Quantum Teleportation

"Northwestern University engineers are the first to successfully demonstrate quantum teleportation over a fiber optic cable already carrying Internet traffic."

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2024/12/first-demonstration-of-quantum-teleportation-over-busy-internet-cables/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Anomaly Within Earth

"An interdisciplinary international research team has recently discovered that a massive anomaly deep within the Earth’s interior may be a remnant of the collision about 4.5 billion years ago that formed the moon."https://charmingscience.com/researchers-detected-traces-of-an-ancient-alien-world-beneath-earths-mantle/

James Webb Telescope

"NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just solved a conundrum by proving a controversial finding made with the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope more than 20 years ago."

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-finds-planet-forming-disks-lived-longer-in-early-universe/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Stellar

"Like a bear gorging itself on salmon before hibernating for the winter, or a much-needed nap after Christmas dinner, this black hole has overeaten to the point that it is lying dormant in its host galaxy."

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/massive-black-hole-in-the-early-universe-spotted-taking-a-nap-after-overeating?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Sagittarius A

"An international team of researchers has detected a binary star orbiting close to Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy."https://phys.org/news/2024-12-binary-star-galaxy-supermassive-black.html#google_vignette

Very Large Telescope

"For over 20 years, the Very Large Telescope (VLT) has been the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) leading astronomical instrument."

https://www.space.com/40736-very-large-telescope.html

Black Hole

"The first-ever photo of a black hole rocked the world in 2019, when the Event Horizon Telescope, or EHT, published an image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy M87, also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, located in the constellation of Virgo."

https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/astrophysicists-capture-huge-gamma-ray-flare-supermassive-black-hole-m87?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

HD 84406

"Astronomers are known for their precision, but naming celestial objects isn’t exactly their forte. Take, for instance, HD 84406, the first star observed by the James Webb Space Telescope — not the most memorable name. Similarly, galaxy cluster MACS0416, recently imaged as a deep field by Webb, isn’t winning any awards for creativity."

https://scitechdaily.com/nasas-webb-telescope-captures-the-sombrero-galaxy-in-breathtaking-detail/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Drone Sightings

"The hundreds of mysterious New Jersey drone sightings are sparking mounting demands for a more forceful federal response, calls that come as even more sightings are being reported in New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland."https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/drone-sightings-spread-new-jersey-officials-express-outrage-federal-re-rcna184107

Lookout Hill

"NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has crested the top of Jezero Crater’s rim at a location the science team calls “Lookout Hill” and rolling toward its first science stop after the monthslong climb."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-perseverance-rover-reaches-top-of-jezero-crater-rim/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=perseverance20241212

Cosmic Collision

"Collisions between heavy ions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) create quark–gluon plasma, a hot and dense state of matter that is thought to have filled the Universe around one millionth of a second after the Big Bang."https://home.cern/news/news/physics/alice-finds-first-ever-evidence-antimatter-partner-hyperhelium-4?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

James Webb Telescope

"New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that a new feature in the universe—not a flaw in telescope measurements—may be behind the decadelong mystery of why the universe is expanding faster today than it did in its infancy billions of years ago."https://hub.jhu.edu/2024/12/09/webb-telescope-hubble-tension-universe-expansion/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Artemis

"Through the Artemis campaign, NASA will land the next American astronauts and first international astronaut on the South Pole region of the Moon."https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-shares-orion-heat-shield-findings-updates-artemis-moon-missions/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Andromeda Galaxy

"If you can spot the Andromeda Galaxy with your naked eyes, you can see something 14.7 billion billion miles away."

https://www.astronomy.com/astronomy-for-beginners/20-unusual-space-facts/

Mars

"Mars is called the Red Planet because of its red coloring, which comes from the large amount of iron oxide – known on Earth as rust – on the planet’s surface."

https://www.astronomy.com/astronomy-for-beginners/20-unusual-space-facts/

Milky Way

"A steady pulse of bright energy has been emanating from the outskirts of the Milky Way for the past 10 years, occurring every three hours and lasting for about a minute."https://gizmodo.com/mysterious-radio-signals-lead-astronomers-to-an-unlikely-cosmic-pair-2000530449?utm_source=gizmodo_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2024-12-01-pm

A Tiny Percentage Of The Energy Released By The Sun Reaches Earth

"We know that the Sun releases massive amounts of energy on a daily basis. Our world is warmed and kept alive by this energy, and we’re fairly close, so we must be receiving a lot, right? Not exactly. In fact, the total amount of energy the Earth receives from the Sun is just about one one-billionth of the total amount of energy the Sun generates. This is a teeny tiny fraction, and yet if we could harness it all we would be able to power the entire world many times over."https://www.highpointscientific.com/astronomy-hub/post/astronomy-101/10-astronomy-facts-every-stargazer-should-know

Space Dust

"The Majority Of The Stars You See Aren't Dead. There’s a common misconception that when you’re looking up at the sky, you’re seeing thousands of dead stars who are still sending light out into the universe. It’s a poetic thought, but it’s also false. Most of the stars in the night sky are still out there, shining away. After all, stars burn for millions of years. What are the chances all the ones you see would have perished by now?"

https://www.highpointscientific.com/astronomy-hub/post/astronomy-101/10-astronomy-facts-every-stargazer-should-know

Stars

"The Majority Of The Stars You See Aren't Dead. There’s a common misconception that when you’re looking up at the sky, you’re seeing thousands of dead stars who are still sending light out into the universe. It’s a poetic thought, but it’s also false. Most of the stars in the night sky are still out there, shining away. After all, stars burn for millions of years. What are the chances all the ones you see would have perished by now?"

https://www.highpointscientific.com/astronomy-hub/post/astronomy-101/10-astronomy-facts-every-stargazer-should-know

Rocks in Space

"When Earth was about 200 million years old, it passed through a field of rocks suspended in space."

https://interestingfacts.com/gold-facts/

Galaxy Smash

"A massive collision of galaxies sparked by one traveling at a scarcely-believable 2 million mph (3.2 million km/h) has been seen in unprecedented detail by one of Earth's most powerful telescopes."https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/2-million-mph-galaxy-smash-seen-unprecedented-detail?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Voyager 2

"When NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus in 1986, it provided scientists’ first — and, so far, only — close glimpse of this strange, sideways-rotating outer planet."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/mining-old-data-from-nasas-voyager-2-solves-several-uranus-mysteries/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

FRBs

"Since their discovery in 2007, fast radio bursts—extremely energetic pulses of radio-frequency light—have lit up the sky repeatedly, leading astronomers on a chase to uncover their origins."

https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/mighty-radio-bursts-linked-to-massive-galaxies?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

NASA astronaut taken to hospital

"NASA astronaut was taken to the hospital for an undisclosed medical issue after returning from a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing’s capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton, the space agency said Friday."

https://ksltv.com/701402/nasa-astronaut-remains-in-the-hospital-after-returning-from-space/

V404 Cygni

"In this system, called V404 Cygni, the black hole is consuming a small star that is spiraling in very close and fast while a newfound third star circles the black hole from much farther away."

https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/first-black-hole-in-a-triple-star-system-found?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Hera

"Hera is a planetary defence mission under development at the European Space Agency (ESA) - launching in October 2024."

https://www.heramission.space/

First Space Balloon

"Sir Richard Branson has signed on to be the co-pilot of Space Perspective’s first space balloon flight sometime next year, which could be the the 74-year-old billionaire adventurer’s eighth Guinness World Record."

https://robbreport.com/motors/aviation/richard-branson-space-perspective-balloon-flight-1235958767/

Solar Storms

"The danger of a major solar storm is now at its highest in over a decade."https://www.planetary.org/articles/should-you-be-worried-about-solar-storms

ESA Jupiter’s Icy Moon Explorer

"ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice, will make detailed observations of the giant gas planet and its three large ocean-bearing moons – Ganymede, Callisto and Europa – with a suite of remote sensing, geophysical and in situ instruments."

