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Monday, February 3, 2020

Not to be missed the astronomical calendar in 2020

In 2020 that shows a great lunar activity. The world experienced events such as the great solar eclipse in July that could be seen in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. The scientists also left us pleasant news about space: the publication, for example, of the first image of a black hole,

Saturday, February 1, 2020

The Solar Telescope technology captured the highest resolution images of the solar surface


The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope has formed the highest resolution image of the Sun's surface ever taken located on the Hawaiian island of Maui. This image covers an area of ​​36,500 x 36,500 km. The Sun has been studied for many years. To unveil all its mysteries, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope - DIST,

Friday, January 31, 2020

A Canadian company wants to build a 20-kilometer-long elevator to space

In 2015, an exclusive patent for the creation of an elevator to space received a Canadian company Thoth Technology Inc.. The tower ThothX Tower will be 20 kilometers - is almost 25 times higher than the tallest building in the world, the skyscraper "Burj Khalifa" in the United Arab Emirates. The upper area of the tower will host the start and refueling of spacecraft; they would not require energy-intensive run vertically, which will save up to 30% of the fuel.