by rmil2k | May 29, 2024 | News
In 2018, astronomers detected an exoplanet around the star 40 Eridani. It’s about 16 light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. The discovery generated a wave of interest for a couple of reasons. Not only is it the closest Super-Earth around a star similar to our...
by rmil2k | May 29, 2024 | News
Mars’s surface is covered in all manner of scratches and scars. Its many marks include the fingernail scratches of Tantalus Fossae, the colossal canyon system of Valles Marineris, the oddly orderly ridges of Angustus Labyrinthus, and the fascinating features captured...
by rmil2k | May 29, 2024 | News
An uncrewed Russian cargo spacecraft came crashing back to Earth today (May 28) as planned.The Progress 86 freighter undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) today at 4:39 a.m. EDT (0839 GMT) and headed back down to Earth. Progress 86 gave up the ghost a...
by rmil2k | May 29, 2024 | News
A NASA image of Pluto shows its “heart-shaped” portion at bottom right. Credit: NASA. Astronomy.com: We were going to write something new about Pluto here. But Astronomy Magazine editor Dave Eicher has already done the heavy lifting. Before we get to the...
by rmil2k | May 28, 2024 | News
We’re fortunate to live in these times. Multiple space telescopes feed us a rich stream of astounding images that never seems to end. Each one is a portrait of some part of nature’s glory, enriched by the science behind it all. All we have to do is revel in the...
