Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Wow! Telescopes spot DART asteroid impact in deep space (videos)

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September 27, 2022
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NASA crashes DART spacecraft into asteroid in world's 1st planetary defense test
(NASA/JHUAPL)
For the first time in history, a spacecraft from Earth has crashed into an asteroid to test a way to save our planet from extinction. NASA's DART probe slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos on Monday in the world's first planetary defense test.
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Wow! Telescopes spot DART asteroid impact in deep space (videos)
(NASA/Johns Hopkins APL)
Telescopes here on Earth captured the DART asteroid probe's spectacular deep-space death. Observations by the Hawaii-based Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, for example, show the Didymos system brightening considerably at the moment of impact. And just afterward, a massive shell of ejected material blasts away from the battered Dimorphos.
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NASA rolls Artemis 1 moon rocket off the launch pad to shelter from Hurricane Ian
(NASA/Joel Kowsky)
The move will keep Artemis 1 safe from Hurricane Ian, should the storm slam Florida's Atlantic coast. But it means the Artemis 1 moon mission won't fly anytime soon. Here's the latest.
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Space Deals
This Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope is £50 off right now!
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If you're looking for a truly good quality, easy to use telescope and a discount to go with it, you're in luck as the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 6 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope is now £50 off on Wex.
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Skywatching
Astronomers stunned as Didymos-Dimorphos brighten after DART asteroid impact
(Virtual Telescope Project/Klein Karoo Observatory)
Italian astronomer Gianluca Masi couldn't contain his excitement at the sight as he shared the observations in a livestream via the Virtual Telescope project. A small, dim dot that marked the Didymos-Dimorphos binary asteroid, at that time some 7 million miles (11 million kilometers) from Earth, began rapidly brightening.
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Blue stars: The biggest and brightest stars in the galaxy
(NASA, ESA, and P. Crowther (University of Sheffield))
Blue stars are by far the biggest and brightest stars in the galaxy. To the naked eye, the stars in the night sky all look very similar to each other, the main difference between them being that some are brighter than others. But if you look more carefully, you'll see that stars come in different colors.
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Science & Astronomy
'Terror and joy': NASA's DART asteroid impact a historic success (and relief) for scientists
(NASA TV)
It's rare for spacecraft mission personnel to cheer at the words "loss of signal," but tonight, that's exactly what happened when NASA's DART crashed into an asteroid Monday night.
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Acid lake atop real-life 'Mount Doom' captured in striking new image from space station
(NASA Earth Observatory)
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has snapped a stunning image of a snow-circled hydrothermal lake atop the real-life "Mount Doom" in New Zealand.
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SpaceX
SpaceX rocket launch with Starlink thrills stargazers along US East Coast
(SpaceX)
A Falcon 9 rocket launched 52 Starlink spacecraft from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Saturday at 7:32 p.m. EDT (2332 GMT). Due to clear conditions across the coastline, it was visible at least as far north as Long Island.
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SpaceX's Crew-5 astronaut mission on course for Oct. 3 liftoff, weather permitting
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SpaceX's Crew-5 astronaut mission for NASA remains on target to launch next week, provided Mother Nature cooperates. Liftoff is set for Oct. 3.
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Spaceflight
See the mighty Delta IV Heavy rocket's final West Coast launch in stunning photos
(United Launch Alliance)
The Delta IV Heavy's final West Coast launch saw the rocket place a classified satellite into an unknown orbit on behalf of the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. See how it happened in these stunning photos.
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NASA maps objectives to guide 'moon to Mars' space exploration
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NASA is working on a blueprint to guide space exploration and infrastructure for the moon, Mars and to destinations across our solar system.
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Entertainment
'Quantum Leap' jumps into space shuttle history in 'Atlantis' on NBC
(NBC/Ron Batzdorff)
Something in space shuttle history needs changing. Or so that seems to be case in the second episode of "Quantum Leap" airing Monday (Sept. 26) on NBC. Titled "Atlantis," the episode finds physicist Ben Song (Raymond Lee) headed into orbit aboard the space shuttle Atlantis in 1998(opens in new tab).
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