Year to Date Rocket Launch Statistics 2020/1/15
Here’s a running tally of a few spaceflight statistics for the year: As of 00:00 hours on January 15th, there are 61 new satellites in orbit from two launches. China and the USA have both launched a rocket. Toilets burned up: 0Total satellites: 61Total launches:...
Carnival of Space #646
Image credit: © Solarseven This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at NextBigFuture. Check out this week's sampling of space-related stories from our colleagues and friends! Click here to read Carnival of Space #646. And if you’re interested in looking...
Dating a Galaxy Collision with one star
Let’s face it, stars, even individual stars, are often harder to understand then seems rational. It is particularly amazing when researchers make claims about what they believe can be learned from one random star orbiting through the Milky Way. According astronomers...
It takes two to make a Gamma Ray Burst
New observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have investigated the nature of the powerful gamma-ray burst GRB 190114C by studying its environment. Credit: NASA, ESA and M. Kornmesser One of the most common questions we’ve been getting is “do we need to...
Impacts of wildfires on Climate Change
Image credit: NOAA/NASA Several months ago the new data we were trying to understand is the impact of Brazil’s wildfires. In a new paper in Science Advances, Paulo Brando and company report that by the year 2050, the emissions from fires could release more carbon than...
It’s not Aliens
oir2002a – Fast Radio Burst 180916 Host Galaxy (annotated)Credit: Gemini Observatory/NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory/AURA This weekend, we were a bit confused and disturbed to see reporting on fast radio bursts that implied these bursts...
K Stars are the best place to look for life
This infographic compares the characteristics of three classes of stars in our galaxy. Credits: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levy (STScI) We have an update on where to look for life from the Goldilocks project. Led by Ed Guinan and Scott Engle, this Villanova University project...
Ganymede’s Oceans
This image of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede, the largest satellite in our solar system, was taken by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft. Image: © NASA 410 years ago today, Galileo discovered the moon Ganymede orbiting Jupiter. This giant moon is larger than Mercury, and has a rocky...
Jupiter Throwing Rocks
In general, we are here to bring you the all that is new in space and astronomy, but sometimes something comes up that doesn’t quite fit that bill, but still needs to be addressed. In this week, when the headlines are filled with ugly things, we want to take a moment...
Moon in Shadows
If you have clear skies and are in Europe, Asia, Africa, or Australia you will be able to see tonight’s full moon go from super bright, to a middling grey as the moon passes through the outer part of the earth’s shadow, the penumbra. While this is less dramatic than a...
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