Jeffrey Smith from the @SETIInstitute talking about the Finding Fireballs in Lightning: how they use a weather satélite to detect meteors. Cool way to repurpose the information of this satellite. Talk at #adass2024 at @UMmalta
NASA's Europa Clipper is now headed toward an ocean world beyond Earth. The large spacecraft is tucked into the payload fairing atop the Falcon Heavy rocket in this photo, taken at Kennedy Space Center the day before the mission's successful October 14 launch. Europa Clipper's interplanetary voyage will first take it to Mars, then back to Earth, and then on to Jupiter on gravity assist trajectories that will allow it to enter orbit around Jupiter in April 2030. Once orbiting Jupiter, the spacecraft will fly past Europa 49 times, exploring a Jovian moon with a global subsurface ocean that may have conditions to support life. Posing in the background next to the floodlit rocket is Comet Tsuchinsan-ATLAS, about a day after the comet's closest approach to Earth. A current darling of evening skies, the naked-eye comet is a visitor from the distant Oort cloud.
Image Credit & Copyright: Ben Cooper (Launch Photography)
Targeting Tuesday, August 27 for launch of Polaris Dawn, the first of the @PolarisProgram’s three human spaceflight missions designed to advance the future of spaceflight
@elonmusk The respect to the right of others and following the law is paramount for progress and safety of all citizens. Endangering a county by leaking secret information is wrong and puts us all in danger. Doing it should be held accountable for their actions
The shocks and turbulence caused by the protostar within L1527 prevents the formation of new stars. As a result, the protostar dominates the space, taking much of the nearby material for itself. Explore the stunning #NASAWebb image: https://t.co/iTZJOGao7i
#UnfoldTheUniverse
Get ready to take a first-class tour of the universe!
Dive into swirling galaxies and your favorite nebulas in some of Hubble’s greatest images and data used in science simulations. Watch the full video: https://t.co/k8xLGi11rx
This is what you’ve waited for.
Journey with us through Webb’s breathtaking view of the Pillars of Creation, where scores of newly formed stars glisten like dewdrops among floating, translucent columns of gas and dust: https://t.co/5ea1kCzU5x
Here’s your guided tour ⬇️
You are gazing at Webb’s First Deep Field. There will be many more from #NASAWebb. Bright white galaxies are stirring up this scene in galaxy cluster SMACS 0723—warping and stretching the light from extremely distant galaxies: https://t.co/hSkNhHr0Lj (1/3)
In late May, Webb sustained a dust-sized micrometeroid impact to a primary mirror segment. Not to worry: Webb is still performing at a level that exceeds all mission requirements. Our first images will #UnfoldTheUniverse on July 12: https://t.co/9jp0uq7ytS
Our shed’s porch was damaged by a fallen tree and needed fixing. Took a day of work in the intense heat, but was worth. And all done singlehanded by this handywoman. #rosadiaz#onerocketmom
While #NASAWebb's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) continues its cooldown, optics teams have successfully aligned the rest of the observatory’s onboard instruments to Webb’s mirrors: https://t.co/s8Xuv8ZfQr