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01 Oct 2024 06:51

#NewImage from #Nasa: "" How far can black hole jets extend? A new record was found just recently with the discovery of a 23-million light-year long jet pair from a black hole active billions of years ago. Dubbed Porphyrion for a mythological Greek giant, the impressive jets were created by a type of black hole that does not usually create long jets -- one that is busy creating radiation from infalling gas. The featured animated video depicts what it might look like to circle around this powerful black hole system. Porphyrion is shown as a fast stream of energetic particles, and the bright areas are where these particles are impacting surrounding gas. The discovery was made using data from the Keck and Mayall (DESI) optical observatories as well as LOFAR and the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope. The existence of these jets demonstrates that black holes can affect not only their home galaxies but far out into the surrounding universe. [October 01, 2024] https://img.youtube.com/vi/ExGvwNuKyMc/maxresdefault.jpg

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30 Sep 2024 23:12

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Invites Media to Preview its Museum Earth Information Center" Media is invited to preview and interview NASA leadership ahead of the opening of the Earth Information Center at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History at 10 a.m. EDT, Monday, Oct. 7. The 2,000-square-foot exhibit includes a 32-foot-long, 12-foot-high video wall displaying Earth science data visualizations and videos, an interpretive panel showing Earth’s connected [

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30 Sep 2024 20:26

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson to Discuss Science, Station Mission" NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson will share details of her recent six-month mission aboard the International Space Station in a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT Friday, Oct. 4, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The news conference will air live on NASA and the agency’s website. Learn how to

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30 Sep 2024 19:21

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Station Science Top News: Sept. 27, 2024" Researchers found that long-duration spaceflight affected the mechanical properties of eye tissues, including reducing the stiffness of tissue around the eyeball. A better understanding of these changes could help researchers prevent, diagnose, and treat the vision impairment often seen in crew members. SANSORI, a Canadian Space Agency investigation, examined whether reduced stiffness of eye tissue contributes to [

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30 Sep 2024 18:21

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Summary of the 10th SWOT Applications Workshop" Introduction The tenth Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) Applications Workshop took place December 7–8, 2023 at the California Institute of Technology Keck Institute for Space Studies. The meeting was organized to highlight the work and project status of the SWOT Early Adopters (EAs). NASA’s Applied Sciences Program (which is now housed within the NASA Earth […] [September 30, 2024] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/earth-science/summary-of-the-10th-swot-applications-workshop/

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30 Sep 2024 06:36

#NewImage from #Nasa: "" The new comet has passed its closest to the Sun and is now moving closer to the Earth. C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) is currently moving out from inside the orbit of Venus and on track to pass its nearest to the Earth in about two weeks. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, pronounced "Choo-cheen-shahn At-less,", is near naked-eye visibility and easily picked up by long-exposure cameras. The comet can also now be found by observers in Earth's northern hemisphere as well as the south. The featured image was captured just a few days ago above Zacatecas, Mexico. Because clouds were obscuring much of the pre-dawn sky, the astrophotographer released a drone to take pictures from higher up, several of which were later merged to enhance the comet's visibility. Although the future brightness of comets is hard to predict, there is increasing hope that Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will further brighten as it enters the early evening sky. [September 30, 2024] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2409/CometA3_Korona_1080.jpg

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29 Sep 2024 06:26

#NewImage from #Nasa: "" Is this really the famous Pleiades star cluster? Known for its iconic blue stars, the Pleiades is shown here in infrared light where the surrounding dust outshines the stars. Here, three infrared colors have been mapped into visual colors (R=24, G=12, B=4.6 microns). The base images were taken by NASA's orbiting Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft. Cataloged as M45 and nicknamed the Seven Sisters, the Pleiades star cluster is by chance situated in a passing dust cloud. The light and winds from the massive Pleiades stars preferentially repel smaller dust particles, causing the dust to become stratified into filaments, as seen. The featured image spans about 20 light years at the distance of the Pleiades, which lies about 450 light years distant toward the constellation of the Bull (Taurus). [September 29, 2024] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2409/Pleiades_WiseAntonucci_960.jpg

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28 Sep 2024 20:16

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Liftoff! NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Launches to International Space Station" The two crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission launched at 1:17 p.m. EDT Saturday, for a science expedition aboard the International Space Station. This is the first human spaceflight mission launched from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, and the agency’s ninth commercial crew rotation mission to the space [

