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Members phkrause Posted April 22, 2023 Author Members Share Posted April 22, 2023 Breathtaking Images Show The Sun Disappear in Rare, Hybrid Solar Eclipse For close to a minute on Thursday, parts of Australia went dark as the Sun was blocked out by the Moon in the country's first solar eclipse of 2023. https://www.sciencealert.com/breathtaking-images-show-the-sun-disappear-in-rare-hybrid-solar-eclipse? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 26, 2023 Author Members Share Posted April 26, 2023 Two NASA spacecraft detect biggest meteor strikes at Mars CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two NASA spacecraft at Mars — one on the surface and the other in orbit — have recorded the biggest meteor strikes and impact craters yet. https://apnews.com/article/astronomy-space-exploration-technology-science-planets-364148721693322f03e008dad34461ea? NASA capsule flies over Apollo landing sites, heads home CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Orion capsule and its test dummies swooped one last time around the moon Monday, flying over a couple Apollo landing sites before heading home. https://apnews.com/article/astronomy-space-exploration-science-business-moon-a89fa773b88e0e8bfa2194f6a68ee179 Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 26, 2023 Author Members Share Posted April 26, 2023 Japanese company: ‘High probability’ lander crashed on moon A Japanese company’s spacecraft apparently crashed while attempting to land on the moon Wednesday, losing contact moments before touchdown and sending flight controllers scrambling to figure out what happened. https://apnews.com/article/moon-landing-spacecraft-japan-uae-555ec67e1150f8008b65243e3a6179d2? Japanese company’s lander rockets toward moon with UAE rover CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, blasting off atop a SpaceX rocket with the United Arab Emirates’ first lunar rover and a toylike robot from Japan that’s designed to roll around up there in the gray dust. https://apnews.com/article/science-business-tokyo-united-arab-emirates-national-aeronautics-and-space-administration-ad24fda20b214b21597593eb1d1fdd9d? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 4, 2023 Author Members Share Posted May 4, 2023 Galactic gobble: Star swallows planet in one big gulp CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — For the first time, scientists have caught a star in the act of swallowing a planet — not just a nibble or bite, but one big gulp. https://apnews.com/article/star-eats-planet-galactic-gulp-660ef9e64e15e35f8ad820e032494704? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 10, 2023 Author Members Share Posted May 10, 2023 NASA’s Webb Telescope Snaps Insane Photo of Dust Rings Around Nearby Star You’d be mistaken to think an artist drew up the picture you see above. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope snapped a photo of a young star called Fomalhaut—and it managed to spot the extraordinary backdrop of a set of glowing dust belts surrounding a nearby young star. The findings were published Monday in Nature Astronomy. https://www.thedailybeast.com/nasas-webb-telescope-snaps-insane-photo-of-dust-rings-around-nearby-star-fomalhaut? Rahab 1 Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 13, 2023 Author Members Share Posted May 13, 2023 ‘Runaway supermassive black hole’ mystery solved: Scientists find new explanation for unusual star structure Scientists think they have found an explanation for what scientists thought was a “runaway” black hole speeding through the universe. https://www.independent.co.uk/space/black-hole-runaway-galaxy-hubble-universe-b2336321.html? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 13, 2023 Author Members Share Posted May 13, 2023 Images From NASA’s Perseverance May Show Record of Wild Martian River New images taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover may show signs of what was once a rollicking river on Mars, one that was deeper and faster-moving than scientists have ever seen evidence for in the past. The river was part of a network of waterways that flowed into Jezero Crater, the area the rover has been exploring since landing more than two years ago. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/images-from-nasas-perseverance-may-show-record-of-wild-martian-river? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 14, 2023 Author Members Share Posted May 14, 2023 Saturn reclaims 'moon king' title with 62 newfound satellites, bringing total to 145 Astronomers have discovered 62 new moons orbiting the ringed planet Saturn. https://www.space.com/saturn-moon-king-62-newfound-satellites Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 16, 2023 Author Members Share Posted May 16, 2023 The first radiation belt outside the solar system has been spotted For the first time, astronomers have spotted a band of radiation surrounding an object outside our solar system. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/radiation-belt-outside-solar-system? Rahab 1 Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 19, 2023 Author Members Share Posted May 19, 2023 Earth-size exoplanet may be covered in volcanoes Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/17/world/earth-size-volcanic-exoplanet-scn/index.html? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 21, 2023 Author Members Share Posted May 21, 2023 NASA Selects Blue Origin as Second Artemis Lunar Lander Provider To develop a human landing system for the agency’s Artemis V mission to the Moon, NASA has selected Blue Origin of Kent, Washington. Through Artemis, NASA will explore more of the Moon than ever before, uncovering more scientific discoveries, and preparing for future astronaut missions to Mars. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-blue-origin-as-second-artemis-lunar-lander-provider Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 25, 2023 Author Members Share Posted May 25, 2023 These new telescope images of the sun are just spectacular A new solar telescope in Hawaii has released a series of images of the sun that peer inside the depths of its sunspots and so-called "quiet regions." https://mashable.com/article/sun-images-real-solar-telescope? