What’s the mechanism behind millisecond-duration bursts of radio energy coming from outer space? A team searched for visible-light counterparts to constrain the origin of fast radio bursts — and found one. The post A Possible Optical Counterpart to a Fast Radio Burst? appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
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Crew-3 on the Way Home Aboard SpaceX Dragon Endurance
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Read MoreSpaceX’s Crew-3 astronauts depart space station for trip home
SpaceX’s Crew-3 astronaut mission is headed home to Earth. Crew-3’s Dragon capsule, named Endurance, undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) Thursday (May 5) at 1:20 a.m. EDT (0520 GMT), ending the mission’s six-month stay aboard the orbiting lab. Endurance and its four passengers — NASA astronauts Thomas Marshburn, Kayla Barron and Raja Chari and Matthias Maurer of the European Space Agency — have a roughly 24-hour space journey ahead of them for the trip to Earth. They’re scheduled to splash down off the Florida coast Friday (May 6) at…
Read MoreThe Eta Aquarid meteor shower is the legacy of Halley’s Comet in May’s night sky
Do you remember Halley’s Comet? The last time this famous object was visible was in 1986, 36 years ago. You younger readers might have little or no memory of this famous cosmic vagabond (It takes roughly 75 years to go once around the sun; your next chance will come in the summer of 2061). Or maybe, if you were around back then, you didn’t see Halley’s Comet at all because of light pollution or the comet’s low altitude above the horizon. Either way, if you missed out on the 1986…
Read MoreCould we build the Millennium Falcon from ‘Star Wars’?
Illustrator Kemp Remillard detailed the interior of the Millennium Falcon. (Image credit: Images from Star Wars: The Force Awakens™ Incredible Cross-Sections” reprinted by permission of DK, a division of Penguin Random House. Copyright © 2015 by Jason Fry and Kemp Remillard) With so many incredible, cutting-edge technologies, could we build a real-life Millennium Falcon? In short, no. But we’re getting closer. In the “Star Wars” universe, the Millennium Falcon is heralded as the coolest ship around. The cargo vessel that Han Solo originally won from Lando Calrissian in the Cloud City Sabacc…
Read MoreNASA Deputy Administrator to Visit Artemis Partner Advanced Space
Media are invited to join NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy and Representatives Ed Perlmutter, Joe Neguse and Jerry McNerney for a tour of the Westminster, Colorado-based aerospace company Advanced Space Thursday, May 5.
Read MoreNASA to Discuss Status of Artemis I Test, Launch
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 3:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 5, to discuss the status of the next wet dress rehearsal test of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Read MoreAs Station Crew Readies to Return to Earth, NASA Sets TV Coverage
NASA will provide live coverage of the upcoming return activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission.
Read MoreBlack Holes Are Hard to Find
Black holes are hard to find. They have such strong gravity that light can’t escape them, so scientists must rely on clues from their surroundings to find them.
Read MoreIn Praise of Small-Scope Astronomy
Many an amateur astronomer has desired a bigger telescope, but sometimes it’s worth taking a moment to appreciate what we have. The post In Praise of Small-Scope Astronomy appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
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