Amateur Astronomer Discovers Large Near-Earth Asteroid
A Planetary Society grant winner has found an asteroid using his personal telescope, which the grant paid to update.
Jupiter’s Moons Could Be Warming Each Other
All the Galilean moons are hotter than they should be at their distance from the Sun, and researchers have been trying to understand why.
How Hydrogen Becomes a Metal Inside Giant Planets
Dense metallic hydrogen has been theorized for over a century. The hydrogen acts like an electrical conductor, and it makes up the interiors of giant planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Lead Lab Selected for Next-Generation Cosmic Microwave Background Experiment
Yesterday the DOE announced that Berkeley Lab has been selected to lead the construction of a massive network of large and small telescopes in Chile and Antarctica for the purpose of observing the Cosmic Microwave Background.
Why Is Asteroid Bennu Ejecting Particles into Space?
Back in January 2019, planetary scientists noticed particles catching the light as they flew away from Bennu.
Astronomers Address Impact of Climate Crisis on Astronomy, and of Astronomy on the Climate Crisis
In the latest issue of the journal Nature Astronomy, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) look at the interactions between astronomy and human-caused climate change and point out, “There is no planet B.”
China launches new optical remote-sensing satellite
On Monday, September 7 at 05:57 UTC, China launched a Long March 4B from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center carrying the Gaofen 11-02 satellite to orbit.
SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites, beta testing well underway
On Thursday, September 3rd at 12:46 UTC, another batch of sixty satellites was added to the Starlink constellation.
Vega rocket deploys 53 satellites on successful return to flight mission
On Wednesday, September 3rd at 01:51 UTC, Arianespace launched Vega flight 16 from Launch Pad 1 at Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana.
World’s Largest Digital Camera Snaps First Images
The massive camera that will someday be installed on the LSST at the Vera Rubin Observatory has been successfully tested at Stanford University’s Linear Accelerator lab (SLAC).
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