It has been five decades since humankind made their first footprint on the moon, and now NASA is planning to return starting with the Artemis 1 mission.
Protoplanetary disks are ring of stellar material that orbit young stars, early in their life cycle. Within this gas, matter will eventually accrete to form the planets that will make up the star’s own system.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured the first detection of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of exoplanet WASP-39b, making a breakthrough in the research of these alien worlds.
I have been fascinated by the night sky since I ‘discovered’ Saturn with my 60mm refractor at the age of 10. An APOD-winning astrophotographer, I have been published in Sky & Telescope, Astronomy Magazine, and Space.com. As a NASA Solar System Ambassador, I have conducted thousands of public outreach programs and am a registered cruise ship speaker on astronomy and space science, as well as a Director of the Phoenix Astronomical Society. I frequently post astrophotography images, news, and tutorials on social media. My solar imaging and videos are particularly popular, and I have conducted extensive research on solar cameras and solar image processing techniques.