Latest Space News: SpaceX likely to get FAA approval for 25 Starship launches in 2025
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/private-spaceflight/spacex-likely-to-get-faa-approval-for-25-starship-launches-in-2025
Summary: The FAA plans to approve SpaceX's request to increase the maximum number of annual Starship launches from its South Texas site from five to 25.


Latest Space Breaking News: Hubble finds sizzling details about young star FU Orionis
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-hubble-sizzling-young-star-fu.html
Summary: In 1936, astronomers saw a puzzling event in the constellation Orion: the young star FU Orionis (FU Ori) became a hundred times brighter in a matter of months. At its peak, FU Ori was intrinsically 100 times brighter than our sun. Unlike an exploding star, though, it has declined in luminosity only languidly since then.


Latest Space News: October 2024 set multiple US records for the driest month ever
Link: https://www.space.com/the-universe/climate-change/october-2024-set-multiple-us-records-for-the-driest-month-ever
Summary: Drought conditions expanded to record-breaking levels across the US during the month of October as temperatures also climbed to record highs.


Latest Space Breaking News: Origin of life research finds RNA can favor both left- and right-handed proteins
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-life-rna-favor-left-proteins.html
Summary: The mystery of why life uses molecules with specific orientations has deepened with a discovery that RNA—a key molecule thought to have potentially held the instructions for life before DNA emerged—can favor making the building blocks of proteins in either the left-hand or the right-hand orientation. Resolving this mystery could provide clues to the origin of life. The findings appear in research recently published in Nature Communications.


Latest Space News: Canada wants your help to name its 1st moon rover
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/international-space-station/canada-wants-your-help-to-name-its-1st-moon-rover
Summary: Canada will soon roll a rover onto the moon, and you can help name the pioneering machine.


Latest Space News: NASA chooses SpaceX and Blue Origin to deliver rover, astronaut base to the moon
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/nasa-chooses-spacex-and-blue-origin-to-deliver-rover-astronaut-base-to-the-moon
Summary: NASA is planning to assign SpaceX and Blue Origin 'demonstration missions' for their Artemis Program lunar landers, with eyes to put a habitat on the moon by 2033.


Latest Space Breaking News: Astronomers take first close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-astronomers-picture-star-galaxy.html
Summary: Located a staggering 160,000 light-years from us, the star WOH G64 was imaged thanks to the impressive sharpness offered by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (ESO's VLTI). The new observations reveal a star puffing out gas and dust in the last stages before it becomes a supernova.


Latest Space News: Suborbital rocket set to launch 6 experiments from Sweden's Arctic spaceport on Nov. 22
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/private-spaceflight/suborbital-rocket-set-to-launch-6-experiments-from-swedens-arctic-spaceport-on-nov-22
Summary: The SubOrbital Express-4 mission, which will launch from northern Sweden between Nov. 22 and Dec. 3, will help scientists take the next step in various realms of research.


Latest Space Breaking News: Nanoink and printing technologies could enable electronics repairs, production in space
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-nanoink-technologies-enable-electronics-production.html
Summary: An Iowa State University engineer floats in the air while other researchers hang tight to a metal frame surrounding and supporting their special printer. It's not the usual photo you see in a research paper. Tests aboard microgravity flights aren't your typical materials experiments, either.


Latest Space News: Will astronauts need to be rescued from the moon? NASA wants to be prepared just in case
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/will-astronauts-need-to-be-rescued-from-the-moon-nasa-wants-to-be-prepared-just-in-case
Summary: NASA is seeking the public's help creating emergency response plans for future missions to the moon.


Latest Space Breaking News: Researchers probe ancient wood for clues about massive solar storms
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-probe-ancient-wood-clues-massive.html
Summary: The Northern Lights were visible much farther south than usual this year, and pictures of the colorful hues filled social media. Now, imagine an aurora hundreds of times brighter—except no one would be able to snap a photo of it, as the onslaught of particles rushing in from the sun would instantly turn smartphones into bricks.


Latest Space News: What's next for SpaceX's Starship after its successful 6th test flight?
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/whats-next-for-spacexs-starship-after-its-successful-6th-test-flight
Summary: SpaceX's Starship megarocket performed well on its sixth test flight, which occurred on Tuesday (Nov. 19). So, what's next for the giant reusable vehicle?


Dangerous Asteroids Near Earth:
- 415711 (1998 WT7) (Size: 907.9041030176 meters)
- (2004 XJ) (Size: 94.1976305719 meters)
- (2010 WC) (Size: 51.7654482198 meters)
- (2010 XG) (Size: 517.6544821978 meters)
- (2011 AM24) (Size: 478.6741544192 meters)
- (2020 CB) (Size: 17.1411509231 meters)
- (2020 VF) (Size: 89.9580388169 meters)
- (2021 JP8) (Size: 123.6061213242 meters)
- (2021 VH) (Size: 7.0151987353 meters)
- (2021 WX) (Size: 134.9087066453 meters)
- (2021 WE1) (Size: 33.1161605006 meters)
- (2021 XA1) (Size: 23.8803110188 meters)
- (2021 XO3) (Size: 63.6854143519 meters)
- (2022 UY24) (Size: 51.0551996437 meters)
- (2023 HA7) (Size: 51.2908597378 meters)
- (2024 LO3) (Size: 36.9862225707 meters)
- (2024 TT1) (Size: 172.9975603978 meters)
- (2024 UC4) (Size: 221.7379248187 meters)
- (2024 VH4) (Size: 173.156970439 meters)


NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-21): The Elephant's Trunk in Cepheus
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Like an illustration in a galactic Just So Story, the Elephant's Trunk Nebula winds through the emission region and young star cluster complex IC 1396, in the high and far off constellation of Cepheus. Also known as vdB 142, this cosmic elephant's trunk is over 20 light-years long. The detailed telescopic view features the bright swept-back ridges and pockets of cool interstellar dust and gas that abound in the region. But the dark, tendril-shaped clouds contain the raw material for star formation and hide protostars within. Nearly 3,000 light-years distant, the relatively faint IC 1396 complex covers a large region on the sky, spanning over 5 degrees. This rendition spans a 1 degree wide field of view though, about the angular size of 2 full moons.


Latest Space News: NASA's Curiosity rover captures 360-degree view of Mars — and finds strange sulfur stones
Link: https://www.space.com/the-universe/mars/nasas-curiosity-rover-captures-360-degree-view-of-mars-and-finds-strange-sulfur-stones
Summary: The Curiosity shows sulfur stones, with no explanation of how they occurred on the Martian surface.


Latest Space Breaking News: Chandra and Hubble tune into 'flame-throwing' Guitar Nebula
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-chandra-hubble-tune-flame-guitar.html
Summary: Normally found only in heavy metal bands or certain post-apocalyptic films, a "flame-throwing guitar" has now been spotted moving through space. Astronomers have captured movies of this extreme cosmic object using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope.


Latest Space News: Final trailer for Prime Video's 'Secret Level' looks out of this world
Link: https://www.space.com/entertainment/final-trailer-for-prime-videos-secret-level-looks-out-of-this-world
Summary: A final trailer for Prime Video's "Secret Level" animated anthology


Latest Space Breaking News: Making Mars's moons: Supercomputers offer 'disruptive' new explanation
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-mars-moons-supercomputers-disruptive-explanation.html
Summary: A NASA study using a series of supercomputer simulations reveals a potential new solution to a longstanding Martian mystery: How did Mars get its moons? The first step, the findings say, may have involved the destruction of an asteroid.


Latest Space News: The not so 'wicked' path from 'The Wizard of Oz' to the moon landing
Link: https://www.space.com/not-so-wicked-wizard-of-oz-moon-for-all-mankind
Summary: "The Wizard of Oz" and space exploration are two topics that by all rights should have nothing in common. But as it turns out, if you follow the Yellow Brick Road long enough you reach the moon.


Latest Space Breaking News: Young planet discovery could provide new insight into planet formation
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-young-planet-discovery-insight-formation.html
Summary: The detection of a giant planet that transits a very young star is reported in Nature. The findings indicate that this is the youngest transiting planet found to date.


Latest Space News: Black Friday Bargain: The best Sony camera for astrophotography is over $930 cheaper
Link: https://www.space.com/stargazing/astronomy-kit/black-friday-bargain-the-best-sony-camera-for-astrophotography-is-over-usd930-cheaper
Summary: Hurry, stocks are low! 25% off this versatile Sony camera that is also perfect for astrophotography, there's not a lot we don't love about this early Black Friday deal.


Latest Space Breaking News: The Milky Way represents an outlier among similar galaxies, universe survey data shows
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-milky-outlier-similar-galaxies-universe.html
Summary: For decades, scientists have used the Milky Way as a model for understanding how galaxies form. But three new studies raise questions about whether the Milky Way is truly representative of other galaxies in the universe.


Latest Space News: Scientists find extremely young exoplanet orbiting star with a wonky disk
Link: https://www.space.com/the-universe/exoplanets/scientists-find-extremely-young-exoplanet-orbiting-a-star-with-a-wonky-disk
Summary: NASA's TESS exoplanet-hunting spacecraft found the youngest transiting world yet, and the exoplanet's star has a wonky planetary disk.


Bitcoin is going to the moon! #bitcoin


Latest Space Breaking News: Observations inspect double-lined spectroscopic binary HD 34736
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-lined-spectroscopic-binary-hd.html
Summary: Using various telescopes, an international team of astronomers has conducted a comprehensive study of a double-lined spectroscopic binary known as HD 34736. The study, published November 6 in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, delivers important insights into the properties of this system.


Latest Space News: 'Superhighways' connecting the cosmic web could unlock secrets about dark matter
Link: https://www.space.com/the-universe/superhighways-connecting-the-cosmic-web-could-unlock-secrets-about-dark-matter
Summary: Giant filaments crisscross the universe, connecting galaxy clusters like superhighways between cities. But due to their complex shapes, they are stubbornly difficult to measure.


Latest Space News: 'It's bananas:' Toy fruit becomes first zero-g indicator to fly on SpaceX Starship
Link: https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-test-flight-six-banana
Summary: An artificial banana floated in the microgravity environment of outer space. No longer needing its attached tethers, it just hung there in the bay of its spacecraft's otherwise empty cargo hold.


Latest Space Breaking News: SpaceX launches giant Starship rocket, but aborts attempt to catch booster with mechanical arms
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-spacex-giant-starship-rocket-aborts.html
Summary: SpaceX on Tuesday launched another Starship rocket, but passed up catching the booster with giant mechanical arms.


Latest Space News: The Unistellar eQuinox 2 is our top-rated smart telescope and now has a $500 price cut in this Black Friday deal
Link: https://www.space.com/stargazing/astronomy-kit/black-friday-telescope-deal-2024-our-top-rated-smart-telescope-now-500-cheaper
Summary: This super easy-to-use motorized telescope is currently available with a 20% saving off the regular price.


