March 2022
What space taught me about water
... the skies, ground stations on land and ships sailing the seas, and even with mobile phone apps. “All the water on Earth already exists. We can’t make more,” says Bradley Doorn, programme manager for...
May 2022
Essential guide to the James Webb Space Telescope
... herself. An expert multi-platform science communicator, she is the Managing Editor of Fifth Star Labs Sky Guide App, co-host of the Awesome Astronomy podcast, and frequently appears on radio and BBC TV. Jeni loves to travel, but...
05 July 2016
Success for JUNO!
... and personal look at the spacecraft as it orbits the biggest planet in the solar system, then NASA has an app to help you out. Eyes On The Solar System has developed a module dedicated to the Juno mission to Jupiter...
19 July 2017
Mayak satellite set to shine the brightest
... though you shouldn’t have trouble spotting it, backers of the project will be able to monitor its location with an app on their phone created especially for the project. But aside from lighting up the night-sky, the...
24 October 2018
New constellations for Fermi's 10th birthday
While generation after generation of star gazers are accustomed to seeing the Great Bear or Orion shining bright in the night sky, it has been a very, very long time since the constellations were given a make-over. Over half of the 88 traditional ...
24 May 2021
A CubeSat that produces visible light on the ground to be launched in NASA initiative
... be visible to the naked eye of the commander. “The public will be able to track the LightCube satellite using an app, then transmit to the satellite with a ham radio. Once the signal has been received, they will...
