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Photographer Captures ISS Passing Between Jupiter and Saturn

During the Great Conjunction event in which Jupiter and Saturn appeared closer to each other in the sky than they have for hundreds of years, photographer Jason De Freitas captured a photo showing the ISS zipping between the two planets. PetaPixel re.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotDec 24th, 2020

The Tarantula Nebula glows brightly in this week’s Hubble image

This week's Hubble image captures the huge, bright cloud of dust and gas known as the Tarantula Nebula......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsFeb 5th, 2023

There’s a problem with the Juno spacecraft’s camera

The beloved JunoCam science instrument has recently developed some problems, causing the loss of images collected during a recent flyby of Jupiter......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsFeb 5th, 2023

How to see the green comet this week before it leaves us for good

This weekend will see a special visitor to the skies over our planet, as a 50,000-year -ld comet will be passing by......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsFeb 4th, 2023

Marvel Snap is dangerously close to becoming a pay-to-win game

Marvel Snap was once praised for its restraint when it came to microtransactions, but that's changed with each passing update......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsFeb 4th, 2023

Jupiter"s moon count jumps to 92, most in solar system

Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsFeb 4th, 2023

Webb captures spiral galaxy LEDA 2046648 among thousands of others

A crowded field of galaxies throngs this image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, along with bright stars crowned with Webb's signature six-pointed diffraction spikes......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJan 31st, 2023

Investigations reveal more evidence that Mimas is a stealth ocean world

When a Southwest Research Institute scientist discovered surprising evidence that Saturn's smallest, innermost moon could generate the right amount of heat to support a liquid internal ocean, colleagues began studying Mimas' surface to understand how.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJan 31st, 2023

Apple execs share in-depth details on creating the M2 Pro/Max MacBook Pro in new interview

Sitting down with pro videographer, photographer, and YouTuber Tyler Stalman, two of Apple’s executives have shared an in-depth look into the process of creating the 2023 MacBook Pro laptops with M2 Pro and M2 Max Apple Silicon. more… The post.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsJan 30th, 2023

NASA"s Juno team assessing camera after 48th flyby of Jupiter

Engineering data is being evaluated to determine why the majority of images taken by the solar-powered orbiter's JunoCam were not acquired......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsJan 30th, 2023

Two spacecraft worked together to learn about Venus’ magnetic field

A pair of spacecraft happened to be passing by Venus on their way somewhere else, but they managed to grab some bonus data about the planet......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsJan 29th, 2023

Camera captures night sky spiral after SpaceX rocket launch

A camera atop Hawaii's tallest mountain has captured what looks like a spiral swirling through the night sky......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJan 28th, 2023

Webb spies Chariklo ring system with high-precision technique

In 2013, Felipe Braga-Ribas and collaborators, using ground-based telescopes, discovered that Chariklo hosts a system of two thin rings. Such rings had been expected only around large planets such as Jupiter and Neptune......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJan 25th, 2023

Europe"s JUICE spacecraft ready to explore Jupiter"s icy moons

Europe's JUICE spacecraft is all ready to embark on an eight-year odyssey through the Solar System to find out whether the oceans hidden under the surface of Jupiter's icy moons have the potential to host extraterrestrial life......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsJan 24th, 2023

Unearthing the archaeological passing of time at Lagash, a site in southern Iraq

When Holly Pittman and colleagues from the University of Pennsylvania and University of Pisa returned to Lagash in the fall of 2022 for a fourth season, they knew they'd find more than ceramic fragments and another kiln. With high-tech tools in hand,.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsJan 24th, 2023

Juice spacecraft heading to spaceport ahead of mission to study Jupiter’s moons

Out solar system will soon be getting a new explorer, as a mission to study the moons of Jupiter readies for launch......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsJan 22nd, 2023

How to watch the conjunction of Venus and Saturn online today

There's a close conjunction of Venus and Saturn in the sky tonight, which you can watch online from the warmth of your home......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsJan 22nd, 2023

Facebook approves ads calling for children’s deaths in Brazil, test finds

YouTube had no problem passing the same test. Enlarge / Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva kisses a child onstage at the end of a speech to supporters. (credit: Horacio Villalobos / Contributor | Corbis News).....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJan 19th, 2023

Tumultuous migration on the edge of the hot Neptune desert

All kinds of exoplanets orbit very close to their star. Some look like the Earth, others like Jupiter. Very few, however, are similar to Neptune. Why this anomaly in the distribution of exoplanets? Researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) an.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJan 18th, 2023

A hybrid fission/fusion reactor could be the best way to get through the ice on Europa

In the coming years, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) will send two robotic missions to explore Jupiter's icy moon Europa. These are none other than NASA's Europa Clipper and the ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE), which will launch in.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJan 17th, 2023

Scientists offer a new explanation for a mystery surrounding Jupiter"s two massive asteroid swarms

An international team of scientists, including NYU Abu Dhabi researcher Nikolaos Georgakarakos and others from the U.S., Japan, and China, led by Jian Li from Nanjing University, has developed new insights that may explain the numerical asymmetry of.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJan 17th, 2023