ESA – The Young Professional Satellite

ESA – The Young Professional Satellite

[ad_1] In the second episode of this docu series, we take a closer look into what it took to build ESA’s Young Professional Satellite (YPSat). YPSat’s mission objectives are to capture the key moments of Ariane 6’s inaugural flight and take in-orbit pictures of Earth...
A knotty tail | Astronomy Magazine

A knotty tail | Astronomy Magazine

[ad_1] A knotty tail | Astronomy Magazine false product a-knotty-tail A knotty tail A knotty tail | Astronomy Magazine Chris Schur from Payson, Arizona Comet 13P/Olbers reached perihelion (its closest approach to the Sun) on June 30, flaunting a faint but intricate...
Mapping the Milky Way’s Dark Matter Halo

Mapping the Milky Way’s Dark Matter Halo

[ad_1] Anytime astronomers talk of mapping the Milky Way I am always reminded how tricky the study of the Universe can be. After all, we live inside the Milky Way and working out what it looks like or mapping it from the inside is not the easiest of missions. It’s one...