So the news announcer on CTV news says "breathtaking views of our universe" and I wonder which other universe that would be if it wasn't ours... Well Ok Ok Hubble volume..
#Perseverance's MastcamZ is ~1.9m above ground level. The tilt of the image may be indicative of (but is not equal to) the inclination of the ground where the rover was located when it captured the image.
Processed, leveled MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 63mm
looking W (273°) from RMC 52.3018
Sol 1159, LMST: 09:13:53
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Selfie from Mars:
"Look ma!
I'm at the bottom of the channel dipping my wheels in the sand and having a memorial day barbecue with MMRTG!"
Gliese 12 b is an Earth-size planet orbiting in the temperate zone around a nearby, stable red dwarf star. It's a Rosetta Stone world that will tell us a lot about how many superficially earthlike planets actually have the right conditions for life.
If you're the kind of person who likes to go deep, I got you.
The full research paper is freely available online, providing the technical details of how astronomers found the Earth-size planet Gliese 12b, and what we really do (and do not) know about it.
My office at work currently has 4 women and 1 man.
I have been the “only” woman in an office full of men so many times - this is the first time it’s been reversed! And I’m having so much fun! (Sorry, Thomas, for all of the silliness!)
@absolutspacegrl did it take any getting used to? For various reasons, I've repeatedly been the only man in places run by women.
I'm so used to it that when I'm in a room where the tables are turned and it's almost all men, I become hyper-self aware like I'm watching myself from out of body instead of just being there.
My wife has had similar experiences, but with ethnicity. If she's the only white person in a room, it feels normal. If everyone's white, it feels weird to her.
I'm sure you don't need any help getting comfortable in a room full of men, but based on what you've seen, what could your average guy do if he finds himself in a chance social situation where there's exactly one woman?
@sysop408 Great question! Yes & no it- it was gradually introduced. 1st, it was me & 2 other men…1 of the women was out for maternity leave. She came back, so 50/50. Then one of the men took another job, but he wasn’t replaced immediately. Then he was, w another woman, then we got an intern who’s a woman just this week.
When I notice it I think about how unusual it is, but we get along & are friendly, & I realize that’s not always the norm. It’s different on 2 levels but welcome!
A potentially habitable exoplanet that is roughly similar in size to Earth has been found in a system located 40 light-years away, according to a new study.
The planet is about the size of Venus, so slightly smaller than Earth, and may be temperate enough to support life, the researchers said.
Dubbed Gliese 12 b, the planet takes 12.8 days to orbit a star that is 27% of the sun’s size. It’s not yet known whether the exoplanet has an atmosphere
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It was about time after all those months in the middle of rocky nowhere 😜 The loose regolith ahead seems rather shallow, with bedrock showing here and there (IANAG™), and the rover drivers did a pretty good job bringing it down here on a steady and safe pace. Two more drives and that's it, I think.
#Ingenuity is seen here sticking its solar panel above the sandy waves of #ValinorHills in this image from Sol 1152 received today. While the solar panel of the #MarsHelicopter may still be visible from the rover at its present location on Sol 1159, it will soon disappear when #Perseverance clears the ripples it's facing on its way northwest to Bright Angel.
#PPOD: A massive storm, large enough to encompass most of North America, was spotted in Jupiter’s northern latitudes by NASA's Juno spacecraft on May 12. Juno is currently in its first extended mission and recently wrapped up close flybys of the Galilean moons Ganymede, Europa, and Io. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/ @kevinmgill
I'm still working on some updates for it, and as such it's still isn't perfect. But if you are interested in a simple Newtonian arcade space shooter, my game Flank Speed is available on Steam. Kind of a modern take on the classic game "Space War". With multiplayer in the works.
We have the first science images from the ESA’s Euclid telescope and they are STUNNING. Euclid can take detailed photos with a wide field of view. Here’s a breakdown of what you’re looking at and why it’s important.
ESA's Euclid space telescope is designed to map dark matter and dark energy across the universe. But as it is getting started, Euclid is also sending back gorgeous cosmic snapshots.
"When you look at the northern sky, you can follow the arm of the Big Dipper as it arcs around toward the bright star called Arcturus. Roughly in the middle of that arc, you'll find the Northern Crown constellation, which looks a bit like a smiley face. Sometime between now and September, if you look to the left-hand side of the Northern Crown, what will look like a new star will shine for five days or so."
