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Could we send a spaceship to Comet 3I/ATLAS to collect samples and bring them back for analysis? (opens the original)
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Is it possible for us to send a spaceship to Comet 3I/ATLAS to collect samples of its gas, dust, and surface and bring them back to Earth for analysis? Raymond Tanguay It would be great to get a spacecraft to an interstellar object to see it up close and to sample what it is made of.Continue reading "Could we send a spaceship to Comet 3I/ATLAS to collect samples and bring them back for analysis?" The post Could
Aug 3, 1596: David Fabricius discovers Mira (opens the original)
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David Fabricius was born in modern-day Germany in 1564. He became a Lutheran pastor, but maintained a strong interest science throughout his life, also working as a cartographer and even corresponding with Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler. It’s his discovery of Aug. 3, 1596, that he’s best known for, though: When he saw an unusuallyContinue reading "Aug 3, 1596: David Fabricius discovers Mira" The post <a href="https://www.astronomy.com/today-in-the-history-of-a
The Moon’s hidden southwest corner (opens the original)
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Damian Peach from Hampshire, U.K. Favorable libration briefly tilts the Moon’s southwestern limb into view in this image, exposing three heavily foreshortened craters: Bailly (center left) at roughly 180 miles (300 kilometers) across; the well-preserved Hausen (upper left); and 149-kilometer Drygalski (upper right), so close to the limb it is normally hidden entirely, and liesContinue reading "The Moon’s hidden southwest corner" The post <a href="https://www.astrono
The Sky Today on Monday, August 3: A solar system trio (opens the original)
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. August 2: Mercury at greatest western elongation The Moon passes 5° north of Neptune at 4 A.M. EDT, with Saturn standing nearby. The best time to catch the trio is early in the morning around 4:30 A.M. local daylight time, when theyContinue reading "The Sky Today on Monday, August 3: A solar system trio" The post The Sky
Aug. 2, 1133: A total eclipse is misremembered (opens the original)
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Visible in Scotland, the total solar eclipse of Aug. 2, 1133, featured nearly 4½ minutes of totality. This eclipse provides just one of many historical examples of people wrongly associating a celestial spectacle with an earthly event: In his Historia Novella, written between 1140 and 1143, English historian William of Malmesbury linked the eclipse withContinue reading "Aug. 2, 1133: A total eclipse is misremembered" The post <a href="https://www.astronomy.co
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