INCREDIBLE images from China's Chang’e 6 lander, which landed on the far side of the moon late on June 1 and lifted off in an ascent vehicle with the first lunar samples from the far side of the moon yesterday.
Image credit: CNSA
INCREDIBLE images from China's Chang’e 6 lander, which landed on the far side of the moon late on June 1 and lifted off in an ascent vehicle with the first lunar samples from the far side of the moon yesterday.
Image credit: CNSA
I'm sad to report the death of Ed Stone, the NASA scientist who was the heart & soul of the Voyager program. Spending time with him for my Discover magazine profile was a highlight of my career.
I did my best to capture the experience:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/voyager-the-man-behind-the-mission #science #space #nasa #astronomy
If we ever find this squiggly line, it will be one of the greatest discoveries in the history of exploration. It's the spectral signal of a habitable, truly Earthlike planet.
Spotting it won't be easy, but the JWST observatory is looking now.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2024/06/05/reconnaissance-of-potentially-habitable-worlds-with-nasas-webb/ #space #science #nasa #astronomy #life #aliens
59 years ago, the Mariner 4 probe took humanity's first close-up images of another planet.
The results shattered the myths of Mars, revealing a wispy atmosphere, -100 degree C temperatures, and a crater-pockmarked landscape.
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mariner-4/ #science #space #astronomy #nasa #nature
👨🚀🚀 3... 2... 1... Liftoff!
Last night, Europe's new heavy-lift rocket, #Ariane6, successfully made its inaugural flight.
Ariane 6 can launch both heavy and light payloads to a wide range of orbits for applications such as Earth observation, telecommunication, meteorology, science and navigation.
It is a key step towards secure and autonomous 🇪🇺 access to #space.
Congratulations to the teams at European Space Agency, National Centre for Space Studies, Arianespace on this success!
📷© ESA
#PPOD: NASA's Curiosity rover ran over a rock and found crystals inside! They're pure sulfur. Elemental sulfur is something we’ve never seen before on Mars. We don't know much about these yellow crystals yet, but the team is already at work to figure it out! Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Ship 30's static fire over the new Massey's Test site flame trench. As viewed from its windward side.
Getting ready for IFT-5.
Close up image and animation of Comet67P
Full size image 3000x3000: https://flic.kr/p/2q5WmRH
Video: https://flic.kr/p/2q648Ym
ESA Rosetta Orbiter
Instrument: OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera
Target: 67P/CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO
Altitude: 28 km
Time: 2016-04-23
Filters Near IR + Orange + Blue
Product IDs & more info on Flickr.
Raw image 1/3: https://rosetta-osiris.eu/image/NAC_2016-04-23T06.06.10.011
Credit:
Processing: Andrea Luck CC BY
Raw data: ESA/Rosetta/MPS/OSIRIS/IAA/INTA
The discovery of a possible sign of life in Venus’ clouds sparked controversy four years ago. Now, scientists say they have more proof.
CNN reports: "The data, the researchers say, contains even stronger proof that phosphine is present in the clouds of Venus, our closest planetary neighbor."
What went wrong with Boeing's spaceship.
From NBC News: "Boeing’s Starliner capsule, which remains parked at the space station, has been sidelined by malfunctioning thrusters and leaking helium. Engineers on the ground have been scrambling to understand the problems, and NASA is still weighing how to bring the astronauts home safely."
PRESS RELEASE: https://www.seti.org/meteor-showers-shed-light-where-comets-formed-early-solar-system
Meteor Showers Shed Light on Where Comets Formed in the Early Solar System
An international team of 45 researchers studying meteor showers has found that not all comets crumble the same way when they approach the Sun. In a paper published in the journal Icarus this week, they ascribe the differences to the conditions in the protoplanetary disk where comets formed 4.5 billion years ago.
One of my favorite deep-space images: a panorama of the center of our galaxy seen in radio waves.
Supernova explosions blew out the bubbles. A massive black hole powers the central glow. And those long, vertical filaments? Nobody really understands them.
https://www.sarao.ac.za/media-releases/new-meerkat-radio-image-reveals-complex-heart-of-the-milky-way/ #science #space #astronomy #nature
New epic photo of Phobos over Mars - lurking around Olympus Mons! (2024-07-13)
Full size image 140 MP: https://flic.kr/p/2qdsc1g (it's huge)
ESA Mars Express - New Data Release
Orbit: 25919
Instrument: HRSC
Time: 2024-07-13T11:44:45.616Z
Filters: ND3+GR3+BL3
Product IDs:
HP919_0000_ND3
HP919_0000_GR
3HP919_0000_BL3
Image created using data processed from: https://psa.esa.int
Image Processing: AndreaLuck CC BY
Raw data: ESA/ @DLR /FUBerlin
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OMG.
A triangle of glowing plasma.
Bigger than the Earth.
Hovering over the surface of the Sun last week.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html #space #science #astronomy #sky
The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission capsule carrying four private citizens will have to wait to launch into space after a helium leak forced a launch delay until later this week at the earliest. NBC reports:
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/spacex-polaris-launch-postponed-helium-leak-detected-rcna167168
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What a set of headlines, can't get any more dystopian than that. The rich go into vanity trips into space, while the common people down below drown.
The 2024 winners of Astronomy Photographer of the Year are out...and they are spectacular.
Here's the overall winner: a time-sequence of a solar eclipse that shows deepening shadows from mountains on the Moon. (Credit: Ryan Imperio)
https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/astronomy-photographer-year/galleries/overall-winners-2024?_gl=1*1g40qqt*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTE1ODI1ODg1Ni4xNzI2NTkwODQ0*_ga_7JJ3J5DBF6*MTcyNjU5MDg0NC4xLjAuMTcyNjU5MDg0NC4wLjAuMA..*_ga_4MH5VEZTEK*MTcyNjU5MDg0NC4xLjAuMTcyNjU5MDg0NC4wLjAuMA. #science #space #photography #nature
I guess that's what you get when you let a #blender artist use #inkscape 😅
Am I using the software wrong? It feels right. #3D is mostly depending on light and InkScape has so many features that helped to fake the lighting. So this is my #weeklyInk slowly I feel I start knowing what I do. I hope this ship is not going to crash since it's #friday13th 😰
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