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Juice

Euclid

"ESA (the European Space Agency) has released a new, 208-gigapixel mosaic of images taken by Euclid, a mission with NASA contributions that launched in 2023 to study why the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/snippet-of-euclid-missions-cosmic-atlas-released-by-esa/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=euclid20241015

Quasar

"A quasar is the extremely bright core of a galaxy that hosts an active supermassive black hole at its center."https://news.mit.edu/2024/astronomers-detect-ancient-lonely-quasars-murky-origins-1017?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Meteorites hit

"The Earth has been constantly hit by meteorites in its long life time, but scientists only now working out where they came from have found surprising results."

https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/astronomy/earth-meteorite-asteroid/

Jupiter’s icy moon

"A spacecraft that will hunt for signs of alien life on one of Jupiter’s icy moons has blasted off from Cape Canaveral, 

Florida."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1482xzrge1o

Great Red Spot Variations

"New observations of the Great Red Spot (GRS), Jupiter’s enormous storm, have revealed that it is less stable than previously thought."https://www.iflscience.com/watch-jupiters-great-red-spot-wobbling-like-jelly-and-we-do-not-know-why-76322?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Hera

"The Hera mission is a follow-on operation, which will examine Didymos and it moon, Dimorphos, after the latter was struck by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft."

https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/10/07/live-coverage-esas-hera-mission-to-launch-on-spacex-falcon-9-rocket-from-cape-canaveral/

Coronal Mass Ejections

"Scientists with NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Group (SWPC) said that a cloud of charged solar material, called a coronal mass ejection, slammed into Earth around midday, triggering a "severe" geomagnetic storm that could impact power grids and GPS and radio communications systems, as well as amplify aurora displays in regions that typically don't see them."

https://www.space.com/extreme-solar-storm-affects-auroras-power-grids-october-2024?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

NASA Jet Propulsion

"Using data from an instrument designed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, the nonprofit Carbon Mapper has released the first methane and carbon dioxide detections from the Tanager-1 satellite."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/first-greenhouse-gas-plumes-detected-with-nasa-designed-instrument/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=Latest20241010

JWST detected Carbon Dioxide

"Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have detected carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the frozen surface of Pluto's largest moon, Charon."

https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-pluto-icy-moon-charon?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Solar Flare

"A huge solar flare, the largest since 2017, has been spotted erupting from the Sun’s surface."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy437gnp28zo

TESS

"Using NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), scientists have spotted a record-breaking triple-star system so tightly bound that it could fit comfortably between the sun and its closest planet, Mercury."

https://www.space.com/nasa-tess-record-breaking-three-star-system-tightly-packed?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=All%20Push%20Subscribers

Entanglement

"Entanglement is at the heart of quantum physics and future quantum technologies."https://scienceexchange.caltech.edu/topics/quantum-science-explained/entanglement?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Europa Mission

"NASA will host a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to discuss the upcoming Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-to-preview-europa-clipper-mission-to-jupiter-moon/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=Latest20240911-Clipper

Universe

"Here in our Universe as we know it, once an outcome has occurred, there’s no going back."https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/copy-exist-multiverse/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email

Pacific Nations

"In the next 30 years, Pacific Island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, and Fiji will experience at least 8 inches (15 centimeters) of sea level rise, according to an analysis by NASA’s sea level change science team."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-analysis-shows-irreversible-sea-level-rise-for-pacific-islands/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=climatechange20240925

One Dimensional Gas

"A team of physicists have created a one-dimensional gas out of light, studying the strange properties of this strange state of matter."

https://www.iflscience.com/physicists-turn-light-into-a-one-dimensional-gas-with-incredibly-strange-properties-75963?utm_source=The+IFLScience+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e5de86469f-ICYMI-18-09-24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c13f3c4e60-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&goal=0_3aa1738e2a-e5de86469f-272567312&mc_cid=e5de86469f&mc_eid=561ee916fc

Astronauts Stranded in Space

"Two US astronauts stranded in space for eight months have said it was hard to watch their malfunctioning craft depart the International Space Station without them, but they were happy and trained to "expect the unexpected"."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgn1125ne3o?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Stadium sized asteroid

"Nasa has issued an alert for a stadium-sized asteroid set to make a close approach to Earth on Tuesday."

https://www.independent.co.uk/space/asteroid-alert-nasa-2024-on-b2610177.html

Ring of Space Rocks

"Earth may have had a giant ring of space rocks surrounding it, similar to those around Saturn, which could have led to chaotic meteorite strikes on our planet's surface, new research suggests."

https://www.livescience.com/space/earth-once-wore-a-saturn-like-ring-study-of-ancient-craters-suggests

Pair of Asteroid

"A pair of asteroid dynamics researchers from Universidad Complutense de Madrid Ciudad Universitaria have found that a small asteroid will make one orbit around the Earth starting this month before departing back into other parts of the solar system."https://phys.org/news/2024-09-earth-mini-moon-months.html#google_vignette

Boeing 737

"The mid-flight blowout of a Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane in January sent one of the world's top aerospace manufacturers into a tailspin."https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/boeing-737-max-problems-timeline

Polaris Dawn

"The Polaris Dawn crew, comprising the first ever SpaceX employees to voyage into space, was showered with words of encouragement as they embarked on their mission."https://www.earth.com/news/spacex-launches-polaris-dawn-civilian-crew-on-historic-spacewalk-mission/

Polaris

"NASA researchers will soon benefit from a suite of experiments flying aboard a new fully-commercial human spaceflight mission, strengthening future agency science as we venture to the Moon, Mars and beyond."https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/nasa-to-test-telemedicine-gather-essential-health-data-with-polaris-dawn-crew/

JWT New Galaxies

"Astronomers exploring the faraway universe with the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA's most powerful telescope, have found a class of galaxies that challenges even the most skillful creatures in mimicry — like the mimic octopus."https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/the-james-webb-telescope-found-hundreds-of-little-red-dots-in-the-ancient-universe-we-still-don-t-know-what-they-are

Hubble discovery

"Like two Sumo wrestlers squaring off, the closest confirmed pair of supermassive black holes have been observed in tight proximity."https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-chandra-find-supermassive-black-hole-duo/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Countless Worlds

"The universe is vast and filled with countless worlds, but a new exhibit at the Brand Library & Art Center in Glendale, California, aims to shrink time and space. For “Blended Worlds: Experiments in Interplanetary Imagination,” artists collaborated with scientists and engineers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to create cross-disciplinary works that help illuminate the universe by bringing art and science together."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-jpl-scientists-engineers-collaborate-with-artists-for-exhibition?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=exhibit20240909

Next Trip to Moon

"A European spacecraft is set to fly by the Moon and the Earth next week, using gravity to navigate its course on the way to its destination of Jupiter."https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/08/17/esas-juice-spacecraft-set-to-attempt-first-ever-lunar-earth-flyby-on-route-to-jupiter?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Starliner

"The decision to return Starliner home without astronauts on Friday (Sept. 7) was not without controversy, NASA said of discussions with Boeing."https://www.space.com/boeing-starliner-spacecraft-tension-return-earth-without-astronauts?utm_term=1E9CE68B-BB7D-4199-A76E-9D014B1CA562&lrh=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=4EA75E20-1AEE-49D3-9409-39182C8C23E1&utm_source=SmartBrief

China's launch

"China plans to launch two heavy-lift Long March 5 rockets with elements of the Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission in 2028, the mission's chief designer said Thursday."https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/09/with-nasas-plan-faltering-china-knows-it-can-be-first-with-mars-sample-return/

Guesswork regarding Moon

"There continues to be guesswork regarding resources available on the moon. 

Clearly, a leading hot topic is whether or not super-chilly water ice at the lunar south pole is truly ripe for the picking and processing into oxygen, hydrogen and other essentials needed for life support, even rocket fuel. "

https://www.space.com/moon-lunar-resources-international-cooperation?utm_term=1E9CE68B-BB7D-4199-A76E-9D014B1CA562&lrh=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=4EA75E20-1AEE-49D3-9409-39182C8C23E1&utm_source=SmartBrief

Small Asteroid

"A small asteroid on a collision course with Earth today burned up harmlessly in Earth's atmosphere.

The European Space Agency (ESA) says a 3-foot (1-meter) asteroid struck the atmosphere and burned up harmlessly on Wednesday (Sept. 4) around 12:46 p.m. ET (1646 GMT) above the western Pacific Ocean near Luzon Island in the Philippines. "

https://www.space.com/asteroid-earth-impact-september-2024-rw1?utm_term=1E9CE68B-BB7D-4199-A76E-9D014B1CA562&lrh=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=4EA75E20-1AEE-49D3-9409-39182C8C23E1&utm_source=SmartBrief

Copernicus

"This initiative is headed by the European Commission (EC) in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA)."

https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Introducing_Copernicus#:~:text=Copernicus%20is%20the%20Earth%20observation,change%20and%20ensure%20civil%20security.

Stargazers

"Stargazers in Salisbury, UK, were treated to a magical sight as the Perseid meteor shower, seen each year when Earth passes through debris left by the comet Swift–Tuttle, rained shooting stars over the prehistoric monoliths at Stonehenge."

https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-024-02781-z/index.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

UAE

"The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Space Agency is moving forward on a one-after-another mission to the main asteroid belt. 

The probe will conduct high-speed flybys of six asteroids, completing the spectacular sojourn with a rendezvous and orbiting of a seventh mini-world — and then deploy a small lander onto that final space rock destination."

https://www.space.com/uae-asteroid-belt-mission-progress-2028-launch?utm_term=1E9CE68B-BB7D-4199-A76E-9D014B1CA562&lrh=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=4EA75E20-1AEE-49D3-9409-39182C8C23E1&utm_source=SmartBrief

Mars Perseverance

"Marking a new journey in NASA's exploration of Mars, the Perseverance rover is set to begin a monthslong, steep and challenging ascent up a crater, the space agency announced Wednesday."https://abcnews.go.com/US/nasas-mars-rover-begin-challenging-journey-crater-rim/story?id=112841665

Solar Sail

"Despite a failed first attempt, NASA deployed its pioneering solar sail system, which will harness energy from the Sun to propel itself forward through space."https://gizmodo.com/nasas-solar-sail-mission-is-finally-flying-after-deployment-glitch-2000493203?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Nuclear Strikes

"Scientists at China’s deep space exploration program believe that nuclear weapons are the most effective option to prevent a dangerous asteroid collision with Earth, which could pose a doomsday threat to humanity."https://interestingengineering.com/space/china-study-backs-nuclear-strikes-asteroids

Butch Wilmore

"On Saturday NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore noticed some strange noises emanating from a speaker inside the Starliner spacecraft."

