by rmil2k | Jan 15, 2024 | News
China has a rich history in rocketry. It’s even found its place into Chinese legends with the wonderful tale of Wang Tu, who allegedly strapped himself to a chair adorned with rockets to experiment with rocket flight. The story goes that he launched and was never seen...
by rmil2k | Jan 14, 2024 | News
Agency 08/01/2024 1233 views 17 likes Visitors to ESA’s cutting-edge visitor centre are being captivated by virtual reality trips to the International Space Station, interactions with a globe showing Earth from space, and displays of astronaut suits, launchers and ESA...
by rmil2k | Jan 14, 2024 | News
The thin crescent moon will meet up with the solar system’s second-largest planet, Saturn for the first time in 2024 on Sunday (Jan. 14), during a close approach between the two celestial bodies. At the same time, the 3-day-old moon will move into an...
by rmil2k | Jan 14, 2024 | News
This week may be your first opportunity to catch Mars as it emerges from the Sun’s glow before sunrise. Credit: Charles de Mille-Isles (Flickr) Friday, January 12Mercury reaches its greatest western elongation (24°) from the Sun at 10 A.M. EST this morning. In the...
by rmil2k | Jan 14, 2024 | News
Does the size of an exomoon help determine if life could form on an exoplanet it’s orbiting? This is something a February 2022 study published in Nature Communications hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated the potential for large exomoons to form...
