Ed Dwight was denied the opportunity to be the first Black astronaut. Now 90, Dwight is getting his due in a new National Geographic documentary “The Space Race.” Read more from the Associated Press. https://flip.it/kjAxvr
#Space #Science #NASA #NationalGeographic #Astronaut
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Hypothetical visualizations of 900 known rocky and icy exoplanets by Halcyon Maps:
I'm more of a reader than a writer in 'Mastodon Space' but today I bring you something that those people I follow may not have heard of: what's likely to be the first attempt at a space suit, designed as early as 1936 in Spain. It was to be tested with a hot air balloon but unfortunately the whole thing had to be scrapped due to the Civil War. One piece of the original suit has now been found. In Spanish but Google Translate does the trick.
#space #astronaut #mars
https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/capa-perdida-emilio-herrera-primer-traje-espacial-historia_1_11357855.html
In the frigid outer solar system, beyond Pluto, dwarf planets appear to be surprisingly dynamic worlds.
The JWST observatory sees chemical signs of geologic activity on distant dwarf planets Eris and Makemake.
https://www.swri.org/press-release/swri-scientists-find-evidence-of-geothermal-activity-within-icy-dwarf-planets #science #space #astronomy
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"The first photo of the Odysseus lunar lander on the moon, the first U.S. spacecraft to make a soft landing on the lunar surface in more than 50 years, was released Monday."
ABC News reports: https://flip.it/vLonPH
For more stories like this, follow "Space News": @space-news-science
A child's dream to "drive" a space shuttle propels him toward a historic NASA mission.
NPR profiles Victor Glover, a Navy captain and the first African American to have spent extended time on the International Space Station.
Oh wow! Look at this image of the Odysseus Moon lander at the moment of touchdown, with its engines firing like mad to avoid a fatal skid.
Just released by Intuitive Machines.
We've just started installing the aluminium cladding that will protect ESO's Extremely Large #Telescope from the harsh conditions of the Atacama Desert in #Chile.
It's amazing to see this project take shape. And it's hard to convey just how big this is –– the dome is 80 m tall!
There will be more information in the hours and days to come, but it’s official: Intuitive Machines successfully landed their spacecraft on the moon
Stars are born in elaborate dances of gas and dust. Every dance is different -- creating different types of stars, different types of planets, unique environments.
These breathtaking new images capture the diversity of nature's art. They were taken using ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2405/ #science # nature #astronomy #space
Halley's Comet won't reappear until 2061, but Pons-Brooks is a similar big, long-period comet putting -- and it's putting on a show *right now*.
You'll need good binoculars, but oh is it pretty. Photo taken on Monday by Michael Jäger.
https://theskylive.com/12p-info
#astronomy #space #science #comet #photography
To your eye, Betelgeuse is the bright "shoulder" star in Orion. A new simulation shows what it would look like if you could get up close: an enormous, boiling cauldron of gas.
If Betelgeuse were placed where the Sun is, Earth's orbit (blue circle) would be deep inside. That's how big it is!
https://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/1094283/hl202403 #science #space #astronomy #nature
The first published photo of Earth from space was released 77 years ago today (7 March 1947).
It was taken from a captured German V-2 rocket, used by the US Army as part of Operation Paperclip, at an altitude of 101 miles (162km).
https://historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=4722 #space #history #science #tech
This is the surface of a comet! Dust is swirling around the surface of Comet 67/P -- captured in 2016 by ESA's Rosetta spacecraft, processing by Jacint Roger Perez.
Still one of the most remarkable scenes in space exploration.
An exploding, green “devil comet” is zooming past the Andromeda Galaxy as it races toward Earth, creating some astonishing nighttime photo opportunities. Live Science has more: https://flip.it/by8-I9
#Science #Space #Comet #Earth
James Webb telescope confirms there is something seriously wrong with our understanding of the universe
Depending on where we look, the universe is expanding at different rates. Now, scientists using the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes have confirmed that the observation is not down to a measurement error.
A mission to Mars will put unprecedented stress on the team of astronauts.
The trip will bring more psychological and interpersonal pressures from being away from home for multiple years and being confined with a small group of people for a long period of time.
More from a psychologist who’s been working with astronauts for decades:
https://theconversation.com/ive-been-studying-astronaut-psychology-since-apollo-a-long-voyage-to-mars-in-a-confined-space-could-raise-stress-levels-and-make-the-journey-more-challenging-221960
#space #mars #science
On March 28, Earth was hit by a powerful solar flare that caused a radio blackout over the Pacific Ocean. Live Science has more on the explosion that came “on the heels of a double X-class flare that occurred Monday [March 25], triggering the most powerful geomagnetic storm on our planet in six years.” https://flip.it/Qcz25T
#Science #Space #Sun #Earth #SolarFlare
Thirty years after the first exoplanets were discovered, hundreds of additional exoplanets have been identified within the “habitable zone,” a place where liquid water and maybe even life may exist. The MIT Press Reader asks, could a self-sustaining starship carry humans to distant worlds? https://flip.it/0q093h
#Science #Space #SolarSystem #Planets #Humans #SpaceExploration
Here's a beautiful oddity: This nebula was created by a very rare type of supernova that HALF-exploded 800 years ago.
Two white dwarf stars collided & detonated, lighting up Earth's skies. Somehow one of the white dwarfs survived, leaving behind the hottest star in our galaxy.
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2024/03/Marvel_at_stunning_echo_of_800-year-old_explosion?rand=771654 #space #science #astronomy #nature
The Event Horizon Telescope has unveiled how Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy, looks like in polarised light, which tells us a lot about the magnetic field around this monster.
The lines overlaid on the image below mark the orientation of the polarisation, from which astronomers can work out the structure of the magnetic field around the black hole.
More details: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2406/
📷 EHT Collaboration
People are selling chunks of SpaceX's exploded Starship on eBay.
Futurism reports that recovered ceramic heat shield tiles are being offered for thousands of dollars.
Only three humans have ever witnessed an eclipse of the Sun by the *Earth*. It happened while the Apollo 12 crew was returning home from the Moon, on November 21, 1969.
Fortunately, the astronauts filmed the moment so you can share in the experience.
https://archive.org/details/Apollo1216mmOnboardFilm [at the 4:50 mark] #space #science #nasa #eclipse