Science: Space - the final frontier (Misc.)

[Bazza]

WOW!!! Congrats to India and it's space program!

India lands a spacecraft near the moon's south pole, a first for the world as it joins elite club

India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole on Wednesday. It is a historic voyage to uncharted territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water.

apnews.com

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/23/world/chandrayaan-3-lunar-landing-attempt-scn/index.html

 

[Bazza]

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

I think I read Russia bounced one the other day.

 

[crimsonaudio]

I think I read Russia bounced one the other day.

Yup, crashed it hard.

 

[crimsonaudio]

James Webb telescope captures surreal images of Jupiter's auroras. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team; image processing by Judy Schmidt.

 

[Bazza]

North Korea fails.......again......

North Korea's second spy satellite launch fails

It appears the rocket carrying the satellite flew further than during the previous attempt.

www.bbc.com

 

[crimsonaudio]

If you have subs, enjoy. Otherwise use earbuds with goof low frequency response.

"Super Heavy Booster 9 static fire successfully lit all 33 Raptor engines, with all but two running for the full duration. Congratulations to the SpaceX team on this exciting milestone!"

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1695158759717474379

 

[crimsonaudio]

"The test produced approximately 7.9 million lbf of thrust (~3,600 metric tons)"

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1695159123019698498

 

[crimsonaudio]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1695159316670718231

 

[Bazza]

Docking was just completed - while flying over Oz!

Happy Sunday!

 

[Bazza]

After its recent successful moon landing, India's space agency launched a rocket to study the sun. It's the country's first such mission, which aims to study solar winds that can cause disturbance on earth commonly seen as auroras.

 

[Bazza]

 

[crimsonaudio]

There are about 100 ping pong-ball-sized meteoroids hitting the Moon per day. Despite their small size, each of them hits the surface with a force of 3.2 kg of dynamite. This flash was filmed on February 23, 2023

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1704795135962124569

 

[crimsonaudio]

The neutron star PSR J1748-2446 rotates 716 times every second, so its equator moves at about 25% the speed of light. It is also 50 trillion times the density of lead and has a magnetic field a trillion times stronger than the Sun’s.

Weird Object: Neutron Star PSR J1748-2446 | Astronomy.com

The pulsar PSR J1748-2446 is the universe's fastest-spinning object and the most extreme example of a neutron star known.

www.astronomy.com

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

Yikes

The neutron star PSR J1748-2446 rotates 716 times every second, so its equator moves at about 25% the speed of light. It is also 50 trillion times the density of lead and has a magnetic field a trillion times stronger than the Sun’s.

Weird Object: Neutron Star PSR J1748-2446 | Astronomy.com

The pulsar PSR J1748-2446 is the universe's fastest-spinning object and the most extreme example of a neutron star known.

www.astronomy.com

Yikes

 

[crimsonaudio]

Yikes

The universe is wild!

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

We launched a craft (Osiris Rex) six or seven years ago to travel to the asteroid Bennu. We dropped a lander which took samples, returned to the mother ship and a small craft was dropped and is about to land with samples in Utah in about 15 minutes. Nerves are fluttering at NASA. On tv live. A billion mile trip!
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/24/world/osiris-rex-asteroid-sample-return-scn/index.html

 

[Bazza]

T minus 1:16

A little breezy out - you can see the camera wobbling a bit.

Watch live views as SpaceX prepares for rocket launches from Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center. Meanwhile at Starbase in Texas, SpaceX is working on preparations for the next Starship test flight.

 

[Padreruf]

I have been watching some YouTube videos on the JWT and what its discoveries mean to the fundamental teachings of physics and astronomy. Short summary: every thing we know about our beginnings and development is now being called into question. Scientists have admitted that their theories are just that -- they really have limited knowledge as much of what they are finding runs counter to the Big Bang and other theories/assumptions.

 

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