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#NASA This is how it begins .. got the RIGHT Planetary Protection Officer .. not cookie cutter government Yes Men? ;) https://lnkd.in/dRrwfSZ
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Dusk for Dawn: NASA Mission to the Asteroid Belt | JPL
Sept. 7, 2018: NASA’s Dawn spacecraft turned science fiction into science fact by using ion propulsion to explore the two largest bodies in the main asteroid belt, Vesta and Ceres. The mission will end this fall, when the spacecraft runs out of hydrazine, which keeps it oriented and in communication with Earth.
For more info on the mission, visit:
https://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov
Credit: NASA
Duration: 3 minutes 4 seconds
Release Date: September 7, 2018
+Dawn Mission Engagement and Communications (E/C)
+NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
+NASA Solar System Exploration
+NASA Marshall
+DLR, German Aerospace Center
+Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
#NASA #Space #Astronomy #Science #Ceres #Dwarf #Planet #Dawn #Vesta #AsteroidBelt #DLR #Germany #Deutschland #JPL #ASI #Discovery #Spacecraft #Ion #Propulsion #Technology #Exploration #SolarSystem #MSFC #UnitedStates #STEM #Education #HD #Video
Sept. 7, 2018: NASA’s Dawn spacecraft turned science fiction into science fact by using ion propulsion to explore the two largest bodies in the main asteroid belt, Vesta and Ceres. The mission will end this fall, when the spacecraft runs out of hydrazine, which keeps it oriented and in communication with Earth.
For more info on the mission, visit:
https://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov
Credit: NASA
Duration: 3 minutes 4 seconds
Release Date: September 7, 2018
+Dawn Mission Engagement and Communications (E/C)
+NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
+NASA Solar System Exploration
+NASA Marshall
+DLR, German Aerospace Center
+Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
#NASA #Space #Astronomy #Science #Ceres #Dwarf #Planet #Dawn #Vesta #AsteroidBelt #DLR #Germany #Deutschland #JPL #ASI #Discovery #Spacecraft #Ion #Propulsion #Technology #Exploration #SolarSystem #MSFC #UnitedStates #STEM #Education #HD #Video
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Anything about Space I can share I will. Ok, skip the "Boring Stuff" for those who aren't that into it but everything & anything I myself can get I enjoy. Somewhere vast with opportunities for things unknown.
A Quick Look at Ring Galaxy AM 0644 | NASA Chandra
A new ring of black holes or neutron stars has been discovered in a galaxy about 300 million light years from Earth. This ring was forged when one galaxy smashed through the middle of another, creating ripples in the gas. As this gas expanded through the impacted galaxy, called AM 0644-741, it triggered waves of star formation.
The most massive of these stars lasted only a few million years, before exploding as supernovas and leaving behind black holes or neutron stars as their remains.
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory can detect some of these black holes and neutron stars as they siphon off material from stars that orbit them.
Studying 'ring' galaxies such as this one will help astronomers better understand what happens when galaxies clash in catastrophic impacts.
Credit: NASA Chandra
Duration: 1 minute, 8 seconds
Release Date: September 6, 2018
+NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory
+Hubble Space Telescope
+European Space Agency, ESA
+NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
+Space Telescope Science Institute
#NASA #Hubble #Astronomy #Space #Science #Galaxy #Ring #AM0644 #AM0644741 #Volans #Chandra #Xray #Observatory #Marshall #MSFC #Cosmos #Universe #STEM #Education #HD #Video
A new ring of black holes or neutron stars has been discovered in a galaxy about 300 million light years from Earth. This ring was forged when one galaxy smashed through the middle of another, creating ripples in the gas. As this gas expanded through the impacted galaxy, called AM 0644-741, it triggered waves of star formation.
The most massive of these stars lasted only a few million years, before exploding as supernovas and leaving behind black holes or neutron stars as their remains.
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory can detect some of these black holes and neutron stars as they siphon off material from stars that orbit them.
Studying 'ring' galaxies such as this one will help astronomers better understand what happens when galaxies clash in catastrophic impacts.
Credit: NASA Chandra
Duration: 1 minute, 8 seconds
Release Date: September 6, 2018
+NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory
+Hubble Space Telescope
+European Space Agency, ESA
+NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
+Space Telescope Science Institute
#NASA #Hubble #Astronomy #Space #Science #Galaxy #Ring #AM0644 #AM0644741 #Volans #Chandra #Xray #Observatory #Marshall #MSFC #Cosmos #Universe #STEM #Education #HD #Video
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Pillars of the Eagle Nebula in Infrared
Newborn stars are forming in the Eagle Nebula. Gravitationally contracting in pillars of dense gas and dust, the intense radiation of these newly-formed bright stars is causing surrounding material to boil away. This image, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope in near infrared light, allows the viewer to see through much of the thick dust that makes the pillars opaque in visible light.
