1. Kepler telescope recovered from spacecraft emergency Launched in March 2009, Kepler is now in an extended mission dubbed K2. The observatory completed its main mission in 2013. During the extended observation campaign, Kepler points its telescope and sharp-eyed 95-megapixel camera toward a different part of the sky every few months. The observatory finished its Read more about Newsletter #16[…]

Let’s be Astro!! 1. Astronauts on one year mission land safely back on Earth The Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, March 2, 2016. They returned to Read more about Newsletter #15[…]

Let’s be Astro!! 1. Human Colony planned on the Moon The ongoing work is expected to help plot out other deep-space trips, such as the journey to a near-Earth asteroid and the larger leap to distant Mars. Under NASA’s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) Projects, scientists and engineers are examining how best to Read more about Newsletter #14[…]

Let’s be Astro!! 1. Mold Contamination Delays Orbital ATK Cargo Flight to ISS NASA said it detected mold contamination on two cargo bags being prepared for a Cygnus mission to the station.The amount of preparation put into each spaceflight means that NASA cannot risk anything going wrong during the mission, forcing it to make sure Read more about Newsletter #13[…]

Let’s be Astro!!   1. Could a Meteorite Really Have Killed a Bus Driver in India? There is nothing more certain in life than death – a cheerful thought for a dismal February. Even though we are aware of that inevitability, we don’t expect death literally to strike out of an empty sky, which reportedly Read more about Newsletter #12[…]

Let’s be Astro!! 1. NASA’s Curiosity Mars This self-portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at “Namib Dune,” where the rover’s activities included scuffing into the dune with a wheel and scooping samples of sand for laboratory analysis. The scene combines 57 images taken on Jan. 19, 2016, during the 1,228th Martian day, or Read more about Newsletter #11[…]

Let’s be Astro!!   1. The Aliens Are Silent Because They Are Extinct Life on other planets would likely be brief and become extinct very quickly, said astrobiologists from the Australian National University (ANU). Scientists realised most early planetary environments are unstable. To produce a habitable planet, life forms need to regulate greenhouse gases to Read more about Newsletter #10[…]

Hey, I am Ruoxi, president of Hwa Chong Astronomy Club! Thank you for indicating interest in our club during HC Open House!!!!! Here is our regularly updated newsletter!! Let’s be Astro!! 1. NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Breaks Solar Power Distance Record NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter has broken the record to become humanity’s most distant solar-powered Read more about Newsletter #9[…]

Holiday is coming!! Let’s be astro! 1. Boo! Halloween Asteroid Looks Just Like a Creepy Skull The radar image of the stadium-sized asteroid 2015 TB145 was captured on Friday, Halloween eve (Oct. 30), by scientists using the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. It shows a haunting view of an asteroid with an uneven surface, with Read more about Newsletter #8[…]