The Space and Astronomy Thread

[Steve B]

Nice capture..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-e...er&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central

Ah, wondered f anybody had caught it, was listening to 5live this morning as the reports started to come in, seems it was seen from Bristol to Inverness.
Stupid me had the curtains closed

 

[LauraJ23]

I was going through twitter and saw it, would have liked to have seen it..

 

[Ricardodaforce]

More apparent evidence for the existence of Planet 9:

http://www.sciencealert.com/scienti...e-that-planet-nine-exists-in-our-solar-system

 

[StewartR]

More apparent evidence for the existence of Planet 9:

http://www.sciencealert.com/scienti...e-that-planet-nine-exists-in-our-solar-system

That's interesting, but when I read the article I was a little disappointed to see that this new discovery comes from the same team who originally postulated the existence of Planet 9. It would be healthier if there were some observational data from other people too.

 

[Ricardodaforce]

The documentary about Gene Cernan "The Last Man on the Moon" gets a limited cinema release in April.

Showings are detailed here.

 

[StewartR]

I'm fairly immune to being amazed by the sophistication of modern scientific instruments, but this is just unbelievable. Making a temperature map of an exoplanet 40 light years away? Insane.

http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news...pitzer-Maps-Climate-Patterns-on-a-Super-Earth

 

[Ricardodaforce]

Went to book tickets to see The Last Man on the Moon but they are 12.50 each. That is steep for a Monday evening cinema ticket!

 

[Steep]

I guess they're not expecting crowds and are charging more.

 

[Steep]

The Mars Rover Curiosity sings happy birthday to itself every year, how sad is that?

 

[ianp5a]

It had seen Wall-E doing the same thing.

 

[Steep]

Tim Peake is due to return to Earth in four weeks, his time on the ISS has flown by (pun intended). If you have Twitter you can follow him and see the images he posts here https://BANNED/astro_timpeake

 

[Ricardodaforce]

NASA Scientist Suggests Possible Link Between Primordial Black Holes and Dark Matter.

Interesting read here.

 

[Steep]

Voyager Probe damaged!

http://www.theonion.com/article/voyager-probe-badly-damaged-after-smashing-end-uni-52996

 

[kendo1]

This may be the right place for this...

Fascinating and worth persisting with,

https://www.reddit.com/r/9M9H9E9/wiki/narrative

 

[Ricardodaforce]

This may be the right place for this...

Fascinating and worth persisting with,

https://www.reddit.com/r/9M9H9E9/wiki/narrative

Not the right place for this.

 

[kendo1]

Not the right place for this.

Well, science fiction...

 

[jbw]

I hear LIGO has jut discovered more gravitational waves - due it seems to two black holes that collided a thousand, million years ago.

 

[ianp5a]

Typical! You wait a billion years for one to come along...

 

[jbw]

Typical! You wait a billion years for one to come along...

Good one - on a serious note it appears that somewhere in the universe two black holes collide about every 15 minutes

 

[Steep]

NASA Jupiter probe begins it's braking burn to enter orbit round the planet in the early hours of Tuesday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36700048

 

[Steep]

Who'da thunk a major reason why man couldn't settle on Jupiter would be the noise level??

Jupiter's Great Red Spot 'roars with heat'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36904456

 

[ianp5a]

An exciting read. But will they manage to regain control of the probe?
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/saving-nasas-stereo-b-the-189-million-mile-road-to-recovery

 

[Steep]

Had to laugh, I got an email 'red alert' warning from Aurorawatch yesterday, then shortly after another saying...

Dear AuroraWatch UK subscriber,

We apologise for the earlier false alert (issued 13:25 UTC today) which was caused by a lawnmower creating a local disturbance at our Lancaster site.
For more information please see http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/aurorawatchuk/2016/08/23/red-alert-cancelled/


http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/aurorawatchuk/2016/08/23/red-alert-cancelled/

 

[ianp5a]

So an Unidentified Fly Mo caused the bovver. Probably doing crop circles.

 

[Steep]

Fantastic images of Jupiter from Juno's closest fly by.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37259937

 

[Steep]

We're spoiled for great images these days, Mars (curiosity) rover climbs a mountain, pics from NASA...

http://mars.nasa.gov/msl/curiosity-murray-buttes-raw-images/

 

[Tringa]

Really stunning photos from Mars. Imagine what could have happened there if the conditions had been just a bit different.

Dave

 

[Steep]

They just keep coming, this is a full size jpg from a TIF image downloaded from NASA here http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07784

Jupiters South Pole, view full screen.

 

[Ricardodaforce]

That is a stunner.

 

[StewartR]

They just keep coming, this is a full size jpg from a TIF image downloaded from NASA here http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07784

Jupiters South Pole

Wow.

 

[Ricardodaforce]

The Last Man on the Moon is available on Netflix.

 

[Ricardodaforce]

http://www.space.com/34131-jupiter-moon-europa-hubble-telescope-announcement.html

 

[Steep]

ooer!

 

[Tringa]

Rosetta is due to 'crash' into Comet 67P this morning. 'Crash' is a relative term because I have heard Rosetta is travelling slowly.

The ESA are streaming it live from 11:30 BST -

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/How_to_follow_Rosetta_s_grand_finale

Scroll to the end of the page for the latest information.

Dave

 

[Ricardodaforce]

Oh dear.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37707776

 

[Steep]

ESA don't have much luck with Mars landers

 

[ianp5a]

Maybe Mars has gone back to Imperial units without telling anyone.

 

[Ricardodaforce]

 

[Tringa]

A fascinating and compelling video. Thanks for posting.

Dave

 

[Tringa]

Just seen this free calendar from JPL - not the best I have seen, but it is a freebie - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/about/histo...campaign=NASAJPL&utm_content=80_bday_calendar

Dave