Another Satellite will Fall Early November

Roentgen Satellite

A non-operating NASA satellite that crashed to the Earth last week created some rumors all over the world, but it is not the only spacecraft that is going to crash down to the Earth.

The decommissioned German X-Ray space observatory, ROSAT or Roentgen Satellite, will fall down to the Earth sometime in November, but there are no reports yet when or where exactly the pieces or debris from the satellite will crash, according to the authorities from the German Aerospace Center.

The spacecraft weighs 2.4 tons and orbits from the latitudes of 53 degrees . . . → Read More: Another Satellite will Fall Early November

Google Doodle Features Summer Solstice

Google Doodle Summer Solstice

The longest day of the year, the summer solstice, has been marked with a Google Doodle by Takashi Murakami, a Japanese artist.

The day on which the northern hemisphere of Earth leans nearest to the Sun is summer solstice.  In the southern hemisphere it occurs in December.

The word solstice is usually used to indicate the highest day although it in fact the transitory instant of nearness when the orbits bring into line.

June 21, Tuesday at 6:16 pm is the time at which the Earth will be nearest to the sun. The . . . → Read More: Google Doodle Features Summer Solstice