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/09/starliners-speaker-began-emitting-strange-sonar-noises-on-saturday/

Event Horizon Telescope

"The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) was designed to capture images of some of the most gargantuan structures in the universe — and a new observation just pushed it to its limits."https://www.astronomy.com/science/event-horizon-telescope-captures-highest-resolution-images-ever-taken-from-the-ground/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Dark Matter

"Dark matter isn’t simply dark: it’s invisible. Light of all types seems to pass through as though it’s completely transparent. However, dark matter does have mass, which we see by its gravitational influence."https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/research/topic/dark-energy-and-dark-matter

Deep Purple Telescope

"The Deep Purple telescope developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers is now operational in space."https://www.llnl.gov/article/51736/deep-purple-payload-successfully-deployed-operational?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Mars sized Planet

"Roughly 4.5 billion years ago, a Mars-sized celestial body slammed into our home planet."https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/our-moon-was-likely-covered-in-a-magma-ocean-long-ago-and-new-data-from-indias-lunar-rover-supports-that-theory-180984963/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=50118209&spUserID=MTQzNjUzNTAxNTQ5OAS2&spJobID=2762942663&spReportId=Mjc2Mjk0MjY2MwS2

SpaceX

"NASA decided Saturday it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule, and they’ll have to wait until next year for a ride home with SpaceX."

https://apnews.com/article/boeing-spacex-nasa-astronauts-starliner-e4e81e5a6c23dee2f8f72260ddea011c

First piece of ISS

"The first piece of the International Space Station was launched in November 1998."

https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/for-kids-and-students/what-is-the-international-space-station-grades-5-8/

Backyard Worlds

"Most familiar stars peacefully orbit the center of the Milky Way. But citizen scientists working on NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project have helped discover an object moving so fast that it will escape the Milky Way’s gravity and shoot into intergalactic space."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-citizen-scientists-spot-object-moving-1-million-miles-per-hour?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=wise20240815

Starliner

"NASA officials will announce their final decision on Saturday as to whether two NASA astronauts — Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams — will return to Earth on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft or hitch a ride home with SpaceX instead — a decision that could have a huge impact across the rapidly evolving space industry."

https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/22/nasa-to-decide-saturday-whether-astronauts-will-ride-boeings-starliner-home-or-use-spacexs-dragon-instead/

Theia

"Around 4.5 billion years ago, a Mars-sized protoplanet referred to as Theia had a very bad day."https://www.popsci.com/science/moon-magma-ocean/

Chandrayaan-3

"India's Chandrayaan-3 mission has uncovered evidence of a former magma ocean near the Moon's South Pole, a region previously unexplored in such detail."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d44151-024-00132-5

Magnetosphere

"A magnetosphere is the region around a planet dominated by the planet's magnetic field."https://science.nasa.gov/heliophysics/focus-areas/magnetosphere-ionosphere/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

NASA telescope

"Using images from a NASA telescope, three amateur scientists discovered a star-like object sprinting through space — so fast, in fact, it'll whiz right out of the Milky Way."https://mashable.com/article/nasa-neowise-discovery-intergalactic-space?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Juice

"The European Space Agency's Juice mission is on its way to explore Jupiter’s icy moons, arriving in a few years, but to get there it's stealing some orbital velocity from Earth, Venus, and – for the first time – the Moon."https://www.iflscience.com/first-photos-from-esas-juice-as-it-performed-never-before-attempted-gravity-maneuver-75621?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Juno Developments

"Scientists with NASA’s Juno mission have developed the first complete 3D radiation map of the Jupiter system. " https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/danish-instrument-helps-nasas-juno-spacecraft-see-radiation?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=juno20240820

Solar Eclipse History

"For most of human history, cosmic events weren’t understood to be the simple result of physics—instead, they were messages from the divine or omens regarding the future. This is especially true for a total solar eclipse, where the moon entirely obscures the sun, bringing nighttime for a few bizarre minutes during the day."https://www.popsci.com/science/solar-eclipse-history/?utm_term=pscene081624&utm_campaign=PopSci_Actives_Newsletter&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email

Nasa astronauts

"Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the two NASA astronauts stuck on the International Space Station due to delays with the Boeing Starliner aircraft, previously said they were doing great while waiting to come back to Earth."

https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-starliner-pilot-butch-wilmore-sleeping-bag-on-the-iss-2024-8

Stars to Sand Ratio

Snapple Real Fact #1440: There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on Earth.

Spacecraft

"Nearly 15 years ago, a relatively small spacecraft about the size of a polar bear launched into space with a big mission: to map the entire sky at infrared wavelengths with a sensitivity up to hundreds of thousands of times better than previous surveys."https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/nasas-infrared-survey-telescope-ready-to-retire?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Swift Tuttle

"Each July and August the Earth encounters debris left behind from comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle."https://www.amsmeteors.org/2024/08/viewing-the-perseid-meteor-shower-in-2024/

Perseids

"Every August, just when many people go vacationing in the country where skies are dark, the best-known meteor shower makes its appearance: The Perseids."

https://www.space.com/perseid-meteor-shower-2024-peak

M Dwarf Stars

"Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected two new super-Earth exoplanets orbiting nearby M-dwarf stars."

https://phys.org/news/2024-08-astronomers-super-earths-orbiting-nearby.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

ISS

"The two astronauts who went up to the International Space Station (ISS) on Boeing's Starliner may have to come home on a different spacecraft, NASA officials said during a press conference Wednesday."

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/nasa-boeings-starliner-astronauts-home-spacecraft/story?id=112647562

Meteor zipping through Space

"It doesn't have the name recognition of Halley's Comet, but this enormous snowball zipping through space has fascinated at least one astronomer night after summer night for its shape-shifting tail. " https://mashable.com/article/comet-2024-photograph-zigzagging-tail?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Moon

"When you learn about the moon in school, you’re generally taught that its gravity is insufficient to capture and retain any significant atmosphere." https://www.popsci.com/science/moon-metal-atmosphere/

Geometric Storms

"The sun has been putting on quite a show this week, sparking impressive auroras across the U.S. and Canada, and it isn't finished yet. " https://www.space.com/auroras-this-weekend-northern-lights-heightened-geomagnetic-activity

Canadian Robotic Arm

"A Canadian robot arm on the International Space Station is days from a big milestone." https://www.space.com/iss-canadarm2-robot-arm-canada-50th-spacecraft-catch

NASA 1958

"Since 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has brought the mysteries of the cosmos down to Earth, inspiring millions across the world to set their eyes on the final frontier. " https://discover.join1440.com/topics/nasa?pinned-resource=jfks-historic-1962-speech-on-why-we-go-to-the-moon

NASA Beginning

"Since 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has brought the mysteries of the cosmos down to Earth, inspiring millions across the world to set their eyes on the final frontier. " https://discover.join1440.com/topics/nasa?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-digest#video-gallery

Skywatchers August 19

"Monday, Aug. 19 brings the start of another major political convention in Chicago. And that night, skywatchers will be able to gaze upon a most "unconventional" full moon, because it will also be — all politics aside — a "Blue Moon."" https://www.space.com/blue-moon-august-2024

Mars landing

"When the first astronauts land on Mars, they may have the descendants of a microwave-oven-size device to thank for the air they breathe and the rocket propellant that gets them home. " https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-oxygen-generating-experiment-moxie-completes-mars-mission?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=moxie20230906

Falcon 9

"Early on Saturday morning, at 1:45 am local time, a Falcon 9 rocket soared into orbit from its launch site at Kennedy Space Center in Florida." https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/07/spacex-roars-back-to-orbit-barely-two-weeks-after-in-flight-anomaly/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

MegaConstellation

"Shareholders of a pension fund that includes Amazon stock have sued the company, its founder Jeff Bezos, and its board of directors for "breaching their fiduciary duty" as part of a contract to acquire launch services for the Project Kuiper megaconstellation." https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/09/pension-fund-sues-jeff-bezos-and-amazon-for-not-using-falcon-9-rockets/

Exoplanet Models

"Scientists have been working on models of planet formation since before we knew exoplanets existed." https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/08/we-dont-understand-how-a-freakishly-heavy-exoplanet-could-have-formed/

Deep Space Network

"NASA officials sounded an alarm Tuesday about the agency's Deep Space Network, a collection of antennas in California, Spain, and Australia used to maintain contact with missions scattered across the Solar System." https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/08/nasas-artemis-i-mission-nearly-broke-the-deep-space-network/?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=ars&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_mailing=Ars_Orbital_090623&utm_medium=email&bxid=5bdce8643f92a434ca85f247&cndid=45206598&hasha=ecc4eb5a460f31b456c54514153c0893&hashb=126020d02221c0fc5a17b7aa92eeaba8b008e1db&hashc=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&esrc=bouncex&utm_content=B&utm_term=ARS_OrbitalTransmission

