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In The Sky This Month
May 2026 – A Fire in the Asteroid Belt
The dawn of the 19th century marked a boom in astronomical discovery. Telescope technology improved rapidly, revealing a new class of objects orbiting between Mars and Jupiter. In 1801, Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered Ceres, the first and largest of these bodies. A year later, Heinrich Olbers identified Pallas. These objects didn’t behave like planets,…
April 2026 – Earthshine: The Da Vinci Glow
Step outside on a clear evening and look for a thin crescent Moon hanging low in the twilight. If the sky is dark enough, you may notice something unexpected: the rest of the Moon faintly glowing. Not bright like the crescent itself, but softly illuminated, as if the entire lunar disk were suspended in dim…
March 2026 – Element One: From Rocket Leaks to Starlight
During preparations for the Artemis II mission, engineers conducting a wet dress rehearsal encountered a familiar adversary: a hydrogen leak. The core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System is fueled by liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, super-cooled to hundreds of degrees below zero. The plumbing is intricate, the seals precise, and the engineering represents decades…
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