Feed aggregator

Pic du Pleiades

APOD - Sun, 12/10/2023 - 9:07am

Near dawn on November 19 Near dawn on November 19


Vega and Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks

APOD - Sun, 12/10/2023 - 9:07am

On December 4, periodic On December 4, periodic


Scholars say it's time to declare a new epoch on the moon, the 'lunar Anthropocene'

Science Daily - Fri, 12/08/2023 - 1:30pm
According to anthropologists and geologists, it's time to acknowledge humans have become the dominant force shaping the moon's environment by declaring a new geological epoch for the moon: the Lunar Anthropocene. They argue the new epoch may have dawned in 1959 when the USSR's unmanned spacecraft Luna 2 alighted on the lunar surface.

Orion and the Ocean of Storms

APOD - Fri, 12/08/2023 - 9:07am

On December 5, 2022, On December 5, 2022,


Giant doubts about giant exomoons

Science Daily - Thu, 12/07/2023 - 4:14pm
The extrasolar planets Kepler-1625b and Kepler-1708b are supposedly the home worlds of the first known exomoons. A new study now comes to a different conclusion.

<p><a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod

APOD - Thu, 12/07/2023 - 9:07am

It's stars versus dust in the Carina Nebula and the stars are winning. It's stars versus dust in the Carina Nebula and the stars are winning.


Pages

Subscribe to STAR Astronomy aggregator