A rocket built by students at the University of
Southern California (USC) Rocket Propulsion Lab
(RPL) has shattered a 20-year record. Aftershock II,
launched from Nevada's Black Rock Desert on
October 20, 2024, reached an altitude of 470,000
feet (143.3 km). This was 90,000 feet (27.4 km)
higher than the previous amateur rocket altitude r...
With Christmas just around the corner, your
neighborhood is likely aglow with beautiful lights.
But those displays pale in comparison to nature's
dazzling light show — the Geminids. Nicknamed the
"900-pound gorilla of meteor showers" by NASA, the
Geminids outshine others with dust streams that are
5 to 500 times more massive. The "shooting stars"...
On October 2, 2024, a few lucky skygazers
witnessed the Sun transform into a stunning "ring of
fire" in the sky. The annular solar eclipse's narrow
path, which began in the Pacific Ocean and ended in
the Atlantic Ocean, tracked far from land. As a result,
it was visible only to about 175,000 people
worldwide.
Get ready for a rare celestial event! This weekend,
our planet will capture a temporary "mini-moon" in
the form of a small asteroid called 2024 PT5. This
tiny space rock will enter Earth's orbit on September
29, 2024. However, unlike our permanent Moon,
which has been with us for billions of years, 2024
PT5 will only be around for eight weeks.
