Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted July 21 Author Subscriber Posted July 21 Quote Has the Sun risen early on its next solar cycle? The Sun might be beginning to enter its next 11-year solar cycle halfway through its current one according to new research. Solar cycles are a measure of the activity of our solar system’s central star. The peak about halfway through a cycle is known as the solar maximum. We are currently in the solar maximum of Cycle 25 – the 25th since records of solar cycles began in 1755. Quote
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted August 29 Author Subscriber Posted August 29 Quote Search widens for alien life in galaxies far, far away Using a telescope in Western Australia, astronomers in the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) program are expanding the hunt for aliens to exciting new frontiers. SETI has teamed up with the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) to use the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) in the Australian outback to look for clues of alien intelligence in other galaxies. Quote
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted September 12 Author Subscriber Posted September 12 Quote NASA declares Europa Clipper is ready for Jupiter NASA’s beleaguered Europa Clipper spacecraft passed its final technical review today, and is now ready for launch toward Jupiter as soon as its launch window opens next month. “We are ready for Jupiter,” Jordan Evans, the mission’s project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, said today in a teleconference. “Now that we’ve completed this key NASA review, we’re focused on heading towards the launch pad, doing the final preparations,” he added. Quote
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted September 26 Author Subscriber Posted September 26 Quote X-ray pulses could stop huge asteroids from hitting Earth Powerful X-rays could be a viable way to divert asteroids on collision courses for Earth, according to a new study. The study, published in Nature Physics, uses lab-based experiments to suggest that X-rays might be useful for deflecting asteroids up to 4km in diameter. Quote
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted September 29 Author Subscriber Posted September 29 Quote Astronauts reveal what life is like on ISS – and how they deal with 'space smell' In June two American astronauts left Earth expecting to spend eight days on the International Space Station (ISS). But after fears that their Boeing Starliner spacecraft was unsafe to fly back on, Nasa delayed Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore’s return until 2025. They are now sharing a space about the size of a six-bedroom house with nine other people. Quote
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted October 22 Author Subscriber Posted October 22 Quote Supermoon lights up the sky around the world The first of four full supermoons this year has lit up the night skies around the world. In some places, the supermoon - also a blue moon - turned red due to smoke from wildfires in North America. Smoke particles mean that light passing through the atmosphere is scattered in such a way that the orange and red colours of the spectrum are more visible than usual. Blue moons are not that common - it's thought this is where the phrase "once in a blue moon" comes from. The full moons of September, October - the closest moon this year - and November will also be supermoons. Quote
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted November 10 Author Subscriber Posted November 10 Quote NASA helicopter has found 'otherworldly' wreckage on surface of Mars NASA's 'Ingenuity Helicopter' completed a total of 72 flights on the surface of the red planet A NASA helicopter which flew dozens of missions on Mars once found an 'otherworldly' looking sight of some spacecraft debris amidst the red sand. Quote
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted December 9 Author Subscriber Posted December 9 Quote Mysterious Structures Near Supermassive Black Hole Revealed Astronomers from NASA have been able to look deeper than ever before into the throat of a quasar powered by an energetic monster black hole with the help Hubble Space Telescope. A quasar is a brightly glowing galactic center that forms when a black hole eats up material in its immediate vicinity. According to Bin Ren of the Côte d'Azur Observatory and Université Côte d'Azur in Nice, France, the new Hubble views of the quasar's surroundings reveal many “weird things.” We have got a few blobs of different sizes and a mysterious L-shaped filamentary structure. This is all within 16,000 light-years of the black hole. Bin Ren, Université Côte d'Azur Quote
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