by rmil2k | Apr 29, 2024 | News
An artistic conception of the Milky Way, estimated to contain 100,000,000,000 (100 billion) stars. Credit: NASA/JPL. Why don’t numbers end? – Reyhane, age 7, Tehran, Iran Here’s a game: Ask a friend to give you any number and you’ll return one that’s bigger. Just add...
by rmil2k | Apr 29, 2024 | News
When I heard about this I felt an amused twinge of envy. Over the last year I have been using an unimpressive 4G broadband service and at best get 20 Mbps, NASA’s Psyche mission has STILL been getting 23 Mbps at 225 million km away! It’s all thanks to the prototype...
by rmil2k | Apr 28, 2024 | News
Week in images: 22-26 April 2024 Discover our week through the lens Source link
by rmil2k | Apr 28, 2024 | News
Shaping an ambitious and steady space agenda for Europe requires not only diplomatic aplomb but also a firm grounding in science and engineering. Indeed, those attributes are must-haves in working with the 22 member states of the European Space Agency (ESA). Josef...
by rmil2k | Apr 28, 2024 | News
The beautiful spiral galaxy Messier 83, which our Milky Way may resemble. Credit: ESO. Astronomy was the basis of many key beliefs for the ancient Egyptians. They used skywatching to fix the dates of religious festivals, to predict the annual flooding of the Nile, and...
