credit: Soumyadeep Mukherjee. The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that...
by rmil2k | Jun 21, 2024 | News
Since it began operating in 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed some surprising things about the Universe. The latest came when a team of researchers used Webb‘s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) to observe Rho Ophiuchi, the closest star-forming...
by rmil2k | Jun 21, 2024 | News
Summer officially begins in the Northern Hemisphere today 20 June, marking the longest day of the year. The summer solstice, which is when the Sun reaches the most northerly point in the sky, is set to occur tonight at 21:50 BST/22:50 CEST.During the summer solstice,...
by rmil2k | Jun 20, 2024 | News
The Hubble Space Telescope is back in action, having returned to science operations but now with just one operating gyroscope. And to prove it’s still got what it takes, the venerable observatory snapped a striking photo of the dusty spiral galaxy NGC...
