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26 Feb 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Luke86
Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, now holds the title for having the most moons. The Minor Planet Center has recently published the orbits of 12 previously undiscovered moons of Jupiter, bringing the total to 92 and surpassing Saturn's...
25 Feb 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Luke86
On February 3rd, an asteroid roughly 500 meters long flew past our planet at a distance of about 1.8 million kilometers. NASA's Goldstone Deep Space Network seized the opportunity to study it up close, not only determining its many characteristics bu...
15 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Luke86
It's the second nation, next to USA, able to make a rover landing on the surface of the Red Planet. A 10 months travel in space towards Mars, the last 3 spent in orbit around it and then, the landing. Last night, next to United States, China became...
23 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Luke86
Thanks to MOXIE Experiment, it has been possible extracting oxygen from Mars atmosphere. Living on Mars has a necessary first step: creating oxygen. Mars, the red planet, has a 96% carbon dioxide small atmosphere, and this is the main problem for h...
12 Apr 2021 1 minute read 2 comments Luke86
On board of the Vostok 1, his flight determined a temporary advanced of URSS in the well-known "Space Race" poechali! (Let's go!). With this word Juri Gagarin replied to Korolev, while the 5 rocket engines was starting to take him in orbit for the fi...
31 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Luke86
On 22nd of December a small rock fell and burst in China skies Because 2020 could not be bad enough: after a world Covid-19 pandemic, earthquakes in Croatia and Chile and deaths of some of the most iconic sports men as Kobe Bryant, Diego Armando Ma...
25 Dec 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Luke86
After 18,8 billions of km and 43 years of activity, the probe still regularly sends signals, but recently it also answered back to a signal sent by Earth No doubts. Voyager twins probes are still the furthest human hand-made objects in space. When...
15 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Luke86
The two solar system giants are having an ever closer conjunction. After the total solar eclipse seen in Chile and Argentina, the night sky gives you another great show. Just after the sunset, 2 hours long period, Jupiter and Saturn are clearly vis...
12 Dec 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Luke86
Chile and Argentina populations are preparing for one good show in 2020 2020, an awful year that all mankind will remember forever, but even in the worst situation there is always at least one good thing to think about. This is what would happen in...
12 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Luke86
On board of the Vostok 1, his flight determined a temporary advanced of URSS in the well-known "Space Race" poechali! (Let's go!). With this word Juri Gagarin replied to Korolev, while the 5 rocket engines was starting to take him in orbit for the fi...