Latest Space Breaking News: Astronauts found to process some tasks slower in space, but no signs of permanent cognitive decline
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-astronauts-tasks-slower-space-permanent.html
Summary: A stay in space exerts extreme pressures on the human body. Astronauts' bodies and brains are impacted by radiation, altered gravity, challenging working conditions, and sleep loss—all of which could compromise cognitive functioning. At the same time, they are required to perform complex tasks, and minor mistakes can have devastating consequences.


Latest Space News: 'Mind-blowing' dark energy instrument results show Einstein was right about gravity — again
Link: https://www.space.com/desi-einstein-gravity-dark-energy
Summary: The first year of data from the 5,000 robotic eyes of DESI shows Einstein's theory of general relativity is the right recipe for gravity despite the challenges of dark energy and dark matter.


NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-20): Earthset from Orion
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ght billion people are about to disappear in this snapshot from space taken on 2022 November 21. On the sixth day of the Artemis I mission, their home world is setting behind the Moon's bright edge as viewed by an external camera on the outbound Orion spacecraft. Orion was headed for a powered flyby that took it to within 130 kilometers of the lunar surface. Velocity gained in the flyby maneuver was used to reach a distant retrograde orbit around the Moon. That orbit is considered distant because it's another 92,000 kilometers beyond the Moon, and retrograde because the spacecraft orbited in the opposite direction of the Moon's orbit around planet Earth. Orion entered its distant retrograde orbit on November 25. Swinging around the Moon, Orion reached a maximum distance (just over 400,000 kilometers) from Earth on November 28, exceeding a record set by Apollo 13 for most distant spacecraft designed for human space exploration. The Artemis II mission, carrying 4 astronauts around the moon and back again, is scheduled to launch no earlier than September 2025.


Latest Space Breaking News: New DESI data shed light on gravity's pull in the universe
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-desi-gravity-universe.html
Summary: Gravity has shaped our cosmos. Its attractive influence turned tiny differences in the amount of matter present in the early universe into the sprawling strands of galaxies we see today. A new study using data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has traced how this cosmic structure grew over the past 11 billion years, providing the most precise test to date of gravity at very large scales.


Latest Space News: Pentagon UFO chief tells Senate 'very anomalous objects' need careful study (video)
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/search-for-life/pentagon-ufo-chief-tells-senate-very-anomalous-objects-need-careful-study-video
Summary: In new testimony, the head of the Pentagon's UFO office told the US senate that it "has not discovered any verifiable evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity or technology."


Latest Space Breaking News: First pairs of white dwarf–main sequence binaries discovered in clusters shine new light on stellar evolution
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-pairs-white-dwarfmain-sequence-binaries.html
Summary: Astronomers at the University of Toronto (U of T) have discovered the first pairs of white dwarf and main sequence stars—"dead" remnants and "living" stars—in young star clusters. Described in a new study published in The Astrophysical Journal, this breakthrough offers new insights into an extreme phase of stellar evolution, and one of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics.


Latest Space News: India's Chandrayaan-2 moon orbiter avoids collision with South Korea's Danuri spacecraft
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/indias-chandrayaan-2-moon-orbiter-avoids-collision-with-south-koreas-danuri-spacecraft
Summary: India's Chandrayaan 2 moon orbiter maneuvered in September to avoid a close approach with Korea's Danuri spacecraft, ISRO said.


Latest Space News: SabersPro Luke lightsaber review: "A premium, supersaver saber for duellists"
Link: https://www.space.com/saberspro-luke-lightsaber-review
Summary: SabersPro's streamlined take on Luke Skywalker's second lightsaber – built with the duellist in mind.


Latest Space News: Trump to attend SpaceX Starship's 6th flight test today: reports
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/trump-to-attend-spacex-starships-6th-flight-test-today-reports
Summary: Trump's representatives have not confirmed.


Latest Space News: Green auroras and a SpaceX Dragon glow in new astronaut photos from the ISS
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/international-space-station/green-auroras-and-a-spacex-dragon-glow-in-new-astronaut-photos-from-the-iss
Summary: The long-duration photographs capture Earth in motion.


Latest Space Breaking News: New giant radio galaxy discovered with MeerKAT
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-giant-radio-galaxy-meerkat.html
Summary: An international team of astronomers has employed the MeerKAT radio telescope to investigate giant radio galaxies in the field of the Cosmological Evolution Survey (COSMOS). They found a new giant radio galaxy that had not been reported before. The finding was presented in a research paper published November 11 on the pre-print server arXiv.


Latest Space News: How to watch SpaceX launch Flight 6 of its Starship megarocket today
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/how-to-watch-spacex-launch-flight-6-of-its-starship-megarocket-today
Summary: SpaceX is launching Starship on its 6th test flight, with another Super Heavy booster catch back at the rocket's Starbase, Texas launch tower. Watch the action live on Space.com.


REAL PHOTO OF A COMET'S SURFACE
What you’re seeing is not an artistic image but an actual photo taken by ESA’s Rosetta probe, which in 2014 captivated us with this breathtaking view just "steps away" from the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
You can see areas dominated by cliffs, depressions, ridges, and even large boulders. While some areas seem calm, others appear to be shaped by the comet’s activity.
Comet 67P is a fascinating example of how science and technology come together to unravel the mysteries of the universe. Close-up images of its surface give us a unique glimpse into a distant world that continues to astonish and inspire.
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Credits: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for the OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA; J. Roger


Dangerous Asteroids Near Earth:
- 98943 Torifune (2001 CC21) (Size: 1066.694310755 meters)
- 152828 (1999 VT25) (Size: 331.1616050056 meters)
- 516155 (2016 DP) (Size: 564.9889822141 meters)
- (2016 KS3) (Size: 867.0416872003 meters)
- (2020 KS2) (Size: 78.3501764334 meters)
- (2021 GX7) (Size: 26.6710417224 meters)
- (2023 KF5) (Size: 30.4817557509 meters)
- (2024 UR11) (Size: 113.3548166413 meters)
- (2024 VU2) (Size: 67.5833910065 meters)
- (2024 VQ4) (Size: 163.696720474 meters)


NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-19): Undulatus Clouds over Las Campanas Observatory
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What's happening with these clouds?  While it may seem that these long and thin clouds are pointing toward the top of a hill, and that maybe a world-famous observatory is located there, only part of that is true. In terms of clouds, the formation is a chance superposition of impressively periodic undulating air currents in Earth's lower atmosphere. Undulatus, a type of Asperitas cloud, form at the peaks where the air is cool enough to cause the condensation of opaque water droplets.  The wide-angle nature of the panorama creates the illusion that the clouds converge over the hill.  In terms of land, there really is a world-famous observatory at the top of that peak: the Carnegie Science's Las Campanas Observatory in the Atacama Desert of Chile.  The two telescope domes visible are the 6.5-meter Magellan Telescopes.  The featured coincidental vista was a surprise but was captured by the phone of a quick-thinking photographer in late September.   Your Sky Surprise: What picture did APOD feature on your birthday? (post 1995)


Latest Space News: 'Star Trek Generations' at 30: Director David Carson reflects on The Nexus and Kirk's quiet death (exclusive)
Link: https://www.space.com/entertainment/star-trek-generations-at-30-director-david-carson-reflects-on-the-nexus-and-kirks-quiet-death-exclusive
Summary: An exclusive interview with British director David Carson for "Star Trek Generations'" 30th anniversary.


Latest Space Breaking News: Mars Curiosity rover takes a last look at mysterious sulfur
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-mars-curiosity-rover-mysterious-sulfur.html
Summary: NASA's Curiosity rover is preparing for the next leg of its journey, a months-long trek to a formation called the boxwork, a set of weblike patterns on Mars's surface that stretches for miles. It will soon leave behind Gediz Vallis channel, an area wrapped in mystery. How the channel formed so late during a transition to a drier climate is one big question for the science team. Another mystery is the field of white sulfur stones the rover discovered over the summer.


Latest Space News: Blue Origin targeting Nov. 22 for next space tourism launch
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/private-spaceflight/blue-origin-targeting-nov-22-for-next-space-tourism-launch
Summary: Blue Origin is targeting Friday (Nov. 28) for its NS-28 tourism mission, which will take "Space Gal" Emily Calandrelli and five other people to suborbital space.


The next moon rocket? Will Starship beat SLS Artemis to the moon?
Tell me what you think in the comments! https://image.nostr.build/e5213048f74ee2ba39782869aaf11f1e75c50a432f9697e2208bb13829d691cf.jpg


Latest Space Breaking News: Theoretical astrophysicist proposes solution to enigma of Crab Nebula's 'zebra' pattern
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-theoretical-astrophysicist-solution-enigma-crab.html
Summary: A theoretical astrophysicist from the University of Kansas may have solved a nearly two-decade-old mystery over the origins of an unusual "zebra" pattern seen in high-frequency radio pulses from the Crab Nebula.


Latest Space News: Pentagon UFO office testifies to US Senate on Tuesday. Watch it live here (video)
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/search-for-life/pentagon-ufo-office-testifies-to-us-senate-on-tuesday-watch-it-live-here-video
Summary: The Pentagon's All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office will testify before the U.S. Senate on Tuesday (Nov. 19) about its latest report starting at 4:30 p.m. ET (2130 GMT).


Latest Space Breaking News: New study reveals possible origins of dark matter in 'Dark Big Bang' scenario
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-reveals-dark-big-scenario.html
Summary: Recent research by a student-faculty team at Colgate University unlocks new clues that could radically change the world's understanding of the origin of dark matter.


Latest Space News: Aurora forecast: Will the northern lights be visible tonight?
Link: https://www.space.com/live/aurora-forecast-will-the-northern-lights-be-visible-tonight
Summary: The latest aurora predictions for tonight help you make sure you're in the right place at the right time to see the northern lights.


Latest Space Breaking News: Astronomers discover a unique quasi-stellar object–dusty star-forming galaxy system
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-astronomers-unique-quasi-stellar-objectdusty.html
Summary: Astronomers from the Steward Observatory in Arizona and elsewhere report the discovery of a structure consisting of a quasi-stellar object (QSO) and a dusty star-forming galaxy (DSFG), linked by a bridge of ionized carbon. The finding of this unique system was detailed in a paper published November 11 on the pre-print server arXiv.


Latest Space News: 'Dune: Prophecy' episode 1 - 'The Hidden Hand': Will Valya's Sisterhood shape the flow of galactic power?
Link: https://www.space.com/entertainment/dune-prophecy-episode-1-the-hidden-hand-will-valyas-sisterhood-shape-the-flow-of-galactic-power
Summary: Episode 1 of HBO's new "Dune" prequel miniseries, "Dune: Prophecy" introduces the secret history of the powerful Bene Gesserit sisterhood.


