Adam Mann

3 weeks ago | livescience.com | Adam Mann |Marilyn Perkins

QUICK FACTS ABOUT SATURNHow far it is from the sun: 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers), on averageHow big it is: (116,500 km) across, or almost 10 times the size of Earth. How many moons it has: At least 274 known moons, with more likely to be discoveredWith its beautiful rings, Saturn may be the most stunning planet in the solar system. It is the sixth planet from the sun and the second-largest planet in the solar system, after Jupiter.

1 month ago | space.com | Tereza Pultarova |Daisy Dobrijevic |Adam Mann

Starlink satellites have been developed by SpaceX to provide internet to remote locations. Here we explore the controversial megaconstellation in more detail.

Jan 30, 2025 | daily.jstor.org | Elizabeth Quill |Helge Kragh |Adam Mann |Fulvio Melia

The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. For millions of years following the Big Bang, after the universe’s roiling soup of particles had cooled, the cosmos was a dark and boring place. There were no stars to make light. No familiar swirls of galaxies. Certainly no planets. And the entire universe was shrouded in neutral hydrogen gas. Then, perhaps 100 million years or so in, everything started to change.

Dec 22, 2024 | snexplores.org | Adam Mann

astronomer: A scientist who works in the field of research that deals with celestial objects, space and the physical universe. astrophysicist: A scientist who works in an area of astronomy that deals with understanding the physical nature of stars and other objects in space. brown dwarf: A would-be star that never became massive enough to sustain nuclear fusion. celestial object: Any naturally formed objects of substantial size in space.

Oct 1, 2024 | nationalgeographic.com | Adam Mann |Paul Byrne

For more than a quarter century, scientists have wanted to send a robot to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa. Now, it’s finally happening: A spacecraft bound for the icy world is scheduled to blast off from Kennedy Space Center on a SpaceX rocket sometime before November 6, after delay due to Hurricane Milton. NASA’s Europa Clipper mission will spend five and a half years cruising to the Jovian system and then conduct nearly 50 flybys of the enigmatic moon to investigate its many mysteries.