by rmil2k | Apr 8, 2024 | News
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), was formally proposed in 2001 to create an astronomical facility that could conduct deep-sky surveys using the latest technology. This includes a wide-field reflecting telescope with...
by rmil2k | Apr 8, 2024 | News
Science & Exploration 05/04/2024 2780 views 15 likes In brief For the first time, potential signs of the rainbow-like ‘glory effect’ have been detected on a planet outside our Solar System. Glory are colourful concentric rings of light that occur only under...
by rmil2k | Apr 7, 2024 | News
As developers and content creators, we often find ourselves lost in the world of coding, debugging, and endless cups of coffee. But every once in a while, a project comes along that reminds us why we fell in love with creating in the first place. Enter SkySafari...
by rmil2k | Apr 7, 2024 | News
A mother and daughter enjoy the 2017 eclipse in Idaho. Don’t forget your ISO-approved glasses. Credit: NASA. As the Moon casts its shadow across the Earth during the upcoming solar eclipse, cameras of all kinds will turn skyward. While professional photographers...
by rmil2k | Apr 7, 2024 | News
When light strikes the atmosphere all sorts of interesting things can happen. Water vapor can split sunlight into a rainbow arc of colors, corpuscular rays can stream through gaps in clouds like the light from heaven, and halos and sundogs can appear due to sunlight...
