Monday, July 16, 2018 Washington, DC—Twelve new moons orbiting Jupiter have been found—11 “normal” outer moons, and one that they’re calling an “oddball.” This brings Jupiter’s total number of known moons to a whopping 79—the most of any planet in our Solar System....
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Full story here: The Voyager team is able to use a set of four backup thrusters, dormant since 1980. They are located on the back side of the spacecraft in this orientation. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
This artist’s impression shows the first interstellar asteroid: ‘Oumuamua. It was discovered on Oct. 19 by Canadian astronomer Robert Weryk using the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii. (M. Kornmesser/ESO) Full story...
Happy Holidays… 2017 is coming to a close with 2018 is just around the corner. As President of the RASC Montreal Centre I have a favour to ask one and all… please visit your local Santa and ask him for clear skies for 2018. The following holiday card is...
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