Category: Astro(physics)
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The day the Eagle landed.
Only a few dates in the history of humankind are as iconic as Saturday, 20 July 1969, the very day a man walked on the…
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Space Events in the next 30 days
As we approach the day of the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing (20 July, and NASA has plans about it), it would be…
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Spaceflight in 2018
This is the first of a series of post on spaceflight. (Almost) everybody knows and follows Space X’s amazing progress toward resuming human spaceflight…
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Gaia’s Beauty
This is not the title of a fantasy story (even though it could well be). No, I am talking about GAIA, ESA’s space observatory…
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Space Features of the Week (27 April)
Another good week for space news. These are the headlines that have caught my attention -all worthy of a follow-up. The Universe Is Expanding…
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Space Features of the Week (13 April)
This week has been particularly rich in terms of space news, but three of them stole the headlines around the world. Here you have…
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Happy Worm (Super) Moon and -why do the Equinox date changes?
This was the question my niece asked me a while ago, and with a reason. We’re used to the fact that astronomical events are…
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Space X made it -Crew Dragon docked to the ISS.
Even if you don’t follow space news, you’ve probably heard about this historical achievement. Space X’s new module, Crew Dragon, which is going to…
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Exploring the (virtual) Moon
I have already written in the past about a few software and websites that allow for exploring the night sky and stars nearby. Today…
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Farewell, Opportunity. It has been a hell of a ride!
Yesterday (NASA) and the world said farewell to the Martian rover Opportunity. After several weeks of attempts to revive the rover -overwhelmed last June…
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2019 in space
2018 has been a record-shattering year -with more than 100 successful launches and mission achievements. What are we looking for in 2019? Another year…
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Our outer space citizens, right now
If you accept the idea that everyone/everything NOT living on planet Earth for all or most of their lives is a spacenoid (questionable as…
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New Horizons’ last flyby: Ultima Thule
New Horizons is almost there. After the historical flyby of Pluto in 2015, the probe has continued its course across the Kuiper Belt and…
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Space 2018: best of the year
2018 has been another amazing year in terms of space exploration and rocket launches. Now that we’re almost at the end, I’d like to…
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Sources for your space exploration research.
Since I’m now deep down in my (non fiction) book about space (I’m due to submit to the publisher in a couple of weeks,…
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After Insight, Osiris-REX sees Bennu -finally!
After having started the week with the (truly amazing) landing of Insight on Mars, I close it with the news of another event not…
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Insight has landed. NASA’s historical mission is a success.
After a journey across space started in May of this year, Nasa’s InSight probe has landed tonight on Mars as planned, while the world held its breath.…
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Welcome back, Hubble!
Worries about Hubble’s operations have troubled the last month or so, at least since Friday, October 5, 2018, when the telescope was put into safe…
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New Moon(s) out there
If you missed this news, read it again: it’s not a scam and it’s impressive in its own right. We’re going to have another…
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Astronomical Clocks in Modern History
Let’s admit it: astronomical clocks are probably one of the most charming types of historical monument, and they’ve had their halcyon days during Modern…
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Bepi Colombo and the challenges of exploring Mercury
Among the numerous news of this week, one is worthy of further discussion. After decades of studies, BepiColombo mission is a go. The probe…
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Why Space X has to upscale its operations (hint: we want the ISS to keep on going)
In case you haven’t heard the news, that’s the story of the day: Soyuz, the Russian vector that since the retirement of the Space…
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Enter The Goblin, the planet that changed it all.
Do you remember the never-ending quest (and controversies) about the hypothetical Planet Nine (or Ten, depending on the way you count them)? Well, get…
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Amazing Hayabusa
After ESA-Rosetta managed the incredible Phila landing on a comet in 2014, these days are full of photos and news of the amazing achievement of…