Tag: July 2025

  • One Small Step

    56 years ago on July 20, 1969, the lunar module Eagle touched down on the surface of the Moon. A short time later astronaut Neil…

  • Pluto

    Remember Pluto? It used to be a planet. Pluto was discovered back in 1930 and was considered to be the 9th planet for many years…

  • Mars, The Red Planet

    FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 33, Number 7. Other than the Earth, the best-known planet in our Solar System is probably Mars. However, it isn’t a…

  • First Images from The Vera C. Rubin Observatory

    The Vera C. Rubin Observatory just released its first few images (see “Ever-changing Universe Revealed in First Imagery From NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory.” Vera…