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The ISS has been leaking air for 5 years, and engineers still don’t know why
"This is a an engineering problem, and good engineers should be able to agree on it."
arstechnica.com/space/2024/11/…
#news #science #space #engineering #ISS #NASA #roscosmos #spacestation
The ISS has been leaking air for 5 years, and engineers still don’t know why
“This is a an engineering problem, and good engineers should be able to agree on it.”…Stephen Clark (Ars Technica)
Two unusual things happened on Earth around 460 million years ago: a bunch of asteroid impacts near the equator & an intense global cold spell.
Possibly both were the result of an asteroid that broke up & gave our planet a pretty but deadly set of rings.
eos.org/articles/a-close-aster… #space #science #nature
A Close Asteroid Encounter May Have Once Given Earth a Ring
An unusual concentration of impact craters suggests that they may have been caused by the breakup of an asteroid that created a temporary debris ring around Earth.Kimberly M. S. Cartier (Eos)
#space #NASA #meteorshower #taurid
As the Taurid meteor shower passes by Earth, pseudoscience rains down – and obscures a potential real threat from space
Get past the fake science, and the Taurid meteor shower foreshadows what could, one day, pose a troubling scenario.The Conversation
I didn't know that en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_… , the astronaut who took the "Earthrise" photo, was born in Hong Kong.
"Skywatchers, get ready to witness some celestial activity as the Leonids and Northern Taurids meteor showers peak in mid-November."
From @USAToday: "The Leonid meteor shower is caused by space debris from Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, which collides with Earth's atmosphere. Two independent discoveries of the comet were made by Ernst Tempel in 1865 and Horace Tuttle in 1866, according to NASA."
#Meteors #Astronomy #Leonids #Space #Science
Leonid meteor shower 2024: A visual guide to where and when to view
The Leonid meteor showers are among the night skies' most spectacular. Here's where to look and how to best see the spectacle., USA TODAY (USA TODAY)
Why does everything look flat even though the Earth is round?
It’s all about perspective: The higher you go, the more you can see the curve.The Conversation
North America and Pelican Nebula
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- NGC7000 + IC 5070
- 4-Panel Mosaic Collaboration Project
- HOO color palette
Integration time: 6.5 h
Revisiting this data from this summer was well worth it :)
This is a training edit for getting a hang on #PixInsight. Already is much better than my previous one, but that was not difficult ^^
Details on Astrobin: astrobin.com/q0vkhd/D/
#astrodon #astrophotography #photography #space
North America and Pelican Nebula | NGC7000 + IC 5070 | 4-Panel Mosaic Collaboration Project | HO... (New try for stretching)
An astrophotograph by ArvitZ on AstroBinAstroBin
Most of us know Carl Sagan as the host of “Cosmos” and author of "Contact,” but his scientific legacy goes much deeper.
But the late scientist, who would have been 90 today, shaped our understanding of space, climate change and the search for extraterrestrial life.
theconversation.com/carl-sagan… #science #space
Carl Sagan’s scientific legacy extends far beyond ‘Cosmos’
On what would’ve been the astronomer’s 90th trip around the Sun, here’s a look at his legacy as a scientist, advocate and communicator.The Conversation
Credits: #NASA, ESA, Hubble SM4 ERO Team
#nature #space #astrophotography
To keep my American brain from exploding today, here are some remarkable new deep-space images from JWST.
First, a celestial smash-up. JWST's infrared eyes reveal cold dust that forms the "skeleton" of these colliding galaxies, known as IC 2163 and NGC 2207.
webbtelescope.org/contents/new… #space #science #nature #astronomy
“The planet Jupiter has no solid ground – no surface, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. There’s nothing to walk on, and no place to land a spaceship.
But how can that be?” A physicist explains:
theconversation.com/how-can-ju…
#space #jupiter #science
How can Jupiter have no surface? A dive into a planet so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths
Jupiter’s composition is more similar to that of the Sun than that of the Earth.The Conversation
The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at CU Boulder is hiring a Data Systems Team Lead. The role is primarily a technical project management role. Experience with NASA projects is a plus.
Constraining #Ocean and Ice Shell Thickness on #Miranda from #Surface Geological Structures and Stress Modeling
Source: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.…
Images from the #Voyager 2 mission revealed the small Uranian #satellite Miranda to be a complex, dynamic world. This is exemplified by signs of recent geological activity, including an extensive fault system and the mysterious coronae. This has led to speculation that Miranda may have been tectonically active within the geologically recent past and could have hosted a subsurface #liquid water ocean at the time. In this work, we aim to constrain the thickness ranges for the ice shell and potential subsurface ocean on Miranda.
#water #news #science #space #exploration
Eclipse of the Sun. By the moon Phobos. From the surface of Mars. Captured by NASA's Perseverance rover on September 30.
I will never stop being amazed that we can see such things.
jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-persev… #space #science #astronomy #nasa
NASA’s Perseverance Captures ‘Googly Eye’ During Solar Eclipse
The tiny, potato-shaped moon Phobos, one of two Martian moons, cast a silhouette as it passed in front of the Sun, creating an eye in Mars’ sky.NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
#PPOD: On 1 November 1977, a new minor planet, 2060 Chiron, was found in images taken at Palomar Observatory. Centaurs are small objects that orbit somewhere between the asteroid belt and the Kuiper Belt, often having the characteristics of both asteroids and comets. This image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the faint coma that surrounds Chiron, which was first seen in 1989. Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Space Telescope/Karen Meech
We knew it was going to happen, but the Voyager space probes are getting creaky in their old age.
NASA just had to reactivate Voyager 1's S-band transmitter for the first time in 43 years after a communication breakdown.
blogs.nasa.gov/voyager/2024/10… #space #science #nasa #tech
hackaday.com/2024/10/31/voyage… #space
Voyager 1 Fault Forces Switch To S-Band
We hate to admit it, but whenever we see an article about either Voyager spacecraft, our thoughts immediately turn to worst-case scenarios. One of these days, we’ll be forced to write obituar…Hackaday
unchartedblue.com/bezos-and-mu…
Fuck the planet, the climate, the emissions and the future and go on vacation in space...
Source: theregister.com/2024/10/28/chi…
#china #space #tourism #emissions #climate #future #firstworldproblem #Problem #earth #news #vacation
China's first space tourism venture sells inital pair of tickets
Just two of 'em, at a discount befitting the early stage of development for the kit involvedLaura Dobberstein (The Register)
A fireball streaked by while Yasutaka Saika was taking a photograph of Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, producing this beautiful, accidental celestial alignment.
Captured on Oct 24 from Tereske, Hungary.
facebook.com/yasutaka.saika/ #space #science #astronomy #photography
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The deeper you look into this wonderful new JWST image, the more there is to see.
Nearby stars, scenes of celestial birth farther away, galaxies everywhere in the background. Energy and action in play everywhere.
esawebb.org/news/weic2425/ #space #science #astronomy #NASA #nature
Webb finds candidates for first young brown dwarfs outside the Milky Way
An international team of astronomers has used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to detect the first rich population of brown dwarf candidates outside the Milky Way in the star cluster NGC 602.www.esawebb.org
