Solar System

[delshay]

Not sure if any TPU user(s) is aware of this space news.

Scientists spot ‘unexplained brightness’ after violent explosion in space

 

[rtwjunkie]

Not sure if any TPU user(s) is aware of this space news.

Scientists spot ‘unexplained brightness’ after violent explosion in space

The conquering alien mothership had a power malfunction.

 

[R-T-B]

The conquering alien mothership had a power malfunction.

District 9 time, only with the current populist movement, we'll probably build a space-wall to keep the aliens out.

 

[Space Lynx]

Don’t Miss It: Jupiter, Saturn Will Look Like Double Planet for First Time Since Middle Ages

Just after sunset on the evening of December 21, 2020, Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer together in Earth’s night sky than they have been since the Middle Ages, offering people the world over a celestial treat to ring in the winter solstice. “Alignments between these two planets are rather r

scitechdaily.com

this is awesome...

 

[biffzinker]

A Japanese space capsule carrying large quantities of rock from the asteroid Ryugu has landed back on Earth, more specifically, near Woomera in South Australia. According to BBC News, the capsule was captured on camera streaking across the sky before parachuting down to the ground. It was subsequently found at 19:47 UTC after it transmitted a beacon which was tracked from a helicopter.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1335280970308587521

Japan's asteroid return mission arrives on Earth

Japan's Hayabusa-2 has dropped off a capsule containing samples from the asteroid Ryugu. The mission launched at the end of 2014 and arrived at Ryugu in 2018. It began returning in November 2019.

www.neowin.net

More Photos at JAXA: https://global.jaxa.jp/news/2020/#news17615

 

[Caring1]

"A Japanese space capsule carrying large quantities of rock from the asteroid Ryugu has landed back on Earth, more specifically, near Woomera in South Australia. According to BBC News, the capsule was captured on camera streaking across the sky before parachuting down to the ground. It was subsequently found at 19:47 UTC after it transmitted a beacon which was tracked from a helicopter."
Oh sure, target Australia.
Why not aim the capsule at Tokyo?

 

[lexluthermiester]

"A Japanese space capsule carrying large quantities of rock from the asteroid Ryugu has landed back on Earth, more specifically, near Woomera in South Australia. According to BBC News, the capsule was captured on camera streaking across the sky before parachuting down to the ground. It was subsequently found at 19:47 UTC after it transmitted a beacon which was tracked from a helicopter."
Oh sure, target Australia.
Why not aim the capsule at Tokyo?

Wide open spaces that are safe for landing a capsule. Japan is almost entirely filled with dense population.

 

[Caring1]

Wide open spaces that are safe for landing a capsule. Japan is almost entirely filled with dense population.

I know, but I'll still complain about other countries thinking we are a good spot for space crap to crash.
They seem to think because it looks empty on a map there's no people there, when that region is littered with mines and people.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Land, not crash. Big difference. And there is most definitely economic considerations going on.

 

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[the54thvoid]

Brian Cox is one of our UK national treasures. Physicist AND former member of a pop band called D:ream (?) who had UK hits with the tracks 'Things Can Only Get Better' and 'You're the Best Thing'. Not to be confused with the guy who played 'Dr Lecter' in the original film 'Manhunter' with William Peterson. Trivia makes science more acessible.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Brian Cox is one of our UK national treasures. Physicist AND former member of a pop band called D:ream (?) who had UK hits with the tracks 'Things Can Only Get Better' and 'You're the Best Thing'. Not to be confused with the guy who played 'Dr Lecter' in the original film 'Manhunter' with William Peterson. Trivia makes sense more accessible.

I'm more of a fan of Brian May myself...

 

[rtwjunkie]

Brian Cox is one of our UK national treasures. Physicist AND former member of a pop band called D:ream (?) who had UK hits with the tracks 'Things Can Only Get Better' and 'You're the Best Thing'. Not to be confused with the guy who played 'Dr Lecter' in the original film 'Manhunter' with William Peterson. Trivia makes science more acessible.

I keep thinking of the other Brian Cox:

Brian Cox (actor) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[lexluthermiester]

This was interesting;

 

[R-T-B]

Land, not crash. Big difference. And there is most definitely economic considerations going on.

That and if they really want to deorbit something with no plan for recovery, there is a designated spot. Point Nemo Spacecraft Cemetery.

 

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Sunrise Over the Pacific (ISS)​

This stunning image captures a small region on the edge of the inky Coalsack Nebula

 

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[delshay]

One day something is going to hit & we will not even know it's coming.

Incredible moment security camera captures meteor streaking across sky (msn.com)

 

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This is the first high-resolution, color image to be sent back by the Hazard Cameras on the underside of NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover after its landing on Feb. 18, 2021.

 

[lexluthermiester]

This was a few months ago and I only just watched it, but it was very interesting.

 

[Drone]

The heat shield drops away toward Mars after being released from the Mars 2020 back shell during the spacecraft’s descent through the Martian atmosphere on Feb. 18, 2021. The heat shield and back shell encapsulated NASA’s Perseverance rover on its journey to the Red Planet. This image was taken by the rover’s Lander Vision System Camera, serving as part of the Terrain-Relative Navigation system.

Scientists confirm third-nearest star with a planet—and it’s rocky like Earth

The new planet, called Gliese 486 b, is located just over two dozen light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Virgo, and is also made out of rock—though it is hotter and three times larger than our home.

news.uchicago.edu

Hubble Solves Mystery of Monster Star's Dimming

hubblesite.org

 

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This image was captured while NASA’s Perseverance rover drove on Mars for the first time on March 4, 2021

From Sunlight to Starlight [ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile]

 

[metalfiber]

Give that person a cookie not a cigar.

Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua Is Likely A Piece Of A Pluto-like Planet

The first known interstellar object to pass through our solar system is likely a piece of a Pluto-like planet from another solar system, according to a new study published as […]

spaceref.com