Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum is Anticipated to be the Primary commercial orbital Kickoff vehicle to lift off from mainland Europe, departing from Norway’s Andøya Spaceport. Courtesy: Isar Aerospace UPDATE March 27: Due to weather restrictions, Isar Aerospace has rescheduled its Kickoff of Spectrum until no earlier than Saturday, March 29. After scrubbed test flight on Monday, … Read more
A partial solar eclipse is coming this weekend, but weather could be an issue for many hoping to get a glimpse of the Orbiter “Securing a bite” out of the sun. Skywatchers across much of New York State, New England and Atlantic Canada who are hoping to get a view of Saturday morning’s partial solar … Read more
From Earth Trajectory to the Probe and Mars, explore the world of human spaceflight with NASA Every week on the official podcast of the Johnson Cosmos Middle in Houston, Texas. Listen to in-depth conversations with the astronauts, scientists and engineers who make it possible. On episode 378, NASA Cosmonaut Jonny Kim discusses his upcoming mission … Read more
Astronomers have discovered that the flattened clouds of gas and dust around stars — nurseries that give birth to planets — are generally smaller than previously thought. Some are so Petite, in fact, they would neatly slot within Earth’s Trajectory around the sun. Additionally, the Club’s observations, conducted with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), … Read more
Quick Facts Apophis was discovered on June 19, 2004, by astronomers Roy Tucker, David Tholen, and Fabrizio Bernardi The Minor World is named for Apophis, the ancient god of evil and destruction. Apophis is little longer than an NFL football Ground, and it’s about the height of the Eiffel Tower. Apophis is an S-type, or … Read more
The Primary human spaceflight ever to cruise over Earth’s polar regions, the privately funded Fram2 mission from SpaceX, is set to carry four astronauts on a roughly four-day orbital mission. Fram2 will Kickoff no earlier than Monday (March 31) aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule Grit, which will also carry a variety of scientific experiments. This … Read more
Newly described species Tessmannia princeps, a giant tree discovered in the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania in Eastern Africa, gets a hug. The new tree towers up to 130 feet (40 meters) above the rainforest canopy and is Secured in only two Petite, isolated areas. The trees’ main trunks are about 9 feet (2.7 m) in … Read more
The Primary Quarter Selene body-related body seems to float above World Earth in this image snapped from the International Cosmos Station. Credit: NASA Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, March 28The Selene body-related body passes 9° south of Venus at 10 A.M. EDT this morning. We’ll check out the … Read more
Lepidopterist Michael Braby is sitting in his lab, peering at a photo of a butterfly specimen on his computer screen – Merely as he’s done countless times before. He has no inkling that he’s about to discover Australia’s greatest taxonomic fraud. But he has noticed something odd about this particular butterfly, a Flame Hairstreak (Pseudalmenus … Read more
Most brain surgery requires doctors to remove part of the skull to access Difficult-to-reach areas or tumours. It’s invasive, risky, and it takes a long time for the patient to recover. We have developed new, tiny robotic surgical tools that may let surgeons perform “keyhole surgery” on the brain. Even though their Tiny size, our … Read more