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NASA Chooses Blue Origin’s Rocket To Launch Smallsat Mission To Mars
NASA selected Blue Origin in February to launch the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission, a pair of smallsats that will study the interaction of the solar wind with the magnetosphere of Mars. The space agency now expects the mission will be on the first launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch…
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Black Friday: Save $183 on these powerful skywatching binos
Skywatching has skyrocketed in popularity over the last few years, but sadly, so have the prices. But we’ve found a Black Friday binocular deal to help you save money and get stargazing for less. The powerful Celestron SkyMaster 25×100 binoculars are now $183 off at Amazon in this Black Friday deal, meaning you can pick…
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Black Friday: Save $183 on these powerful skywatching binos
Skywatching has skyrocketed in popularity over the last few years, but sadly, so have the prices. But we’ve found a Black Friday binocular deal to help you save money and get stargazing for less. The powerful Celestron SkyMaster 25×100 binoculars are now $183 off at Amazon in this Black Friday deal, meaning you can pick…
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Astro Brief: Asteroid Research
On a recent mission through the asteroid belt, NASA space-probe Lucy discovered for the first time a contact binary moon orbiting the asteroid Dinkinesh. Another mission, Psyche, launched in October this year, seeks to learn more about the metal-rich asteroid of the same name as budding space mining companies take notice. Join us this week…
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Astronomy Is Facing an End Of The Era of Monster Telescopes
Consider this: Astronomers think of the Hubble Space Telescope as small. That may surprise you, since after three decades of taking images with depth and detail most ground-based telescopes couldn’t achieve, popular conception holds that Hubble must be one of the biggest telescopes ever built. But its mirror is only 2.4-meters wide. That’s not terribly…
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Random Night Shot Proof You Should Look Up: What’s Next Oregon / Washington Coast Astronomy
Published 11/22/23 a 6:35 p.m.By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff (Pacific City, Oregon) – So many of us keep hoping for the ultimate proof of what’s out there. There’s just gotta be other life in the universe, right? (Photo courtesy Pilar French) Sometimes, however, there’s simply proof we’ve got to continue looking up. That can…
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Aliens ‘almost definitely’ exist, says The Sky at Night space scientist
ALIENS “almost definitely” exist, says The Sky at Night space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock. The astronomer insists we would be “conceited” to think humans are the only intelligent life in the universe. Aliens ‘almost definitely’ exist, says Dr Maggie Aderin-PocockCredit: Alamy Dr Aderin-Pocock, who presents BBC’s The Sky At Night, told the Dish With Waitrose…
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Insights into star formation and dispersal from the synchronization of stellar clocks
Abstract Age is one of the most fundamental parameters of a star, yet it is one of the hardest to determine as it requires modelling various aspects of stellar formation and evolution. When we compare the ages derived from isochronal and dynamical traceback methods for six young stellar associations, we find a systematic discrepancy. Specifically,…
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This Max Black Friday deal for $2.99 will get you 6 months of streaming at 70% off
The streaming service Max is home to tons of science fiction, fantasy and some epic space TV series (“From Earth To The Moon,” anyone?) and right now, you can great a great deal for Black Friday. You can get Max for just $2.99 a month for 6 months (with ads) for Black Friday through Nov.…
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James Webb Space Telescope observes methane in exoplanet’s atmosphere
Discovery promises better understanding of atmospheric composition in cooler planets November 22, 2023 NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has observed the planet WASP-80 b, as it passed in front of and behind its host star, revealing spectra indicative of an atmosphere containing methane gas and water vapor. While water vapor has been detected in…