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27 Sep 2024 21:16

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "The Science of the Perfect Cup for Coffee " Material research is behind the design of a temperature-regulating mug [September 27, 2024] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/tech-transfer/spinoffs/the-science-of-the-perfect-cup-for-coffee/

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27 Sep 2024 19:11

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "The Stanley Cup Comes to Kennedy" The Stanley Cup, won in 2024 by the Florida Panthers, made a visit to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 17, 2024, as part of its championship tour. The VAB currently houses components of the agency’s Artemis II mission, the first crewed mission on NASA

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27 Sep 2024 17:41

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Sols 4316-4317: Hunting for Sulfur" Earth planning date: Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024  Navigating the rugged, unforgiving Martian terrain is always a challenge, and our recent attempt to reach the “Sheep Creek” target highlights this. We had aimed for small, distant bright rocks, but from 50 meters away (about 164 feet), the limited resolution of our images made it difficult to […] [September 27, 2024] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4316-4317-hunting-for-sulfur/

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27 Sep 2024 13:36

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Hubble Captures Steller Nurseries in a Majestic Spiral" This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the spiral galaxy IC 1954, located 45 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Horologium. It sports a glowing bar in its core, majestically winding spiral arms, and clouds of dark dust across it. Numerous glowing, pink spots across the disc of the galaxy are H-alpha […] [September 27, 2024] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-captures-steller-nurseries-in-a-majestic-spiral/

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26 Sep 2024 23:41

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Hosts Two Workshops for Consultation on LEO Microgravity Strategy" As part of NASA’s effort to advance microgravity science, technology, and exploration in low Earth orbit (LEO), the agency conducted two stakeholder workshops in London and Washington to solicit feedback from the international community, including NASA’s international partners, American industry, and academia on Sept. 6 and Sept. 13, respectively. The agency released a draft set [

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26 Sep 2024 18:36

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA’s BioSentinel Studies Solar Radiation as Earth Watches Aurora" In May 2024, a geomagnetic storm hit Earth, sending auroras across the planet’s skies in a once-in-a-generation light display. These dazzling sights are possible because of the interaction of coronal mass ejections – explosions of plasma and magnetic field from the Sun – with Earth’s magnetic field, which protects us from the radiation the Sun [

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26 Sep 2024 17:07

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Stennis Completes Key Test Complex Water System Upgrade" For almost 60 years, NASA’s Stennis Space Center has tested rocket systems and engines to help power the nation’s human space exploration dreams. Completion of a critical water system infrastructure project helps ensure the site can continue that frontline work moving forward. “The infrastructure at NASA Stennis is absolutely critical for rocket engine testing for [

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01 Oct 2024 00:11

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Continues Advancing STEM for Students Through New Partnership" During an event at NASA Headquarters in Washington Monday, the agency and the Hispanic Heritage Foundation signed a Space Act Agreement to collaborate and expand STEM opportunities for Latino K-12 and university students and reduce barriers to agency activities and opportunities. The signing is the latest in a series of efforts by NASA to expand [

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30 Sep 2024 22:17

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Seeks Innovators for Lunar Waste Competition " By Savannah Bullard

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30 Sep 2024 19:51

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Mariachi and Moonshots: Melissa Moreno Orchestrates Gateway Communications  " As a radio frequency wireless engineer in NASA’s Johnson Space Center Avionic Systems Division in Houston, Melissa Moreno makes an impact in space exploration while proudly sharing her cultural heritage in the NASA community.  Moreno works in the Electronic Systems Test Laboratory, developing communication systems critical to Gateway, NASA’s first lunar-orbiting space station. But her [

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30 Sep 2024 19:21

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Aerospace Medicine Clerkship" The application window for the

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30 Sep 2024 17:12

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "30 Years Ago: STS-68 The Second Space Radar Lab Mission" On Sept. 30, 1994, space shuttle Endeavour took to the skies on its 7th trip into space. During the 11-day mission, the STS-68 crew of Commander Michael A. Baker, Pilot Terrence “Terry” W. Wilcutt, and Mission Specialists Steven L. Smith, Daniel W. Bursch, Peter J.K. “Jeff” Wisoff, and Payload Commander Thomas “Tom” D. Jones operated [

