Monday, December 26, 2022

Winter on Mars looks beautiful in this NASA video

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December 26, 2022
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Winter on Mars looks beautiful in this NASA video
(NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona)
NASA is making the case for a "winter wonderland" on Mars in a festive new video just in time for the holiday season.
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10 things we learned about UFOS and aliens in 2022
(Pixabay)
This year, humanity has continued attempts to answer the ultimate question: Are we alone in the universe? But we didn't expect the NASA and the Pentagon to start investigating UFOs...
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Skywatching
See Saturn near the moon tonight
(NASA/JPL-Caltech)
The moon will visit Saturn for the last time of 2022 tonight in a parting Christmas gift in a twilight conjunction that will disappear from view before night sets in.
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Rare alignment of the moon and 4 planets this week
(NASA/JPL-Caltech)
If you're looking for an awesome gift that's free this year, just look to the night sky where the moon lines up with four bright planets in a celestial holiday treat this week.
Full Story: Space (12/25) 
Science & Astronomy
Recreated 'Blue Marble' photo tests climate model
(MPI-M, DKRZ, NVIDIA)
The Blue Marble is arguably one of the most famous photographs of all time, so it makes perfect sense to use this beloved image as a test for a powerful new climate modeling program on one of the world's most powerful computers.
Full Story: Space (12/25) 
Spaceflight
Rescue Soyuz can't reach ISS until February
Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina inspects the leaking Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft (right) using the European Robotic Arm on the International Space Station (NASA TV)
Russia and NASA are still evaluating whether a leaky Soyuz spacecraft is safe to return three International Space Station crew members home.
Full Story: Space (12/23) 
Technology
Asteroid Launcher simulator can destroy your hometown
(Neal Agarwal)
This new asteroid impact simulator makes it easy to crash space rocks of all sizes into Earth. What fun!
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Entertainment
'All-New Firefly' wraps up with 'Big Damn Finale #1'
(Boom! Studios)
Fly with Serenity's crew once more in this action-packed climax landing in time for the holidays.
Full Story: Space (12/23) 
 
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Friday, December 23, 2022

NASA astronauts unfurl 4th roll-out solar array on space station

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December 23, 2022
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Artemis 1: Return to the Moon
Orion spacecraft begins cross-country trip home to Florida
(Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images)
After circling the moon, Orion is on a truck and should arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center by the end of the year.
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The Launchpad
Here's how to track Santa on Christmas Eve with NORAD
(NORAD)
From nukes to St. Nick, NORAD uses its early-warning system to track international interlopers.
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The Christmas night sky 2022: The planets pay a visit
(Starry Night Software)
The Yuletide evening sky is especially rewarding now.
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Skywatching
What are sundogs and how do they form?
(Getty Images)
Have you ever taken a walk on a winter's day to find the sun flanked by two bright companions?
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Science & Astronomy
Webb telescope's 1st year has blown astronomers away
(NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI))
Astronomers are "amazed" and "blown away" by what JWST has achieved so far.
Full Story: Space (12/23) 
Webb telescope spots mesmerizing wreath-like galaxy
(ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, L. Armus, A. S. Evans)
Check out that glowing active galactic nucleus.
Full Story: Space (12/22) 
Spaceflight
Hole in Soyuz spacecraft not caused by Geminid meteor
(NASA)
But a strike by another tiny space object is still a possibility.
Full Story: Space (12/22) 
US Space Force practices to win a European conflict
(Space Force)
The service's training for a European conflict comes while a real conflict unfolds in Eastern Europe.
Full Story: Space (12/22) 
Technology
Why do Perseverance's sample tubes look like lightsabers?
(NASA/JPL-Caltech)
The plan is to ship these tubes back to Earth in the 2030s, where laboratories can get their hands on the samples to look for the signatures of life. But why a lightsaber shape?
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