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3 days ago · Gaia is a space observatory of the European Space Agency (ESA), launched in 2013 and expected to operate until 2025. The spacecraft is designed for astrometry: measuring the positions, distances and motions of stars with unprecedented precision, and the positions of exoplanets by measuring attributes about the stars they orbit such as their apparent magnitude and color.
12 hours ago · Palau, [a] officially the Republic of Palau, [b] [6] is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific. The republic consists of approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the Caroline Islands with parts of the Federated States of Micronesia. It has a total area of 466 square kilometers (180 sq ...
5 days ago · According to computer models, at that time, Starlink satellites were involved every week in about 1,600 encounters between two spacecraft closer than 0.6 miles (1 kilometer). That's about 50% of ...
2 days ago · 1. Red and white have been used since before independence. The United Malays National Organisation ( Malay: Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu; Jawi: ڤرتوبوهن كبڠساءن ملايو برساتو ); abbreviated UMNO ( / ˈʌmnoʊ /) or less commonly PEKEMBAR, is a nationalist right-wing [7] political party in Malaysia. As the oldest ...
3 days ago · e. Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ( CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force 's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida . Headquartered at the nearby Patrick Space Force Base, the station is the primary launch site for the Space Force's Eastern Range [5] with three launch pads currently ...
3 days ago · The Ayutthaya Kingdom ( / ɑːˈjuːtəjə /; Thai: อยุธยา, RTGS :Ayutthaya, IAST:Ayudhyā or Ayodhyā, pronounced [ʔā.jút.tʰā.jāː] ⓘ) or the Empire of Ayutthaya [23] was a Mon and later Siamese kingdom that existed in Southeast Asia from 1351 [1] [24] [25] to 1767, centered around the city of Ayutthaya, in Siam, or present ...
2 days ago · Size. With a diameter of about 5,270 kilometres (3,270 mi) and a mass of 1.48 × 10 20 tonnes (1.48 × 10 23 kg; 3.26 × 10 23 lb), Ganymede is the largest and most massive moon in the Solar System. [43] It is slightly more massive than the second most massive moon, Saturn's satellite Titan, and is more than twice as massive as the Earth's Moon.