Starlink

"The Starlink satellites have been visible in the sky the last couple of nights, and there will be a few more opportunities to see the train of lights in the sky." https://www.wcnc.com/article/tech/science/aerospace/when-see-starlink-satellite-train-night-sky-space-lights/275-6c964878-6187-4b1a-aa3d-0eb8e5de58b9

New Comet

"A newly discovered comet is swinging through our cosmic neighborhood for the first time in more than 400 years." https://phys.org/news/2023-09-northern-hemisphere-comet-years.html

Asteroid Sample

"NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey." https://apnews.com/article/nasa-asteroid-sample-return-utah-9918c2c13b689e01800de4ea42d60188

STEVE

"Steve was a sensation when scientists stumbled across it a few years ago, thanks to the eagle eyes and excellent photography of the Alberta Aurora Chasers Facebook group." https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Swarm/Swarm_helps_discover_Steve_s_long-lost_twin?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Jim Free

"Jim Free, associate administrator for NASA, will deliver a keynote address on Wednesday, July 31, at the International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) in Boston." https://www.issnationallab.org/release-issrdc2024-jim-free-nasa/?utm_source=edm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=issrdc_2024&utm_content=jf

Stars in the Sky

"When you look up at the 200 billion trillion (ish) stars, you probably don't think about adding another – but NASA aims to launch an artificial "star" over the USA before the end of the decade." https://www.iflscience.com/nasa-will-soon-launch-an-artificial-star-into-orbit-over-the-usa-75197?utm_source=The+IFLScience+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b103b44fb7-TWIS-JULY-27&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c13f3c4e60-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=b103b44fb7&mc_eid=561ee916fc

Chiron

Did you know? "A native of the Kuiper Belt formed over 4 billion years ago, Chiron was recently (at least in astronomical terms) gravitationally dislodged from there and tossed into the current closer climes. Exploring it is now much easier than if it were still in the Kuiper Belt, over three times further away." Astronomy Magazine March 2021 "Mission to Centaurs" pp. 24-31

Starliner

"There is still no return date for Boeing's stranded Starliner astronauts, who have been stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) since June after their spacecraft developed multiple issues, NASA has announced. " https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/boeing-starliner-astronauts-remain-stuck-on-international-space-station-with-no-set-return-date-nasa-announces?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

NASA vein

"A vein-filled rock is catching the eye of the science team of NASA’s Perseverance rover." https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-perseverance-rover-scientists-find-intriguing-mars-rock?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=perseverance20240725

Centaurus

Did you know? "What lies ahead for Centaurus on final approach to Chiron? Raw exploration, fundamental discoveries, and the honor of being the first to visit the last large unexplored population of bodies this side of the Oort cloud: the Centaurs, of which Chiron was was the first discovered and is the best known." Astronomy Magazine March 2021 "Mission to Centaurs" pp. 24-31

James Webb

"An international team of astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has directly imaged an exoplanet roughly 12 light-years from Earth." https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-webb-images-cold-exoplanet-12-light-years-away?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=webb20240724

Centaurus

Did you know? "Centaurus crossed that billion miles from Earth to Chiron to make the first reconnaissance of the amazing outer solar system. Once all the precious images and spectra are collected to turn Chiron from a point of light into a real place, Centaurus will transmit them back to its international science team, the most ever assembled for any solar system mission." Astronomy Magazine March 2021 "Mission to Centaurs" pp. 24-31

Northern Lights

"There’s a good chance Pennsylvania residents could see the dazzling aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, this weekend if the weather cooperates, according to space weather forecasters." https://patch.com/pennsylvania/across-pa/northern-lights-possible-weekend-over-pa?utm_source=local-update&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alert

Telescopes

"The first telescopes, known as refracting telescopes, were built in the early 17th century by Dutch eyeglass makers." https://www.popsci.com/science/telescopes-history/?utm_term=pscene072324&utm_campaign=PopSci_Newsletter&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email

Titan

"Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is the only planetary body in the solar system besides our own that currently hosts active rivers, lakes, and seas." https://news.mit.edu/2024/study-titans-lakes-may-be-shaped-by-waves-0619?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Warren Hoburg

"NASA astronaut Warren “Woody” Hoburg will deliver a keynote address at the International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) in Boston on Thursday, August 1, 2024." https://www.issnationallab.org/release-issrdc2024-hoburg/?utm_source=edm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=issrdc_2024&utm_content=wh

Low Earth Orbit

"Space policy in low Earth orbit (LEO) will be the focus of a keynote address at the International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) from Jinni Meehan, assistant director for space policy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)." https://www.issnationallab.org/release-issrdc2024-keynote-meehan-ostp/?utm_source=edm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=issrdc_2024&utm_content=ostp

Permanent Spot on Jupiter

"In 1665, Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini observed a giant dark spot on Jupiter, which he called the "Permanent Spot."" https://www.space.com/jupiter-great-red-spot-origin?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Gyroscope on Hubble

"The Hubble Space Telescope has experienced ongoing problems with one of its three remaining gyroscopes, so NASA has decided to shift the telescope into single gyro mode." https://www.universetoday.com/167444/hubbles-back-but-only-using-one-gyro/#google_vignette

Objectives of James Webb Telescope

"One of the main scientific objectives of next-generation observatories (like the James Webb Space Telescope) has been to observe the first galaxies in the Universe – those that existed at Cosmic Dawn." https://www.universetoday.com/167363/new-simulation-explains-how-supermassive-black-holes-grew-so-quickly/

SpaceX Vehicle

https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/

Days getting Longer

"Days on Earth are growing slightly longer, and that change is accelerating. The reason is connected to the same mechanisms that also have caused the planet’s axis to meander by about 30 feet (10 meters) in the past 120 years." https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-funded-studies-explain-how-climate-is-changing-earths-rotation?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=climate20240719

Mars Colony

"What a wonderful arguably simple solution. Here’s the problem, we travel to Mars but how do we feed ourselves? Sure we can take a load of food with us but for the return trip that’s a lot. If we plan to colonise the red planet we need even more. We have to grow or somehow create food while we are there." https://www.universetoday.com/167408/fish-could-turn-regolith-into-fertile-soil-on-mars/

Lethal Stars

"Which Stars are Lethal to their Planets? Many years ago, there was a viral YouTube video called “History of the entire world, i guess,” which has been an endless source of internet memes since its release. One of the most prominent is also scientifically accurate—when describing why animals couldn’t start living on land, the video’s creator, Bill Wurtz, intones, “The Sun is a deadly laser.” " https://www.universetoday.com/167413/which-stars-are-lethal-to-their-planets/

Atmosphere

"Earth’s protective atmosphere has sheltered life for billions of years, creating a haven where evolution produced complex lifeforms like us. The ozone layer plays a critical role in shielding the biosphere from deadly UV radiation. It blocks 99% of the Sun’s powerful UV output. Earth’s magnetosphere also shelters us." https://www.universetoday.com/167427/earths-atmosphere-is-our-best-defence-against-nearby-supernovae/#google_vignette

Star Explosion

"The American space agency NASA says a huge star explosion is expected to light up the night sky later this year. NASA describes it as a “once-in-a-lifetime” event." https://www.google.com/amp/s/learningenglish.voanews.com/amp/nasa-nova-explosion-to-be-once-in-lifetime-event-in-night-sky/7664089.html

NASA damages

"The owner of a home in southwestern Florida has formally submitted a claim to NASA for damages caused by a chunk of space debris that fell through his roof in March." https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/06/family-whose-roof-was-damaged-by-space-debris-files-claims-against-nasa/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

VRO

Did you know? "VRO will also advance knowledge of our own solar system, multiplying the number of known asteroids, comets, and Kuiper Belt objects many times over. And it catapult the currently known population of Centaurus from a few hundred to many thousands--perhaps even 10,000 --by the mid-2020's. This will in turn offer Centaurus more flyby targets to visit, further increasing the impetus to get it funded and flying." Astronomy Magazine March 2021 "Sky Scanner" p. 26

National Science Foundation

Did you know? "The National Science Foundation project (with contributions by the U.S. Department of Energy and private and donors like Simonyi Foundation) is, at its heart, a giant 8.4 meter patrol telescope. When it comes online in 2023, it will repeatedly scan the skies every night and analyze images for any differences--objects that newly appear, change in brightness, or move in unexpected ways. This ability will make dramatic scientific contributions to studies from everything from novae to supernovae to dark matter and gamma-ray bursts." Astronomy Magazine March 2021 "Sky Scanner" p. 26

Odyssey Spacecraft

"NASA's Odyssey spacecraft, the longest-running mission at Mars, circled the Red Planet for the 100,000th time today, the mission team announced in a statement." https://www.space.com/mars-odyssey-100000-orbits-olympus-mons-image?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

NEOWISE

"After more than 14 successful years in space, NASA’s NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) mission will end on July 31." https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-neowise-infrared-heritage-will-live-on?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=neowise20240701

