Japanese Reach Asteroid Ryugu
- 29 June 2018
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency has a spacecraft in position next to a C class asteroid. Read on to learn more about what they hope to discover.
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Thank you for visiting the Online Star Register Blog. Here we share the latest news with you about the OSR gifts, our apps and about what we love most: the universe and the stars!
Astrometry Measuring the Stars in The Sky
- 29 June 2018
Do the stars in the sky move? How can we tell if they are or not? Read on to learn more about astrometry.
Read the full articleNASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson
- 22 June 2018
Astronaut Peggy Whitson retired from NASA this month. Read on to learn more about this amazing female astronaut.
Read the full articleMars Opportunity Rover Still Working
- 21 June 2018
NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity is waiting out a large dust storm on the red planet. Will it survive? Read on to learn more about this amazing rover.
Read the full articleNew NASA Inventions Improving Our Lives
- 15 June 2018
We can credit GPS technology, Camera phones, and scratch resistant lenses with NASA technology. What did NASA invent in 2017? Read on to learn more.
Read the full articleInSight Digging Deep on Mars
- 15 June 2018
What lies beneath the surface of Mars? NASA has sent a rover to dig deep into the Martian surface. Read on to learn more about the special InSight rover.
Read the full articleMars Rover Curiosity Finds Organic Elements
- 8 June 2018
What did the Mars rover Curiosity recently discover? Read on to learn more.
Read the full articleWhat are Stellar Populations?
- 8 June 2018
In the 1940s, astronomers realized that there are two families of stars in the galaxy. What are the two families? Read on to learn more about stellar populations.
Read the full articleThe History of Astrophotography
- 31 May 2018
Sir David Gill, 1843-1914, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
When were the first pictures of space taken with a camera? Read on to learn more about the history of astrophotography.
Read the full articleWeapons in Space
- 30 May 2018
Is it possible to use weapons in space? Do these weapons already exist? Read on to learn more about weapons in space.
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