https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/andes-optical-telescope-snaps-rare-double-lobe-nebula/
What makes constellations?
Constellations are named after a Greek or Roman God. They were made to help sailors find their way. Now they are used to help more people find their way. In this world such help is very useful.
Sunday, July 16, 2023
Cosmic Circle
"A mere 1,200 light years away from Earth sits a pair of cosmic circles, the remains of an ancient death."
Friday, July 14, 2023
Space Bus
"Engineers joined the two main components of NISAR – the spacecraft bus and the radar instrument payload – in an ISRO clean room in Bengaluru, India, in June."
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/powerful-nasa-isro-earth-observing-satellite-coming-together-in-india
Friday, July 7, 2023
Rippling Universe
"The universe is continuously rippling with gravitational waves, a 15-year survey has reported."
https://www.astronomy.com/science/the-great-hum-scientists-finally-detect-continuous-gravitational-waves-rippling-across-space-time/
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Sun's Collapse
"In a few billion years, our aging Sun will run out of hydrogen fuel in its core and begin to swell, eventually engulfing Mercury, Venus, and probably Earth itself."
https://www.astronomy.com/science/star-seen-swallowing-its-planet-whole/
Golden Age of Discovery
"We are living in a golden age of discovery when it comes to our understanding of the cosmos."
https://www.astronomy.com/science/astronomy-editor-david-j-eicher-to-speak-at-alcon-2023/
Mars
"Recently, I was invited to speak at a symposium organized by the Amsterdam Royal Palace Foundation, who, twice a year, brings in experts to discuss some big topic like the COVID pandemic or the future of work."
https://bigthink.com/hard-science/accidentally-killed-life-mars/
ESA
"The ESA (European Space Agency) Euclid spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 11:12 a.m. EDT on Saturday, July 1, beginning its mission to study why the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. Astronomers use the term “dark energy” in reference to the unknown cause of this accelerated expansion."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/esas-euclid-mission-launches-to-explore-dark-universe?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=euclid20230701
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