Asteroid Impacts

"A large asteroid impacting Earth is highly unlikely for the foreseeable future. But because the damage from such an event could be great, NASA leads hypothetical asteroid impact “tabletop” exercises every two years with experts and decision-makers from federal and international agencies to address the many uncertainties of an impact scenario." https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-asteroid-experts-create-hypothetical-impact-scenario-for-exercise?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=cneos20240702

Binary Asteroids

"Binary asteroids are two asteroids that orbit each other. Their existence had long been theorized, but never confirmed, until NASA’s Galileo probe launched on a mission to Jupiter in 1989. " https://www.planetary.org/articles/what-are-binary-asteroids?utm_campaign=warming&utm_medium=email&utm_source=email21&s_src=warming&s_subsrc=email21

James Webb Telescope

"The James Webb Space Telescope takes constant observations, including images and highly detailed data known as spectra. Its operations have led to a ‘parade’ of discoveries by astronomers around the world. It has never felt more possible to explore every facet of the Universe." https://esawebb.org/news/weic2420/?lang

Protostellar Outflow

"The astronomers found an intriguing group of protostellar outflows, formed when jets of gas spewing from newborn stars collide with nearby gas and dust at high speeds." https://esawebb.org/news/weic2415/?lang

James Webb Telescope

"A team of scientists used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to parse the composition of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant located 6500 light-years away in the constellation Taurus." https://esawebb.org/news/weic2417/?lang

National Moon Day

NATIONAL MOON DAY "National Moon Day on July 20 commemorates the day man first walked on the moon in 1969. NASA reported the moon landing as being “...the single greatest technological achievement of all time.”" https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-moon-day-july-20?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10474146&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

Chrystal's on Mars

"For nearly 10 years, NASA’s four-wheeled robot has been climbing the foothills of Mount Sharp, a tall mountain on Mars that stands above an ancient crater, uncovering mysteries with each of its layers. In its latest discovery, the Martian explorer stumbled upon a field of rocks made of pure sulfur, a chemical element that could hold precious clues to the Red Planet’s watery past." https://gizmodo.com/nasas-curiosity-rover-uncovers-trove-of-yellow-crystals-on-mars-2000476772

2014 Space Race

"Back in 2014, the United States held its own little internal space race. NASA chose two companies to bring us back to the International Space Station, providing them with funding to build a crewed space vehicle: One established, long-proven aerospace engineering firm, and one upstart run by a guy who names all his kids like they’re Warhammer figures. " https://qz.com/boeing-starliner-launch-elon-musk-spacex-space-race-1851459330?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

SpaceFlight Changes

"Spaceflight and exploration have changed tremendously over the past 25 years. Since 1999, we've seen the birth of a vibrant private spaceflight sector, led by Elon Musk's SpaceX, and the rise of an ambitious and increasingly accomplished new space power: China. (India has made great strides as well.)" https://www.space.com/spaceflight-evolution-next-25-years-moon-mars

Jupiter's Spot

"A steady diet of smaller storms may be what fuels Jupiter’s Great Red Spot — and a decline in small storms may be causing it to shrink." https://news.yale.edu/2024/07/18/new-explanation-jupiters-great-shrinking-spot

LRO

"LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) was the first U.S. mission to the Moon in over 10 years." https://science.nasa.gov/mission/lro/

Cave on Moon

"Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon, not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago, and suspect there are hundreds more that could house future astronauts." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scientists-underground-moon-cave-astronauts-space/

Young Galaxies

"Young galaxies in the early Universe underwent significant burst phases of star formation, generating substantial amounts of ionising radiation." https://esawebb.org/news/weic2418/?lang

Humble Neutrino

"The humble neutrino, an elusive subatomic particle that passes effortlessly through normal matter, plays an outsized role among the particles that comprise our universe. To fully explain how our universe came to be, we need to know its mass. But, like so many of us, it avoids being weighed." https://scitechdaily.com/decoding-the-universes-ghost-project-8-is-closing-in-on-the-elusive-neutrino/

Space X

"NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission safely returns to Earth … The tech demo hitching a ride on NASA’s Psyche spacecraft … And studying ancient life on Earth to better understand Mars … A few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA!" https://scitechdaily.com/this-week-nasa-spacex-crew-6-splashdown-psyche-spacecraft-hitchhiker-ancient-life-on-earth/

Axiom Mission

"Axiom Mission 2 pilot John Shoffner and aerospace engineer and reigning Miss United Kingdom Jessica Gagen will join a panel of guests to discuss increasing access to space and expanding the space industry workforce at the 13th annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC). This panel takes place on day 3 of the conference, which will be held at the Marriott Copley Place in Boston, July 29-August 1, 2024."

https://www.issnationallab.org/release-issrdc2024-stem-panel/?utm_source=edm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=issrdc_2024&utm_content=sp

Mission to Mars

"The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth."https://apnews.com/article/nasa-simulated-mars-habitat-exit-7fd7d511ca22016793d504b1a47f97ee

Unexpected Structures

"A NASA satellite has spotted unexpected X- and C-shaped structures in Earth’s ionosphere, the layer of electrified gas in the planet’s atmosphere that allows radio signals to travel over long distances."https://www.livescience.com/space/the-sun/nasa-spots-unexpected-x-shaped-structures-in-earths-upper-atmosphere-and-scientists-are-struggling-to-explain-them

Europe's New Rocket

"Europe's big new rocket, Ariane-6, has blasted off on its maiden flight."https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c19km33k1mpo

Galactic Managirie

"This menagerie includes three spiral-shaped galaxies, an elliptical galaxy and a lenticular (lens-like) galaxy. Somehow, these different galaxies have crossed paths to create an exceptionally crowded and eclectic galaxy sampler."

https://esahubble.org/news/heic2205/?lang

FAA

"The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is requiring an investigation into the recent anomaly suffered by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket."https://www.space.com/faa-investigation-spacex-falcon-9-failure-starlink-launch

Supermassive Blackholes

"Most known black holes are either extremely massive, like the supermassive black holes that lie at the cores of large galaxies, or relatively lightweight, with a mass of under 100 times that of the Sun. Intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) are scarce, however, and are considered rare "missing links" in black hole evolution."

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-finds-strong-evidence-for-intermediate-mass-black-hole-in-omega-centauri/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Milky Way

"This summer, you can gaze at the Milky Way without the need for a telescope, but you may have to drive a bit to get a good view."

https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/science/4754364-milky-way-see-without-telescope-july-august/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Ariane 6

"Ariane 6 will be available in two versions depending on the performance required: a version with two boosters, called Ariane 62, and Ariane 64 with four boosters."https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Launch_vehicles/Ariane_6_overview

NASA volunteers

"The four volunteers who have been living and working inside NASA’s first simulated yearlong Mars habitat mission are set to exit their ground-based home on Saturday, July 6. NASA will provide live coverage of the crew’s exit from the habitat at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston at 5 p.m. EDT."https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/volunteer-crew-to-exit-nasas-simulated-mars-habitat-after-378-days/

Ejected Boulders

"The 37 ejected boulders range in size from 1 metre to 6.7 metres across, based on Hubble photometry. They are drifting away from the asteroid at around one kilometre per hour. The total mass in these detected boulders is about 0.1% the mass of Dimorphos. The boulders are some of the faintest objects ever imaged in the Solar System."

https://esahubble.org/news/heic2307/?lang

Chapea

"As many of us experienced during lockdowns, it’s not easy to stay sane and productive in an enclosed environment."

https://www.digitaltrends.com/space/nasa-chapea-crew-leaving/

SpaceX

"SpaceX has won the right to tackle a monumental task: destroying the International Space Station (ISS)."https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/spacex-wins-nasa-contract-to-destroy-the-international-space-station/

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

"Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California have mapped scorching pavement in Phoenix where contact with skin — from a fall, for example — can cause serious burns."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-ecostress-maps-burn-risk-across-phoenix-streets?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=Latest20240702

Shadows

Snapple Real Fact #1812: Shadows are darker on the Moon.

NATIONAL METEOR WATCH DAY

NATIONAL METEOR WATCH DAY | JUNE 30

"On June 30th, National Meteor Watch Day encourages us to look to the stars to witness one of the night sky's most thrilling sights."

https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-meteor-watch-day-june-30?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10237441&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

2 Close Calls

"Two large asteroids are set to safely pass by Earth this week, arriving just before Asteroid Day on June 30, according to a new report from the European Space Agency (ESA)."

https://www.earth.com/news/two-large-asteroids-will-pass-near-earth-this-week/

Close Call

"Tomorrow, Earth will have a relatively close encounter with one of the largest known space rocks in the potentially hazardous asteroid class. It is known as 2011 UL21 and it is classed as a "planet-killer" in size."

https://www.iflscience.com/planet-killer-asteroid-to-safely-fly-by-earth-tomorrow-74826

VRO

Did you know?

"One of the most highly anticipated astronomical facilities of the century is the Vera C. Rubin Observatory (VRO)."

