Several of the planets and moons in the Solar System are in orbital resonance, orbiting in a geometric lockstep. And not just the Solar System, astronomers have found the same resonances in other star systems.
Today’s Traveler in the Night
discuss about the Earth’s dancing partner and the collisions between planets, planetesimals, asteroids, and comets that produced the place where we live.
Join us for a discussion about Saturn’s moon Mimas that once thought to be a cold, solid body of ice & rock and now appears to harbor a vast global ocean beneath its icy crust at #365DaysOfAstro
Today’s Cosmic Perspective talk to Robert Reeves and discusses his new book, “Exploring the Moon with Robert Reeves” and how it can be used as a learning experience for a novice and an amateur astronomer
The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents The Observer’s Calendar for January 2024.
The Apollo missions showed scientists that the craters on the Moon were from impacts rather than volcanoes. But recents discovery shows that volcano Compton-Belkovich glowed in the microwave. More bout it at #365DaysOfAstro
With Artemis 1 completing its robotic flight around the Moon, we know that the SLS works. Next comes Artemis 2, with a crew of astronauts flying past the Moon. But there are a long list of challenges to consider that could delay things considerably. Go or no go for launch.
Today story is about the discovery of 2016 DP that formed after two large asteroid collided in asteroid belt. And also Enceladus Ocean. More at #365DayOfAstro
December is here & the Last Minute Astronomer bring astronomy to normies and nerds, with little time to spare. We have the naked eye planets visible this month, the lunar phases, and then the meteor shower and other events, so you can plan ahead better than me.
The journey continue as @AstronomyCast discuss about Lunar mission since there are many nations on the Moon, near the Moon, around the Moon, traveling to the Moon. It’s a lot. We’ll talk about it today.