by rmil2k | Jun 5, 2023 | News
[ad_1] Back to Article List There are plenty of celestial Post-its to use as starting points in the sky. The bright star Vega serves as the zero point on many astronomical scales. (Credit: Stephen Rahn) To astro-beginners, the night sky can seem like a funhouse of...
by rmil2k | Jun 4, 2023 | News
[ad_1] It has been over sixty years since the first Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) survey occurred. This was Project Ozma, a survey led by Dr. Frank Drake (who devised the Drake Equation) that used the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in...
by rmil2k | Jun 4, 2023 | News
[ad_1] Enabling & Support 02/06/2023 7305 views 82 likes In brief Mars appears in the night sky different from all the other gleaming dots in the darkness. Look carefully and even to the naked eye it has an orangey hue, look even closer and there’s a...
by rmil2k | Jun 4, 2023 | News
[ad_1] SpaceX is set to launch a new batch of Starlink satellites on Sunday (June 4).A Falcon 9 rocket will launch 22 of SpaceX’s new “V2 Mini” internet satellites for its Starlink communications constellation Sunday from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape...
by rmil2k | Jun 4, 2023 | News
[ad_1] A Full Strawberry Moon shines amid gauzy clouds above Herndon, Virginia in June 2016. Credit: Elvert Barnes (Flickr) Friday, June 2Look west shortly after sunset tonight and you’ll find Mars stealing the show high above the horizon. The Red Planet sits...
