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The Hubble Space Telescope measured the mass and diameter of the exoplanet LTT 1445Ac during the transit of the parent star’s disk. The study was published in The Astronomical Journal. Hubble observations have shown that the diameter of LTT 1445Ac is 1.07 times larger than the diameter of the Earth. The planet’s mass is 1.3 […]
Ukrainian engineer Sergiy Yakymov heads the Mars Research Station in the San Rafael Desert in Utah, USA This was reported by the Voice of America. It is noted that the Martian Desert Research Station has been located in Utah, in the San Rafael Desert, since the early noughties, where geological and social research is being […]
Yesterday, November 18, the second test flight of SpaceX’s new Starship mega-spacecraft took place, which ended in an explosion after the first stage separated. Nevertheless, the company considers the trial a success. The rocket, which is the largest ever built by mankind, was launched from its launch site in Boca Chica, Texas. This flight was […]
It was first seen and mapped by Captain James Cook. 100 years later, the whaling ship Velocity also reported the discovery of Sandy Island, which was marked on British and German maps of the 19th century. However, later people began to doubt its existence. The mysterious Sandy Island has appeared on maps for hundreds of […]
Today, after many months of preparation and waiting for regulatory approval, SpaceX will once again launch its huge Starship rocket system into orbit. The window for launching the 120-meter rocket, the most powerful ever created by mankind, will open on November 18 at 15:00 Kyiv time – it will be 8 am at the SpaceX […]
Just 22 light-years away, orbiting a small red dwarf star, there is a tiny world that scientists from the United States have confirmed is the closest known Earth-sized world to our solar system. It is called LTT 1445 Ac, an exoplanet with a mass 1.37 times that of the Earth and 1.07 times the radius […]
On October 9, 2022, the most powerful gamma-ray burst in history was recorded. The outburst was designated GRB 221009A and disturbed the upper part of our planet’s ionosphere, which has never happened before. Scientists were able to find a link between the gamma-ray burst and the reaction of the Earth’s ionosphere more than 40 years […]
The launch of the second test flight of SpaceX’s Starship rocket was postponed to November 18 due to problems with the lattice fins. This was announced by Elon Musk on his Twitter account. We need to replace a grid fin actuator, so launch is postponed to Saturday – Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 16, 2023 The […]
Visitors to a beach in Bingill Bay on Australia’s east coast were shocked on Halloween when a sinister dark figure splashed around in the water. Observers initially thought it was a shark fin or possibly a turtle. But when the creature appeared, it became clear that it was something completely different: a young casuarina, widely […]
On November 15, SpaceX received final regulatory approvals that allow the company to proceed with the second integrated Starship/Super Heavy launch scheduled for the morning of November 17. The Federal Aviation Administration announced on November 15 that it had issued SpaceX a renewed license to launch the vehicle. “The FAA has determined that SpaceX meets […]