Thursday, September 19, 2024

NASA's 'Hidden Figures' women awarded Congressional Gold Medals

'Hidden Figures' awarded Congressional Gold Medals | Our solar system may be much larger than thought | Satellite tracker photographs secret spacecraft
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'Hidden Figures' awarded Congressional Gold Medals
(NASA)
Although they may never completely shed the label, the women who worked for NASA as human computers during the space race are no longer "hidden figures," and they now have a medal to prove it.
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Our solar system may be much larger than thought
(NASA/SOFIA/Lynette Cook)
Eleven objects found at the extremities of the solar system could mark the location of a 'Kuiper Belt 2.'
Full Story: Space (9/18) 
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Skywatching
Satellite tracker photographs secret spacecraft
(Felix Schรถfbรคnker)
"My images have certainly revealed a few things that either were not known, or only were speculated before."
Full Story: Space (9/19) 
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Science & Astronomy
Black hole blasts largest jet ever seen
(E. Wernquist / D. Nelson (IllustrisTNG Collaboration) / M. Oei)
"The Milky Way would be a little dot in these two giant eruptions."
Full Story: Space (9/18) 
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Technology
AI is on the hunt for dark matter
(NASA, ESA, J. Jee (University of California, Davis), J. Hughes (Rutgers University), F. Menanteau (Rutgers University and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), C. Sifon (Leiden Observatory), R. Mandelbum (Carnegie Mellon University), L. Barrientos (Universidad Catolica de Chile), and K. Ng (University of California, Davis))
A new algorithm will search images of colliding galaxy clusters for evidence of self-interacting dark matter.
Full Story: Space (9/18) 
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Search for Life
'Space for Birds': Astronaut explores avian habitats
(The Roberta Bondar Foundation/collectSPACE.com)
Roberta Bondar shares how she has found a parallel between astronauts and birds as they follow their paths around Earth.
Full Story: Space (9/18) 
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Star Wars
'Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy' review
(Disney+)
Disney+'s four-piece miniseries explores a mixed-up galaxy far, far away.
Full Story: Space (9/18) 
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