Latest Space News: 'Silo' Season 2 Episode 1: What happened to Silo 17's tragic rebel uprising?
Link: https://www.space.com/entertainment/silo-season-2-episode-1-what-happened-to-silo-17s-tragic-rebel-uprising
Summary: A recap of the events unfolding in Apple TV+'s "Silo" Season 2 Episode 1.


Latest Space News: What to expect during SpaceX's 6th Starship test flight on Nov. 19
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/what-to-expect-during-spacexs-6th-starship-test-flight
Summary: SpaceX is targeting Tuesday (Nov. 19) for the launch of its sixth Starship flight test, during a 30-minute launch window that opens at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT).


Latest Space Breaking News: Basalt samples from Chang'e-6 mission offer insights on lunar farside volcanism
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-basalt-samples-mission-insights-lunar.html
Summary: Basalt samples returned by the Chang'e-6 mission have revealed volcanic events on the lunar farside at 2.8 billion years ago (Ga) and 4.2 Ga, according to research conducted by Prof. Li Qiuli's lab at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Their work is published in Nature.


Latest Space News: SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites from California (photos)
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-launching-20-starlink-satellites-from-california-november-2024
Summary: SpaceX launched 20 more of its Starlink internet satellites from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base early Monday morning (Nov. 18).


Dangerous Asteroids Near Earth:
- 495187 (2012 VO76) (Size: 366.4713084395 meters)
- (2007 VB138) (Size: 35.8129403019 meters)
- (2013 VA12) (Size: 169.0596551553 meters)
- (2017 HC1) (Size: 380.2243960879 meters)
- (2017 VE14) (Size: 15.6329154409 meters)
- (2021 EG4) (Size: 345.1755128432 meters)
- (2021 JW5) (Size: 42.6618789186 meters)
- (2021 VX22) (Size: 5.2485577338 meters)
- (2022 HL1) (Size: 49.8930414151 meters)
- (2022 WR2) (Size: 28.0569190272 meters)
- (2023 WK3) (Size: 455.0299457903 meters)
- (2024 UZ10) (Size: 78.9296139732 meters)
- (2024 VJ1) (Size: 51.7654482198 meters)
- (2024 VT3) (Size: 68.5235696282 meters)


Latest Space News: SpaceX launching 20 Starlink satellites from California early Nov. 18
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-launching-20-starlink-satellites-from-california-november-2024
Summary: SpaceX is set to launch 20 more of its Starlink internet satellites from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base early Monday morning (Nov. 18).


NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-18): Stars and Dust in the Pacman Nebula
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Stars can create huge and intricate dust sculptures from the dense and dark molecular clouds from which they are born.  The tools the stars use to carve their detailed works are high energy light and fast stellar winds.  The heat they generate evaporates the dark molecular dust as well as causing ambient hydrogen gas to disperse and glow.   Pictured here, a new open cluster of stars designated IC 1590 is nearing completion around the intricate interstellar dust structures in the emission nebula  NGC 281, dubbed the Pac-man Nebula because of its overall shape.  The dust cloud just above center is classified as a  Bok Globule as it may gravitationally collapse and form a star -- or stars. The Pacman Nebula lies about 10,000 light years away toward the constellation of Cassiopeia.


Latest Space News: Why does everything look flat even though the Earth is round?
Link: https://www.space.com/the-universe/earth/why-does-everything-look-flat-even-though-the-earth-is-round
Summary: The only way to see the curve of the Earth is to fly more than 6 miles (10 kilometers) above its surface.


Latest Space News: Space-flown Choctaw Nation seeds to be planted on Earth for STEM experiment
Link: https://www.space.com/the-universe/space-flown-choctaw-nation-seeds-to-be-planted-on-earth-for-stem-experiment
Summary: Five varieties of heirloom seeds from the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma were flown to the International Space Station last year and will be compared to Earth-bound seeds when planted this coming spring.


Latest Space News: 'Lunik Heist:' A real-life CIA rocket kidnapping goes to Hollywood
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/lunik-heist-a-real-life-cia-rocket-kidnapping-goes-to-hollywood
Summary: "At a time like this, we need to find more stories from the days when Americans outsmarted the bad guys and planted our flag on the moon."


Latest Space News: Last supermoon of 2024 wows skywatchers around the world with Full Beaver Moon (photos)
Link: https://www.space.com/stargazing/last-supermoon-of-2024-wows-skywatchers-around-the-world-with-full-beaver-moon-photos
Summary: The final supermoon of 2024, the Beaver Moon of November, thrilled skywatchers around the world as it ushered in the weekend with a stunning night sky sight.


Dangerous Asteroids Near Earth:
- (2005 WA) (Size: 98.6370281305 meters)
- (2006 QQ23) (Size: 679.2661592667 meters)
- (2016 RP1) (Size: 413.0855266343 meters)
- (2017 HC1) (Size: 380.2243960879 meters)
- (2017 WU13) (Size: 398.1438198091 meters)
- (2019 VT) (Size: 74.8238376074 meters)
- (2020 OY4) (Size: 5.058712276 meters)
- (2020 QV6) (Size: 198.6277754808 meters)
- (2021 WF6) (Size: 112.7301224584 meters)
- (2023 EO1) (Size: 75.8647408746 meters)
- (2023 VC7) (Size: 39.9981568182 meters)
- (2024 GM2) (Size: 136.1570015386 meters)
- (2024 UC5) (Size: 32.722010433 meters)
- (2024 UM9) (Size: 420.7653599595 meters)
- (2024 VZ2) (Size: 36.3780971788 meters)


NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-17): LDN 1471: A Windblown Star Cavity
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2411/LDN1471_HubbleSchmidt_960.jpg
What is the cause of this unusual parabolic structure?  This illuminated cavity, known as LDN 1471, was created by a newly forming star, seen as the bright source at the peak of the parabola.  This protostar is experiencing a stellar outflow which is then interacting with the surrounding material in the Perseus Molecular Cloud, causing it to brighten.  We see only one side of the cavity -- the other side is hidden by dark dust.  The parabolic shape is caused by the widening of the stellar-wind blown cavity over time. Two additional structures can also be seen either side of the protostar; these are known as Herbig-Haro objects, again caused by the interaction of the outflow with the surrounding material.  What causes the striations on the cavity walls, though, remains unknown.  The featured image was taken by NASA and ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope after an original detection by the Spitzer Space Telescope.   Explore Your Universe: Random APOD Generator


Watched a beautiful documentary about Bob and Nancy Griffith last night. A sailing family who completed some incredible voyages before modern technology. Highly recommend this inspiring doco.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsYDHlTAOU0


Jupiter's Great Red Spot is one of the most iconic features in our solar system. It is a massive storm that has been raging for at least 350 years, possibly even longer. This storm is so enormous that it is larger than the entire Earth, measuring about 16,350 kilometers (10,159 miles) across. The Great Red Spot's reddish hue is thought to be caused by chemicals in Jupiter's atmosphere reacting to sunlight. Despite its size and intensity, the storm has been gradually shrinking in recent decades, and scientists are still trying to understand why. https://image.nostr.build/b6da297f363cc454c6f6b8703a90edf5a6944ba9f61ddd651b7466381e47ee73.jpg


Latest Space News: Where did the universe's magnetic fields come from?
Link: https://www.space.com/the-universe/where-did-the-universes-magnetic-fields-come-from
Summary: How the universe got its large magnetic fields has remained one of the stickiest outstanding problems in astrophysics. Now, researchers have proposed a novel solution: a giant "dust battery" operating when the first stars appeared.


Big storylines for the White world next week:

1. SpaceX Starship IFT-6 planning to launch Monday evening at 5pm EST. Same profile as the last mission, but with a daytime soft water landing of Ship in the Indian Ocean. There will be another catch attempt of Super Heavy.

2. FreeCAD v1.0 expected to be released. Final Release Candidate (v1.0 RC4) is available now for final product assurance testing. Vastly improved performance of numerous workbenches including Sketcher, Part, PartDesign, FEM among others, and the integration of a new Assembly workbench.

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Current location of Perseverance, by the Pico Turquino hills, on the slopes of Jezero Crater.

https://maps.planet.fu-berlin.de/jezero/ #Mars

Image credits:
HRSC: ESA/DLR/FU-BERLIN, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
CTX: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
HiRISE: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
HiRISE dataset: Fergason et al., 2020 (DOI:10.5066/P9QJDP48, DOI:10.5066/P9REJ9JN)

#Perseverance #rover #map #PicoTurquino #JezeroCrater #space #science #astrodon

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Latest Space News: USC students set world record with high-flying rocket launch (video)
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/usc-students-set-world-record-with-high-flying-rocket-launch-video
Summary: The student-run USC Rocket Propulsion Lab's Aftershock II vehicle soared to an altitude of 470,400 feet last month, higher than any amateur rocket had ever gone before.


Clearest image ever taken of Butterfly Nebula.. its wingspan covers over 3 light-years... https://image.nostr.build/0b81ce52976b1d33a10f2b8ec5f2608baab19da0a5970b7b14c9a8db37e0b5df.jpg


Latest Space Breaking News: Basalt samples from Chang'e-6 mission offer insights on lunar farside volcanism
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-basalt-samples-mission-insights-lunar.html
Summary: Basalt samples returned by the Chang'e-6 mission have revealed volcanic events on the lunar farside at 2.8 billion years ago (Ga) and 4.2 Ga, according to research conducted by Prof. Li Qiuli's lab at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Their work is published in Nature.


Latest Space News: SpaceX stacks Flight 6 Starship megarocket ahead of Nov. 19 launch (photos)
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-stacks-flight-6-starship-megarocket-photos
Summary: SpaceX has stacked its Starship megarocket ahead of the vehicle's sixth test flight, which is scheduled to take place on Tuesday (Nov. 19).


Latest Space News: What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 6 launch test on Nov. 19?
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/what-time-is-spacexs-starship-flight-6-launch-test-on-nov-18
Summary: SpaceX is gearing up to launch its next Starship test flight, a mission that will attempt a second catch of the world's largest rocket on Nov. 19. Here's when to watch Starship Flight 6.


