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.
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Space quiz! Astronomers have detected low-frequency gravitational waves using pulsars. Pulsars are rapidly rotating what?
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Space Deal of the Day
Celestron telescope & binocular deals 2023
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You'll discover all the best Celestron telescope and binocular deals the market has to offer, with discounts from reputable retailers.
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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.
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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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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Mars donut! Perseverance spots holey Red Planet rock

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Mars donut! Perseverance spots holey Red Planet rock
(NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP)
It might be a large meteorite.
Full Story: Space (6/27) 
Saturn looks incredible in these raw JWST images
(JWSTFeed.com)
The powerful space telescope imaged the gas giant planet and its infamous rings for the first time this month.
Full Story: Space (6/28) 
Space quiz! The James Webb Space Telescope views the universe in infrared due to the fact that as light travels to it, its wavelength is "stretched," moving it down the electromagnetic spectrum in a phenomenon known as what?
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Space Deal of the Day
Telescope deals 2023: Best discounts on the market
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We've scoped out the best telescope deals available right now featuring top models from reputable retailers.
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Spaceflight
Virgin Galactic's 1st commercial spaceflight: Meet the crew
(Virgin Galactic)
The crew's trip to space is scheduled for June 29.
Full Story: Space (6/27) 
UAE astronaut spies Mecca from space station during Hajj
(Sultan Al Neyadi/UAE Space Agency/Twitter)
Pilgrims are currently at the Islamic holy city.
Full Story: Space (6/27) 
Science & Astronomy
Listen to the eerie sounds of distant galaxies
(NASA)
Hear the beauty of deep space thanks to the sonification of telescope data.
Full Story: Space (6/27) 
Dark nebula dominates gorgeous new view of Orion
(KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. A. Rector. Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF's NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF's NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF's NOIRLab))
Dark, billowing clouds sweep across this stunning photo of a large star-forming area of the Orion constellation.
Full Story: Space (6/27) 
SpaceX
Watch dark matter-hunting Euclid probe launch on July 1
(ESA)
Liftoff is scheduled for 11:11 a.m. ET on July 1.
Full Story: Space (6/27) 
Technology
Mars rover Perseverance sets record for making oxygen
(NASA/JPL-Caltech)
MOXIE is the first experiment to suck in the planet's thin, carbon dioxide-laden air and transform that native resource into oxygen.
Full Story: Space (6/28) 
Entertainment
How to watch Star Trek: Prodigy after cancellation
(Paramount+)
The series has been pulled from Paramount Plus, despite the streaming platform being the home of all things Star Trek.
Full Story: Space (10/28) 
 
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