To sum up: the sky in the palm of your hand and at your fingertips on iPod Touch or iPhone! Only by using it, can you realize how amazingly efficient this application, exclusively designed (not an adaptation) for Apple’s personal portable media player and telephone, is. Ergonomics have not been forgotten and the majority of the functions are quickly mastered. Starmap is, therefore, the ultimate pocket planetarium, ideal for getting your bearings in the canopy of heaven, knowing the phases of the Moon and, of course, identifying where planets are. But the application can do much more, if its user so wishes, notably in its Pro version capable of simulating a telescope eyepiece field.
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So where are the extraterrestrial beings?
Not so very long ago, astronomers were theorising about life on practically every planet in the solar system whereas today the Earth is sometimes envisaged as the only haven for living beings... have the extraterrestrial beings disappeared in-between times?
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The rapid growth of New Space
For several years, entrepreneurs have been aspiring to develop a new approach to the space industry and targeting a reduction in launch costs. Is the private sector going to revolutionise human space flight?
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Avatar’s Venture Star
The spaceship from James Cameron’s film is far less fanciful than it appears and even plausibly deals with several problems posed by interstellar travel.
Europlanet awards prize to Jean Lilensten |
NITEBOX takes off |
Expedition 24 and STS-133: the posters |
Antevision |
