Astronomers discover 12 more moons of Jupiter, including an oddity - washpost
On Tuesday, the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center published the orbits for 12 newfound Jovian moons — bringing Jupiter’s total to 79 moons.
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Had this sent to me yesterday.
A 20 year time lapse of the blackhole at the center of our galaxy! It loops a few times.
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Parker Solar Probe - The Fastest, Hottest Space Probe Ever - Scott Manley discusses
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Parker Solar Probe: Nasa delays mission to unlock Sun’s mysteries - bbc
US space agency Nasa has delayed its mission to send a satellite closer to the Sun than any before.
The Parker Solar Probe was set to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Saturday, but last-minute investigations have delayed it for 24 hours. It is now scheduled to blast off - on board the mammoth Delta-IV Heavy rocket - on Sunday morning.
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Parker Solar Probe: Nasa launches mission to ‘touch the Sun’ - bbc
https://www.space.com/41454-nasa-parker-solar-probe-launches-to-sun.html
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New Cameras to Track Perseid Meteor Shower from Meteor Crater - spacedotcom
Scientists are hoping to see one of the year’s best meteor showers from one of the most scenic places on Earth: Arizona’s Meteor Crater.
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Hubble Space Telescope Gyroscope Failure - How Scientists Will Keep It Alive - Scott Manley discusses
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Scott Manley discusses
Happy Carl Sagan day.
I keep coming back to this series of videos by Reid Gower - done to Carl Sagans spoken audio.
THE SAGAN SERIES - The Pale Blue Dot (HD)
Check out the rest in the series here: http://saganseries.com/
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Parker Solar Probe: Sun-skimming mission starts calling home - BBC
NASA/NRL/PARKER SOLAR PROBE
Parker took this image of a streamer, a dense part of the corona, on 8 November
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Nasa’s Jupiter mission Juno reveals giant polar storms - BBC
Nasa’s Juno mission to the gas giant Jupiter has reached its halfway mark and has revealed new views of cyclones at the poles.
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Stunning details.
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New Horizons: Nasa probe survives flyby of Ultima Thule - BBC
Source: NASA
A good, clear signal was picked up by the radio antenna system in Spain
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Nasa’s New Horizons: ‘Snowman’ shape of distant Ultima Thule revealed - BBC
NASA/JHU-APL/SWRI
The “snowman” completes a full rotation every 15 hours
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