New In: Latest Starship report
- 20 April 2023
After two days and this being its second attempt, the infamous Starship took off for the first time today, with the idea of reaching orbit.
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A deception of senses or satisfactory model?
- 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 articleIf space is germophobic, what’s with all the dust if keeps leaving behind?
- 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 articleArtemis 2 – when does it take off?
- 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 articleB is for Bacteria, but how many Bs can Mars handle?
- 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!
Read the full articleClark and S. Kubrick – Anthological elegance, case unsolved?
- 2 April 2023
55 years ago, on April 2, 1968, one of the most famous films in the history of cinema, 2001: A Space Odyssey, began to appear on big screens worldwide.
Read the full articleFolks, we have a Full Moon
- 30 March 2023
This morning the entire half of the Moon visible to us was illuminated by the Sun’s rays. We say that the Moon is “full”. At that moment, we were 391,004 km away from our natural satellite.
Read the full articleHow the minds of the past shaped the principles of our universe
- 26 March 2023
Empirical sciences, including the science of Nature, are based on our experience. And this experience evolved in historical time. Let’s look back at some interesting ideas that we still fall back on in the 21st century.
Read the full articleHalley’s visions: How far have we come?
- 23 March 2023
The existence of the Oort cloud is the answer to the questions people have always asked about comets: what are comets and where do they come from? Back in the fourth century BC, Aristotle believed that comets were clouds of luminous gas in the upper layers of the Earth’s atmosphere.
Read the full articleSpace X Crew Dragon dived into the Gulf of Mexico
- 20 March 2023
Just days ago, the “star trail” successfully landed on the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. To be a little more precise, on March 12, the American spaceship Dragon 5 (Endurance) with a crew of four successfully landed in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico.
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