Student of the stars: How do you become an astronomer?

Article Excerpt: "... NASA astronomer Michelle Thaller explains what astronomers actually do, and how can you become one ..."

Reference: bigthink.com

SpaceX Set to Launch Starlink Satellites With Special Visors to Stop Their Light From Ruining Astronomy

Article Excerpt: "... the spacecraft will feature a special "visor" that the company is testing in an attempt to lower the brightness of the satellites. According to the company's founder Elon Musk, the experimental visor should help to reduce the brightness of the satellites..."

Reference: www.newsweek.com

Amazing Look at Jupiter’s Incredible Storms Using Ground and Space Observations

Article Excerpt: "...NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the ground-based Gemini Observatory in Hawaii have teamed up with the Juno spacecraft to probe the mightiest storms in the solar system, taking place more than 500 million miles away on the giant planet Jupiter... Juno is part of NASA’s New Frontiers Program, which is managed at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate..."

Reference: scitechdaily.com

Solar Telescope Mounted on a Rocket Detects Super-Fine Strands on the Sun

Article Excerpt: "... images were captured by NASA’s High-Resolution Coronal Imager, or Hi-C mission. Hi-C is a solar telescope mounted on a sounding rocket, a sub-orbital rocket that makes brief flights into space before falling back to Earth. Hi-C captured these images...The Hi-C mission is led by principal investigator Amy Winebarger of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama"

Reference: infosurhoy.com