space

Nasa spacecraft captures first closeups of Jupiter’s largest moon in decades 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 9, 2021
Juno passed within 645 miles of Ganymede, the closest any spacecraft has come to the moon since 2000

By David Aragorn
This Photographer Accidentally Shot a Meteor While Capturing a Volcano 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 9, 2021
Sometimes in landscape photography, nature smiles at your camera and surprises you with much more than you were hoping to capture. This photo is one example of that. While photographing an erupting volcano, the photographer saw a shooting star flash across the sky and steal the spotlight in the frame.

By David Aragorn
How to make a universe 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 9, 2021
“Normal” stuff is optional.

By David Aragorn
With Two New Missions, NASA Announces Return to Venus by 2030 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 9, 2021
Dedicated to uncovering and understanding mysteries of the solar system, NASA’s Discovery program has spent nearly three decades exploring outer space with 20 missions. With an emphasis on innovative planetary missions, the program is now heading toward Earth’s closest neighbor: Venus.

By David Aragorn
How and when to watch the solar eclipse on Thursday 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 8, 2021
The moon will partially cover the sun in the UK later this week, but some parts of the northern hemisphere will experience a total eclipse

By David Aragorn
Some fast radio bursts come from the spiral arms of other galaxies 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 5, 2021
Locating the bursts’ homes suggests a connection to ordinary, young stars

By David Aragorn
Seven asteroids are zooming past Earth this week — and one is the size of a skyscraper 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 5, 2021
A “potentially hazardous” asteroid zoomed past Earth on Tuesday — and it’s not the only one. In total, seven asteroids are expected to pass by our planet by the end of the week.

By David Aragorn
Here are the top sights to see in the night sky this summer 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 4, 2021
Thanks to some great timing with the phases of the Moon, the famous Perseid meteor shower promises to be especially good this summer.

By David Aragorn
Canadarm2 damaged by ‘lucky strike’ from space junk in orbit 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 3, 2021
A piece of space debris struck the International Space Station (ISS) and damaged its robotic Canadarm2 sometime last month, according to Canadian officials.

By David Aragorn
Venus NASA missions to probe divergent fate of Earth’s hothouse sister planet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 3, 2021
NASA announced plans on Wednesday to launch a pair of missions to Venus between 2028 and 2030 – its first in decades – to study the atmosphere and geologic features of Earth’s so-called sister planet and better understand why the two emerged so differently.

By David Aragorn