Thursday, November 30, 2023

ISS astronauts watch Russian cargo ship burn up in Earth's atmosphere (photos)

Astronauts watch cargo ship burn up in Earth's atmosphere | Scientists find planet-forming disk beyond our Milky Way | Widespread auroras predicted from solar bursts tonight
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The Launchpad
Astronauts watch cargo ship burn up in Earth's atmosphere
(NASA/Jasmin Moghbeli)
On Wednesday (Nov. 29), the Russian Progress MS-23 cargo spacecraft departed from the International Space Station (ISS) with a load of refuse no longer needed on the orbital outpost.
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Scientists find planet-forming disk beyond our Milky Way
(ESO/M. Kornmesser)
Scientists just found a planet-forming disk beyond our Astronomers have discovered the first example of a swirling disk of material feeding a young star located in a galaxy outside the Milky Way.
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Skywatching
Widespread auroras predicted from solar bursts tonight
(NASA/ESA/SDO/SOHO)
Aurora chasers around the world are eagerly awaiting the arrival of a super-hot plasma eruption -- known as a coronal mass ejection (CME) - that will slam into Earth tonight.
Full Story: Space (11/30) 
Spaceflight
China releases 1st images of complete Tiangong space station
(CMSE)
The pictures, taken with a high-definition camera, represent the first time the full structure of the Tiangong space station has been fully imaged since it arrived in orbit.
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Science & Astronomy
Exoplanets have tilted orbits, too
(NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech)
Scientists have known that all the planets in our solar system follow a slightly slanted trajectory as they circle the sun - but a new study shows that the phenomenon may not be unique to our cosmic neighborhood.
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SpaceX
Musk, Israel agree on Starlink satellite internet in Gaza
(Haim Zach (GPO) Handout via Getty Images)
The SpaceX CEO met with Israel's President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit on Monday (Nov. 27) in which Musk toured the Kfar Azza kibbutz.
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Technology
Watch Ariane 6 rocket fire its engines in new timelapse
(ESA)
A Nov. 23 wet dress rehearsal put the spacecraft and its ground crews to the test, running through a full countdown and rocket fueling, and culminating in a 7-minute firing of the core stage's main engine.
Full Story: Space (11/29) 
Search for Life
Earth-like planets may form even in harsh environments
(Maria Cristina Fortuna)
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found water and organic carbon molecules near a massive, active young star that's situated in a faraway star-forming region of space, suggesting Earth-like exoplanets could form even in the harshest environments in our Milky Way Galaxy.
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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

This Antarctic glacier dramatically retreated. Then, its ice shelf totally collapsed (satellite image)

This Antarctic glacier retreated, then totally collapsed | Space Quiz! Scientists think Dark Matter could account for what percentage of the mass of the universe? | United Launch Alliance rocket to send CEO's DNA to space
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The Launchpad
This Antarctic glacier retreated, then totally collapsed
(Professor Anna Hogg)
Using satellite images and in-situ oceanographic measurements to track Cadman Glacier for more than three decades, a team of scientists has reported a dramatic glacial retreat of 5 miles (8 kilometers).
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United Launch Alliance rocket to send CEO's DNA to space
(United Launch Alliance)
Memorial space burial company Celestis Inc. plans to fly the DNA of United Launch Alliance (ULA) CEO Tory Bruno, along with the DNA of his wife Rebecca, on the first-ever mission for the Vulcan Centaur rocket on Dec. 24.
Full Story: Space (11/27) 
Skywatching
November's Full Beaver Moon lights up around the world
(Ken Kremer)
The second to last full moon of 2023 has risen and set, brightening the November night skies and giving photographers and moon enthusiasts across the globe the opportunity to capture some truly stunning images.
Full Story: Space (11/28) 
Spaceflight
Rocket Lab preps Electron launch, 1st since Sep. failure
(Rocket Lab)
This will be the 42nd launch for the Electron rocket, which has been grounded since September when a malfunction led to the loss of a mission payload during a launch.
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Science & Astronomy
Dark matter may be hiding in the LHC's particle jets
(CERN/Claudia Marcelloni/Max Brice)
A new search for dark matter has turned up empty handed - but, in a silver lining, the effort provided important limits that will help future experiments narrow down the hunt for this elusive substance.
Full Story: Space (11/28) 
Technology
Data science helps cross-check space discoveries
(NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team)
Matching astronomical objects is critical for space scientists because different surveys supply different information, whether that be wavelength data, exposure times, or even the date the survey was done. With so much data, it is often hard to match objects to one another across surveys. That's why one group at Johns Hopkins University turned to data science to develop a new method of making such matches.
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Search for Life
'Haze' makes it harder to identify water on alien worlds
(Roberto Molar Candanosa/Johns Hopkins University)
One of the primary tasks of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to scan the atmospheres of exoplanets for signs of habitability. And, as far as we know, water is necessary for life. So naturally, detecting the presence of water in and around alien worlds is a high priority for planetary scientists. There is, however, one problem.
Full Story: Space (11/28) 
Entertainment
'The Making of JUICE' shows how the spacecraft was built
(ESA)
The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE), which blasted off for the Jovian system on April 14, has now got its very own documentary chronicling the latter stages of the mission's development, capturing the challenges of assembling a spacecraft during a pandemic and the exultation of a tricky launch.
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