The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 26 Number 12 December 2018 By Bob Patsiga       In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: A synopsis and updates for twenty-one of NASA’s recent and ongoing missions. How astrophysicists at the University of California at Santa Cruz are using the Hubble Space Telescope…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 26 Number 11 November 2018 By Bob Patsiga       In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Updates on the JAXA mission to asteroid Ryugu. An interesting discovery revealed by the Cassini mission to Saturn. An exciting new dual mission to planet Mercury. An…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 26 Number 10 October 2018 By Bob Patsiga       In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Two research teams at the Large Hadron Collider have discovered bottom quarks, which are significant decay products of Higgs bosons. This represents filling in a major missing…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 26 Number 9 September 2018 By Bob Patsiga       In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Radar images of Mars indicate that there could be bodies of liquid aqueous solution under the planet’s southern cap. How do we measure the most massive stars?…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 26 Number 8 August 2018 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Updates to the Japanese probe Hayabusa-2. A discovery of additional moons around Jupiter has brought its total moon count to a surprising number. New observation techniques have helped…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 26 Number 7 July 2018 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: The number of living APOLLO astronauts who walked on the Moon has dwindled from 12 to four. Most remained with the aero-space industry after retirement. However, Alan Bean…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 26 Number 6 June 2018 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: NASA is testing a new power system that they hope can supply needs of bases on the moon or other planets. What’s the likelihood that an asteroid or…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 26 Number 5 May 2018 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: NASA is working diligently on the next rover to be sent to Mars in 2020. The descent stage is being assembled at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,…

The Young Astronomers Newsletter The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 26 Number 4 April 2018 By Bob Patsiga     In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: NASA Space Launch System (SLS) engines were given a stringent firing in February. Four RS-25 engines blasted at 113 percent maximum thrust. The SLS has its first flight…