by rmil2k | Jan 8, 2024 | News
In the late 1980s, the Voyager 2 spacecraft snapped the “canonical” up-close images of Uranus and Neptune. In those views, Uranus was a pretty greenish-blue and Neptune appeared a deep azure color. It turns out that both planets are pretty close in color: a...
by rmil2k | Jan 8, 2024 | News
Science & Exploration 05/01/2024 3690 views 95 likes Invisible to our eyes, X-rays emitted by the hot gas that fills much of the Universe can shed light on many cosmic mysteries. The ‘first light’ observations of this gas by JAXA’s X-Ray Imaging and...
by rmil2k | Jan 8, 2024 | News
SpaceX launched 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Sunday (Jan. 7).A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:35 p.m. EST (2235 GMT).Related: Starlink satellite train:...
by rmil2k | Jan 7, 2024 | News
Kip Thorne works at a blackboard in a screenshot taken from a promotional video for Interstellar. Credit: Warner Brothers. Astronomy enthusiasts are my kinda people. Like me, they love all sorts of science, and science fiction, too — particularly films that lead us...
by rmil2k | Jan 7, 2024 | News
Since 1998, the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program has fostered innovation by accepting new and unconventional proposals from the scientific community. Those selected are awarded funding to conduct early-stage technology studies that could lead to applications...
