by rmil2k | Feb 26, 2024 | News
Japan’s space agency didn’t expect its wrong-side-up SLIM moon lander to revive itself after powering down for a circuit-chilling lunar night on Feb. 1. But that’s exactly what happened. “Last night, a command was sent to SLIM and a response received, confirming that...
by rmil2k | Feb 26, 2024 | News
This Copernicus Sentinel-3 image from October 2023 captures the plains of northern India and Pakistan under a white veil of haze and smoke.Zoom in to explore this image at its full resolution or click on the circles to learn more. Most of the plains at the foothills...
by rmil2k | Feb 25, 2024 | News
Fresh aurora pictures from a NASA astronaut is making us green with envy.Earlier this month, International Space Station astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli captured absolutely stunning pictures of a flag-like green aurora stretching from the southern regions of the Earth far...
by rmil2k | Feb 25, 2024 | News
Back to Article List Here’s our classic step-by-step guide to make a pinhole viewer with a cardboard box. OK, you want to view the Sun or an eclipse, but you don’t have an approved solar filter for your telescope. Maybe you don’t even have a telescope. No...
by rmil2k | Feb 25, 2024 | News
What are the atmospheric compositions of cold brown dwarf stars? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to address as an international team of researchers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to investigate the coldest known...
