- 15 May 2023
For centuries, Jupiter and Saturn have been competing for the position of the planet with the most satellites. So, what’s the score? Galileo discovered four satellites of Jupiter in 1610, but by the end of the century Saturn had led with five new satellites.
Read the full article- 9 May 2023
Just days ago, on Friday, May 5th, the celestial mechanics planned an eclipse of the Moon by the Earth’s penumbra, which sadly means that there was nothing of the great celestial show to see. But there is still something to learn here!
Read the full article- 5 May 2023
Deceptive spring is about to turn another volatile episode in the week ahead. What is the condition above, above the Earth’s sphere of life? Unstable is what’s up there!
Read the full article- 1 May 2023
Looking at its strange shape, some people think that James Webb will be able to move the primary mirror to focus on the area of the sky that it wants. But is that realistic? Well folks, to put it bluntly – not really, no.
Read the full article- 27 April 2023
We live in an era when a good part of the population is not aware that for over fifty years man in space has not ventured further than the Earth’s orbit, only a few hundred kilometers above the increasingly warm Adriatic Sea.
Read the full article- 23 April 2023
Copernicus worked for a long time on the conception and elaboration of the heliocenric system. He summarized his results in Commentariolus, about thirty years before De Revolucionibus.
Read the full article- 15 April 2023
Why is the movement of the planets so complicated? Today, when we know almost everything about their dynamics meaning the physical causes of their kinematics. But this extensive knowledge didn’t dawn on us overnight.
Read the full article- 11 April 2023
In April 1967, the spacecraft Surveyor 3 was gently lowered into the ocean of Bura, on the Moon. Two and a half years later, in November 1969, the crew of Apollo 12 landed. This was the second human mission to set foot on the Moon.
Read the full article- 8 April 2023
The Artemis 2 mission is approaching! The launch of this mission is planned for November next year, and what all the media are happy to point out is that it will be the first time in more than half a century that a human crew will be sent to the Moon.
Read the full article- 5 April 2023
Every time something lands on Mars, or crashes from Earth, we also deliver some sort of life to the neighboring planet. It’s not like it’s done on purpose, though!
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