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30 Sep 2024 05:21

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Sols 4318-4320: One Last Weekend in the Channel" Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 27, 2024  We’re wrapping up our time in the channel with the highly anticipated examination of the “Sheep Creek” white stones. Last plan’s reposition was a success, so we are able to go ahead with contact science on them this weekend. MAHLI and APXS picked three targets to investigate: “Cloud […] [September 30, 2024] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4318-4320-one-last-weekend-in-the-channel/

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28 Sep 2024 22:11

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Astronaut Nick Hague Boosts Human Health Research in Space" NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov will soon dock with the International Space Station as part of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission, a venture which will enhance scientific research and bolster the knowledge about how people can live and work in space. During the planned five-month mission, Hague’s mission tasks will include [

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28 Sep 2024 06:31

#NewImage from #Nasa: "Rocket Eclipse at Sunset" Shockwaves ripple across the glare as a launch eclipses the setting Sun in this exciting close-up. Captured on September 17, the roaring Falcon 9 rocket carried European Galileo L13 navigation satellites to medium Earth orbit after a lift-off from Cape Canaveral on Florida's space coast. The Falcon 9 booster returned safely to Earth about 8.5 minutes later, notching the 22nd launch and landing for the reusable workhorse launch vehicle. But where did it land? Just Read the Instructions. [September 28, 2024] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2409/Galileo_L13_DSC_9929.jpg

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27 Sep 2024 19:44

#NewPhoto from #Nasa: "The Stanley Cup Comes to Kennedy" Earlier this year, the Florida Panthers won their first NHL championship and brought victory to the state of Florida. As part of its championship tour, the Stanley Cup made a visit to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday Sept. 17, 2024. [September 27, 2024] https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ksc-20240917-ph-csh01-0062orig.jpg

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27 Sep 2024 17:41

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Launch Your Creativity with These Space Crafts!" In honor of the completion of our Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s spacecraft — the vehicle that will maneuver the observatory to its place in space and enable it to function once there — we’re bringing you some space crafts you can complete at home! Join us for a journey across the cosmos, starting right […] [September 27, 2024] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/roman-space-telescope/launch-your-creativity-with-these-space-crafts/

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27 Sep 2024 17:07

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Chief Engineer Dr. Donald Mendoza" “From my earliest childhood, flight had always captivated me. I lived out in the boonies and the farmlands, so I didn

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27 Sep 2024 06:46

#NewImage from #Nasa: "Stellar Streams in the Local Universe" The twenty galaxies arrayed in these panels are part of an ambitious astronomical survey of tidal stellar streams. Each panel presents a composite view; a deep, inverted image taken from publicly available imaging surveys of a field that surrounds a nearby massive galaxy image. The inverted images reveal faint cosmic structures, star streams hundreds of thousands of light-years across, that result from the gravitational disruption and eventual merger of satellite galaxies in the local universe. Such surveys of mergers and gravitational tidal interactions between massive galaxies and their dwarf satellites are crucial guides for current models of galaxy formation and cosmology. Of course, the detection of stellar streams in the neighboring Andromeda Galaxy and our own Milky Way also offers spectacular evidence for ongoing satellite galaxy disruption within our more local galaxy group. [September 27, 2024] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2409/SSSGreatestHits1024.png

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26 Sep 2024 22:36

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Headquarters and Center Chief Counsel Contacts" Headquarters Field Centers [September 26, 2024] Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/organizations/headquarters-and-center-chief-counsel-contacts/

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26 Sep 2024 17:37

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "Pioneer of Change: America Reyes Wang Makes NASA Space Biology More Open" As humans return to the Moon and push on toward Mars, scientists are ramping up research into the effects of space on the body to make sure astronauts stay healthy on longer missions. This research often involves spaceflight studies of rodents, insects, and other models in orbiting laboratories such as the International Space Station. However, […] [September 26, 2024] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/open-science/space-biology-reyes-wang/

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26 Sep 2024 16:37

#BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA’s Hubble Finds that a Black Hole Beam Promotes Stellar Eruptions" In a surprise finding, astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the blowtorch-like jet from a supermassive black hole at the core of a huge galaxy seems to cause stars to erupt along its trajectory. The stars, called novae, are not caught inside the jet, but apparently in a dangerous neighborhood nearby. The […] [September 26, 2024] Read more here: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-finds-that-a-black-hole-beam-promotes-stellar-eruptions/