April 2016

The Zvezda module seen from the Progress MS-2 spacecraft (Image NASA TV)

The Russian spacecraft Progress MS-2 has reached the International Space Station

Massimo Luciani April 2, 2016 2

A little while ago the Progress MS-2 spacecraft docked with the International Space Station in the mission also referred to as Progress 63. The Russian space freighter blasted off last Thursday and carries food, water, scientific experiments, propellant and various hardware. This arrival confirms the success for the new version of the Progress spacecraft.

The protoplanetary disc around star TW Hydrae. In the inset an area the size of the Earth's orbit (Image S. Andrews (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO))

Forming planets in the the TW Hydrae system observed by the ALMA radio telescope

Massimo Luciani April 1, 2016 1

An article published in “Astrophysical Journal Letters” describes a research on a forming protoplanet in the TW Hydrae star system. By using the ALMA radio telescope, a team led by Sean Andrews of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, obtained the best image of a protoplanetary disk produced so far.

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April 2016

The Russian spacecraft Progress MS-2 has reached the International Space Station

Forming planets in the the TW Hydrae system observed by the ALMA radio telescope