by rmil2k | Aug 11, 2023 | News
[ad_1] Back to Article List One of the year’s best meteor showers peaks this weekend, with only a thin crescent Moon and excellent viewing conditions. Perseid meteors appear to rain from the sky above Alberta, backlit by a stunning green aurora. Credit: Jeff...
by rmil2k | Aug 10, 2023 | News
[ad_1] In March 2022, astronomers announced the discovery of the farthest known star via an image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. They named it Earendel, after the old English name for “morning star”. Now, JWST’s Near-infrared Camera (NIRCam) and its NIRSpec...
by rmil2k | Aug 10, 2023 | News
[ad_1] Enabling & Support 10/08/2023 352 views 11 likes In brief Memories of solar impact from seven ESA spacecraft have been collected and analysed in a first-of-its-kind study to better understand the radiation environment in space. Huge amounts of engineering...
by rmil2k | Aug 10, 2023 | News
[ad_1] A Russian cosmonaut completed the first test flight at the end of a robotic arm as part of a successful spacewalk at the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday (Aug. 9).Expedition 69 commander Sergey Prokopyev rode at the end of the European Robotic Arm...
by rmil2k | Aug 10, 2023 | News
[ad_1] A phenomenon called gravitational lensing can help astronomers observe faint, hard-to-see galaxies. Credit: NASA/STScI The universe we live in is a transparent one, where light from stars and galaxies shines bright against a clear, dark backdrop. But this...
