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2022-06-04 07:11:10 #NewImage from #Nasa: "Tau Herculids from Space" On May 31 tens of parallel meteor streaks were recorded in this 8 degree wide field of view of planet Earth's limb from space. The image is one of a series of 5 minute long observations by the orbiting Yangwang-1 space telescope. It was captured at 03:43 UT, near the peak of the Tau Herculid meteor shower. As predicted, the meteor shower was an active one this year, caused as Earth swept through a relatively dense stream of debris from disintegrating Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3, but was lacking bright meteors. Nearly all of the Tau Herculid meteors in the Yangwang-1 image are too faint to be detected by groundbased instruments. But on that date patient earthbound skywatchers under clear skies still enjoyed a memorable showing of the Tau Herculids. [June 04, 2022] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2206/20220531_0343HerTau_submit1024.jpg Open / Comment

2022-06-04 00:21:48 #BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA to Highlight Climate Research on Cargo Launch, Sets TV Coverage" NASA and SpaceX are targeting 10:22 a.m. EDT Friday, June 10, to launch the agency’s next investigation to monitor climate change to the International Space Station. [June 03, 2022] Read more here: http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-highlight-climate-research-on-cargo-launch-sets-tv-coverage Open / Comment

2022-06-03 21:56:45 #BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Announces Winners of 2022 Student Launch Competition" For the second year in a row, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte won the launch division, while Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, won first place in the design division of NASA’s 2022 Student Launch rocketry competition. [June 03, 2022] Read more here: http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-announces-winners-of-2022-student-launch-competition Open / Comment

2022-06-03 18:56:33 #BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Invites Media to Learn About Mission Studying Thunderstorms" NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m. CDT Tuesday, June 7, to discuss research about intense summer thunderstorms over the central United States and their effects on Earth’s atmosphere and climate change. [June 03, 2022] Read more here: http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-media-to-learn-about-mission-studying-thunderstorms Open / Comment

2022-06-03 16:04:30 #NewPhoto from #Nasa: "Apollo 1 Monument Dedication" The Apollo 1 monument at Arlington National Cemetery was dedicated on Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Arlington, Va. [June 03, 2022] http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52117105818_7659d78509_o.jpeg Open / Comment

2022-06-03 07:16:20 #NewImage from #Nasa: "A 10 000 Kilometer Galactic Bridge" With this creative astro-collaboration you can follow the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy as it bridges northern and southern hemisphere skies. To construct the expansive composite nightscape, skies over Observatorio El Sauce in Chile (top) were imaged on the same date but 6 hours later than the skies over the Saint-Veran observatory in the French Alps. The 6 hour time-lag allowed Earth's rotation to align the Milky Way above domes at the two sites. All exposures were made with similar cameras and lenses mounted on simple tripods. A faint greenish airglow is visible in the dark Chilean sky that also features the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds near the observatory dome. In the French Alps light pollution is apparent, but the distant Andromeda Galaxy can still be spotted near the horizon in the northern night. On planet Earth the two observatories are separated by about 10,000 kilometers. [June 03, 2022] https://apod.nasa.gov/image/2206/Oudoux-and-Jeff-Graphy-with10000km_c.jpg Open / Comment

2022-06-02 23:56:13 #BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Funds Projects that Aim to Inspire Artemis Generation" NASA has selected a variety of projects that take innovative approaches to broadening student participation in science, technology, engineering, and math to receive awards totaling approximately $12.5 million. [June 02, 2022] Read more here: http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-funds-projects-that-aim-to-inspire-artemis-generation Open / Comment

2022-06-02 23:06:44 #BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Selects New Instruments for Priority Artemis Science on Moon" Adding to the growing list of commercial deliveries slated to explore more of the Moon than ever before under Artemis, NASA has selected two new science instrument suites, including one that will study the mysterious Gruithuisen Domes for the first time. [June 02, 2022] Read more here: http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-new-instruments-for-priority-artemis-science-on-moon Open / Comment

2022-06-02 22:41:43 #BreakingNews from #Nasa: "NASA Invites Media to Headquarters to Meet Commercial Crew Astronauts" NASA will host an in-person media opportunity at 8:45 a.m. EDT Tuesday, June 7, at NASA Headquarters in Washington with the agency’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts to discuss their recent mission aboard the International Space Station to benefit life on Earth and further exploration. [June 02, 2022] Read more here: http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-media-to-headquarters-to-meet-commercial-crew-astronauts Open / Comment

2022-06-02 17:24:07 #NewPhoto from #Nasa: "Huge Rings Around a Black Hole" This image features a spectacular set of rings around a black hole. [June 02, 2022] http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/v404cyg_lg.jpeg Open / Comment