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2022-06-10 19:00:01 An unusual meteor divided into five large fragments

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2022-06-10 16:00:01 The size of the red giant Betelgeuse

The white ball is the Sun, then 8 planets are shown orbiting it, and the red giant is Betelgeuse

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2022-06-10 13:00:01 The platform of the Europa Clipper spacecraft was delivered to NASA. In the next two years, engineers will complete the assembly of the probe, after which they will conduct a series of tests to test its ability to withstand a trip to Jupiter.

It consists of a pair of nested aluminum cylinders with threaded holes for mounting payloads — scientific instruments, sensors, electronic components, wiring, antennas and solar panels.

In the near future, engineers will start equipping the platform — scientific instruments, a three-meter antenna with high gain and solar panels will be installed on it. 68 kg of wiring and connectors will be used to bundle all these components. Their length in the unfolded state will be 640 meters.

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2022-06-09 16:00:01 The deepest photo of the visible Universe from the Hubble telescope.

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2022-06-09 13:00:01 Approaching the Triangle galaxy using the Hubble Telescope.

The Triangle galaxy is the galactic neighbor of our native Milky Way. This galaxy is 5-10 times smaller than the Milky Way in mass and 2 times smaller in diameter. This is the most distant celestial object visible to the naked eye. Just imagine that you are able to see an object that is 3 million light-years away from you.

There are many well-studied variable stars in this galaxy, so this close spiral galaxy serves as a "cosmic ruler" for measuring distances in the universe.

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2022-06-09 10:00:01 How was the scene with the explosion of "Endurance" filmed?

Without computer graphics! There wasn't much of it in Interstellar. All the spacecraft in the film actually existed in the form of reduced layouts.

The film's director Christopher Nolan believes that it is the use of high-quality and detailed layouts instead of computer graphics that makes the picture realistic. And it's hard to argue with him.

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2022-06-08 19:00:01 Clearly about how well we examined Pluto with the New Horizons spacecraft.

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2022-06-08 16:00:01 China launched the Shenzhou-14 manned spacecraft to the PRC orbital station

The crew included two men — Chen Dong (commander) and Cai Xiuzhe, as well as a woman named Liu Yang, who is the first female taikonaut in the history of Chinese manned cosmonautics. For Chen Dong and Liu Yang, this is the second flight into space. Cai Xiuzhe went into orbit for the first time.

The Taikonauts will stay at the station for about six months and will return to Earth in December this year. The crew must complete the construction of the orbital station: two laboratory modules - "Wentian" and "Mengtian" - will be sent to the station.

Among the tasks are monitoring the approach, docking and movement of two modules, completing the installation and commissioning of equipment inside and outside the station, performing daily maintenance tasks for the station, as well as carrying out extravehicular work and conducting experiments. In addition, Taikonauts will conduct several lessons from orbit for Chinese schoolchildren. Open / Comment

2022-06-08 13:00:01 An amateur astronomer has sealed a huge roar on Jupiter. The scale of the shock wave is compared with the scale of the Earth.

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