2021 Rocket Launches
2021 could bring the launch of JWST, the start of space tourism, and the first light for the Vera Rubin Observatory.
2021 Space Missions
Three missions to Mars are expected to arrive in February; the SLS may finally launch by November; and Roscosmos is talking about returning to the Moon.
2021 Sky Events
We’re going to look ahead to what events we can expect to see this year. In space and astronomy, we have four big things we can enjoy.
The Pleiades: An Anthropological and Astronomical Mystery
Have you ever looked up at the Pleiades? Or seen pictures? The asterism is also called the Seven Sisters. So why do we only see six stars?
Breakthrough Listen Finds First Candidate Signal
At the end of 2020, news leaked that the Breakthrough Listen project had found their first candidate signal in their search for extraterrestrial life.
Earth at Perihelion on 2 January 2021
Each year, at the beginning of January, Earth has its closest approach to the Sun, bringing us a tiny bit of extra light. This year, the closest approach, or perihelion, occurred on January 2.
Mars’ Axis Wobbles
Researchers have detected the Chandler wobble on Mars, a first for a solar system body besides Earth, on the basis of measurements from spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet.
Fluvial Mapping of Mars
An eight-trillion pixel mosiac map has produced the first global study of riverways and deltas on Mars.
The Universe is Nearly 14 Billion Years Old
We don’t know how old the universe is other than to say it is old, and if anyone tells you they know, ask them to explain both data from the first light and more recent light.
A Blazar in the Early Universe
A team of astronomers observed an active galaxy and captured previously unseen detail in the jet of material being ejected.
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