by rmil2k | Oct 21, 2023 | News
[ad_1] The Vera C. Rubin Observatory on Cerro Pachón in Chile. Credit: Rubin Observatory/NSF/AURA/B. Sitting high on the dry Chilean Andes, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is set to see its first light in 2025. However, the observatory is already showing its potential...
by rmil2k | Oct 21, 2023 | News
[ad_1] In July 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) used its NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) to capture stunning infrared images of the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter. Within these striking images, scientists recently discovered a jet stream in...
by rmil2k | Oct 21, 2023 | News
[ad_1] At some point, statistically speaking, a large asteroid will impact Earth. Whether that’s tomorrow, in ten years, or a problem for our ancestors, ESA is getting prepared.As part of the world’s first test of asteroid deflection, ESA’s Hera mission will perform a...
by rmil2k | Oct 21, 2023 | News
[ad_1] A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is poised to launch 21 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California early Saturday morning (Oct. 21).The Falcon 9 is scheduled to lift off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on Saturday at 3:47 a.m. EDT (0747...
by rmil2k | Oct 20, 2023 | News
[ad_1] Size: Neptune is slightly smaller than Uranus and has a diameter of 31,000 miles (50,000 kilometers), so about 4 Earths would fit across its face.Distance from the Sun: Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun. It orbits at an average distance of 2.8 billion...
