Today Awesome Astronomy has terrible news from LIGO, the end of Milkomeda, Light pollution paradox, Vera Rubin first light, a new satellite from Wales, spaceX kablooie, leaks on the ISS and of course the usual skyguide and emails! Phew!
This month we have Galactic sized lancing battles, Jupiter twice its size, Wales entering the space race and we have emails!
Taking a look at the last 40 years we went from knowing of the handful of planets in solar system to knowing of around 5,000 planets littering the galaxy.
Why are astronomers so sure that the recent interstellar comet came from outside the solar system? Which is going to be the most exciting telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope or the Square Kilometer Array?
We come at you with all the fun of AstroCamp in Cwmdu, Wales. Chat, debate and birdsong!
Nuclear powered rockets are about to become a reality opening up space travel for humanity. Ever since the dawn of nuclear weapons and reactors, advanced militaries and space agencies have dreamt of powering rockets with long lasting energy efficient nuclear fuel.
We try to keep it upbeat this month with tales of blackholes, definitions of moons, and solar system science
It looks as though ESO is caught in an American light pollution pincer…starlink above. Is this the end? Also eclipse news & launch round up.
The world veers towards madness, asteroids threaten destruction and Gaia is no more. But the planets are putting on a show and Pluto is 95, so that’s alright…
Farewell to NASA’s Insight mission on Mars. This lander spent 6 years on the Martian surface examining the interior of the planet.