Astronomy Magazine March 2021  "Sky Scanner" p. 26

ISS

"The International Space Station has been around for a long time."

https://www.planetary.org/articles/how-nasa-plans-to-deorbit-the-international-space-station

NASA and SpaceX

"NASA has selected SpaceX to develop a vehicle that will bring the International Space Station to a fiery end when the time comes."

https://www.space.com/nasa-spacex-international-space-station-deorbit-vehicle

SHERLOC

 

"The SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals) instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has analyzed a rock target with its spectrometer and camera for the first time since encountering an issue this past January. The instrument plays a key role in the mission’s search for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California confirmed on June 17 that the instrument succeeded in collecting data."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/detective-work-enables-perseverance-team-to-revive-sherloc-instrument?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=percy20240626

NASA flights over Philadelphia and Baltimore and more

"This summer between June 17 and July 2, NASA is flying aircraft over Baltimore, Philadelphia, parts of Virginia, and California to collect data on air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-led-mission-to-map-air-pollution-over-both-us-coasts?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=earth20240624

Observatory in Mediterranean

"An observatory still under construction at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea has spotted what could be the most energetic neutrino ever detected. Such ultra-high-energy neutrinos — tiny subatomic particles that travel at nearly the speed of light — have been known to exist for only a decade or so, and are thought to be messengers from some of the Universe’s most cataclysmic events, such as growth spurts of supermassive black holes in distant galaxies."https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02074-5?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Neutrinos

"Of all the elementary particles in the universe, neutrinos may be the strangest."

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-are-neutrinos-and-how-can-we-measure-their-mass/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

James Webb NIRCAM

"For the first time, a phenomenon astronomers have long hoped to directly image has been captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam)."

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/first-of-its-kind-detection-made-in-striking-new-webb-image/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Brightening Galaxy

"The mysterious brightening of a galaxy far, far away has been traced to the heart of the star system and the sudden awakening of a giant black hole 1m times more massive than the sun."

https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jun/18/astronomers-detect-sudden-awakening-black-hole-1m-times-bigger-sun?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Water Cycle

"It’s been known for years that there are large quantities of water ice locked up in the Martian poles. Around the equator however it is a barren dry wasteland devoid of any surface ice. Recent observations of Mars have discovered frost on the giant shield volcanoes but it only appears briefly after sunrise and soon evaporates. Estimates suggest that 150,000 tons of water cycle between the surface and atmosphere on a daily basis."https://www.universetoday.com/167358/frost-seen-on-olympus-mons-for-the-first-time/#google_vignette

Voyager

"NASA's Voyager 1 interstellar probe is finally returning usable data from all four of its science instruments, scientists say."https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/nasa-engineers-finally-fix-voyager-1-spacecraft-from-15-billion-miles-away

Dryness of Venus

"It should not be surprising that Venus is dry. It is famous for its hellish conditions, with dense sulphurous clouds, rains of acid, atmospheric pressures comparable to a 900 meter deep lake, and a surface temperature high enough to melt lead. But it’s lack of water is not just a lack of rain and oceans: there’s no ice or water vapour either."https://www.universetoday.com/167300/where-did-venuss-water-go/

Furthest Journey So Far

Did you know?

"October 22, 2038: After a journey of over a billion miles to the outer solar system, the Centaurus spacecraft is on final approach. Dead ahead lies Chiron, a mini-planet orbiting between Uranus and Neptune."

Astronomy Magazine March 2021 "Mission to Centaurs" pp. 16-23

ST Discovery

"Over five seasons of "Star Trek: Discovery we got to know Michael Burnham and the crew of the USS Discovery, but the show's final scene is reserved for its eponymous starship."

https://www.space.com/star-trek-discovery-what-happened-to-uss-discovery-after-series-finale

Planets History

"Scientists scour the Earth and the sky for clues to our planet’s climate history. Powerful and sustained volcanic eruptions can alter the climate for long periods of time, and the Sun’s output can shift Earth’s climate over millions of years."

https://www.universetoday.com/167340/was-earths-climate-affected-by-interstellar-clouds/

James Webb Space Telescope

"The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has once again found evidence that the early universe was a far more complex place than we thought."

https://www.universetoday.com/167328/carbon-is-surprisingly-abundant-in-an-early-galaxy/#google_vignette

Voyager 1

"NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is conducting normal science operations for the first time following a technical issue that arose in November 2023."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/voyager-1-returning-science-data-from-all-four-instruments

Black Hole Material

Did you know?

"Theorists have a difficult time stimulating how black holes accrete material. The underlying physics is exceedingly complex, especially for supermassive black holes. But one thing is clear: The presence or absence of magnetic fields, and how they arrange themselves around a black hole, plays a critical role in controlling the rate of the accretion flow."

Astronomy Magazine March 2021 "How to Grow a Giant Black Hole" pp. 16-23

Future

"Humanity's future may involve getting to a planet other than Earth ‒ but first people will have to survive the journey."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/06/11/why-space-travel-ages-people/74052057007/

Black Hole Growth

Did you know?

"We came to the conclusion that the standard picture of black hole growth may actually not apply to these quasars, they're eating a lot of material but they're not emitting as much radiation as we thought. They grow fast that there's no longer a black hole problem."

HennawiAstronomy Magazine March 2021 "How to Grow a Giant Black Hole" pp. 16-23

Cosmos

"Deep inside a black hole, the cosmos gets twisted beyond comprehension. Here, at some infinitesimal point of infinite density, the fabric of the universe gets so ludicrously warped that Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, which describes how mass bends space-time, ceases to make sense. At the singularity, our understanding falls apart."

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234950-400-what-naked-singularities-are-revealing-about-quantum-space-time//?utm_source=nssub-acq&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nssub%20acq_29-feb-clicks-offer_e4_A-tri_120624&utm_content=A&utm_term=NSSUB_Prospects_E-A-P_click-date_since%2029%20Feb

Martian Mountains

"Sometimes the impossible turns out to be not so impossible."

https://newatlas.com/space/impossible-frost-martian-mountains/?utm_source=New+Atlas+Subscribers&utm_campaign=ce6fe11b76-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_06_12_12_58&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-ce6fe11b76-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

Water on Mars

"An international team of planetary scientists has detected patches of water frost sitting atop the Tharsis volcanoes on Mars, which are not only the tallest volcanic mountains on the Red Planet but in the entire solar system."

https://www.brown.edu/news/2024-06-10/mars-frost?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams

"NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are safely in orbit on the first crewed flight test aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft bound for the International Space Station."

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/liftoff-nasa-astronauts-pilot-first-starliner-crewed-test-to-station/

ACDM model

Did you know?

"If either the direct-collapse or super-Eddington scenario is correct, there is no need to tinker with the ACDM cosmological model. And Hennawi points out that it's not necessarily an either/or proposition. Both direct collapse and super-Eddington accretion could have been operating in the early universe, he say, Natarajan agrees."

Astronomy Magazine March 2021 "How to Grow a Giant Black Hole" pp. 16-23

Eddington Rate

Did you know?

"Magnetic fields thus determine how efficiently a gram of matter radiates light as it spirals towards a black hole. A magnetic field with twist and turns will gum up the flow, causing it to heat up and emit powerful radiation that could stem the infall of material. But, says Natarajan, if the magnetic field takes a direct path and neatly threads an accretion disk, simulations suggest it can whisk material to the black hole, feeding it much faster than the Eddington rate."

Astronomy Magazine March 2021 "How to Grow a Giant Black Hole" pp. 16-23

James Webb Space Telescope

Did you know?

"Like Natarajan, Hennawi looks forward to the launch  and deployment of the JWST. Assuming it works as planned, this cutting edge space telescope will enable astronomers to make of many dozens high-redshift quasars to see how energy is affected by the retreat which they accrete material."

Astronomy Magazine March 2021 "How to Grow a Giant Black Hole" pp. 16-23

James Webb Space Telescope

Did you know?

"At some level the abundance is what you really want and need, but the important thing is that we'll have a lot more understanding of this when we can make these kinds of measurements for hundreds of objects, that's really what JWST will allow us to do."

Hennawi

Astronomy Magazine March 2021 "How to Grow a Giant Black Hole" pp. 16-23

Olympus Mons

"Earth is home to stunning snow-capped mountains that tower over their surrounding landscapes, but none quite compares to Mars’ Olympus Mons."

https://www.interestingfacts.com/fact/6227e623389a6a0008607d36#6227e4b395815c0008941751?utm_source=feedingcuriosity.com

Starship Super Heavy flight

"The fourth Starship Super Heavy flight test has ended with a splashdown in the Indian Ocean."

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/6/24172689/spacex-starship-fourth-flight-test-launch-success

Radio signals

"The universe is awash with strange radio signals, but astronomers have now detected a really bizarre one that repeats every hour, cycling through three different states. While they have some ideas about its origin it can’t be explained by our current understanding of physics."

https://newatlas.com/space/radio-signal-space-repeats-hour-neutron-star-white-dwarf/?utm_source=New+Atlas+Subscribers&utm_campaign=fa58b8f18f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_06_07_12_53&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-fa58b8f18f-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

Space X

"Mr Musk's private spaceflight company SpaceX tried to get Starship airborne on Monday, April 17 but postponed the launch because of a pressurisation issue."

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-55564448?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Magellian and Gemini Telescopes

Did you know?

