Astronomers using JWST have just identified the earliest, most distant galaxy known. This image shows JADES-GS-z14-0 as it was when the universe was 2.2% its current age.
Next #SETILive: TODAY, 2:30 pm PDT
James Webb Telescope Unveils Wild Weather on WASP-43 b
Join communications specialist Beth Johnson in an exciting chat with lead author and researcher Taylor Bell from the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute as they discuss these amazing findings and what they mean in the search for habitable worlds.
On the lunar surface, a single Earth day would be 56 microseconds shorter — a tiny number that can lead to significant inconsistencies over time. That’s why scientists aren’t just looking to create a new “time zone” for the Moon, but an entirely new “time scale” that accounts for the faster speed at which seconds tick by up there. CNN explains: https://flip.it/V_LgSS #Science#Space#Moon#Time#NASA
The excellent collaboration image between astronomers Mark Hanso and Martin Pugh shows the peculiar planetary nebula HFG-2, also cataloged as PK 247-04 1 among other designations. It is a sphere with a network-shaped structure, whose filaments connect with each other and shows a possible opening to the south. This planetary nebula appears to be..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
New #NoMansSky Adrift expedition begins today: "Just you the player as a tiny dot lost in the infinite - for the first time players can be truly alone in No Man’s Sky. We think it’s a special feeling."
After crisis in interstellar space, stream of Voyager 1 data resumes. Before its computer crashed, the venerable NASA probe may have entered mysterious new region beyond the Solar System.
This ensures that more big, bright #satellites are coming: "A Block 1 satellite would have 10 times the capacity of the company’s 1,500-kilogram BlueWalker-3 prototype; [Block2] would be twice as big and have 10 times the capacity of a Block 1 BlueBird." (via @spacenews_inc)
(Also, a reminder that this comms mode is potentially very harmful to ground-based radio astronomy.)
You first go slow - less than 100m/s (360kph, or 220mph) for the first stage, up to around 30-40km. This gets you above the thickest atmosphere. Then the second stage can take over with an engine more optimized for vacuum.
#PPOD: Korolev is an ice-filled impact crater in the Mare Boreum quadrangle of Mars, located at 73° north latitude and 165° east longitude. The crater is 81.4 kilometers in diameter and contains about 2,200 cubic kilometers of water ice, comparable in volume to Great Bear Lake in northern Canada. Taken by the HRSC onboard ESA's Mars Express spacecraft. Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck
New, on @TheConversationUS:
I'm an Astrophysicist mapping the Universe with data from #ChandraXRay: Clear, sharp photos help me study energetic black holes.
If you’ve been looking at everything NASA is doing and wondering “ok but when are we ACTUALLY going back to the moon, and what’s the plan here?” this video is for you.
Here’s a rough timeline of the Artemis program, along with context:
The current launch date of June 1 seems to be holding. The NASA/Boeing/ULA team will hold a flight readiness review today to ensure that the spacecraft and launch vehicle are ready, and there will likely be a media telecon tomorrow.
"A bit of me feels that the horse has bolted and we're in catch-up mode at this point."
But: "There's a social good element to what the satellite operators are doing and you've got to balance that against possible impacts to things like radio astronomy."
This image shows the regions surrounding the Corona star cluster, better known by its English name, Coronet Cluster. Also cataloged as R CrA for its brightest star, it is located at a distance of about 400 light years from the Solar System and is located in the direction of the Corona Australis Constellation, isolated on the edge of the Gould Belt. The Corona Cluster is..... #astronomy#space#astrophysics#astrophotography
NASA releases catalogue of the weirdest exoplanets ever discovered (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
Astronomers have been trying to figure out whether our solar system is unique when compared to other stars and planets orbiting it