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iPhone Astrophotography: Apple’s 4-Year Roadmap to DSLR-Quality Star Shots?

If you’ve been following the rumor mill today, the folks over at MacRumors just dropped a bombshell regarding Apple’s possible “four-part plan” for the iPhone camera.  If true, Apple is playing the long game, rolling out these features over the next several years. Let’s look at the roadmap for how the iPhone could evolve into a legitimate […]
23 hours ago

American Astronomical Society Warns of Counterfeit & Fake Eclipse Glasses

AAS PRESS RELEASE March 22 2024 — With the April 8th North American total solar eclipse just over two weeks away, counterfeit and fake eclipse glasses are polluting the marketplace. As recently as March 11th, the American Astronomical Society (AAS) Solar Eclipse Task Force hadn’t seen evidence that any solar viewers being sold for the eclipse were unsafe, but […]
2 years ago

NASA’s Megarocket Launches to the Moon!

Following a successful launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, the agency’s Orion spacecraft is on its way to the Moon as part of the Artemis program. Carrying an uncrewed Orion, SLS lifted off for its flight test debut at 1:47 a.m. EST Wednesday from Launch Pad 39B […]
3 years ago

Amazing Footage of Space X Falcon Heavy Sticking Double Booster Landing

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket system, the world’s most-powerful , launched onTuesday after three years hiatus from Florida’s Cape Canaveral, delivering military satellites into orbit. Check out this amazing video footage of the booster double landing captured nearby. Sheesh! Falcon Heavy dual-RTLS never gets old! 🚀 #SpaceX pic.twitter.com/Utib3JeLYf — Chance Belloise (@chancebelloise) November 1, 2022 SpaceX […]
3 years ago

Venus Test Balloon Takes Flight

A scaled-down version of the aerobot that could one day take to the Venusian skies successfully completed two Nevada test flights, marking a milestone for the project. The intense pressure, heat, and corrosive gases of Venus’ surface are enough to disable even the most robust spacecraft in a matter of hours. But a few dozen […]
4 years ago