"Using the Magellian and Gemini telescopes, they have measured the amount of light from several redshift-7 quasars by observing how their radiation has ionized the inter-galactic gas between the quasar and us."

Astronomy Magazine March 2021 "How to Grow a Giant Black Hole" pp. 16-23

Planets Age

"Measuring the ages of planets and stars helps scientists understand when they formed and how they change – and, in the case of planets, if life has had time to have evolved on them."

https://theconversation.com/how-do-astronomers-know-the-age-of-the-planets-and-stars-205809

1679 Dutch Researchers

"In 1679, Dutch explorers reached Australia and observed the first black swan known to Western civilization."

https://thebulletin.org/2023/10/black-swans-from-mars/

Very Long Baseline Array

"Using the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) and the Long Baseline Array (LBA), astronomers have observed a black hole low-mass X-ray binary known as Swift J1727.8-1613. As a result, they found that the system hosts a highly extended and bright relativistic jet. The finding was detailed in a paper published May 20 on the pre-print server arXiv."

https://phys.org/news/2024-05-ray-binary-swift-j17278-large.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

Black Hole Stars

"Stars near the center of our galaxy are acting kind of weird. Dark matter may be the explanation."

https://phys.org/news/2024-05-dark-galaxy-innermost-stars-immortal.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

Eddington Limit

Did you know?

"Even if a black hole can pull matter faster than the Eddington limit, that increased accretion should produce powerful winds and outflows that drives materials away, choking off further growth. In other words if episodes of super-Eddington accretion do occur they are presumably in duration, setting yet another limit on how fast black hole can grow.

Because of these natural limits, astronomers find it difficult to explain how a black hole starting off with 100 to 200 solar masses can accrete enough material in only a few hundred million years to grow into the billion-solar-mass behemoth powering the quasars J1342 and J1007. For that, we need to seed black holes with much higher intial masses. But how are they born?"

Astronomy Magazine March 2021 "How to Grow a Giant Black Hole" pp. 16-23

Cosmic Pulsars

"The sweeping beams of cosmic lighthouses called pulsars are much more energetic than previously thought, calling into question the bulbs that power them."

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/vela-exploded-star-highest-energy-pulsar

Rocket Lab

"NASA and Rocket Lab are targeting Saturday, June 1, to launch the second CubeSat for the agency’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/launch-date-set-for-nasas-second-prefire-satellite?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=prefire20240529

SpaceX's Starship

"SpaceX's Starship rocket just reached orbit for the very first time, but now it's gotten lost upon reentry."

https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/spacexs-incredibly-powerful-starship-lost-in-the-indian-ocean-after-reaching-orbit-for-1st-time

Astronauts to Moon

"NASA is getting ready to send astronauts to explore more of the Moon as part of the Artemis program, and the agency has selected SpaceX to continue development of the first commercial human lander that will safely carry the next two American astronauts to the lunar surface."

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/as-artemis-moves-forward-nasa-picks-spacex-to-land-next-americans-on-moon/

Ripples in Space

"The motion of black holes and other massive objects through space can create ripples in the fabric of the universe, called gravitational waves."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/15-years-of-radio-data-reveals-evidence-of-spacetime-murmur

Mars Helicopter

"The 52nd flight of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is now in the official mission logbook as a success."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-phones-home?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=ingenuity20230630

Avi Leob Alien Technology

"Harvard professor Avi Loeb believes he may have found fragments of alien technology from a meteor that landed in the waters off of Papua New Guinea in 2014."

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/news/avi-loeb-harvard-professor-alien-technology-fragments/

Euclid

"A new space telescope named Euclid, an ESA (European Space Agency) mission with important contributions from NASA, is set to launch in July to explore why the universe’s expansion is speeding up."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-roman-and-esas-euclid-will-team-up-to-investigate-dark-energy

Reflective Planet

"Astronomers have discovered the most reflective planet outside the solar system ever seen."

https://www.space.com/exoplanet-largest-mirror-metal-clouds

Mars Mission

"Europe’s upcoming Mars mission will use a pioneering nuclear-powered device that harnesses the radioactive decay of americium to keep its components warm — a first for spacecraft."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01487-6?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Jupiter

"Among the planets in our solar system, Jupiter is the eldest and largest, and it often appears as the second brightest in the night sky after Venus."

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-seven-most-amazing-discoveries-weve-made-by-exploring-jupiter-180984352/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=49781215&spUserID=MTQzNjUzNTAxNTQ5OAS2&spJobID=2702464001&spReportId=MjcwMjQ2NDAwMQS2

Stunning Picture

"This stunning picture of the star-forming region closest to Earth is the latest to be released by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02289-y

Blue Origin

"Blue Origin carried out its first crewed launch since 2022 on May 19th, sending six space tourists into space for a brief period of weightlessness."

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/19/24160127/blue-origin-ns-25-new-shepard-6th-crewed-launch

Webb

"The first anniversary image from NASA’s Webb is of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/webb-celebrates-first-year-of-science-with-close-up-on-birth-of-sun-like-stars

Psyche

"With less than 100 days to go before its Oct. 5 launch, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is undergoing final preparations at Cape Canaveral, Florida."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-psyche-mission-enters-home-stretch-before-launch

Warp Drive

"Central to science fiction, and Star Trek in particular, is the ability to travel the galaxy at speeds far faster than light via a fictional technology called a “warp drive.” What is that, and will we ever have one?"

https://bigthink.com/hard-science/star-trek-warp-drive-possible/

Mars Rivers

"NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover sealed the tube containing its 20th rock core sample on June 23 (the 832nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission), and the mission’s science team is excited about its potential."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/ancient-river-is-helping-nasas-perseverance-mars-rover-do-its-work

Stars

"Stars are the most widely recognized astronomical objects, and represent the most fundamental building blocks of galaxies."

https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/how-do-stars-form-and-evolve

Cotton Candy

"Researchers discovered a huge planet 1,200 light years from Earth with a density comparable to that of cotton candy, scientists said Monday."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/researchers-discover-super-fluffy-planet-with-cotton-candy-like-density/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Mysteries in Astrophysics

"One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up."

https://theconversation.com/is-dark-matters-main-rival-theory-dead-theres-bad-news-from-the-cassini-spacecraft-and-other-recent-tests-228826?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Nishimura

"Comet Nishimura is slowly but inexorably approaching its perihelion, the closest point to the Sun in its long orbit."

https://www.iflscience.com/how-to-spot-comet-nishimura-in-the-sky-in-the-coming-weeks-70534

Oblers' Paradox

"People have been asking why space is dark despite being filled with stars for so long that this question has a special name – Olbers’ paradox."

https://theconversation.com/why-is-space-so-dark-even-though-the-universe-is-filled-with-stars-205810

Unis

“[The king] Unis seizes the sky and splits its iron.”

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/do-hieroglyphic-texts-reveal-that-ancient-egyptians-knew-meteorites-came-from-the-sky-180983039/

Sun

"Our Sun is a huge ball of electrically-charged hot gas. "

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/solar-cycles/en/

Atlas 5

"An Atlas 5 rocket carrying astronauts for the first time was fueled for blastoff Monday night to boost Boeing's long-delayed Starliner crew ferry ship into orbit for its first piloted test flight."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boeing-starliner-launch-space-station-crew/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Black Holes

"“Detecting a population of Earth-mass primordial black holes would be an incredible step for both astronomy and particle physics because these objects can’t be formed by any known physical process,” said William DeRocco, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California Santa Cruz who led a study about how Roman could reveal them."

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/roman-space-telescope/how-nasas-roman-mission-will-hunt-for-primordial-black-holes/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Planets Making

"The planets in our Solar System are spectacularly diverse, from Earth’s ocean-covered surface to mighty Jupiter’s swirling storms and Neptune’s mysterious blue hues. Some planets are more similar than others, and share common structures. When you look at what planets are made of, you get three main groups: terrestrial planets, gas giants, and ice giants."

https://www.planetary.org/articles/what-are-planets-made-of?utm_campaign=warming&utm_medium=email&utm_source=email13&s_src=warming&s_subsrc=email13

Ediacaran Period

"The Ediacaran Period, spanning from about 635 to 541 million years ago, was a pivotal time in Earth’s history."

https://scitechdaily.com/how-a-faint-magnetic-pulse-may-have-jumpstarted-evolution-600-million-years-ago/

Mars Quake

"A global team of scientists led by the University of Oxford have announced the results of an unprecedented collaboration to search for the source of the largest ever seismic event recorded on Mars."

