According to Lynn Wilson, who is the Wind project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, fuel is only one indicator of Wind’s life expectancy, however. “Based on fuel alone, Wind can continue flying until 2074,” he said. “On the other hand, its ability to return data hinges on the last surviving […]
Eclipse glasses are worn by a statue of George Washington on April 07, 2024, in Houlton, Maine. … [+] Millions of people have flocked to areas across North America that are in the “path of totality” in order to experience a total solar eclipse. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Getty Images If April 8’s total […]
Images from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory highlight the appearance of the sun at solar minimum (left, Dec. 2019) versus solar maximum (right, May 2024). These images are in the 171 wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light, which reveals the active regions on the sun that are more common during solar maximum. Credit: NASA/SDO In a teleconference […]
Carlyn Kranking Assistant Editor, Science and Innovation Beginning to familiarize yourself with the night sky can feel daunting—with so many pinpricks of light above, parsing the constellations or identifying individual stars can be a lofty task. One starting point is to learn to find the brightest ones. In a rural sky dense with stars, the […]
