On March 2, 2022, the Samuel Oschin robotic telescope, part of the Zwicky Transient Facility installed at the Mount Palomar observatory, not far from San Diego, California, is pointed towards the constellation of the eagle. One is observed faint trace, with a luminous magnitude of the seventeenth degree, in motion. It can’t be a star. … Read more
It will be the first space rescue mission. Russia will send a new unmanned Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft on February 20 to bring back to Earth from International Space Station (ISS) Russian astronauts Dimitri Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev and the American Frank Rubio. They said this at a joint press conference organized by NASA NASA’s director … Read more
In the night between Sunday and Monday the fragments of the ERBS satellite, which will disintegrate upon contact with the atmosphere, should reach the Earth Posted on: 08-01-2023 11:45 JOURNALIST Journalist, screenwriter, graduated in Communication Sciences. I write because I adored the sound of my grandfather’s Olivetti and because, due to my bad education, I … Read more
Almost two years ago, an asteroid crashed into earth: nothing particularly sensational, since it happens very frequently – especially when we are talking about small objects, which do not represent any danger to our planet. This time, however, the event shook the scientists. This celestial body, according to the most recent analyses, represents proof that … Read more
The spacecraft Orion of the NASA, match the November 16th from Cape Canaveral, he returned to planet Earth thus concluding his journey. The final stage of Artemis 1 was perhaps the most critical and delicate of the entire mission: the re-entry maneuver it had never been tested for a spacecraft of this type and many … Read more
Successfully completed the first phase of NASA’s Artemis mission which aims to bring man back to the moon Mission accomplished. Or at least, “first” mission accomplished. Artemis Ithe initial step of a wider operation of the NASA which has the goal of return man to the moon, it went well. There Orion capsuleafter 25.5 days … Read more
Since time immemorial, scientists have been trying to classify every form of life on our planet. It is a practice that mixes the desire for knowledge with evolutionary curiosities and which becomes useful in many ways to understand what is happening around us. To “paint” every living thing on Earth, scientists use the so-called Tree … Read more
The ninth largest meteorite ever found on our planet. It is not a simple find that was identified not long ago in Somalia, a rock weighing 15 tons which is made even more particular by its composition. In fact, some researchers have ascertained the presence of two minerals never seen before. What are we talking … Read more
At a depth of 630 meters, off the coast of Western Australia, scientists have discovered a siphonophore with an estimated length of about 45 meters. Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute Two years ago, in the Gascoyne Marine Protected Area off the west coast of theAustraliathe scientists they came across a gigantic and wonderful creature: a siphonophore … Read more
PHOTO In the background the star devoured by a supermassive black hole (source: ESO/M. Kornmesser) © ANSA/Ansa The farthest black hole ever caught feasting has been identified: it is 8.5 billion light-years from us and, in the heat of devouring its stellar meal, it has emitted an unusual jet of radiation directed towards the Earth. … Read more