Launched into space on 3rd November 1957, Sputnik-2 was the second space object launched by the Soviets, almost a year after they launched Sputnik-1, the first space object. Sputnik-2 design While Sputnik-2 differed from 1 in various aspects, one of the most remarkable differences was that it was the first spacecraft to launch a living …
It was on 1st September 1859, that the young astronomer Richard Carrington noticed something unusual while he was observing the sun with his brass telescope. Suddenly, he saw two patches of intensely bright white light, what he assumed were some distortions to the sunspots that he was studying. Auroras Everywhere Later, that night, and the …
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Aliens or Rocks? The Curious Case of Allan Hills 84001 ALH84001 on display at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History On December 27, 1984, in the vast, frozen Antarctica, amid desolation and ice, a group of intrepid explorers stumbled upon an extraordinary treasure. It’s not gold or diamonds, but something more interesting – a fragment …
Small-satellite constellations and why people keep talking about them You know that feeling when something’s been around for years, but suddenly everyone treats it like this brand-new revelation? That’s kind of how small-satellite constellations feel. They’ve been humming along quietly for a while, but the past few years flipped a switch and now the whole …
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