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-10-17-new-study-reveals-source-largest-ever-mars-quake

National Astronaut Day

NATIONAL ASTRONAUT DAY

"National Astronaut Day on May 5th each year celebrates Astronauts as true heroes."

https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-astronaut-day-may-5?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=9734380&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

New Satellite

"A new satellite image shows a seemingly vast portion of the United States shrouded in an expansive dark splotch."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/satellite-image-moon-shadow-over-us-solar-eclipse-nasa/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email

China Robot

"Researchers in China have developed a robot chemist powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that might be able to extract oxygen from water on Mars."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03522-4

James Webb Telescope

"James Webb continues to shed new light on the early universe."

https://interestingengineering.com/science/james-webb-space-telescope-captures-the-second-most-distant-galaxy-ever

NATIONAL Space Day

"National Space Day dedicates the first Friday in May to the extraordinary achievements, benefits, and opportunities in the exploration and use of space."

https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-space-day-first-friday-in-may?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=9714622&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

Eastern Mediterranean Eclipse

"In the spring of 585 B.C. in the Eastern Mediterranean, the moon came out of nowhere to hide the face of the sun, turning day into night."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/06/science/eclipse-prediction-ancient-greece-thales.html?ugrp=m&unlocked_article_code=1.ik0.a249.zP6LIprvGWGw&smid=url-share&utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Solar System Future

"Scientists are following neon signs in a search for clues to one planetary system’s future and the past of another – our own solar system."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/webb-follows-neon-signs-toward-new-thinking-on-planet-formation

Pulsar Problem

"The Milky Way has a missing pulsar problem in its core."

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-neutron-stars-capturing-primordial-black.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter#google_vignette

Exoplanet Crises

"Some exoplanets seem to be losing their atmospheres and shrinking. In a new study using NASA’s retired Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers find evidence of a possible cause: The cores of these planets are pushing away their atmospheres from the inside out."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-data-reveals-possible-reason-some-exoplanets-are-shrinking

James Webb Telescope

"The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest infrared images to date of one of the most distinctive objects in our skies, the Horsehead Nebula."

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/Webb_captures_iconic_Horsehead_Nebula_in_unprecedented_detail?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Rocket Lab

"NASA and Rocket Lab are targeting no earlier than Wednesday, May 22, 2024, for the first of two launches of the agency’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission to study heat loss to space in Earth’s polar regions."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/launch-date-set-for-nasas-prefire-mission-to-study-polar-energy-loss?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=prefire20240429

WASP 107b

"A team of European astronomers, co-led by researchers from the Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven, used recent observations made with the James Webb Space Telescope to study the atmosphere of the nearby exoplanet 

WASP-107b."

https://phys.org/news/2023-11-jwst-vapor-sulfur-dioxide-sand.html

The Moon

"The moon has long captured our imaginations. It’s embedded deep in mythology around the world, and even became the first calendar for many ancient people. "

https://www.interestingfacts.com/moon-facts/YnBu6lm3LQAHz-mm?liu=f990a22b8f045d09d1eb29acc743f7c5&utm_source=blog&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2130667792

Leonid Meteor Shower

"Your best entertainment value this weekend is the dazzling Leonid meteor shower."

https://lifehacker.com/science/leonid-showers-viewing

Second SpaceX Flight

"The second test flight for SpaceX’s Starship rocket has now been given the all clear by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)."

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/15/23873201/spacex-starship-faa-approval-super-heavy-launch-test-date

Leonid meteor shower

"Every November, there’s a fantastic event for bringing people together: that’s right, the Leonid meteor shower."

https://gizmodo.com/how-best-witness-leonid-meteor-shower-weekend-1851031284?utm_source=gizmodo_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2023-11-17

Hubble

"The Hubble Space Telescope just ogled an exoplanet passing in front of a star in a triple system, revealing the nearby world’s mass."

https://gizmodo.com/nasa-hubble-telescope-size-of-exoplanet-ltt-1445ac-1851031858

CAS

"The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has released the highest-resolution geological maps of the Moon yet."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01223-0?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Solar System

"Many of us remember those school-room models of our Solar System, with tiny wooden planets rotating at the ends of their wires around a bright-orange painted sun."

https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/how-are-solar-systems-born/

2023 Space Missions

"The year 2023 proved to be an important one for space missions, with NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission returning a sample from an asteroid and India's Chandrayaan-3 mission exploring the lunar south pole, and 2024 is shaping up to be another exciting year for space exploration."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/space-missions-launch-2024-artemis-clipper-viper-moon-mars/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email

Earth's Magnetic Field

"Earth’s magnetic field serves as a protective barrier against cosmic radiation from space. But this shield isn’t always as stable as it appears."

https://interestingengineering.com/space/earths-magnetic-poles-flipped-some-41000-years-ago-heres-how?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

JUNO

"NASA's Juno spacecraft recently swooped by the most powerful volcano in our solar system, on the most volcanic world known to exist."

https://mashable.com/article/nasa-io-video-volcano?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Io

"There are new, high-quality images of Jupiter's moon, Io, thanks to the nearest flyby of the celestial body by a spacecraft in decades."

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/31/1222345665/take-a-look-at-these-astonishing-new-images-of-jupiters-volcanic-moon-io

Mars Helicopter

"Engineers working on NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter assembled for one last time in a control room at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Tuesday, April 16, to monitor a transmission from the history-making helicopter."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-team-says-goodbye-for-now?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=Latest20240416-Ingenuity

US Space Agency

"The US space agency says the current mission design can't return the samples before 2040 on the existing funds and the more realistic $11bn (£9bn) needed to make it happen is not sustainable."

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68819153?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

ULA

"The United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched its new Vulcan Centaur rocket from Cape Canaveral on Monday at 2:18AM ET, carrying a US-made Moon lander with NASA science and research payloads onboard."

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/8/24029705/nasa-peregrine-mission-one-moon-lander-vulcan-centaur-rocket-launch

Astrobotic

"Astrobotic, the team behind the Peregrine spacecraft, is urgently working to extract any possible value from its failing mission."

https://gizmodo.com/race-against-time-astrobotic-peregrine-moon-mission-1851151921?utm_source=gizmodo_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2024-01-09

NISAR

"NISAR, the soon-to-launch radar satellite from NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), will measure some key Earth vital signs, from the health of wetlands to ground deformation by volcanoes to the dynamics of land and sea ice."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/this-us-indian-satellite-will-monitor-earths-changing-frozen-regions?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=nisar20240110

2024 Space age

"The year 2024 could be the dawn of a new Space Age, full of landing attempts on the moon and successive rocket launches."

https://mashable.com/article/2024-solar-eclipse-meteor-showers-rocket-launches-more?utm_source=email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=lightspeed&zdee=gAAAAABlMXKb0IDZ-GNdjEnXeY0t1_atRL5n2JMUni0onFr5rXMHMAtj71qQ8edr6XOfkvzeygD3zcUETeWKQhfHCMmJF0PQ3Grb1DT9YTXtnYOjIpHc_VE%3D

Eclipse

"It’s almost time in Pennsylvania for the Monday, April 8 total solar eclipse."

https://patch.com/pennsylvania/across-pa/pa-solar-eclipse-when-look-weather-forecast-totality-path?utm_source=alert-breakingnews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alert&user_email=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&user_email_md5=ecc4eb5a460f31b456c54514153c0893&lctg=65ba9c0c44c464247206b03b#google_vignette

Solar Eclipse

"The solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 will bring some solar system worlds into view."

https://mashable.com/article/solar-eclipse-2024-planets?utm_source=email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=lightspeed&zdee=gAAAAABlMXKb0IDZ-GNdjEnXeY0t1_atRL5n2JMUni0onFr5rXMHMAtj71qQ8edr6XOfkvzeygD3zcUETeWKQhfHCMmJF0PQ3Grb1DT9YTXtnYOjIpHc_VE%3D

Solar Eclipse

"A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Sun and Earth, casting the moon's shadow on Earth."

https://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/what-is-a-solar-eclipse

Robotic Lander

"The first U.S.-based robotic lander in over a half-century lost its shot at the moon just mere hours into flight."

https://mashable.com/article/moon-mission-nasa-astrobotic-failure?utm_source=email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=lightspeed&zdee=gAAAAABlMXKb0IDZ-GNdjEnXeY0t1_atRL5n2JMUni0onFr5rXMHMAtj71qQ8edr6XOfkvzeygD3zcUETeWKQhfHCMmJF0PQ3Grb1DT9YTXtnYOjIpHc_VE%3D

Spaceborne Testbed

"The spaceborne testbed demonstrated the ability to beam power wirelessly in space; it measured the efficiency, durability, and function of a variety of different types of solar cells in space; and gave a real-world trial of the design of a lightweight deployable structure to deliver and hold the aforementioned solar cells and power transmitters."

https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/space-solar-power-project-ends-first-in-space-mission-with-successes-and-lessons?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Curiosity Rover

"NASA’s Curiosity rover has begun exploring a new region of Mars, one that could reveal more about when liquid water disappeared once and for all from the Red Planet’s surface. Billions of years ago, Mars was much wetter and probably warmer than it is today."

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9569/nasas-curiosity-searches-for-new-clues-about-mars-ancient-water/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Astronauts to Orbit Moon

"A few years before Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin would make lunar history—Lovell as one of the first astronauts to orbit the moon in 1968 and Aldrin as the second man to walk on it in 1969—the two Americans sat together inside the Gemini 12 cockpit some 200 miles above Earth." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-history-of-total-solar-eclipses-seen-by-astronauts-from-outer-space-180983909/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&spMailingID=49545967&spUserID=MTQzNjUzNTAxNTQ5OAS2&spJobID=2661217920&spReportId=MjY2MTIxNzkyMAS2