Friday, June 30, 2023

Scientists find 'ghost particles' spewing from Milky Way

Scientists find 'ghost particles' spewing from Milky Way | Virgin Galactic aces 1st-ever commercial space launch | Space quiz! The UN's Asteroid Day is named after which event that flattened about 800 square miles (2,070 square kilometers) of Siberian forest in 1908?
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The Launchpad
Scientists find 'ghost particles' spewing from Milky Way
(Yuya Makino, IceCube/NSF)
'This observation of high-energy neutrinos opens up an entirely new window to study the properties of our host galaxy.'
Full Story: Space (6/29) 
Virgin Galactic aces 1st-ever commercial space launch
(Virgin Galactic)
The company aced its first-ever commercial mission on June 29, sending four passengers to suborbital space and back.
Full Story: Space (6/29) 
Space quiz! The UN's Asteroid Day is named after which event that flattened about 800 square miles (2,070 square kilometers) of Siberian forest in 1908?
Learn the answer here!
VoteThe Carrington Event
VoteThe Chelyabinsk meteor
VoteThe Tunguska Event
VoteThe Yardymly bolide
Space Deal of the Day
Best photo editing apps for astrophotography 2022
(Stuart Cornell)
Polish up your night sky images with our newly updated round-up of the best photo editing apps for astrophotography in 2022!
Full Story: Space (10/12) 
Skywatching
Mars, Venus and Neptune put on a show tonight
(Starry Night Software)
Three of the visible planets will make for interesting skywatching targets tonight (June 30), though one will require staying up late.
Full Story: Space (6/30) 
You can see a sunspot 7 times wider than Earth right now
(NASA/ SDO/ Bum-Suk Yeom)
To catch the giant sunspot before it disappears on Sunday (July 2), ensure you wear solar glasses use solar filters.
Full Story: Space (6/29) 
Spaceflight
SpaceX Dragon CRS-28 cargo ship undocks from ISS
(NASA TV)
A robotic SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule left the International Space Station (ISS) on June 29, beginning its trip back to Earth.
Full Story: Space (6/29) 
Science & Astronomy
Happy Asteroid Day! Celebrate with this free webcast
(European Space Agency)
Asteroid Day is an annual celebration of asteroid science - and an annual reminder of how important it is to study these objects.
Full Story: Space (6/30) 
How will Euclid space telescope see the dark universe?
(ESA)
Euclid's measurements may put Einstein's famous theory of general relativity into question.
Full Story: Space (6/30) 
Technology
Satellites spy on human trafficking 'compounds' (photo)
(Maxar Technologies)
Satellite images are helping human rights organizations monitor human trafficking hotspots.
Full Story: Space (6/29) 
Star Trek
'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' season 2 episode 3
(Paramount Plus)
Who'd have thought chess hustling was a real thing? Turns out it is.
Full Story: Space (6/29) 
 
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Thursday, June 29, 2023

Watch Virgin Galactic's 1st commercial launch today

Gravitational wave background heard for the 1st time | Watch Virgin Galactic's 1st commercial flight launch today | Space quiz! Astronomers have detected low-frequency gravitational waves using pulsars. Pulsars are rapidly rotating what?
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The Launchpad
Gravitational wave background heard for the 1st time
(Aurore Simonnet for the NANOGrav Collaboration)
In a historic first, astronomers have detected low-frequency gravitational waves using a galaxy-sized antenna of millisecond pulsars in the Milky Way.
Full Story: Space (6/28) 
Watch Virgin Galactic's 1st commercial flight launch today
(Virgin Galactic)
Virgin Galactic will livestream its first commercial spaceflight for free, and you can watch it online.
Full Story: Space (6/29) 
Space quiz! Astronomers have detected low-frequency gravitational waves using pulsars. Pulsars are rapidly rotating what?
Learn the answer here!
VoteBlack holes
VoteDwarf planets
VoteNeutron stars
VoteSatellites
Space Deal of the Day
Celestron telescope & binocular deals 2023
(Celestron)
You'll discover all the best Celestron telescope and binocular deals the market has to offer, with discounts from reputable retailers.
Full Story: Space (11/30) 
Skywatching
How to see comet E1 ATLAS in the night sky in July
(TheSkyLive.com)
While not particularly bright, the comet will be fairly easy to spot for Northern Hemisphere skywatchers.
Full Story: Space (6/29) 
Spaceflight
Watch SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule depart the ISS today
(SpaceX)
Dragon is scheduled to leave the space station at 12:05 p.m. ET today (June 29).
Full Story: Space (6/29) 
Science & Astronomy
JWST sees 1st starlight from ancient quasars
(Ding, Onoue, Silverman, et al.)
The active galaxies and the quasars are seen as they were when the universe was less than one billion years old.
Full Story: Space (6/28) 
'Forbidden planet' narrowly escaped dying star (video)
(W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko)
Astronomers have discovered a "forbidden planet" orbiting so close to a red giant star it should have been destroyed.
Full Story: Space (6/28) 
SpaceX
SpaceX's Starship fires up in stunning engine test photos
(SpaceX)
SpaceX recently completed a static fire test of its next Starship prototype, the upper-stage component of the company's giant new deep-space transportation system.
Full Story: Space (6/28) 
Technology
NASA wants ideas for Artemis 3 moon landing experiments
(NASA)
NASA is soliciting the scientific community for ideas about instruments and experiments that could accompany Artemis 3 astronauts on their mission to the moon.
Full Story: Space (6/28) 
Star Wars
Marvel powers up 'Star Wars: Dark Droids' miniseries
(Marvel Comics)
Legions of intelligent machines across the galaxy succumb to a deadly malicious force known only as the Scourge.
Full Story: Space (6/28) 
 
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