That's why scientists are so excited by the next big thing in giant telescopes. The Vera Rubin Observatory, perched atop an 8,900-foot mountain peak in northern Chile, is on track for completion in late 2023. The U.S.
The Rubin Observatory's 28-foot-diameter telescope and 3.2-gigapixel camera see a huge swathe of the sky in the optical spectrum. Basically, the same part of the spectrum we see with our own eyes.
Star Wars Hasn't Even Explored One Percent of Its Galaxy
With the release of every new piece of Star Wars media, numerous new planets and aliens come with it. Vast and diverse locations are constantly being introduced, with the days of Star Wars focusing on a select few planets now a distant memory.
While a vast number of unique locations have been shown, it's easy to forget just how big a galaxy really is . In the areas surrounding the planet Coruscant (which for a long while was considered to be the hub of the galaxy), the maps are full and often up-to-date.
How the James Webb Space Telescope transformed astronomy this year - OPB
James Webb Space Telescope launched on December 25, 2021. Its first images - like this one of the Carina Nebula - stunned researchers.
The Pillars of Creation were first photographed by Hubble in 1995. Webb's image reveals countless newly formed stars glistening amongst the columns of gas and dust.
Astro Bob: Venus, Mercury and moon kick off week-long planet fest - Duluth News Tribune | News, ...
While we've been buying seasonal gifts and shoveling snow, Venus has quietly returned to the evening sky. The goddess always takes her sweet time when transitioning from Morning Star to Evening Star because she's on the opposite side of the sun from Earth and far away.
That's why it's been missing for so many weeks — Venus has spent that time slowly climbing away from the solar glow. I'm always glad at its return to the evening sky. Even Jupiter can't match its brilliance.
The Sky This Week from December 23 to 30 | Astronomy.com
Friday, December 23
Let’s start the week at the top of the Messier catalog: M1, more famously known as the Crab Nebula, is rising in Taurus at sunset.
In such a dark sky, even a 3-inch scope should net the Crab for you. (Though if you can manage it, larger telescopes will make this object easier to find by gathering more of its light.
Take a tour of winter on Mars with NASA in this holiday video | Space
As NASA is now one mission deep into its Artemis program , learning how humans can thrive off our planet is crucial. Water ice is a valuable discovery to that end.
"If you go to the right locations, you will find water ice, just like the one we have on Earth," JPL Mars scientist Sylvain Piquex says in the Dec. 21 video, which NASA released on YouTube (opens in new tab) .
Experimentalists: Sorry, no oxygen required to make these minerals on Mars - The Source - ...
When NASA's Mars rovers found manganese oxides in rocks in the Gale and Endeavor craters on Mars in 2014, the discovery sparked some scientists to suggest that the red planet might have once had more oxygen in its atmosphere billions of years ago.
The minerals probably required abundant water and strongly oxidizing conditions to form, the scientists said.
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