The giant structures are light years in length and dubbed informally the Pillars of Creation. Associated with the open star cluster M16, the Eagle Nebula lies about 6,500 light years away. The Eagle Nebula is an easy target for small telescopes in a nebula-rich part of the sky toward the split constellation Serpens Cauda (the tail of the snake).
Image & info via APOD
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble, HLA; Processing: Lluís Romero
#universe #space #NASA #nebula
Newborn stars are forming in the Eagle Nebula. Gravitationally contracting in pillars of dense gas and dust, the intense radiation of these newly-formed bright stars is causing surrounding material to boil away. This image, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope in near infrared light, allows the viewer to see through much of the thick dust that makes the pillars opaque in visible light.
The giant structures are light years in length and dubbed informally the Pillars of Creation. Associated with the open star cluster M16, the Eagle Nebula lies about 6,500 light years away. The Eagle Nebula is an easy target for small telescopes in a nebula-rich part of the sky toward the split constellation Serpens Cauda (the tail of the snake).
Image & info via APOD
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble, HLA; Processing: Lluís Romero
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Warm Sea Surface Temperatures in Western North Atlantic
NOAA | Sept. 7, 2018: For several weeks, sea surface temperatures in the western North Atlantic Ocean have been running significantly above normal. This visualization uses data from NOAA's polar-orbiting satellites to map areas where August 2018 sea surface temperatures have been warmer or colder than average. Noticeable are the deep red shades off the coast of New England and eastern Canada, where the normally chilly waters have been running as much as 9 degrees Fahrenheit (5°C) warmer than average.
In the Gulf of Maine, which stretches from Cape Cod to southern Nova Scotia, a "marine heatwave" sent temperatures toward record-highs l ast month. On August 8, NOAA satellites measured an average sea surface temperature of 68.93°F (20.52°C), which fell just shy of a record set in 2012.
The Gulf of Maine is one of the fastest-warming bodies of water in the world. Using satellite data, scientists at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute have found that over the past 30 years, the Gulf has warmed more than three times faster than the global average, while in the past 15 years, the region has warmed seven times faster than the global average rate.
Scientists believe that climate change may be responsible for the warming waters. As melting glaciers in Greenland dump more freshwater into the North Atlantic, the ocean circulation that keeps waters along the coast of eastern North America cold may be starting to weaken—allowing more warm water to pool into the Gulf of Maine.
Warm sea surface temperatures help transport more heat energy and moisture into the atmosphere. The persistently warm waters off the coast of the northeastern U.S. and Canada this summer have contributed to record-warm overnight temperatures and high humidity levels. NOAA's recently released monthly climate report shows that much of the Northeast experienced record-warm overnight low temperatures in August 2018.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Credit: NOAA
Release Date: September 7, 2018
+NOAA Weather
+NASA Goddard
+Canadian Space Agency
+NASA Climate Change
+Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
#NASA #NOAA #Earth #Science #Space #Satellite #Western #North #Atlantic #Ocean #Sea #Surface #Temperatures #Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Weather #Meteorology #Visualization #Infographic #UnitedStates #STEM #Education
NOAA | Sept. 7, 2018: For several weeks, sea surface temperatures in the western North Atlantic Ocean have been running significantly above normal. This visualization uses data from NOAA's polar-orbiting satellites to map areas where August 2018 sea surface temperatures have been warmer or colder than average. Noticeable are the deep red shades off the coast of New England and eastern Canada, where the normally chilly waters have been running as much as 9 degrees Fahrenheit (5°C) warmer than average.
In the Gulf of Maine, which stretches from Cape Cod to southern Nova Scotia, a "marine heatwave" sent temperatures toward record-highs l ast month. On August 8, NOAA satellites measured an average sea surface temperature of 68.93°F (20.52°C), which fell just shy of a record set in 2012.
The Gulf of Maine is one of the fastest-warming bodies of water in the world. Using satellite data, scientists at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute have found that over the past 30 years, the Gulf has warmed more than three times faster than the global average, while in the past 15 years, the region has warmed seven times faster than the global average rate.
