Washington: The American space agency NASA is preparing to launch an artificial star into space in collaboration with several universities and institutions.
This shoebox-sized space mission called Landolt will be sent to a distance of 35,785 km from the Earth in 2029, which will orbit the Earth.
The artificial star, equipped with eight lasers, will emit a limited amount of radiation, the brightness of which scientists will compare with the brightness of real stars and create an even better catalog of the brightness of space objects.
The catalog will help improve the performance of ground-based telescopes in measuring starlight, objects in our galaxy and beyond, stellar evolution, dark energy, the expansion of the universe and life-bearing exoplanets. will be able
The $1.95 million artificial star is about the size of a shoebox and will be easily visible through a telescope. The mission is expected to have a potentially significant impact on astronomy.
The mission’s ground center will be built at George Mason University in Virginia, USA.
