Voyagers 1 and 2 are the only spacecraft yet outside the heliosphere, the Sun’s “bubble” of space. This detail Continue reading “Escapers’ electricity”
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Moon landing anniversary
Humans first stood on the Moon 49 years ago.
April Statistical Fool
The Chinese space station Tiangong-1 is about to dive back to Earth – on April 1, probably.
Jupiter closely touched by two
The crescent Moon will make a show with distant Jupiter, low over the sunset horizon on Friday, August 5.
And there is, in a sense, a third body in this line-up, a human-made one called Juno. Continue reading “Jupiter closely touched by two”