Artemis 2: flight delayed
- 28 January 2024
As expected, the flight of the Artemis 2 mission has been delayed. Instead of November this year, the plan is now for it to take off next September, in 2025.
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Launching procedures covered; Moon landings still not up to par
- 23 January 2024
It has been two weeks now since the new American rocket named Vulcan successfully launched from the rocket complex 41 in Florida, Cape Canaveral, on its way to the Moon.
Read the full articleWhere did the planets get their names from?
- 20 January 2024
The story of the names of the planets begins several thousand years ago, when the ancient Chaldean astronomers noticed that some stars, unlike others, move across the sky, which can be observed during several nights of observation.
Read the full articleClassical Greek and Latin sources frequently use the term Chaldeans for Mesopotamian astronomers.
2024: a leap year is upon us
- 15 January 2024
Another leap year is upon us again. Here’s what you need to know about it.
Read the full articleThe various craters on our natural satellite
- 11 January 2024
The term crater has a very broad meaning in the topography of the Moon. This usually refers to all ring-like formations, and they are mostly circular in shape, but with numerous exceptions of the rule. They are of different origins and very different sizes.
Read the full articleDo you know what dark matter really is?
- 6 January 2024
Where did the idea of dark matter come from? Is it the result of casual discussions, complex mathematical constructions to justify some theory, or is it simply a reality in the universe?
Read the full articleThe man who disproved Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity
- 3 January 2024
Mount Wilson is 1,740 meters high and in winter the nights in the open dome can be very cold. One October night in 1923, while observing the Great Andromeda Nebula, Hubble noticed several stars that he at first thought were new.
Read the full articleWhy do planets move around the Sun in the way they do?
- 26 December 2023
One of the questions that bother science lovers all over the world is: why do the planets go in a counterclockwise direction around the Sun?
Read the full articleFrom boxer to astronomer: Who was Edwin Hubble?
- 21 December 2023
When in 1908 Jack Johnson (1878-1946) unexpectedly became the boxing champion of the world in the light heavyweight category, “white” America was outraged and offended.
Read the full articleThe ISS has been standing strong for twenty-five years
- 17 December 2023
Believe it or not, twenty-five years ago, on November 20, 1998, the first segment of the International Space Station, Zarya (in Russian: zora), was launched into space by a proton-K rocket as tall as a 17-story building, from launch pad 81 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
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