CHEOPS Launch by European Space Agency
- 27 December 2019
The European Space Agency has launched a new satellite to study nearby stars that host exoplanets. Read on to learn more about this new mission.
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Castor – Star Facts
- 23 December 2019
Castor is from the Latin language meaning ‘beaver’. Castor is actually made up of six stars with three pairs of binary stars being all gravitationally bound to each other. The mythology surrounding Castor dates back to the early Greeks. They believed that Castor and his brother, Pollux were ‘half’ twins. The boys were also alleged to have sailed with Jason and the Argonauts.
Read the full articleBoeing Starliner Launch to ISS Set Back
- 21 December 2019
NASA and Boeing launched their Starliner crew capsule on December 20th without success. Read on to learn more about what it will take to get it to the International Space Station.
Read the full articleNASA Creates Bose-Einstein State of Matter
- 20 December 2019
Scientists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have created a fifth state of matter. Read on to learn more about this amazing new discovery.
Read the full articleCapella – Star Facts
- 16 December 2019
Capella is a four-star system made up of two pairs of binary stars. Historically and mythologically, Capella is a bit of a mystery. Richard Hinkley Allen from Star Names tells us the ancient Arabs referred to Capella as ‘the Driver’ or a shepherd driving his flock of sheep across the night sky with the nearby Pleiades being construed as large animals.
Read the full articleEarth’s Magnetic North Shift Continues
- 14 December 2019
This article updates the ongoing magnetic shift that we have been following over the past couple of years. Read on to find out what’s new and what has changed.
Read the full articleChina’s Alien-Hunting Telescope
- 14 December 2019
China has developed a telescope that it hopes will capture foreign or alien communication signals from space. Read on to learn more about this new radio telescope.
Read the full articleCanopus – Star Facts
- 9 December 2019
Canopus is suspected to be nearing the end of its life cycle even though it is considerable young. Its mass is 65 times that of the Sun and shines with the luminosity of 14,000 suns. In fact, this star is so large if it were placed in the middle of the solar system it would reach 90 percent of the way to Mercur.
Read the full articleConcrete Construction For Space Buildings
- 7 December 2019
Scientists are working in microgravity to see if they can build concrete. This material may play a major role in the construction of buildings on the moon. Read on to learn more about making concrete in space.
Read the full articleNew Enormous Black Hole Discovered
- 7 December 2019
Astronomers have discovered a new black hole in our galaxy. Read on to learn more about its location and what we know.
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