Imagine walking through a dense, hazy fog in the middle of the night, seeing patches of light from cars and towns shimmering in the distance. It’s nearly impossible to tell if the lights are deep in the fog or beyond…
Author: Johnny Rivera
Gazing at the Universe is a treasure that brings us all together
My neighbourhood is hilly and leafy, with wide stretches of the sky hidden behind rooftops and leafy branches. A rising Moon doesn’t clear the houses across the street for hours after everyone else has finished oohing and ahhing over how…
Hyperbola-1 | Jilin-1 Mofang-01A(R) | Everyday Astronaut
Check out our Prelaunch Preview if you want to know more about the mission before lift off. Lift Off Time May 13, 2022 ~ 07:30 UTC | 14:30 BJT Mission Name Jilin-1 Mofang-01A(R) Launch Provider(What rocket company launched it?) i-Space (Chinese company) Not…
Astronomers Unveil Image of the Milky Way’s Central Black Hole – Sky & Telescope
Today at multiple press conferences given simultaneously around the world, scientists with the Event Horizon Telescope project unveiled the first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy. That black hole, Sagittarius A*, packs the mass of…
Bracing for her future: Human medicine rescues giraffe
This Feb. 10, 2022, image released by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance shows Msituni, a giraffe calf born with an unusual disorder that caused her legs to bend the wrong way, at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in…
Astronauts Train for Starliner Mission, Crew Keeps Up Human Research
ISS – Expedition 67 Mission patch. May 11, 2022 The Expedition 67 crew is ramping up for the arrival of Boeing’s new Starliner crew ship due to launch next week to the International Space Station. Meanwhile, the orbital residents…
Should Earthlings blast out our location to the cosmos
Sending new messages Nearly half a century after the Arecibo message, two international teams of astronomers are planning new attempts at alien communication. One is using a giant new radio telescope, and the other is choosing a compelling new target.…
Expedition 67 Crew Takes a Day Off After Colleagues Arrive Home Safely – Space Station
The Expedition 67 crew. From left to right: NASA astronaut Bob Hines; ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti; Roscosmos cosmonauts Denis Matveev, Oleg Artemyev, and Sergey Korsakov; NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Kjell Lindgren. The seven Expedition 67 crew members are enjoying…
Urban Astronomer Night 1, Burning Heart of the Hunting Dogs
Yeah, you don’t have to tell me the ol’ AstroBlog missed another few months. I was all fired up to get back on a regular schedule in February, but… That obviously didn’t happen, and we missed February, March, and…
Eta Aquarid meteor shower of 2022 thrills stargazers | Photos
Meteor streaks delighted skywatchers this weekend as the Earth passed through the dust trail of Halley’s Comet in an annual meteor shower display. The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, which is visible in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres in the…