Friday, October 7, 2022

NASA Rolls Back Artemis 1 Due to Hurricane Ian

10/07/2022

NEWS & FEATURES

NASA rolls back Artemis 1 due to Hurricane Ian
NASA/Joel Kowsky

The storm caused further delays in the Artemis 1 rocket launch, meaning the next attempt opportunity will likely be in November.

SOFIA airborne observatory takes final flight
NASA Dryden photo by Tony Landis

As the SOFIA infrared observatory's mission ends, astronomers celebrate its accomplishments and lament the loss of a unique window into the universe.

What pixel binning means for smartphone photography
Apple

Pixel binning may be the latest buzzword in consumer tech, but astroimagers know the technique has been around since the dawn of charge-coupled devices.

NASA revisits Europa with Juno spacecraft
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SWRI/MSSS

Juno captures new images and collects remarkable science of this icy world.

Ask Astro: Why are planets and stars round?
ESA

Small celestial bodies sometimes have bizarre shapes — so why are big ones always spherical?

2023 Deep Space Mysteries Calendar┬а

OBSERVING

The sky this week
Michael Karrer (Flickr)

Your daily digest of celestial events coming soon to a sky near you. Updated Friday morning at 9 A.M. Central.

PICTURE OF THE DAY

Runner and Hunter
William Ostling from New York City

The Orion Nebula (M42) is perhaps the most famous deep-sky object, pictured here at right, with the Running Man Nebula (NGC 1977) at left. This image represents about 4.3 hours of exposure with a Nikon D800 DSLR and a 600mm f/4 lens on an iOptron GEM28 mount.

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