– News from May 1, 2018 – The Long March 8 rocket was originally intended as an average launcher. It was thought to offer an intermediate capability between Long March 6 and Long March 7. But it seems that Beijing has new plans for this rocket: the first stage of the rocket would return to…
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– News of May 17, 2017 – Located 10 light-years from Earth, the solar system Epsilon Eridani fascinates astronomers. First, its relative proximity to our solar system makes it particularly easy to study. We already know that there are two asteroid belts and a large disk of debris. Astronomers have also suspected for several years…
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– News of May 17, 2017 – KuangChi Science is working on an original solution to offer tourists a glimpse of space: a capsule suspended from a helium balloon capable of taking six passengers between 30km and 100km. Technically, we are at the border of space but the initiative is still to be welcomed. The…
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Shuji Ogawa is the CEO of the Japanese company PD Aerospace. Mr. Ogawa is working with his teams to develop a space plane capable of carrying six passengers to more than 100 kilometers above sea level, so technically in space. He thinks he can start the tests in 2020 for a first commercial flight in…
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News: – May 10, 2017 – The US Air Force and its huge budget is responsible for developing the potential military applications of space on behalf of the US government. We had the example this week with the return of the X-37B robotic space shuttle on Earth. The vehicle built by Boeing and operated by…
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News: – May 17, 2017 – Despite his setbacks with his heavy SLS launcher that has already cost him $ 23 billion for a a very meager result, the US space administration intends to put a number of ships inhabited or not on the various bodies of our solar system. It is for this reason…
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Navigating in space is a complex science, it is not always easy to determine the position of a ship with great precision. Precision, however, is needed to know when to turn on its engines and succeed in complex maneuvers such as the gravitational assistance of a star. Often the probes and other vessels move by…
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4 space phenomena observable with the naked eye Astronomy is not only for people who own a telescope. There are many objects that can be observed and identified with the naked eye in the night sky. If you go out on a clear night, you will probably already name some of the most famous constellations,…
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NGC 1052 DF2 would be a galaxy with almost no dark matter – News of April 3, 2018 – Dark matter has been conceptualized to answer a paradox between theory and observations. Galaxies do not behave just as they should. Some of them move as if they were ten times more massive than they appear…
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General questions about astronomy Is astronomy an expensive hobby? Do I need a telescope to do astronomy? I’m new to astronomy and I don’t know any amateur astronomer. What should I do? Can amateur astronomers really help research? What is right ascension and declination? Can I teach children astronomy without using a telescope? Does light…
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SpaceX continues to put satellites of the Iridium Next constellation into orbit – News of April 3, 2018 – If we look at the work done by Iridium Next and SpaceX, we could say that satellite constellations are already being put in place. In just over a year, the partnership between the two companies has…
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Uranus is one of the two planets in the solar system that are not visible to the naked eye. At first it was believed to be a star, then a comet, before becoming the first planet discovered by telescope, by William Herschel, in 1781. Uranus is known to observers for its distinct greenish color, and…
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Chinese companies will drastically lower SmallSats launch prices – News of March 20, 2018 – The SmallSats market is exploding. More and more new businesses are being created to take advantage of this opportunity. Some are already operational like Rocket Lab and its space rocket Electron. But many other companies are only at the design…
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Find out how to locate and observe the 20 most famous stars of the night sky and, for some of them, even without a telescope. There is a good reason why we call our best artists “stars”. Both bright and beautiful, stars have been worshiped since the dawn of mankind, often worshiped as avatars of…
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NASA presents a concept of a magnetic shield for spacecraft – News of March 13, 2018 – When we interest in interplanetary travel, we immediately thinks of the problem of acceleration. How can a spacecraft go fast enough to free itself from Earth’s gravity and travel to another planet in a relatively short time ?…
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ESA develops an electric thruster powered by gas – News of March 6, 2018 – ESA announced yesterday on its website to have tested a new type of thrusters concept very interesting. Satellites placed in very low orbits, around 200 km above sea level, have to cope with the residual friction of the Earth’s atmosphere.…
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The nights get darker and longer, so you will have more time to observe these wonderful deep sky objects… Click on your location: Northern hemisphere | Southern hemisphere Northern hemisphere Star map from September to October in the Northern hemisphere 1) NGC 752 open cluster Observation hours: an hour or two after dark until dawn.…
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Exoplanets from the TRAPPIST-1 system could have a lot of water – News of February 14, 2018 – In 2015, we discovered the star TRAPPIST-1 and its 7 exoplanets, located just 39 light-years away from Earth. The dwarf star quickly aroused the interest of researchers of extraterrestrial life. Indeed, these 7 planets all have a…
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Dream Chaser space shuttle will transport cargo to the ISS – News of February 14, 2018 – SpaceX and Boeing should be able to offer manned flights to the ISS this year. For Sierra Nevada, the projects are also advancing because the company has just received official authorization to carry out its first cargo mission…
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The Google Lunar XPrize will end without a winner – News of February 6, 2018 – At the end of January, we learned that the Google Lunar XPrize would arrive at its deadline without winner. The Google Lunar XPrize is a competition that was launched in 2007 to boost the private space sector. It proposed…
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New telescopes search Earth twins – News of January 30, 2018 – ExTRA is a new set of three telescopes that will focus on the detection of Earth twins orbiting around red dwarfs. It is installed at the La Silla Observatory, located in northern Chile. It has just started its observations. The three telescopes that…
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The constellations that can be seen at the end of spring offer lots of wonders to contemplate during mild evenings. Click on your location: Northern hemisphere | Southern hemisphere Northern hemisphere Star map from May to June in the Northern hemisphere 1) M5 globular cluster Observation hours: all night. Far from any light pollution, it…
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NASA studies an interstellar travel to Alpha Centauri – News of January 16, 2018 – Almost every year, new space probes point to different planets and celestial bodies to tell us more about what is happening beyond the Earth. Unfortunately, there is little chance that we will be able to witness an interstellar travel during…
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Europe continues to study the reuse of space rockets with the Callisto demonstrator – News of January 9, 2018 – Prometheus is a new engine in development. It could be a turning point for reusable space rockets of ArianeGroup. But Prometheus is not the only project in Europe to prepare for reuse. CNES and its…
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Space center located in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.A.Video – What to do – How to go – More infos and tickets Video of the Kennedy Space Center To do at the Kennedy Space Center Rocket Garden and Saturn 5 rocket The various rockets of NASA are exposed in the rocket garden and at the end…
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Voyager 1 thrusters reignited after 37 years of inactivity – News of December 5, 2017 – The Voyager 1 space probe is the farthest object a man has created. The space probe used its thrusters to orient its antenna towards the Earth. These thrusters had not been used for 37 years ! This is another…
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ISS astronauts test HISat modules from NovaWurks – News of November 7, 2017 – The design of a satellite faces significant constraints. It must be compact enough to fit under the rocket fairing, and possibly to share with another satellite. That is why the instruments of a satellite or a space probe are assembled within…
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