by rmil2k | Aug 1, 2023 | News
[ad_1] Back to Article List The cover of Astronomy’s first issue in August 1973, on the left, and the May 2022 cover, on the right. This week, we’re celebrating Astronomy magazine’s 50th anniversary issue. It was 50 years ago in August 1973 that the very first...
by rmil2k | Aug 1, 2023 | News
[ad_1] Aliens are big in the news recently, fueled by congressional hearings about Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs), formally known as UFOs. But while the idea of aliens visiting Earth may be exciting, the better bet is still the idea that aliens might exist on...
by rmil2k | Aug 1, 2023 | News
[ad_1] On Monday (July 31), the European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope sent its first images back to Earth. And while these seminal portraits are certainly mesmerizing, they also confirm that the space observatory’s instruments are working in tip-top...
by rmil2k | Jul 31, 2023 | News
[ad_1] Back to Article List Both martian moons, Phobos and Deimos, can be seen from the surface. They even visibly undergo phases like our own Moon. he larger of Mars’ two moons, Phobos (circled), shows off a crescent phase in this September 2012 image from the...
by rmil2k | Jul 31, 2023 | News
[ad_1] A collaboration of engineers from NASA and academia recently tested hybrid printed electronic circuits near the edge of space, also known as the Kármán line. The space-readiness test was demonstrated on the Suborbital Technology Experiment Carrier-9, or...