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted May 26, 2023 Author Members Share Posted May 26, 2023 NASA spacecraft documents how Jupiter's lightning resembles Earth's WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - Hidden below the brownish ammonia clouds blanketing Jupiter are clouds that like on Earth are made of water. And like on Earth, lightning often is generated within these clouds - an eerie sight spotted by various spacecraft that have visited our solar system's largest planet, including NASA's Juno probe. https://www.reuters.com/science/nasa-spacecraft-documents-how-jupiters-lightning-resembles-earths-2023-05-24/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 1, 2023 Author Members Share Posted June 1, 2023 Webb Maps Surprisingly Large Plume Jetting From Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Interaction between moon’s plumes and Saturn’s ring system explored with Webb. https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-112? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 1, 2023 Author Members Share Posted June 1, 2023 Stunning Photo of Earth Taken by Europe’s Powerful New Satellite The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a stunning photo of Earth from its latest satellite imager that captures weather conditions in never-before-seen detail. https://petapixel.com/2023/05/09/stunning-photo-of-earth-taken-by-europes-powerful-new-satellite/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 2, 2023 Author Members Share Posted June 2, 2023 NASA talks UFOs with public ahead of final report on unidentified flying objects CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA held its first public meeting on UFOs on Wednesday a year after launching a study into unexplained sightings and insisted it’s not hiding anything. https://apnews.com/article/nasa-ufo-space-unidentified-flying-objects-c15441361733914360ea09e4e64a48b4? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 5, 2023 Author Members Share Posted June 5, 2023 Astronomers Discover Hundreds of Mysterious Filaments Pointing Towards Our Milky Way’s Massive Black Hole Astronomers have found hundreds of mysterious filaments pointing towards the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole, which could uncover fresh secrets about the dark abyss at the centre of our galaxy. https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/astronomers-find-hundreds-of-filaments-pointing-towards-milky-way-center/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 6, 2023 Author Members Share Posted June 6, 2023 Webb Telescope Detects Universe’s Most Distant Organic Molecules Texas A&M astronomer Justin Spilker and collaborators have found complex organic molecules in a galaxy more than 12 billion light-years away from Earth. https://today.tamu.edu/2023/06/05/webb-telescope-detects-universes-most-distant-organic-molecules/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 7, 2023 Author Members Share Posted June 7, 2023 NASA's Psyche asteroid probe on track for October launch after 1-year delay 'We believe the 2023 launch readiness date is credible, and the overall probability of mission success is high.' https://www.space.com/nasa-psyche-on-target-october-2023-launch? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 16, 2023 Author Members Share Posted June 16, 2023 NASA Cassini Data Reveals Building Block for Life in Enceladus’ Ocean Phosphorus, a key chemical element for many biological processes, has been found in icy grains emitted by the small moon and is likely abundant in its subsurface ocean. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-cassini-data-reveals-building-block-for-life-in-enceladus-ocean Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 18, 2023 Author Members Share Posted June 18, 2023 A supermassive black hole orbiting a bigger one revealed itself with a flash The two supermassive black holes orbit each other every 12 years https://www.sciencenews.org/article/supermassive-black-hole-orbit-blazar? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 21, 2023 Author Members Share Posted June 21, 2023 Parker Solar Probe kisses Sun, finds source of “fast” solar wind NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has ventured near enough to the Sun to reveal the source of fast solar wind. Such details about solar wind structure are lost when the wind exits the Sun’s corona as a gust of charged particles. https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/exploration/nasa-parker-probe-solar-wind/? 3D simulations reveals why the Sun flips its magnetic field every 11 years Using new numerical simulations and observations, scientists may now be able to explain why the Sun’s magnetic field reverses every eleven years. This significant discovery explains how the duration of the magnetic cycle of a star depends on its rotation, and may help us understand violent space weather around the Sun and similar stars. https://insider.si.edu/2017/07/3d-simulations-reveals-sun-flips-magnetic-field-every-11-years/ Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 21, 2023 Author Members Share Posted June 21, 2023 NASA spacecraft captures glowing green dot on Jupiter caused by a lightning bolt An image from Jupiter taken by NASA's JunoCam shows a bright green dot on the planet's north pole. Turns out, the glowing orb is a lightning bolt, NASA says. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-jupiter-green-dot-lightning-bolt-image-junocam-spacecraft/? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 21, 2023 Author Members Share Posted June 21, 2023 In a first, JWST detected starlight from distant galaxies with quasars Sizing up these galaxies could help reveal how some black holes got so big so fast https://www.sciencenews.org/article/jwst-starlight-galaxy-quasar-black-hole? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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