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After years of searching, astronomers have finally detected an atmosphere on a rocky planet around another star.
But what a strange planet it is! 55 Cancri e seems to be blanketed in carbon dioxide gas bubbling out of a global ocean of lava. Like an image out of Dante's Inferno.
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2024/news-2024-102 #space #science #nasa #astronomy
How NASA Tracked the Most Intense Solar Storm in Decades - NASA Science
During the first full week of May, a barrage of large solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) launched clouds of charged particles and magnetic fields toward Earth, creating the strongest solar storm to reach Earth in two decades — and possibl…science.nasa.gov
"The sun produced its biggest flare in nearly two decades Tuesday, just days after severe solar storms pummeled Earth and created dazzling northern lights in unaccustomed places."
AP reports: "The good news is that Earth should be out of the line of fire this time because the flare erupted on a part of the sun rotating away from Earth."
#Sun #SolarFlare #Space #NorthernLights #NOAA #NASA
Sun shoots out biggest solar flare in almost two decades
The sun isn't done yet. That's the message from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as the biggest flare in nearly two decades erupted on the sun Tuesday.MARCIA DUNN (AP News)
As someone who keeps her children (born and unborn) away from data detection, I know how catastrophic the #MOMS bill’s national #pregnancy database is.
But I am also a scholar who studies #NASA, so I know a government handout bill when I see one.
Look past the website to Title II, section 1a, eligibility for government grants for maternal support.
This is a #handout for pro-life nonprofits, with restrictions against funding for orgs like #PlannedParenthood , dressed up as maternal support.
NOAA Forecasts Severe Solar Storm: FIVE CMEs ARE HEADING FOR EARTH
Great sunspot AR3664 has hurled an astonishing five CMEs toward Earth.Watts Up With That?
NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth
"So they devised a plan to divide the affected code into sections and store those sections in different places in the FDS." -- #NaomiHartono
NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth - Voyager
For the first time since November, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is returning usable data about the health and status of its onboard engineering systems. TheNaomi Hartono (Empty Test)
Nasa supercomputer reveals what it looks like to fall into a black hole in mind-bending video
‘Once the camera crosses the horizon, its destruction by spaghettification is just 12.8 seconds away,’ says Nasa scientistAnthony Cuthbertson (The Independent)
https://spectrum.ieee.org/satellite-antenna-metasurface #space #nasa #universe #astronomy #art #science #galaxy #moon #stars #spacex #technology #tech #innovation #engineering #business #technews #gadgets
2.6 tons of batteries and the pallet they were mounted on were supposed to burn up in the atmosphere. Not all of it did, and Alejandro Otero's house was hit with a 0.7 kg nickel-chromium cylinder from space.
https://www.space.com/object-crash-florida-home-iss-space-junk-nasa-confirms
Object that slammed into Florida home was indeed space junk from ISS, NASA confirms
It was part of a pallet jettisoned along with 5,800 pounds of aging batteries back in March 2021.Mike Wall (Space)
I'm in central Florida and was gonna be on the beach at 10:30 to watch NASA launch the newest spacecraft for carrying humans, the Boeing (eeek!) Starliner. I made sure to check the website before heading out. I do like that the NASA site gave me this immediate info front and center. I find it funny that they state officially that the launch is "scrubbed" — my friend had never heard that word used in this context. It is odd, isn't it? Kinda only used for rocket launches?
#nasa
If all goes well on Monday, two #NASA astronauts will blast off into space on #Boeing’s #Starliner spacecraft.
And it’s a big deal – this long-delayed mission will represent the vehicle’s first crewed launch. If successful, it will give NASA – and in the future, space tourists – more options for getting to low Earth orbit.
https://theconversation.com/boeings-starliner-is-about-to-launch-if-successful-the-test-represents-an-important-milestone-for-commercial-spaceflight-228862
#space #News
Boeing’s Starliner is about to launch − if successful, the test represents an important milestone for commercial spaceflight
The Starliner has had delays and issues. The May 2024 launch will put its capacity to carry crew to the International Space Station to the test.The Conversation
#Science #Mars #NASA #Curiosity
Curiosity Detects 'Habitable' Earth-Like Past on Mars, But How Did Oxygen Get There? : ScienceAlert
Rocks scrutinized by the Curiosity rover in an ancient, long-dried lakebed on Mars have revealed conditions likely to have been habitable, billions of years ago.Michelle Starr (ScienceAlert)
If you want to read about why the Hubble Space Telescope is in trouble and is in safe mode right now, here's your link:
https://www.adastraspace.com/p/hubble-space-telescope-safe-mode-gyroscopes
#space #science #hubble #nasa
https://wandering.shop/@skrishna/112356385897060107
The Hubble Space Telescope is in safe mode again
One of its gyroscopes isn't workingSwapna Krishna (Ad Astra)
Success and Preparation
At 1:47 a.m. EST (6:47 UTC) on Nov. 16, 2022, #NASA’s #Orion #spacecraft launched atop the #Space Launch System (#SLS) rocket from historic Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on a path to the #Moon, officially beginning the Artemis I mission.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WODej84jxg
Success and Preparation
At 1:47 a.m. EST (6:47 UTC) on Nov. 16, 2022, NASA’s Orion spacecraft launched atop the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from historic Launch Pad 39B at NASA...YouTube
Would you like to see #OrsonWelles talking about alien life, along with contributions from various scientists including #CarlSagan ?
NASA did a weird documentary in 1975 which is exactly that. As NASA films are public domain, I've uploaded it to PeerTube and you can watch it at:
https://fedi.video/w/kDCK9DJg5Q5CAkEU5YVdKc
#Aliens #NASA #Space #SETI #Science @space
Who's Out There? (1975)
NASA documentary on extraterrestrial life presented by Orson Welles, with contributions from various scientists including Carl Sagan.The documentary is public domain, as are almost all videos released by NASA.
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft – headed to Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa in October 2024 – will carry a laser-etched message that celebrating humanity’s connection to water with laser-engravings of the word for water in 103 languages from around the world.
https://theconversation.com/nasas-mission-to-an-ice-covered-moon-will-contain-a-message-between-water-worlds-225771
#space #NASA
NASA’s mission to an ice-covered moon will contain a message between water worlds
Europa Clipper will contain a plaque that celebrates humanity’s relationship with water and a decades-old tradition of searching for life outside Earth.The Conversation
I'm so excited about this upcoming space mission.
NASA has just confirmed that the Dragonfly octocopter will launch in July, 2028. When it arrives, it will spend at least two years flying over the organic-rich sands of Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
https://dragonfly.jhuapl.edu/News-and-Resources/news/20231128.php #space #science #nasa #life #tech
Spaceflight Atrophy Studied with Machine Learning - NASA
Background: Even intense exercise by astronauts cannot compensate for muscle atrophy caused by microgravity. Atrophy occurs, in part, by way of an underlyingElizabeth E. Keller (NASA)
