The Birth Of Stars
Dr. Agata Karska from the Institute of Astronomy at the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, NCU (Torun, Poland), has focused her scientific interest on...
Month : December 2021
Characterizing the All-Sky Brightness of Satellite Mega-Constellations and the Impact on Astronomy Research
Measuring photometric brightness is a common tool for characterizaing satellites. However, characterizing satellite mega-constellations and their impact on astronomy research requires a new approach and...
Six new astronauts venture into space on the New Shepard NS-19 flight
It was yet again a picture perfect day in West Texas as the Blue Origin New Shepard NS-19 flight launched six new astronauts to space....
A Tale of Collapsed Terrain On Mars
North of Ganges Chasma lies Orson Welles Crater, whose floor contains broken up blocks we call chaotic terrain and which is the source for the...
Ariane 5 Sets A New Record On Its Latest Launch
Arianespace announced liftoff at 03:10 BST (04:10 CEST, 23:10 local time on 23 October) from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, for a mission lasting...
Is SpaceX at risk in 2022? Could they have 50 plus launches?
SpaceX is looking to have a busy 2022. Between the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches peppered throughout the year and Starship, Elon Musk’s space...
Reflection Nebula IC 2631
This Hubble Space Telescope image captures a portion of the reflection nebula IC 2631, which contains a protostar, the hot, dense core of a forming...
A Nanoracks Module Floats Inside The Space Station’s Cupola
A Nanoracks module, a cube-shaped commercial research device, is pictured free-floating inside the cupola, the International Space Station’s “window to the world.”...
MDA announces that SARnext will now be known as the CHORUS constellation
Goodbye SARNext, we hardly knew you, hello CHORUS. MDA’s next-generation satellite SARnext is now growing into a multi-sensor Earth observation constellation known as CHORUS. This...
Heaven Lake Atop The Active Volcano Paektu Mountain
Heaven Lake rests in the crater of the active volcano Paektu Mountain that lies on the China-North Korea border....
