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Oops – Sorry About That, Mars
You may remember how NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission was a great success in that it demonstrated that we can divert an asteroid, should it be necessary. Well, that’s not the whole story. A new study has found that the redirected asteroid debris may threaten Mars in the future. How far into the…
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Pic of the Week: The Total Solar Eclipse
The image of the week relates to the Total Solar Eclipse that captured the nation’s attention. Goofy glasses like the ones shown in The Chicago Tribune (above) and Wired magazine (below) were worn across the country to watch this rare event.
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A UFO on the Moon?
The grainy image above may remind you of some of the UFO images that circulated years ago. However, in this case, the image is from the Moon as captured by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. What you are seeing is a Korean spacecraft going thousands of miles per hour (hence the blurred, elongated image). Named the…
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Telescopes Caught the Eclipse From Across the Country
If you missed the Total Solar Eclipse or just want to see what it looked like in other parts of the country, NASA and other observatories have you covered. Check out the NASA video, “2024 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA (Telescope Feed),” showing the eclipse from Texas to Maine.
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The Total Solar Eclipse Mayhem is Underway
No good astronomical event happens without accompanying pain, or so it would seem given all of the news stories about tomorrow’s eclipse. We are hearing plenty of stories about overpriced hotels, traffic jams, and even the intervention of FEMA. Just wait until you hear all of the stories about people who paid a fortune to…
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Have You Heard of Orbital Drug Factories?
The International Space Station is not the only orbiting platform for experiments. Varda Space Industries has its own orbiting facility, or at least it had one in orbit for 10 months until it returned to Earth in February (shown below). And now the company has another $90 million in funding to continue to develop its…
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One Week Left to Sign-up for NASA Internships/Fellowships
If you are a high school or college student and have always wanted to work on a human landing system, Mars mission architecture integration, or even crater navigation, then NASA has a place for you. In fact, NASA has published 100 areas where interns and fellows are needed, with many of them being paid positions.…
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Pic of the Week: The Gediz Vallis Channel
This week’s image comes from NASA’s Curiosity rover in the Gediz Vallis channel. It is a 360-degree panorama shot from back on February 3. The rover has diligently continued its exploration of the Martian surface since it first landed in 2012. In terms of this latest rover location, NASA stated: NASA’s Curiosity rover has begun…
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Television: For All Mankind
While awaiting the return of the Star Trek and Star Wars televisions series (by the way, do not forget that the fifth and final season of Star Trek: Discovery is slated to start tomorrow), I started to watch For All Mankind on Apple TV+. I am only halfway through season two, but I have enjoyed…
