Are lunar calendars more common in civilizations at lower latitudes?
Given that annual fluctuations in solar irradiation become less pronounced the closer you get to the equator, it might get less relevant to track time by referring to our position to the sun?
SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission aiming for history with first private spacewalk
SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission aiming for history with first private spacewalk
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-spacex-polaris-dawn-mission-aiming.html
The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission, a daring multiday orbital expedition that will feature the first-ever spacewalk by private citizens, is targeting liftoff early Tuesday, though weather could play spoilsport.
Data Centres... in Spaaace? [16m YT vid]
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The Starliner spacecraft has started to emit strange noises
New Study Explains Why Intelligent Aliens May Never Reach For The Stars
New Study Explains Why Intelligent Aliens May Never Reach For The Stars
https://www.sciencealert.com/new-study-explains-why-intelligent-aliens-may-never-reach-for-the-stars
Evolution has produced a wondrously diverse variety of lifeforms here on Earth.
The bizarre anomaly that is Przybylski’s Star in five parts
Przybylski’s Star
https://sites.psu.edu/astrowright/przybylskis-star/
The bizarre anomaly that is Przybylski’s Star in five parts: What is Przybylski’s Star? Abundance Anomalies Hypotheses Caveats Origins
Brightest and fastest-growing: astronomers identify record-breaking quasar
Brightest and fastest-growing: astronomers identify record-breaking quasar
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2402/?lang=
Using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have characterised a bright quasar, finding it to be not only the brightest of its kind, but also the most luminous object ever observed. Quasars are the bright cores of distant galaxies and they are powered by supermassive black holes. The black hole in this record-breaking quasar is growing in mass by the equivalent of one Sun per day, making it the fastest-growing black hole to date.
Will Satellite Megaconstellations Weaken Earth’s Magnetic Field?
Will Satellite Megaconstellations Weaken Earth’s Magnetic Field?
https://spaceweatherarchive.com/2024/02/01/will-satellite-megaconstellations-weaken-earths-magnetic-field/
Feb. 1, 2024: Something unprecedented is happening in Earth orbit. In only a few short years, the satellite population has skyrocketed, more than doubling since 2020. In the past year alone, more s…
The First Amateur Radio Station on the Moon, JS1YMG, is Now Transmitting
https://www.arrl.org/news/the-first-amateur-radio-station-on-the-moon-js1ymg-is-now-transmitting
RIP Ingenuity: NASA's space helicopter may be dead, but the agency's next gen are nearing lift-off
RIP Ingenuity: NASA's space helicopter may be dead, but the agency's next gen are nearing lift-off
https://www.salon.com/2024/01/31/rip-ingenuity-nasas-space-helicopter-may-be-dead-but-the-agencys-next-gen-are-nearing-lift-off/
From more Mars exploration to buzzing a moon of Saturn, space helicopters are just getting started