The June Solstice this year occurs at 6:07 am EDT on Thursday, June 21st. This marks the farthest north that the Sun travels in our sky, the official beginning of summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern…
Month: June 2018
A New Target
The New Horizons spacecraft has a new target. Launched in 2006, its initial velocity was the fastest ever for an interplanetary probe, and a gravity assist maneuver at Jupiter gave it an additional boost. Even so, it did not arrive…
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