There are a ton of events happening in space right now, from black holes to what is happening in other planets and solar systems. Even though there is a lot of stuff happening in space right now, people are making more space events happen.
THE JOURNEY TO MARS
Even though we haven’t reached Mars yet, people today are trying to get there. Such as Elon Musk and NASA. On SpaceX.com, it has geographical information about Mars, and says that it is one of Earth’s closest habitable neighbors.
NASA ENTERS THE SOLAR ATMOSPHERE FOR THE FIRST TIME
For the very first time ever in space history, NASA has successfully touched the sun using their Parker Solar Probe. They touched the sun to better understand the critical information of the sun. The Parker Solar Probe “touching the sun” is a monumental moment for solar science according to the NASA website.
NEW DISCOVERIES
The planet TOI 1338b. It was discovered by Wolf Cukier. It’s a planet that orbits two stars and the only one that is known in the system. It’s between the size of Saturn and Neptune. The planet is 1,300 light years away. Kepler-1649c is an Earth sized habitable planet. It’s star gives it 75% of the amount Earth gets from our sun. It is 300 light years away from Earth. A year on the planet is 19.5 Earth days due to the fact that its orbit is close to the planet’s star.
RECENT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION EVENT
The 66 crew on the International Space Station split the schedule for research between space botany and life science. Thomas Marshburn, NASA Flight Engineer started watering plants around the time I’m writing this. It’s for the Veggie PONDS study.
