astronomy

Starlink is the name of a satellite network developed by the private spaceflight company SpaceX to provide low-cost internet to remote locations. A Starlink satellite has a lifespan of approximately five years and SpaceX eventually hopes…
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Last week, an ominous letter was published to the Chandra X-ray Observatory's website. "Dear Chandra community," it starts, "As many of you are aware, the NASA budget for FY25 and beyond was released…" This letter was written by Patrick…
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Hiding in JWSTs image of Jupiter is the volcanic moon Io interacting with Jupiters aurora creating a small bump in the aurora. The image reveals material coming from Io streaming down the magnetic field lines, said Melin. The effect has…
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En considérant l'impact des satellites sur les observations astronomiques, nous devons garder à l'esprit que les sources individuelles de pollution lumineuse peuvent être des milliards, voire des milliards de fois plus brillantes que les…
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Samuel McGowan was an early adopter of technology for his time.Withina year of arriving in Victoria in 1853 from Canada, the entrepreneurial engineerhad overseen the construction of the southern hemisphere's first experimentaltelegraph, an…
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