setiinstitute

setiinstitute, 5 days ago to SciComm

#ICYMI: https://youtube.com/live/crZfFfXYbOw?feature=share

A B612 Foundation and Google Cloud collaboration identified 27,500 new asteroids using existing data from NOIRLab. Communication specialist Beth Johnson discussed the program development, the results, and the future of the work with Asteroid Institute Executive Director and former astronaut Ed Lu.

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setiinstitute, 6 days ago (edited 3 days ago) to random

https://www.astronomy.com/science/amateur-astronomers-warm-jupiter-exoplanet/

Using a network of telescopes scattered across the globe, the Unistellar Network and Exoplanet Watch have confirmed a new exoplanet, NASA TESS candidate TIC 393818343 b, which sits about 300 light-years away from Earth.

Congratulations!

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setiinstitute, 6 days ago to space

#PPOD: Let's end the week looking back at this picture of Jupiter, which was created by Kevin Gill using images captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its 23rd close flyby of Jupiter back in 2019. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / @kevinmgill

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