astronomical unit - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/astronomical-unit/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Wed, 26 Jan 2022 18:45:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 astronomical unit - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/astronomical-unit/ 32 32 103504436 The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived! https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-james-webb-space-telescope-has-arrived/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-james-webb-space-telescope-has-arrived Wed, 26 Jan 2022 18:45:25 +0000 https://blog.hmns.org/?p=31953 Astronomers worldwide got a special Christmas gift this past year with the liftoff of the James Webb Space Telescope. It has just arrived (as of January 24) at its destination. By summer, it will begin 10 years (or more) of probing the deepest regions ...

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]]> 242410 Giant conjunction on the winter solstice https://houstonnewmedia.org/giant-conjunction-on-the-winter-solstice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=giant-conjunction-on-the-winter-solstice Mon, 21 Dec 2020 17:54:19 +0000 http://blog.hmns.org/?p=31195 On December 21, 2020, the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn appear only one tenth of one degree apart in our sky. They have not appeared that close since July 10, 1623. Of course, Jupiter is not really next to Saturn.  Saturn is in fact about 4.3 astr...

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