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Comet Pons-Brooks, as it appeared in early March 2024 from Skull Valley, Utah. Credit: James Pierce (Flickr) Friday, March 29With a Moonless sky after sunset, tonight is a great time to target fainter deep-sky objects. After the sky grows fully dark, look north...
On February 15th, Intuitive Machines (IM) launched its first Nova-C class spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. On February 22nd, the spacecraft – codenamed Odysseus (or “Odie”) – became the first American-built vehicle...
Agency 28/03/2024 322 views 3 likes ESA has teamed up with Samsung to launch the first watch face for our Solar System. As people across Europe switch over to summertime on 31 March 2024 and reset their clocks and watches, Samsung launches Galaxy Time: a new...
These chips sound absolutely delicious. And of all the brands to jump on the solar eclipse train, this one is an undeniably obvious perfect pairing. SunChips, the wavy, multigrain chips brand from the snack overlords of Frito-Lay, are putting on their solar...
The active Sun | Astronomy Magazine false product the-active-sun https://www.astronomy.com/picture-of-the-day/photo/the-active-sun/ The active Sun | Astronomy Magazine Mark Johnston from Scottsdale, Arizona Prominences and filaments snake across this 6-panel...
Since its launch in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made some amazing discoveries. Recent observations have found a number of key ingredients required for life in young proto-stars where planetary formation is imminent. Chemicals like methane,...
ESA Member States met in Paris, France, for the 323rd session of the ESA Council on 26 and 27 March 2024.Watch the replay of the information session in which ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun share the outcome of the...
Astronomers have been surprised by a "gold rush" of new galaxies, racking up 49 discoveries in just 3 hours. The gas-rich galaxies were uncovered by a team using the MeerKAT radio telescope located in South Africa. They have been dubbed the "forty-niners," a...
Back to Article List A study of 91 star systems revealed about 8 percent of nearby stars might have feasted on early planetary worlds near them. This artist’s concept shows a planet gradually spiraling into its host star. Credit: R. Hurt & K. Miller...
In an effort to enhance the educational outreach of their Starlink constellation, SpaceX has an interactive global map of their Starlink internet satellites, which provides live coverage of every satellite in orbit around the Earth. This interactive map comes...