Gravitational Lensing Used to Find Faintest Radio-Emitting Galaxy
Scientists have explored the region of sky around the galaxy cluster MACJ0717.5+3745 looking for distant systems magnified by gravity, and they found one.
Small Portion of Cosmic Web Mapped Without Using Quasars
Using the 8.2m Very Large Telescope, astronomers have peered into the faint details of the large-scale structure and resolved a sea of previously undiscovered small galaxies.
Random Space Fact: Sir Isaac Newton’s Apple Tree
Your random space fact of the week is that a piece of Isaac Newton’s apple tree flew on the space shuttle Atlantis in 2010.
This Week in Rocket History: Gemini 8 and Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov
This Week in Rocket History: On March 16, 1966, at 15:00 UTC, an uncrewed Atlas Agena was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida with a Gemini-Agena Target Vehicle, also known as GATV. Plus it was the birthday of cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov.
Space Station Crew Takes Out the Trash
For the ISS, Thursday, March 11, was garbage day. A three-ton pallet of old nickel hydrogen batteries had been hanging around, unused, and the time to finally throw them out had come.
Starlink L-21 Launches Successfully, Booster Breaks Record
On March 14 at 11:01 UTC, a SpaceX Falcon 9 lofted another sixty Starlink satellites to orbit for the Starlink L-21 mission.
Fourth Trio of Yaogan 31 Satellite Constellation Launched
On March 13 at 02:19 UTC, the Yaogan 31-04 mission took off atop a Long March 4C rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
China Sends Shiyan 9 Into Orbit to Test New Technology
On March 11 at 17:51 UTC, a Long March 7A successfully launched the Shiyan 9 satellite from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Center.
SpaceX Launches Starlink Batch During Nighttime Launch
On March 11 at 08:13 UTC, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Booster 1058 launched the L-20 mission, putting another sixty Starlink satellites to orbit.
LPSC 2021: Pluto and Triton
New analysis hints that the impact that caused Pluto’s heart also caused resulting chaos terrain on the antipodal side. And another team studied Triton’s evolution from KBO to moon of Neptune.
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