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NASA’s Lucy will fly by tiny asteroid nicknamed ‘Dinky’
The Lucy spacecraft flies by asteroid Dinkinesh in this artist’s concept. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Since its launch two years ago, NASA’s Lucy mission has been traveling the inner solar system on its way to explore Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. In total, the spacecraft will fly by 10 small, rocky worlds — and its…
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NASA shares image of spooky ‘face’ on Jupiter
NASA shared this image of clouds and storms on Jupiter that resemble a face. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing by Vladimir Tarasov The folks at NASA not only explore space and do the other cool stuff they do, they’ve also got a great sense of timing. The agency shared this photo of what looks like a…
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Best telescopes for beginners to view planets, galaxies, and more
The best telescopes for beginners are the ones that don’t end up in a closet. Maybe you have had a casual interest in astronomy for years, looking up at the night sky every chance you get. Or maybe you’ve just recently become interested in the wonders hanging high above our heads. Either way, you’ve decided…
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Should you buy a telescope on Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2023?
Black Friday is a shopping holiday celebrated annually on the fourth Friday of November, the Friday after Thanksgiving. This year it falls on November 24th 2023. It is traditionally the start of the holiday shopping season, and many retailers offer significant discounts on a wide range of their stock. Millions of shoppers participate each year,…
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The Sky This Week from October 27 to November 3: The dark side of space
The dark “tail” visible behind the Cocoon Nebula (IC5146) is cataloged as B168 and sometimes called the Dark Cigar. Credit: Kees Scherer (Flickr) Friday, October 27Take some time to watch the famous star Arcturus setting in the western sky early this evening. Depending on your location, the bright, orange-hued giant will be low in the…
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Media Invitation: Euclid mission to release first full-colour images of the cosmos on 7 November
Science & Exploration 27/10/2023 114 views 6 likes ESA’s Director of Science Carole Mundell and leading scientists from across Europe will gather at ESA’s Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, to discuss with Media the first, razor-sharp astronomical images of the Euclid mission, looking for mysterious, dark matter and energy. Never before has a space…
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Webb Telescope sees explosion 1 million times brighter than the Milky Way
(CNN) — The James Webb Space Telescope and other observatories witnessed a massive explosion in space that created rare chemical elements, some of which are necessary for life. The explosion, which occurred on March 7, was the second brightest gamma-ray burst ever witnessed by telescopes in more than 50 years of observations, over one million…
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Tracking the Gold Rush in the Sky
Every gold rush triggers legal, political and environmental questions. Who owns the wealth? Whose power guarantees ownership? And who has to deal with the mess left behind? Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners Be Part of Transformative Change with the CCPA–BC The BC office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is…
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Space Expert Arlen Kam ’05 Returns to Punahou
Arlen Kim ’05 (right) was invited to Punahou by her former teacher, Yunus Peer, who instructs the World Civilizations class. On Wednesday, Punahou welcomed back an alumna with a career that’s literally out of this world: Arlen Kam ’05, an astrodynamics engineer and spacecraft missions operations expert. Talking to Academy students in the Astronomy and…
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Volunteers with a passion for astronomy share the amazing night sky through Stars of Hope
The next Stars of Hope event is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Westin in Kaanapali. <!– SHOW ARTICLE –> KAANAPALI — For the past couple of months, a group of amateur astronomers, under the direction of Dr. J.D. Armstrong, educational outreach coordinator for the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy (IfA), have been…