Scientists believe that climate change may be responsible for the warming waters. As melting glaciers in Greenland dump more freshwater into the North Atlantic, the ocean circulation that keeps waters along the coast of eastern North America cold may be starting to weaken—allowing more warm water to pool into the Gulf of Maine.
Warm sea surface temperatures help transport more heat energy and moisture into the atmosphere. The persistently warm waters off the coast of the northeastern U.S. and Canada this summer have contributed to record-warm overnight temperatures and high humidity levels. NOAA's recently released monthly climate report shows that much of the Northeast experienced record-warm overnight low temperatures in August 2018.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Credit: NOAA
Release Date: September 7, 2018
+NOAA Weather
+NASA Goddard
+Canadian Space Agency
+NASA Climate Change
+Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
#NASA #NOAA #Earth #Science #Space #Satellite #Western #North #Atlantic #Ocean #Sea #Surface #Temperatures #Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Weather #Meteorology #Visualization #Infographic #UnitedStates #STEM #Education
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Parker Solar Probe Marks First Mission Milestones on Voyage to Sun
Just two days after launch on Aug. 12, 2018, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe achieved several planned milestones toward full commissioning and operations, announced mission controllers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, or APL, in Laurel, Maryland.
On Aug. 13, the high-gain antenna, which Parker Solar Probe uses to communicate high-rate science data to Earth, was released from locks which held it stable during launch. Controllers have also been monitoring the spacecraft as it autonomously uses its thrusters to remove (or “dump”) momentum, which is part of the flight operations of the spacecraft. Managing momentum helps the spacecraft remain in a stable and optimal flight profile.
There are four instrument suites on board Parker Solar Probe, which will each need to be powered and readied for science data collection. The FIELDS investigation, which consists of the most elements, went first. It was powered up on Aug. 13 for two activities. First was the opening of the clamps which held four of the five FIELDS antennas stowed during takeoff. These antennas will be deployed roughly 30 days after launch, and they will stick out from the corners of the spacecraft’s heat shield – called the Thermal Protection System – and be exposed to the harsh solar environment. Second, the spacecraft’s magnetometer boom was fully deployed. This boom contains three magnetometers and a fifth, smaller electric field antenna, all part of the FIELDS suite. Further instrument check-outs and deployments are scheduled in the coming days for the spacecraft.
As of 12:00 p.m. EDT on Aug. 16, Parker Solar Probe was 2.9 million miles from Earth, traveling at 39,000 mph, and heading toward its first Venus flyby scheduled for Oct. 3, 2018, at 4:44 a.m. EDT. The spacecraft will use Venus to slightly slow itself and adjust its trajectory for an optimal path toward first perihelion of the Sun on Nov. 5, 2018, at 10:27 p.m. EST (Nov. 6, 2018, at 03:27 UTC).
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http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/Show-Article.php?articleID=95
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Just two days after launch on Aug. 12, 2018, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe achieved several planned milestones toward full commissioning and operations, announced mission controllers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, or APL, in Laurel, Maryland.
On Aug. 13, the high-gain antenna, which Parker Solar Probe uses to communicate high-rate science data to Earth, was released from locks which held it stable during launch. Controllers have also been monitoring the spacecraft as it autonomously uses its thrusters to remove (or “dump”) momentum, which is part of the flight operations of the spacecraft. Managing momentum helps the spacecraft remain in a stable and optimal flight profile.
There are four instrument suites on board Parker Solar Probe, which will each need to be powered and readied for science data collection. The FIELDS investigation, which consists of the most elements, went first. It was powered up on Aug. 13 for two activities. First was the opening of the clamps which held four of the five FIELDS antennas stowed during takeoff. These antennas will be deployed roughly 30 days after launch, and they will stick out from the corners of the spacecraft’s heat shield – called the Thermal Protection System – and be exposed to the harsh solar environment. Second, the spacecraft’s magnetometer boom was fully deployed. This boom contains three magnetometers and a fifth, smaller electric field antenna, all part of the FIELDS suite. Further instrument check-outs and deployments are scheduled in the coming days for the spacecraft.
As of 12:00 p.m. EDT on Aug. 16, Parker Solar Probe was 2.9 million miles from Earth, traveling at 39,000 mph, and heading toward its first Venus flyby scheduled for Oct. 3, 2018, at 4:44 a.m. EDT. The spacecraft will use Venus to slightly slow itself and adjust its trajectory for an optimal path toward first perihelion of the Sun on Nov. 5, 2018, at 10:27 p.m. EST (Nov. 6, 2018, at 03:27 UTC).
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http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/Show-Article.php?articleID=95
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