Dangerous Asteroids Near Earth:
- 498550 (2008 HV4) (Size: 685.5513316542 meters)
- (2013 GF23) (Size: 108.1533506775 meters)
- (2016 EF156) (Size: 68.2401509401 meters)
- (2016 VN4) (Size: 444.6721996757 meters)
- (2018 WB) (Size: 141.9188158376 meters)
- (2018 WX1) (Size: 88.3161195666 meters)
- (2021 JN1) (Size: 66.0754270632 meters)
- (2021 VW10) (Size: 124.7498346832 meters)
- (2022 GC) (Size: 9.3764831773 meters)
- (2022 VR1) (Size: 65.4696439067 meters)
- (2022 VZ2) (Size: 103.2856480504 meters)
- (2023 EC) (Size: 46.5628954805 meters)
- (2023 FQ4) (Size: 17.866520367 meters)
- (2023 UN9) (Size: 432.5536477254 meters)
- (2024 TK20) (Size: 320.2137515902 meters)
- (2024 UG8) (Size: 24.7879138887 meters)
- (2024 VK3) (Size: 19.2504097837 meters)
- (2024 VS3) (Size: 34.9494204771 meters)
- (2024 VC4) (Size: 48.914765831 meters)


NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-16): Pluto at Night
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The night side of Pluto spans this shadowy scene. In the stunning spacebased perspective the Sun is 4.9 billion kilometers (almost 4.5 light-hours) behind the dim and distant world. It was captured by far flung New Horizons in July of 2015 when the spacecraft was at a range of some 21,000 kilometers from Pluto, about 19 minutes after its closest approach. A denizen of the Kuiper Belt in dramatic silhouette, the image also reveals Pluto's tenuous, surprisingly complex layers of hazy atmosphere. Near the top of the frame the crescent twilight landscape includes southern areas of nitrogen ice plains now formally known as Sputnik Planitia and rugged mountains of water-ice in the Norgay Montes.


Latest Space News: What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 6 launch test on Nov. 18?
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/what-time-is-spacexs-starship-flight-6-launch-test-on-nov-18
Summary: SpaceX's sixth Starship test flight is set for no earlier than Monday afternoon (Nov. 18) for now.


Latest Space News: Mars meteorite found in drawer reveals history of water on Red Planet
Link: https://www.space.com/the-universe/mars/mars-meteorite-found-in-drawer-reveals-history-of-water-on-red-planet
Summary: "We think the water came from the melting of nearby sub-surface ice called permafrost, and that the permafrost melting was caused by magmatic activity that still occurs periodically on Mars to the present day."


Green Meteor Streaks across a Galaxy-filled Sky, courtesy of Khaliq Ammna
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Latest Space News: UFOs 'not attributable to foreign adversaries," new Pentagon report says
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/search-for-life/ufos-not-attributable-to-foreign-adversaries-new-pentagon-report-says
Summary: The All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office is leading DOD’s efforts with others to document, analyze, and when possible, resolve UAP reports using a rigorous scientific framework and a data-driven approach.


Latest Space News: Donald Trump's approach to US space policy could throw up some surprises, especially with Elon Musk on board
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/donald-trumps-approach-to-us-space-policy-could-throw-up-some-surprises-especially-with-elon-musk-on-board
Summary: What can be expected of a second Trump administration on space policy? In short, a mixture of continuity and change.


Latest Space Breaking News: Survey captures image sequence of galactic neighbors in the local universe
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-survey-captures-image-sequence-galactic.html
Summary: The National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) has released images of five galaxies in the local universe, taken with the Italian VST ( VLT Survey Telescope) managed by INAF in Chile. The new images show these iconic galaxies in great detail, immortalizing their shape, colors and distribution of stars up to great distances from the center.


Latest Space News: Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket to launch AST SpaceMobile's huge BlueBird smartphone satellites
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/blue-origins-new-glenn-rocket-to-launch-ast-spacemobiles-huge-bluebird-smartphone-satellites
Summary: AST SpaceMobile, a startup with plans for a direct-to-cellphone satellite service constellation, has chosen Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket to launch some of its next-gen satellites.


Latest Space Breaking News: China tests building moon base with lunar soil bricks
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-china-moon-base-lunar-soil.html
Summary: China is expected to push forward in its quest to build the first lunar base on Friday, launching an in-space experiment to test whether the station's bricks could be made from the moon's own soil.


Latest Space News: Aurora activity is just getting started. Here's why the best northern lights are yet to come.
Link: https://www.space.com/stargazing/aurora-borealis/aurora-activity-is-just-getting-started-heres-why-the-best-northern-lights-are-yet-to-come
Summary: Mark your diaries for the 2026/27 aurora season could be a big one!


Latest Space News: Did NASA's Viking landers accidentally kill life on Mars? Why one scientist thinks so
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/search-for-life/did-nasas-viking-landers-accidentally-kill-life-on-mars-why-one-scientist-thinks-so
Summary: Dirk Schulze-Makuch is a scientist who thinks NASA's Viking landers could have inadvertently destroyed the life they were searching for. In this Q&A, we ask why.


NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-15): Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3
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Put on your red/blue glasses and gaze across the western Ocean of Storms on the surface of the Moon. The 3D anaglyph features Apollo 12 astronaut Pete Conrad visiting the Surveyor 3 spacecraft in November of 1969. Surveyor 3 had landed at the site on the inside slope of a small crater about 2 1/2 years earlier in April of 1967. Visible on the horizon beyond the far crater wall, Apollo 12's Lunar Module Intrepid touched down less than 200 meters (650 feet) away, easy moonwalking distance from the robotic Surveyor spacecraft. This stereo image was carefully created from two separate pictures (AS12-48-7133, AS12-48-7134) captured on the lunar surface. They depict the scene from only slightly different viewpoints, approximating the separation between human eyes.


Latest Space Breaking News: Hubble sees aftermath of galaxy's scrape with Milky Way
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-hubble-aftermath-galaxy-milky.html
Summary: A story of survival is unfolding at the outer reaches of our galaxy, and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is witnessing the saga.


Latest Space News: SpaceX rolls Starship Flight 6 Super Heavy rocket to pad ahead of Nov. 18 launch (photos)
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-rolls-starship-flight-6-super-heavy-rocket-to-pad-ahead-of-nov-18-launch-photos
Summary: SpaceX has rolled the Super Heavy first stage of its Starship megarocket out to the launch pad to prep for the vehicle's sixth test flight, which is scheduled for Monday (Nov. 18).


Latest Space News: FAA creating new committee to update launch regulations
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/private-spaceflight/faa-creating-new-committee-to-update-launch-regulations
Summary: The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is creating a new committee to review and update its "Part 450" launch and reentry licensing rule.


Latest Space News: China launching Tianzhou 8 cargo mission to Tiangong space station on Nov. 15
Link: https://www.space.com/china-tianzhou-8-cargo-launch-tiangong-space-station
Summary: A Long March 7 rocket is set to launch the Tianzhou 8 cargo spacecraft toward China's Tiangong space station on Friday morning (Nov. 15).


Latest Space Breaking News: Latest findings from the South Pole Telescope bolster standard cosmological model
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-latest-south-pole-telescope-bolster.html
Summary: Roughly 400,000 years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled just enough to allow photons to escape from the primordial cosmological soup. Over the next 14 billion years, these ancient photons—the universe's first light—continued traveling. This relic light is known as the Cosmic Microwave Background.


Latest Space News: First quilter in space challenges students, crafters to stitch the moon
Link: https://www.space.com/lunar-quilt-challenge-astronaut-karen-nyberg
Summary: Ten years after launching a patchwork of stars from her place in space, Karen Nyberg is calling for quilters to create the moon. The "Lunar Quilt Block Challenge" is now accepting quilt squares.


Latest Space Breaking News: Student-led study reveals extraterrestrial explosions may blow hot and cold
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-student-reveals-extraterrestrial-explosions-hot.html
Summary: Mount Vesuvius, Krakatoa, Mount St. Helens: Since the formation of Earth approximately 4.5 billion years ago, the convection and release of hot magma in its mantle layer has famously led to some of the deadliest eruptions in history. But what if the same explosions occurred when a geological feature and nearby chemical compounds became too cold?


Latest Space News: 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Season 5 episode 5: What's the problem with Starbase 80?
Link: https://www.space.com/entertainment/star-trek-lower-decks-season-5-episode-5-whats-the-problem-with-starbase-80
Summary: The crew of the U.S.S. Cerritos visits a "cursed" Starbase in 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Season 5 episode 5.


Latest Space Breaking News: Scientists compile library for evaluating exoplanet water
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-scientists-library-exoplanet.html
Summary: By probing chemical processes observed in the Earth's hot mantle, Cornell scientists have started developing a library of basalt-based spectral signatures that not only will help reveal the composition of planets outside of our solar system but could demonstrate evidence of water on those exoplanets.


Latest Space News: Blue Origin stacks huge New Glenn rocket ahead of 1st launch (photo)
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/private-spaceflight/blue-origin-stacks-huge-new-glenn-rocket-ahead-of-1st-launch-photo
Summary: Blue Origin showed off its New Glenn rocket after its two stages were mated in the company's Florida facility. The new rocket could take off on its maiden flight as soon as November.


SpaceX has announced that it will attempt the sixth launch of Starship on November 18, just 37 days after the previous one. The flight profile will be identical to that of October 13, with some differences for Ship 31.

With this prototype, they will try for the first time to restart one of its Raptor engines in space, an operation that has never been performed before. This will be an important test, especially to enable future orbital maneuvers. By next summer, SpaceX aims to complete the first propellant transfer between two different Starships, and engine ignition will be crucial for the subsequent return to Earth.

The company was supposed to perform the first ignition of a Raptor in space during the third flight, but since the Ship had lost control of its attitude on that occasion, the test was canceled.
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In the photo, Ship 30 reenters the atmosphere, surrounded by plasma.


Latest Space News: Could a supernova ever destroy Earth?
Link: https://www.space.com/the-universe/stars/could-a-supernova-ever-destroy-earth
Summary: When stars explode as supernovas, they can cause serious cosmic carnage. Is Earth in any danger from any nearby stars?


Latest Space Breaking News: Meteorite contains evidence of liquid water on Mars 742 million years ago
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-meteorite-evidence-liquid-mars-million.html
Summary: An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth somewhere near Purdue University and is one of the few meteorites that can be traced directly to Mars. This meteorite was rediscovered in a drawer at Purdue University in 1931 and named the Lafayette Meteorite.


Latest Space News: SpaceX launching 24 Starlink satellites today on 2nd leg of spaceflight doubleheader
Link: https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-launch-group-6-68
Summary: SpaceX plans to launch 24 of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida early this morning (Nov. 14), just five hours after another Starlink liftoff.


Dangerous Asteroids Near Earth:
- 531914 (2013 BW76) (Size: 1259.0413069164 meters)
- (2007 VX6) (Size: 413.0855266343 meters)
- (2007 WM3) (Size: 142.5738833281 meters)
- (2009 TF10) (Size: 217.7910249632 meters)
- (2015 VW1) (Size: 275.4482254239 meters)
- (2017 TF1) (Size: 27.1668934089 meters)
- (2018 VS4) (Size: 36.8162863142 meters)
- (2019 BN1) (Size: 325.1172245215 meters)
- (2019 NJ) (Size: 112.7301224584 meters)
- (2019 VL5) (Size: 39.8143819809 meters)
- (2019 VU5) (Size: 77.2751717118 meters)
- (2019 XS) (Size: 101.400472517 meters)
- (2020 SK3) (Size: 56.7596852866 meters)
- (2022 AE5) (Size: 51.7654482198 meters)
- (2022 WQ5) (Size: 44.0595420444 meters)
- (2022 WR9) (Size: 21.5794304844 meters)
- (2022 YH) (Size: 65.1688382168 meters)
- (2023 XZ2) (Size: 17.3796080855 meters)
- 679648 (2019 XS) (Size: 101.400472517 meters)
- (2024 LY4) (Size: 1534.7582577479 meters)
- (2024 UM3) (Size: 62.0640309422 meters)
- (2024 UA10) (Size: 52.6550438499 meters)
- (2024 VK) (Size: 48.1326728134 meters)
- (2024 VV1) (Size: 24.719516889 meters)
- (2024 VA3) (Size: 55.3146258016 meters)


Latest Space News: All astronauts still in good health on ISS, NASA flight surgeon says amid new tabloid rumors
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/missions/all-astronauts-still-in-good-health-on-iss-nasa-flight-surgeon-says-amid-new-tabloid-rumors
Summary: Both Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are in good health on the ISS, NASA confirms, despite tabloid rumors suggesting otherwise.


NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-14): IC 348 and Barnard 3
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A great nebulous region near bright star omicron Persei offers this study in cosmic contrasts.  Captured in the telescopic frame the colorful complex of dust, gas, and stars spans about 3 degrees on the sky along the edge of the Perseus molecular cloud some 1000 light-years away. Surrounded by a bluish halo of dust reflected starlight, omicron Persei itself is just left of center. Immediately below it lies the intriguing young star cluster IC 348 recently explored by the James Webb Space Telescope. In silhouette against the diffuse reddish glow of hydrogen gas, dark and obscuring interstellar dust cloud Barnard 3 is at upper right. Of course the cosmic dust also tends to hide newly formed stars and young stellar objects or protostars from prying optical telescopes. At the Perseus molecular cloud's estimated distance, this field of view would span about 50 light-years.


Good morning, everyone. This morning we’ll be talking about another beautiful planetary nebula: NGC 7009, also known as the Saturn Nebula, located in the constellation Aquarius and about 3,000 light-years from Earth.

This planetary nebula was discovered by the great William Herschel on September 7, 1782, but it owes its nickname to Lord Rosse, who observed it in the 1840s with significantly better instruments, noticing its resemblance to Saturn, the ringed planet. A resemblance, in truth, that is not particularly strong when viewed with modern instruments, and is primarily seen in its elongated shape with a brighter central region.

This fantastic image was created by combining images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope in visible light and Chandra, specialized in X-ray imaging.

Once again, this image gives us a glimpse of our star’s future while looking back to the past, as the light we are observing started its journey 3,000 years ago to reach us. I don’t know about you, but I find this all incredibly fascinating.

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Latest Space Breaking News: Swift Observatory studies a pair of gas-churning monster black holes
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-swift-observatory-pair-gas-churning.html
Summary: Scientists using observations from NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have discovered, for the first time, the signal from a pair of monster black holes disrupting a cloud of gas in the center of a galaxy.


Latest Space News: SpaceX launching 20 Starlink satellites from California tonight
Link: https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-launch-group-9-11
Summary: SpaceX is set to launch 20 more of its Starlink internet satellites from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight (Nov. 13).


Latest Space Breaking News: Observations explore icy protoplanetary disk of the star PDS 453
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-explore-icy-protoplanetary-disk-star.html
Summary: Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), an international team of astronomers has inspected an icy protoplanetary disk of a young star known as PDS 453. Results of the new study, published on the preprint server arXiv, yield essential information about the structure and composition of this disk.


Latest Space News: The sun's poles may have powerful magnetic tornadoes
Link: https://www.space.com/the-universe/sun/the-suns-poles-may-have-powerful-magnetic-tornadoes
Summary: The sun may have swirling polar vortices similar to those on Earth, but powered by a very different source, according to a new study.


Clearest image ever taken of Titan, a moon of Saturn. About 70 km above the surface. https://image.nostr.build/45e6f8f3b3df9871c23befad0f0b984fdd881eeae53b65d81d3e2ec9cedd7807.jpg

alt Clearest image ever taken of Titan, a moon of Saturn. About 70 km above the surface.


Latest Space News: Surprised Russian school kids discover Arctic island has vanished after comparing satellite images
Link: https://www.space.com/the-universe/climate-change/surprised-russian-school-kids-discover-arctic-island-has-vanished-after-comparing-satellite-images
Summary: The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually bright in the process. It is the most powerful outburst from the city-size oddball in more than three years.


Latest Space News: 'Snowball Earth:' Entire planet was likely covered in ice more than 600 million years ago
Link: https://www.space.com/the-universe/earth/snowball-earth-entire-planet-was-likely-covered-in-ice-more-than-600-million-years-ago
Summary: New evidence found in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado supports the notion that Snowball Earth was indeed a global phenomenon.


Latest Space Breaking News: A formula for life? New model calculates chances of intelligent beings in our universe and beyond
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-formula-life-chances-intelligent-universe.html
Summary: The chances of intelligent life emerging in our universe—and in any hypothetical ones beyond it—can be estimated by a new theoretical model which has echoes of the famous Drake Equation.


Latest Space News: NASA dealing with aging ISS and spacewalk hardware: 'None of our spacesuits are spring chickens'
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/international-space-station/nasa-dealing-with-aging-iss-and-spacewalk-hardware-none-of-our-spacesuits-are-spring-chickens
Summary: Crew-8 commander Matthew Dominick says NASA is carefully making decisions for astronaut safety while the ISS deals with a leak, and spacesuit issues, related to aging hardware.


Latest Space News: Trump appoints SpaceX's Elon Musk to help head regulation-slashing 'Department of Government Efficiency'
Link: https://www.space.com/donald-trump-elon-musk-department-government-efficiency
Summary: President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency, which aims to 'dismantle government bureaucracy.'


Dangerous Asteroids Near Earth:
- 36183 (1999 TX16) (Size: 3236.2344656297 meters)
- 252399 (2001 TX44) (Size: 779.9019007224 meters)
- (2018 HM2) (Size: 108.1533506775 meters)
- (2019 UD) (Size: 24.3242791478 meters)
- (2019 WW1) (Size: 235.5266086831 meters)
- (2020 AB2) (Size: 23.6613750114 meters)
- (2020 TR1) (Size: 22.5964377109 meters)
- (2020 YF) (Size: 10.2338719537 meters)
- (2021 GV3) (Size: 53.2157244498 meters)
- (2021 NU) (Size: 112.7301224584 meters)
- (2021 WD5) (Size: 166.7400697275 meters)
- (2021 VJ50) (Size: 501.2333723065 meters)
- (2022 JF) (Size: 66.0754270632 meters)
- (2022 WN1) (Size: 41.4992242792 meters)
- (2023 AW) (Size: 43.4550224647 meters)
- (2023 KJ4) (Size: 23.5526608683 meters)
- (2023 XX12) (Size: 68.8715692826 meters)
- (2024 LR) (Size: 139.9716166857 meters)
- (2024 TY6) (Size: 74.1378485408 meters)
- (2024 TU13) (Size: 155.6825651534 meters)
- (2024 UX2) (Size: 105.0606246868 meters)
- (2024 VO2) (Size: 23.4876722877 meters)


NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-13): Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb
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A mere 56 million light-years distant toward the southern constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is an enormous barred spiral galaxy about 200,000 light-years in diameter. That's twice the size of our own barred spiral Milky Way. This sharp image from the James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) reveals stunning details of this magnificent spiral in infrared light. Webb's field of view stretches about 60,000 light-years across NGC 1365, exploring the galaxy's core and bright newborn star clusters. The intricate network of dusty filaments and bubbles is created by young stars along spiral arms winding from the galaxy's central bar. Astronomers suspect the gravity field of NGC 1365's bar plays a crucial role in the galaxy's evolution, funneling gas and dust into a star-forming maelstrom and ultimately feeding material into the active galaxy's central, supermassive black hole.


Latest Space News: NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab laying off 5% of its workforce
Link: https://www.space.com/nasa-jpl-laying-off-325-employees
Summary: The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA's chief center for planetary exploration, is conducting its second round of layoffs in 2024, reducing its workforce by another 5%.


Latest Space Breaking News: Philae's extraordinary comet landing relived
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-philae-extraordinary-comet-relived.html
Summary: On 12 November 2014, after a 10-year journey through the solar system and over 500 million kilometers from home, Rosetta's lander Philae made space exploration history by touching down on a comet for the first time. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of this extraordinary feat, we celebrate Philae's impressive achievements at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.


Latest Space News: 'I weigh the same': NASA astronaut Suni Williams refutes tabloid health claims (video)
Link: https://www.space.com/nasa-astronaut-suni-williams-refutes-tabloid-health-claims
Summary: NASA astronaut Suni Williams says her weight is stable aboard the International Space Station, rebutting tabloid claims that her orbital stay has made her emaciated.


Latest Space News: Long ago, Voyager 2 might have caught Uranus at a bad time
Link: https://www.space.com/the-universe/uranus/long-ago-voyager-2-might-have-caught-uranus-at-a-bad-time
Summary: A new analysis of Voyager 2 data reveals a fresh theory about Uranus's unique magnetosphere.


Latest Space News: Open Gateway: Step into mock lunar orbit habitat at Space Center Houston
Link: https://www.space.com/artemis-gateway-habitat-mockup-northrop-grumman-space-center-houston
Summary: The public can now step into the future of lunar exploration at Space Center Houston by entering an early mockup for Northrop Grumman's Gateway astronaut accommodations around the moon.


New study suggests that our ancestor Lucy, an Australopithecus afarensis, may have used tools over 3 million years ago. Researchers analyzed hand bones and found evidence of human-like grasping patterns in three australopithecine species, including A. afarensis. This finding provides further evidence that tool use began before the emergence of the Homo genus.

Source: https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/our-ancestor-lucy-may-have-used-tools-more-than-3-million-years-ago


What might a second term of Trump mean for the US space program? - Moon, Mars, and Mayhem? President-elect Donald Trump is set to return to the US White Hou... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/11/12/trump_space_program/


** The Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks This Week, Bringing Up to 15 "Shooting Stars" Per Hour. Here's How to Spot Them.

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Source: https://www.livescience.com/space/leonid-meteor-shower-2024-how-to-spot-shooting-stars-and-fireballs-over-the-us-this-week


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Latest Space Breaking News: New research challenges dark matter theory in galaxy formation
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-dark-theory-galaxy-formation.html
Summary: The standard model for how galaxies formed in the early universe predicted that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) would see dim signals from small, primitive galaxies. But data are not confirming the popular hypothesis that invisible dark matter helped the earliest stars and galaxies clump together.


Latest Space News: Chinese private rocket launches 1st satellite for international customer
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/chinese-private-rocket-launches-1st-satellite-for-international-customer
Summary: CAS Space successfully launched 15 satellites into Earth orbit, including one for its first foreign client, the Sultanate of Oman.


