by rmil2k | Apr 15, 2023 | News
[ad_1] Skywatchers, set your alarm clocks. Early tomorrow morning (that is, after midnight tonight), the moon and Saturn will make a close approach in the night sky, an event known as an appulse.Of course, the moon and Saturn won’t physically be very close to...
by rmil2k | Apr 15, 2023 | News
[ad_1] Astronomers have used machine learning to sharpen up the Event Horizon Telescope’s first picture of a black hole — an exercise that demonstrates the value of artificial intelligence for fine-tuning cosmic observations. The image should guide scientists as they...
by rmil2k | Apr 15, 2023 | News
[ad_1] Watch a replay of the launch broadcast for ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice.Juice was launched into space on an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 14 April 2023, on an eight-year cruise to Jupiter. It will make detailed observations of...
by rmil2k | Apr 14, 2023 | News
[ad_1] This image of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field was taken by the Near-Infrared Camera on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The Webb image observes the field at depths comparable to Hubble — revealing galaxies of similar faintness — in just one-tenth as much...
by rmil2k | Apr 14, 2023 | News
[ad_1] Spaceflight takes a serious toll on the human body. As NASA’s Twin Study demonstrates, long-duration stays in space lead to muscle and bone density loss. There are also notable effects on the cardiovascular, central nervous, and endocrine systems, as well as...
