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Despite its diminutive size and comparative dimness, Barnard’s Star has played an outsized role in astronomy since its discovery a century ago. Being the second closest […]
During the last four years of the CyMISS (Tropical Cyclone Intensity Measurements from the ISS) program, our team has acquired image sequences of several dozen powerful […]
Ask any space enthusiast about “The Moon Race” (especially those of a particular age like myself) and the competition between the United States and the old […]
Early 1967 proved to be a disastrous time for both the American and Soviet manned space programs with the loss of astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White […]
After the tragic loss of the Apollo 1 crew on January 27, 1967, NASA’s goal to land a man on the Moon before the end of […]
This season continues to be a busy one for hurricanes and typhoons in the northern hemisphere. And with all this activity, there have been lots of […]
The launching of the first Sputnik satellites in 1957 and 1958, which had masses as great as 1.3 metric tons, clearly demonstrated that the Soviet Union […]
This season is proving to be a fairly busy one for hurricanes and typhoons in the northern hemisphere. September’s Image of the Month is of Typhoon […]
The goal of the ongoing CyMISS (tropical Cyclone intensity Measurements from the ISS) project is to acquire image sequences of intense tropical cyclones (TCs), such as […]
At the dawn of the Space Age, the United State space program looked very different from today’s and was dominated by the Department of Defense. And […]
A few years back I moved my home office/library into much more spacious accommodations in the finished basement of the house I owned at the time. […]