Latest Space News: Good news everyone! 'The Art of Futurama' by Matt Groening crash lands today
Link: https://www.space.com/entertainment/good-news-everyone-the-art-of-futurama-by-matt-groening-crash-lands-today
Summary: Salute the animated sci-fi classic's 25th anniversary with the first-ever visual history of the animated sci-fi series in "The Art of Futurama" from series creator Matt Groening.


Latest Space Breaking News: Astronomers investigate long-term variability of blazar AO 0235+164
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-astronomers-term-variability-blazar-ao.html
Summary: Astronomers have performed a comprehensive multiwavelength study of an extremely variable blazar known as AO 0235+164. Results of the new study, published Nov. 3 on the preprint server arXiv, shed more light on the long-term variability and behavior of this blazar.


Latest Space News: A black hole's secrets could hide in its dizzying light 'echoes'
Link: https://www.space.com/the-universe/black-holes/a-black-holes-secrets-could-hide-in-its-dizzying-light-echoes
Summary: Black hole light echoes are an extreme form of gravitational lensing.


Latest Space Breaking News: AI-enhanced model could improve space weather forecasting
Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-11-ai-space-weather.html
Summary: "Killer electrons" that travel at nearly light speed inside Earth's Van Allen belts—the zone that surrounds the planet and traps energetic charged particles—pose a major threat to equipment in space by causing malfunctions in electronics.


Latest Space News: Top 10 best Lego deals we've spotted: Black Friday 2024
Link: https://www.space.com/best-lego-black-friday-space-gifts-we-have-spotted
Summary: Black Friday is almost upon us, and here are the biggest savings we've found on Lego deals so far.


Latest Space News: US Congress will hold another UFO hearing this week. Here's how to watch
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/search-for-life/us-congress-will-hold-another-ufo-hearing-this-week-heres-how-to-watch
Summary: Congress will hold its second hearing in two years aimed at gathering testimony about alleged UFO retrieval programs and the U.S. government's attempt to hide them.


Dangerous Asteroids Near Earth:
- 256004 (2006 UP) (Size: 147.9244553064 meters)
- 413577 (2005 UL5) (Size: 508.2062230927 meters)
- 488693 (2003 WW87) (Size: 2218.4006242295 meters)
- (2006 AM4) (Size: 259.4418179074 meters)
- (2011 VU5) (Size: 529.7122040557 meters)
- (2016 TS55) (Size: 143.893103228 meters)
- (2020 HU5) (Size: 68.2401509401 meters)
- (2020 UL3) (Size: 133.6718561883 meters)
- (2020 VE3) (Size: 130.0289270043 meters)
- (2021 TN3) (Size: 52.7278397554 meters)
- (2022 BK1) (Size: 125.3256537574 meters)
- (2022 SA11) (Size: 10.6669431075 meters)
- (2023 RF4) (Size: 52.7278397554 meters)
- (2024 UZ3) (Size: 173.0772470656 meters)
- (2024 VH1) (Size: 26.402191623 meters)
- (2024 VN2) (Size: 56.8905298744 meters)


NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-12): NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula
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How was the Crescent Nebula created?  Looking like an emerging space cocoon, the Crescent Nebula, visible in the center of the featured image, was created by the brightest star in its center.  A leading progenitor hypothesis has the Crescent Nebula beginning to form about 250,000 years ago.  At that time, the massive central star had evolved to become a Wolf-Rayet star (WR 136), shedding its outer envelope in a strong stellar wind, ejecting the equivalent of our Sun's mass every 10,000 years.  This wind impacted surrounding gas left over from a previous phase, compacting it into a series of complex shells, and lighting it up.  The Crescent Nebula, also known as NGC 6888, lies about 4,700 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus.  Star WR 136 will probably undergo a supernova explosion sometime in the next million years.   Jigsaw Challenge: Astronomy Puzzle of the Day


Latest Crypto News: China-based Nano Labs turns to Bitcoin payments amid potential policy shift in the country
Link: https://cryptoslate.com/china-based-nano-labs-turns-to-bitcoin-payments-amid-potential-policy-shift-in-the-country/
Summary:
China-based crypto mining chip designer Nano Labs is now accepting Bitcoin as payment for its products through its business account on Coinbase, according to a Nov. 11 statement. The firm said it adopted Bitcoin payments in response to increasing demand for digital currency options in the tech world. It added that the payment flexibility is […]

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Stars in bloom

Bright, colorful patches of star formation unfurl like red roses in this #HubbleClassic image.

Known as NGC 972, this spiral galaxy is just under 70 million light-years away from us.

Image credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, L. Ho

#NASA #Hubble #classic #space #stars #galaxy #flowers #cosmos #universemessage
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Latest Crypto News: Bitcoin ETFs on track to overtake gold ETFs within 2 months
Link: https://cryptoslate.com/bitcoin-etfs-on-track-to-overtake-gold-etfs-within-2-months/
Summary:
As of Nov. 11, US-traded spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) held $84 billion, equating to roughly 66% of gold ETFs’ total assets under management (AUM). According to senior Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, spot Bitcoin ETFs’ current growth trajectory is on track to fully overtake the AUM of gold ETFs in the next two months. […]

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Latest Crypto News: Russia proposes digital asset investment platform for developing markets
Link: https://cryptoslate.com/russia-proposes-digital-asset-investment-platform-for-developing-markets/
Summary:
Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed establishing a digital asset platform within the BRICS bloc, according to local media reports. The initiative aims to boost investment flows into emerging economies in South Asia, Africa, and Latin America and could provide new channels for capital in high-growth regions. Speaking at the Valdai Discussion Club, Putin proposed […]

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Latest Crypto News: Hedge funds and venture capital firms expect Solana will hit $600 this cycle – Survey
Link: https://cryptoslate.com/hedge-funds-and-venture-capital-firms-expect-solana-will-hit-600-this-cycle-survey/
Summary:
Most venture capital and hedge funds expect Solana (SOL) to reach at least $600 in this bull cycle, according to the “Q4 2024 Crypto Investment Manager Survey” by MV Global.  Almost a third of the survey respondents believe SOL will breach the $600 ceiling, while 23.2% see this price area as the asset’s all-time high. […]

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Latest Space News: Top space gifts from Best Buy this Black Friday
Link: https://www.space.com/top-space-gifts-from-best-buy-this-black-friday
Summary: If you're anti-Amazon, we've rounded up the top space gifts from Best Buy you can find this Black Friday.


A solitary cloud 1,500 kilometers long spotted on Mars.

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Latest Crypto News: Bhutan’s Bitcoin stash hits $1 billion as speculation around nation state adoption intensifies
Link: https://cryptoslate.com/bhutans-bitcoin-stash-hits-1-billion-as-speculation-around-nation-state-adoption-intensifies/
Summary:
Bhutan’s Bitcoin reserves have quietly swelled to over $1 billion, positioning the small Himalayan kingdom as a unique player in the world of sovereign wealth. According to Arkham Intelligence data, Bhutan’s government-owned Druk Holdings has reportedly amassed over 12,500 BTC, marking a significant commitment to digital assets amid growing interest in crypto as a strategic […]

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Latest Space News: Starlink satellite falls to Earth, burns up as stunning fireball over US (video)
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/satellites/starlink-satellite-falls-to-earth-burns-up-as-stunning-fireball-over-us-video
Summary: A brilliant fireball that lit up the skies over four U.S. states this weekend is reported to be from the fiery reentry of a SpaceX Starlink satellite.


Latest Crypto News: Digital asset funds hit record $31.3B inflows as Bitcoin leads the charge
Link: https://cryptoslate.com/digital-asset-funds-hit-record-31-3b-inflows-as-bitcoin-leads-the-charge/
Summary:
Digital asset funds saw inflows of $1.2 billion last week, marking a fifth straight week of positive momentum, according to crypto asset manager CoinShares. The increase pushed year-to-date inflows to an unprecedented $31.3 billion, bringing global assets under management to a record $116 billion. CoinShares’ head of research, James Butterfill, highlighted that trading volumes for […]

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Latest Space News: Everything we know about Exodus, the new sci-fi game from ex-BioWare developers
Link: https://www.space.com/everything-we-know-about-exodus
Summary: While we wait for the next Mass Effect game, ex-BioWare devs have teamed up with other AAA talent to create new space RPG Exodus.


This supernova remnant looks like a bubble filled with blue and red clouds of dust and gas, floating amid a million stars. These stars are visible all around the bubble and even can be seen peeking through it https://image.nostr.build/0bb3b014707bc47f3306444e887a7480f86a37e9e1a647495161a946733075ca.jpg


Latest Crypto News: Binance under fire for allegedly listing pump-and-dump memecoin schemes
Link: https://cryptoslate.com/binance-under-fire-for-allegedly-listing-pump-and-dump-memecoin-schemes/
Summary:
Crypto community members have raised concerns over Binance’s listings of Solana-based memecoins—The AI Prophecy (ACT) and Peanut the Squirrel (PNUT)—alleging a possible pump-and-dump scheme. On Nov. 11, Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume, unexpectedly listed these low-market-cap memecoins, helping to boost their values and market caps rapidly. Following the Binance listing, ACT […]

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Latest Space News: Star cities: New 3D view of globular clusters illuminates their origins (photo)
Link: https://www.space.com/the-universe/star-cities-new-3d-view-of-globular-clusters-illuminates-their-origins-photo
Summary: Astrophysicists have reconstructed the movement of stars within globular clusters to understand their evolution and origin.


CosmicChronicle

🌌 Exploring the Universe one star at a time. Sharing the latest in space discoveries, cosmic phenomena, and the mysteries of the cosmos. Join me as we journey through black holes, galaxies, and beyond. 🚀🔭 #Astronomy #SpaceExploration #CosmicWonders


NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover - Sol 0181
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyJpitBHIwM&feature=youtu.be


Eye of God, also known as Helix Nebula, in amazing detail.
#astronomy #galaxy #space
https://nostr.download/805c81aa063fb7f76a5a1be287ef90f7a6157d83146ec165ce6c95a54f580d82.webp


Latest Crypto News: HashKey Global Announces Support for TRC-20 USDT and TRX
Link: https://cryptoslate.com/hashkey-global-announces-support-for-trc-20-usdt-and-trx/
Summary:
Hamilton, Bermuda – November 11, 2024 – HashKey Global, is excited to announce support for TRC-20 USDT and TRX. HashKey Global has completed the integration of Tether (USDT) on the TRON network, and deposits and withdrawals for TRC-20 USDT are now open. Furthermore, we are pleased to announce the listing of Tronix (TRX) on November […]

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Latest Space News: Supermassive black holes prefer to eat from wobbly plates
Link: https://www.space.com/black-hole-accretion-disk-spin
Summary: Researchers have discovered the first evidence that the brightest accretion disks around supermassive black holes "wobble" as their monstrous occupants drag them around.


