Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Parker Space Probe

"On September 30, 2024, the Parker Solar Probe reached its 21st perihelion: its closest approach to the Sun."https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/fastest-spacecraft-break-speed-record/

JWST

"Astronomers have directed NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to examine the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-webb-peers-into-the-extreme-outer-galaxy?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=webb20240912

4 Ametuer astronauts

"Four amateur astronauts are about to venture where no other crew has gone before, orbiting Earth’s polar region to better understand how humans fare in space."https://gizmodo.com/watch-live-as-spacex-launches-private-crew-to-elusive-polar-orbit-2000583050?utm_source=gizmodo_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2025-03-31-pm

Mars Rover

"Nasa’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet."https://theconversation.com/nasas-curiosity-rover-has-found-the-longest-chain-carbon-molecules-yet-on-mars-its-a-significant-finding-in-the-search-for-alien-life-253249?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Saturday, March 29, 2025

Gravity

"There is gravity on the International Space Station."https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/facts-about-astronomy-space

Friday, March 28, 2025

Sun Like Stars

"Most Sun-like stars in our galaxy are in multiple star systems."https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/facts-about-astronomy-space

SpaceX Capsule

"A tech billionaire popped out from a SpaceX capsule hundreds of miles above Earth and performed the first private spacewalk Thursday, a high-risk endeavor once reserved for professional astronauts."https://apnews.com/article/spacex-spacewalk-private-polaris-dawn-87d4c78853f0249baf29631bedfac749