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16 Mar 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Luke86
Extraordinary astronomer of the seventeenth century, Christiaan Huygens was also a telescope designer. But his instruments were not always up to the standards of the time. According to Alexander Pietrow, a researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Astr...
3 Mar 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Luke86
On both sides of the Atlantic, the debate between those who believe that a liquid water lake lies beneath the surface of the Red Planet and those who think there are less exciting explanations to account for the signals seen by Mars Express has gaine...
28 Feb 2023 1 minute read 1 comment Luke86
For decades, astronomers have been trying to understand the origin of the material that makes up Earth and the other rocky planets in our solar system. Two models have been proposed: the Wetherill-type accretion model, which suggests that most of the...
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...
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...