Latest Crypto News: Bitcoin Undergoes Multiple Major Breakout: A Super Cycle For BTC Imminent?
Link: https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-undergoes-multiple-major-breakout/
Summary: The general cryptocurrency market has seen notable upward momentum in the past few weeks, with Bitcoin, the largest digital asset, leading the market once more toward what several seasoned crypto analysts believe to be one of the biggest bull runs ever. Bitcoin Heading Toward More Higher Levels In his latest report, Doctor Profit, a market […]
Tags: #crypto #bitcoin #nostr


The Oort cloud: where the solar system ends
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Latest Space News: SpaceX launching 24 Starlink satellites from Florida on Monday
Link: https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-launch-group-6-69
Summary: SpaceX plans to launch 24 of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast on Monday (Nov. 11).


JWST Image of a region the Perseus Molecular Cloud NGC 1333
Caption:
"Webb telescope spots six rogue worlds within a glowing cosmic cloud."
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Magnificent photo of the constellation Orion taken by astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy.
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Dangerous Asteroids Near Earth:
- 162472 (2000 LL) (Size: 863.0579925088 meters)
- 343158 Marsyas (2009 HC82) (Size: 3750.0752179805 meters)
- (2005 FG) (Size: 91.6304836251 meters)
- (2014 HD124) (Size: 628.116177092 meters)
- (2019 WB7) (Size: 71.4562101727 meters)
- (2021 FN) (Size: 134.9087066453 meters)
- (2022 WD3) (Size: 47.2106498806 meters)
- (2023 RR7) (Size: 62.5230245403 meters)
- (2024 PB10) (Size: 323.623446563 meters)
- (2024 UF3) (Size: 103.0955639832 meters)
- (2024 UE4) (Size: 48.5109722492 meters)
- (2024 UK8) (Size: 35.2078883854 meters)
- (2024 VH) (Size: 203.2544107219 meters)
- (2024 VG1) (Size: 230.3774563243 meters)


NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-11): The Unusual Tails of Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas
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What created an unusual dark streak in Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas's tail? Some images of the bright comet during mid-October not only caught its impressively long tail and its thin anti-tail, but a rather unexpected feature: a dark streak in the long tail. The reason for the dark streak is currently unclear and a topic of some debate.  Possible reasons include a plume of dark dust, different parts of the bright tail being unusually superposed, and a shadow of a dense part of the coma on smaller dust particles. The streak is visible in the featured image taken on October 14 from Texas, USA. To help future analyses, if you have taken a good image of the comet that clearly shows this dark streak, please send it in to APOD. Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS has now faded considerably and is returning to the outer Solar System.   Gallery: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in 2024


Analyzing Bitcoin Consensus: Risks in Protocol Upgrades

A recently publicized paper co-authored by Ren Crypto Fish, Steve Lee, and Lyn Alden provides an analysis of bitcoin’s consensus mechanism, focusing on the roles of various stakeholders, their powers, and the incentives that guide their actions.

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bcap-v1-0/


The Butterfly Nebula
Image credit :Talon Abraxas
#Astronomy #nasa #space https://image.nostr.build/e8d45a5e5713cf4eb382b4ea32e8d6fb5bb2640466d721819891eefe7849c3ad.jpg


This iconic photograph is still considered one of the most-terrifying space photographs to date. Astronaut Bruce McCandless II became the first human to do a spacewalk without a safety tether linkd to a spacecraft. In 1984, he floated completely untethered in space with nothing but his Manned Maneuvering Unit keeping him alive.

Here are some fascinating details about Bruce McCandless' historic spacewalk:

*Mission Details:*

1. Mission: STS-41-B (Space Shuttle Challenger)
2. Date: February 7, 1984
3. Duration: 5 hours, 55 minutes

*Spacewalk (EVA) Details:*

1. First untethered spacewalk in history
2. McCandless used the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) to move freely in space
3. Distance from Space Shuttle Challenger: up to 320 feet (98 meters)
4. MMU propulsion: 24 thrusters, using nitrogen gas

*Astronaut's Experience:*

1. McCandless described the feeling as "breathtaking" and "exhilarating"
2. He performed various tasks, including testing the MMU and performing maneuvers
3. Communication with the shuttle crew was maintained through radio

*Historic Significance:*

1. Demonstrated the feasibility of untethered spacewalks
2. Paved the way for future spacewalks and space exploration
3. Showcased the capabilities of the Manned Maneuvering Unit

*Interesting Fact:*

1. The iconic photograph of McCandless was taken by fellow astronaut Robert Stewart.

Bruce McCandless' courageous spacewalk marked a significant milestone in space exploration history! https://image.nostr.build/81e8ae957624b6229683e5de00b6fd6b5629013b991cb7ce394f3dc81ae7886a.jpg


In dark night and you close your eyes, sometimes you experience tiny flahes. These flashes are from particles due to cosmic radiation which have reached your eye balls.


The sharpest image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko taken on April 26, 2015, from a distance of 98 km from its center

#space #Astronomy #nostr #nasa https://image.nostr.build/dc8862035574533b48b6fdd96f1dce86219f96607c025682610102adbdf226bc.jpg


Latest Space News: SpaceX launching 24 Starlink satellites from Florida today
Link: https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-launch-group-6-69
Summary: SpaceX plans to launch 24 of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast today (Nov. 10).


Latest Space News: 'Mass Effect' TV series is headed to Amazon Prime Video
Link: https://www.space.com/entertainment/mass-effect-tv-series-is-headed-to-amazon-prime-video
Summary: After more than a decade of waiting for a big-screen project that never materialized, Mass Effect is headed to Prime Video.


Latest Space News: Star Wars is following in the MCU's footsteps, but is this the way?
Link: https://www.space.com/entertainment/space-movies-shows/star-wars-is-following-in-the-mcus-footsteps-but-is-this-the-way
Summary: Is shaping Star Wars’ next live-action era after the tired Marvel Cinematic Universe the right path forward?


Latest Space News: NASA's Roman space telescope gets ready to stare at distant suns to find alien planets
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/nasas-roman-space-telescope-gets-ready-to-stare-at-distant-suns-to-find-alien-planets
Summary: The Roman Coronagraph Instrument on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will enable scientists to detect the faint light from planets beyond our solar system.


Latest Space News: This Week In Space podcast: Episode 136 —SpaceX Ascendant
Link: https://www.space.com/entertainment/space-movies-shows/this-week-in-space-podcast-this-week-in-space-podcast-episode-136-spacex-ascendant
Summary: On Episode 136 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with journalist and author Eric Berger about the rise of SpaceX and Elon Musk's future in US politics and the market.


Dangerous Asteroids Near Earth:
- 138852 (2000 WN10) (Size: 515.2760758959 meters)
- 390725 (2003 HB) (Size: 682.4015094011 meters)
- (2007 VE3) (Size: 142.5738833281 meters)
- (2019 QZ) (Size: 37.5007521798 meters)
- (2021 AW5) (Size: 29.2442157171 meters)
- (2021 UE3) (Size: 50.3546960434 meters)
- (2022 HC) (Size: 56.4988982214 meters)
- (2023 HF6) (Size: 53.7081234856 meters)
- (2023 KW) (Size: 154.1842379994 meters)
- (2024 UZ) (Size: 31.7716652976 meters)
- (2024 UC3) (Size: 47.3630845984 meters)


'Many fires burn below the surface.'

Empedocles

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#wisdom #philosophy #psychology #spirituality #poetry #art #surrealism #psychedelic #dream #midjourney


We’re now on the brink of a new flight test for Starship and Super Heavy, with IFT-6 now scheduled for November 18, with a 30-minute launch window opening at 23:00 CET.

Booster 13 and Ship 31 (still in version 1.0) will follow the exact same flight profile as IFT-5, but there are several new features, especially for Starship. The launch will be from Boca Chica, with Booster 13 set to return after just a few minutes. This time, Super Heavy will have increased redundancy across many of its onboard systems, both engine-related and otherwise. There will also be greater structural support for catch-related activities, and, still on the capture side, the propellant drainage time post-landing has been reduced. All of this is paired with various software upgrades for control and decision-making systems (go/no-go for launch and booster return to the launch pad).

As for Starship, it will push the boundaries even further with this test. Although its trajectory will remain the same, with a splashdown in the Indian Ocean, it will attempt to reignite one of its Raptors once in space and test new approaches to thermal and attitude control during re-entry. In particular, new secondary thermal protection materials will be tested, and whole sections of heat shield tiles will be deliberately omitted from both sides of the ship. This will be done in specific areas that will be critical in future catch tests. Starship will also re-enter at a steeper angle in the final descent phase, deliberately stressing the control limits of the wings to gather data for future landing profiles.

The timing change for the test will allow Starship to re-enter over the Indian Ocean in daylight, providing better conditions for observation and visual data collection via buoys or ships.

Starting from the seventh flight test, we’ll see significant updates in Starship (version 2.0), including redesigned front wings, larger propellant tanks, and next-generation thermal tiles with secondary thermal protection layers. SpaceX's goal is to continue iterating toward a fully reusable heat shield, using these flights to determine the optimal solution.

As a cherry on top, a summary video of IFT-5 has been released, with some never-before-seen footage. You can find it on SpaceX's YouTube channel.

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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-10): Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars
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The largest canyon in the Solar System cuts a wide swath across the face of Mars.  Named Valles Marineris, the grand valley extends over 3,000 kilometers long, spans as much as 600 kilometers across, and delves as much as 8 kilometers deep.  By comparison, the Earth's Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA is 800 kilometers long, 30 kilometers across, and 1.8 kilometers deep.  The origin of the Valles Marineris remains unknown, although a leading hypothesis holds that it started as a crack billions of years ago as the planet cooled.  Several geologic processes have been identified in the canyon.  The featured mosaic was  created from over 100 images of Mars taken by Viking Orbiters in the 1970s.


Dangerous Asteroids Near Earth:
- (2008 GL20) (Size: 28.4472296503 meters)
- (2014 WU202) (Size: 25.9441817907 meters)
- (2015 RG36) (Size: 532.1572444975 meters)
- (2016 VK3) (Size: 68.2401509401 meters)
- (2017 HA5) (Size: 18.7948982439 meters)
- (2017 MF4) (Size: 113.2504610618 meters)
- (2019 AQ3) (Size: 1896.8805296212 meters)
- (2019 UO11) (Size: 474.2856433931 meters)
- (2021 GC3) (Size: 387.2932953833 meters)
- (2021 TC1) (Size: 50.8206223093 meters)
- (2022 KZ1) (Size: 35.4846052917 meters)
- (2023 AK) (Size: 16.750970692 meters)
- (2023 UE4) (Size: 276.719636665 meters)
- (2024 DM) (Size: 59.9846292283 meters)
- (2024 NG) (Size: 30.6224531427 meters)
- (2024 UU4) (Size: 25.6353929441 meters)
- (2024 UU9) (Size: 27.9280091938 meters)
- (2024 VE) (Size: 38.4096171891 meters)


The Lightning Wave: The Rebellion of Satoshi's People"

Imagine a world where people have never truly controlled their own money. Every transaction is watched, every savings account rests on institutions working in the shadows, and access to wealth is a mountain too steep to climb for those born without privilege.

