The Space Thread!

[GRtak]

Hubble Sees Possible Runaway Black Hole Creating a Trail of Stars - NASA Science

There’s an invisible monster on the loose, barreling through intergalactic space so fast that if it were in our solar system, it could travel from Earth to the Moon in 14 minutes. This supermassive black hole, weighing as much as 20 million Suns, has left behind a never-before-seen...

www.nasa.gov

 

[GRtak]

SpaceX's massive rocket Starship explodes 4 minutes after liftoff​

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/20/1170983959/spacex-starship-launch-elon-musk


And you can celebrate this failure by buying a Starship Torch.

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shop.spacex.com

 

[NecroJoe]

Though it's worth mentioning, if i understand correctly, that their goal was clearing the tower (with this, the largest rocket ever made by humans), and anything beyond that was bonus data.

I don't need a torch though...but if they made it in a pepper mill...

 

[GRtak]

NASA’s Voyager Will Do More Science With New Power Strategy

The plan will keep Voyager 2’s science instruments turned on a few years longer than previously anticipated, enabling yet more revelations from interstellar space.

www.jpl.nasa.gov

 

[GRtak]

View: https://www.npr.org/2023/05/10/1174900390/the-james-webb-space-telescope-reveals-a-mysterious-planet-to-be-weirdly-shiny

 

[GRtak]

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/25/1178221324/virgin-galactic-sends-astronauts-briefly-into-space

Virgin Galactic sends astronauts briefly into space​

 

[GRtak]

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/14/1187650586/india-launches-mission-to-moon

India launches a lander and rover to explore the moon's south pole​

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u5gx-WUXTP8

 

[GRtak]

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/02/1191341035/nasa-voyager-2-spacecraft-contact

Earth to Voyager: NASA detects signal from spacecraft, two weeks after losing contact​

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/02/1191532619/sturgeon-supermoon-images

Missed last night's supermoon? Check out these stellar images from around the world​

 

[CraigB]

Took this this morning about 6 am CDT when I got to work. Potato quality (30x zoom on my Galaxy S23 Ultra).

 

[ABxCD]

Nice picture, but…

S23 Moon Shot Conspiracy

 

[CraigB]

Tried to duplicate dude's experiment, all I got was a blurry photo of my computer screen.

 

[GRtak]

Whew, fixed it!

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/02/1191341035/nasa-voyager-2-spacecraft-contact

After a 12.3-billion-mile 'shout,' NASA regains full contact with Voyager 2​

 

[GRtak]

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/11/1198784365/nishimura-comet-tuesday-what-time-how-to-see-it

How to see a newly discovered green comet this week, before it vanishes for 400 years​

 

[GRtak]

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/26/1201881081/annular-solar-eclipse-2023

An annular solar eclipse is coming to parts of the U.S. in October​

 

[GRtak]

Astronauts dropped a tool bag during an ISS spacewalk, and you can see it with binoculars

A tool bag that gave astronauts the slip during a spacewalk at the International Space Station is surprisingly bright and can be seen with binoculars.

www.space.com

 

[GRtak]

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/10/1218448190/a-massive-star-called-betelgeuse-will-be-briefly-obscured-by-an-asteroid-monday-

A massive star called Betelgeuse will be briefly obscured by an asteroid Monday night​

 

[GRtak]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/01/world/full-moons-meteor-showers-eclipses-2024-scn/index.html

The night sky will have a multitude of delights in store for stargazers in 2024. What to look for​

 

[CraigB]

I'm looking forward to the eclipse.

 

[GRtak]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0G_RDCATdm4

 

[GRtak]

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/08/1223424903/first-u-s-lunar-lander-in-more-than-50-years-rockets-toward-the-moon

Fuel leak forces U.S. company to abandon moon landing attempt​