There’s a massive star in our galaxy’s halo, far away from the usual star-forming haunts. How did it get there? The post A Star Where It Shouldn't Be appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Read MoreMonth: February 2022
Dark Mode Activated!
Divers at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) in Houston are setting the stage for future moonwalk training by simulating lunar lighting conditions.
Read MoreThis Week’s Sky at a Glance, February 4 – 12
This is the part of the month when the evening Moon is at its telescopic best in many skywatchers’ opinions, as the terminator sweeps across the middle of the Moon’s disk. And in February, the Moon at these phases rides especially high. Jupiter sinks low in evening twilight, and a triangle of planets displays in early dawn. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 4 – 12 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Read MoreNASA, SpaceX to Provide Update on Crew-4 Space Station Mission
NASA and SpaceX will hold a joint media teleconference at noon EST Friday, Feb. 4, to provide an update on progress toward the agency’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station.
Read MoreNASA to Hold Science Town Hall Meeting
NASA will hold a community town hall meeting at 1:30 p.m. EST Tuesday, Feb. 8, with Thomas H. Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
Read MoreNASA Highlights Science on Next Northrop Grumman Space Station Mission
NASA will host a media call at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 10, to discuss the science and technology demonstrations bound for the International Space Station aboard Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft on the company’s 17th commercial resupply mission.
Read MoreLego Star Wars Millennium Falcon review
What you’ve never heard of the Lego Star Wars Millennium Falcon? it’s the Lego kit that made the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs. The Millennium Falcon screams classic Star Wars. Along with the X-Wings and the TIE Fighters, the Millennium Falcon is one of the coolest spaceships in sci-fi. Who hasn’t wondered what it would be like to sit in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon since it first appeared on our screens in 1977? There’s a reason that when Lego was deciding which of its iconic sets…
Read MoreThe 1st poster for ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ evokes the (final) frontier for new Paramount Plus spinoff
Trekkies of all persuasions will rejoice with word of the newly announced premiere date for the new “Star Trek: Discovery” spinoff series “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” coming to the streaming service Paramount Plus. During this week’s TCA Press Tour, the streaming platform presented an atmospheric new key art poster and a May 5 debut for “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” an eagerly-awaited sci-fi series that will chronicle the deep space adventures of Captain Christopher Pike in the center seat of the USS Enterprise. Pike commanded the iconic starship in…
Read MoreMegaconstellations like SpaceX’s Starlink may interfere with search for life by world’s largest radio telescope
The search for traces of life on distant planets will be more difficult for the world’s largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometer Array Observatory (SKAO), because of interference from SpaceX’s Starlink and other megaconstellation satellites. Also affected will be the hunt for exoplanets and the study of the most distant galaxies, Federico di Vruno, radio spectrum manager at SKAO, told Space.com. Radio astronomy observatories such as SKAO use vast arrays of antennas to listen to weak radio signals emitted by stars, galaxies and planets in the universe. These radio signals…
Read MoreAstonishing Radio View of the Milky Way’s Heart
A new radio survey reveals a complex and chaotic galactic center teeming with supernova remnants, star-forming regions, and mysterious filaments. The post Astonishing Radio View of the Milky Way’s Heart appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
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