In this oppressed world, whispers of a peaceful rebellion began to spread—a new way forged by a mysterious figure known only as Satoshi Nakamoto. This creation had no master, answered to no government or bank, and was immune to corruption: it was Bitcoin. Bitcoin spread like a spark of hope among those dreaming of a future where value and freedom were within everyone's reach. But there was a problem: its growth attracted the wrong kind of attention, and transaction fees started to rise. The network, weighed down by its own success, began to falter.

And this was when the real revolution began.

A group of digital warriors, inspired by the soul of the code and Satoshi's vision, created a project they called Lightning Network. It wasn’t a replacement for Bitcoin, but a lightning-fast support layer that traveled along invisible paths, connecting the world in an instant, at a tiny cost. With Lightning Network, anyone could send and receive satoshis in real-time, anywhere, with no intermediaries. Ordinary people, from the most remote villages to bustling cities, began exchanging value directly, without ever needing permission.

The lightning network sparked a new kind of economy, one built on micro-transactions and instant trust. Artists began to monetize their creations, merchants took payments on the fly, and dreamers launched fresh ideas—all without the chains of old systems. People no longer had to wait days for money transfers or pay high fees just to send a few coins to a friend. They were free, and a sense of shared power began to spread—a power that no other technology had ever managed to bring.

Now, on Nostr, digital rebels use Lightning addresses to receive tips, advice, and appreciation. And with each satoshi exchanged, the silent revolution grows. This is the rebellion of Satoshi’s people, and each small contribution is an act of defiance against the old system.

The story of Bitcoin and Lightning is one of hope, of courage, of a network that grows with every single transaction thanks to people like you. Because in a world where everything is connected, each satoshi that flows is a spark bringing us closer to a world without borders.

 #Bitcoin #LightningNetwork #SatoshiRevolution #Nostr #Freedom #Microtransactions #Decentralization #DigitalRevolution #Crypto


Latest Space News: Where do fast radio bursts come from? Astronomers tie mysterious eruptions to massive galaxies
Link: https://www.space.com/the-universe/where-do-fast-radio-bursts-come-from-astronomers-tie-mysterious-eruptions-to-massive-galaxies
Summary: Fast radio bursts — powerful and poorly understood cosmic eruptions — tend to occur in massive galaxies that host long-dead stars known as magnetars, a new study suggests.


Latest Space News: China's space agency brought the 1st lunar far side samples to Earth this year — here's what's next
Link: https://www.space.com/the-universe/moon/chinas-space-agency-brought-the-1st-lunar-far-side-samples-to-earth-this-year-heres-whats-next
Summary: China has opened up the first round of applications for researchers who wish to use some of the Chang'e 6 lunar far side samples for research.


Latest Space News: Australian company Gilmour Space gets country's 1st orbital launch license
Link: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/australian-company-gilmour-space-gets-countrys-1st-orbital-launch-license
Summary: Gilmour Space has received Australia's first orbital launch license for the test flight of its Eris rocket


Dangerous Asteroids Near Earth:
- (2008 GL20) (Size: 28.4472296503 meters)
- (2014 WU202) (Size: 25.9441817907 meters)
- (2015 RG36) (Size: 532.1572444975 meters)
- (2016 VK3) (Size: 68.2401509401 meters)
- (2017 HA5) (Size: 18.7948982439 meters)
- (2017 MF4) (Size: 113.2504610618 meters)
- (2019 AQ3) (Size: 1896.8805296212 meters)
- (2019 UO11) (Size: 474.2856433931 meters)
- (2021 GC3) (Size: 387.2932953833 meters)
- (2021 TC1) (Size: 50.8206223093 meters)
- (2022 KZ1) (Size: 35.4846052917 meters)
- (2023 AK) (Size: 16.750970692 meters)
- (2023 UE4) (Size: 276.719636665 meters)
- (2024 DM) (Size: 59.9846292283 meters)
- (2024 NG) (Size: 30.6224531427 meters)
- (2024 UU4) (Size: 25.6353929441 meters)
- (2024 UU9) (Size: 27.9280091938 meters)
- (2024 VE) (Size: 38.3036339834 meters)


Latest Space News: 4 years after the giant Arecibo Observatory collapsed, we finally know what happened
Link: https://www.space.com/the-universe/4-years-after-the-giant-arecibo-observatory-collapsed-we-finally-know-what-happened
Summary: The Arecibo Observatory collapsed in 2020, and a new report suggests a zinc decay was to blame for its death.


NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (2024-11-09): Neptune at Night
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Ice giant Neptune is faint in Earth's night sky. Some 30 times farther from the Sun than our fair planet, telescopes are needed to catch a glimpse of the dim and distant world. This dramatic view of Neptune's night just isn't possible for telescopes in the vicinity of planet Earth though. Peering out from the inner Solar System they can only bring Neptune's day side into view.  In fact this night side image with Neptune's slender crescent next to the crescent of its large moon Triton was captured by Voyager 2. Launched from planet Earth in 1977 the Voyager 2 spacecraft made a close fly by of the Solar System's outermost planet in 1989, looking back on Neptune as the robotic spacecraft continued its voyage to interstellar space.


Dangerous Asteroids Near Earth:
- (2001 VH5) (Size: 364.7875257245 meters)
- (2015 MC) (Size: 89.5447191727 meters)
- (2015 TN145) (Size: 71.7860370529 meters)
- (2016 CF32) (Size: 108.1533506775 meters)
- (2016 EL27) (Size: 35.8129403019 meters)
- (2016 JN24) (Size: 859.0926012318 meters)
- (2018 WL1) (Size: 342.0109247198 meters)
- (2019 BO1) (Size: 695.0883006711 meters)
- (2019 DR1) (Size: 103.2856480504 meters)
- (2021 UQ) (Size: 95.0692305162 meters)
- (2021 TJ57) (Size: 299.2540100804 meters)
- (2021 VU12) (Size: 83.9537266171 meters)
- (2023 VE5) (Size: 108.1533506775 meters)
- (2024 TQ8) (Size: 227.0073812845 meters)
- (2024 UJ2) (Size: 163.0947490219 meters)
- (2024 UM2) (Size: 60.7631078725 meters)
- (2024 UD3) (Size: 114.6146094221 meters)
- (2024 UM4) (Size: 188.9034887689 meters)
- (2024 UY4) (Size: 31.1343625817 meters)
- (2024 UK5) (Size: 94.327859346 meters)
- (2024 US6) (Size: 127.4793906179 meters)
- (2024 UF8) (Size: 172.4407800586 meters)
- (2024 UK9) (Size: 22.9953475987 meters)
- (2024 UK13) (Size: 28.1604751771 meters)
- (2024 UN13) (Size: 43.3151655668 meters)
- (2024 VS) (Size: 18.8903488769 meters)
- (2024 VY) (Size: 36.7993356911 meters)
- (2024 VZ) (Size: 432.3544952692 meters)


Latest Space News: NASA still mum about SpaceX Crew-8 astronaut's medical issue
Link: https://www.space.com/nasa-spacex-crew-8-astronaut-health-issue-privacy-concerns
Summary: NASA is not yet providing details about what caused a SpaceX Crew-8 astronaut to be hospitalized late last month, citing medical privacy concerns.


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Two-faced star with helium and hydrogen sides baffles astronomers: https://theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/19/two-faced-star-with-helium-and-hydrogen-sides-baffles-astronomers-janus

Credit animation : K. Miller, Caltech/IPAC

See also:
➡ the Nature paper by Ilaria Caiazzo and co-authors: https://nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06171-9
➡ the Keck Observatory Science News: https://keckobservatory.org/janus

#universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #dwarf #star #dwarfstar #janus #whitedwarf #stars

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How the universe might end…

A really interesting longread, if you're interested in the matter (pun intended).

https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/how-the-universe-will-end

#science #cosmology #astronomy #physics #universe #space


Seasonal Object: Caldwell 14

also known as the Double Cluster, is a stunning pair of open star clusters located in the constellation Perseus, appearing as two adjacent patches of light in the night sky and reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight around November 1st.

more: https://astrocamp.eu/en/caldwell-14/

Vixen VC200L | EOS R(a)

#astrophotography #astronomy

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Astronomie foto van de dag: Most of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Fotoinfo: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241018.html Foto Credits: Adam Block #astronomie #sterrenkunde #sterrenkijken #apod #heelal

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Amateur Astronomie foto van de dag: HFG1 | PK 136+05 "Breath of the Heavens"     . Foto info: https://www.aapod2.com #astronomie #sterrenkunde #fotografie #sterrenkijken #aapod #heelal #universum #sterren #astronomy

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#Aurora from my apartment in Chicago! Visible with the naked eye (and shot on iPhone) before clouds rolled in!!

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Happy Women in #Physics Day! Perhaps more timely now than ever:

We are hosting a scientific symposium (among other events -- see pic) at UChicago, focused on promoting and retaining women in #astrophysics  Symposium registration is open through Jan. 30 and we offer hybrid attendance.

More details and registration information at pictureanastronomer.github.io

Though all of the speakers are women, we encourage attendance from everyone!

#astrodon #astronomy #chicago

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Martian robot crossing its own path

#Mars Nov. 4, 2024 (Sol 1318)
Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech

#Perseverance #rover #Sol1318 #PerseveranceRover #space #Astrodon #science #STEM #photography #map #Mars2020 #SummerlandTrail #Jezero #crater #JezeroCrater #geology

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how it started, how it's going

These are the 1st and latest covers of l'Astronomie, the venerable magazine established by Camille Flammarion in 1882. I'm honored to be the author of the feature article of this new issue, on Baryon Acoustic Oscillations.

https://lastronomie.fr/

#Cosmology #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astronomie #Astrophysique #Cosmologie #magazine #AstronomieMagazine #CamilleFlammarion #BAO #BaryonAcousticOscillations #science #STEM #Hooleilana #galaxies #scicomm #cover #covers

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Ship 33 (V2) windward side. Ship 33 is getting ready to return to the Starbase Production Site, after completing a cryoproof.

#Space #Astrodon #SpaceX #Starship #ElonMusk #IFT7

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V1 and V2 Starship upper stage differences. V2 is taller with bigger propellant tanks.

#Space #Astrodon #SpaceX #Starship #ElonMusk

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Latest Space News: New 'Star Wars' trilogy set at Lucasfilm with 'Rebels' writer and producer Simon Kinberg
Link: https://www.space.com/entertainment/new-star-wars-trilogy-set-at-lucasfilm-with-rebels-writer-and-producer-simon-kinberg
Summary: On top of the previously announced standalone big-screen projects, a new trilogy of Star Wars movies is now in active development at Lucasfilm.