by rmil2k | Apr 10, 2024 | News
In an unofficial sense, I would like to dub today (April 10) as “View a Planet Day.” In the early morning hours will be two planets that will appear very close to each other and then later that same day, in the early evening sky we’ll have a chance...
by rmil2k | Apr 10, 2024 | News
Thousands of galaxies, each containing billions of stars, are in this 2022 photo taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI If the James Webb telescope was 10 times more powerful, could we see the beginning of time? – Sam H., age 12,...
by rmil2k | Apr 10, 2024 | News
In 2013, the Hubble Space Telescope spotted water vapour on Jupiter’s moon Europa. The vapour was evidence of plumes similar to the ones on Saturn’s moon Enceladus. That, and other compelling evidence, showed that the moon has an ocean. That led to speculation that...
by rmil2k | Apr 10, 2024 | News
ESA’s Proba-2 captured two partial solar eclipses on 8 April 2024. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, totally or partially blocking the Sun from Earth’s point of view. On 8 April, lucky viewers across North America witnessed the...
by rmil2k | Apr 9, 2024 | News
On Monday, April 8, a total solar eclipse swept through the skies over North America, delighting and astounding millions of onlookers who had traveled from across the globe to take in this incredible event. And our own space readers got in on the act, too.The sun was...
