by rmil2k | Oct 5, 2023 | News
[ad_1] This artist’s impression of Gliese 581 planetary system, which is 20.5 light years away from Earth and hosts four planets, all larger than Earth. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada I remember well the thunderous moment in 1992 when astronomers discovered the first planet...
by rmil2k | Oct 5, 2023 | News
[ad_1] Most of the spacecraft we send out into the Solar System are never meant to return. Time, space, and entropy overtake them, or else they’re purposely sent crashing to their doom at the end of their missions. But not OSIRIS-REx. Its mission was only a success...
by rmil2k | Oct 4, 2023 | News
[ad_1] Applications 04/10/2023 1651 views 31 likes Measurements from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite show that this year’s ozone hole over Antarctica is one of the biggest on record. The hole, which is what scientists call an ‘ozone depleting area,’ reached a...
by rmil2k | Oct 4, 2023 | News
[ad_1] The first lunar lander to be built in Houston is ready to leave Space City for the moon.Intuitive Machines on Tuesday (Oct. 2) provided a last close-up look at its Nova-C robotic lander before packing it up to move to Florida in preparation for its launch. The...
by rmil2k | Oct 4, 2023 | News
[ad_1] Chandrayaan-3’s Pragyan rover has traveled 328 feet. (100 meters) and measured the chemistry of the lunar soil. Credit: ISRO Jeffrey Gillis-Davis, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis In an exciting milestone for lunar scientists around the...