I know I'm not the only one who likes to read about new planet discoveries and other Space intrigue.  We have a new candidate for life-supporting planets, and like all the others, it's the "best one yet."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/exoplanet-alien-life-search-for-found-habitable-zone-new-earth-20-signs-cetus-sea-monster-a7691576.html

Pretty exciting, really.

https://weather.com/en-IN/india/science/news/2020-03-18-comet-atlas-shine-bright-crescent-moon-may-2020

Earth has lost its mini-moon

Comet ATLAS may put on quite a show

Starlink sats should be visible to the west around 933 tonight.

https://futurism.com/the-byte/astronomers-quarantined-citizens-hunt-galaxies

 

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/solar-system/a29849258/solar-system-moon-ranking/

On this day 4/13/1970: "Houston, we've had a problem"

https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/

 

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7639

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A team of transatlantic scientists, using reanalyzed data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, has discovered an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting in its star's habitable zone, the area around a star where a rocky planet could support liquid water.

Scientists discovered this planet, called Kepler-1649c, when looking through old observations from Kepler, which the agency retired in 2018. While previous searches with a computer algorithm misidentified it, researchers reviewing Kepler data took a second look at the signature and recognized it as a planet. Out of all the exoplanets found by Kepler, this distant world - located 300 light-years from Earth - is most similar to Earth in size and estimated temperature.

This newly revealed world is only 1.06 times larger than our own planet. Also, the amount of starlight it receives from its host star is 75% of the amount of light Earth receives from our Sun - meaning the exoplanet's temperature may be similar to our planet's as well. But unlike Earth, it orbits a red dwarf. Though none have been observed in this system, this type of star is known for stellar flare-ups that may make a planet's environment challenging for any potential life.

 

37 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said:

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7639

 

Red Dwarf = bad

37 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Red Dwarf = bad

 

37 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Red Dwarf = bad

What do you have against Communist midgets?

https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/04/15/osiris-rex-spacecraft-carries-out-first-of-two-rehearsals-before-sampling-asteroid/

18 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Red Dwarf = bad

I liked Red Dwarf. Apparently they are coming out with a new series as well.

8 minutes ago, tacklewasher said:

I liked Red Dwarf. Apparently they are coming out with a new series as well.

Yes and no. Series 13 became a 90m movie which you can torrent today as it just aired.

Edited April 16, 20205 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

https://www.space.com/comet-atlas-falling-apart-photos.html

 

 

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/mission-extension-vehicle-succeeds-returns-aging-satellite-into-service

NASA Telescope Idea Could Spot Vegetation on Distant Exoplanets

But there’s a significant hurdle we’d have to overcome.

Edited April 20, 20205 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

This Could Be the First Record of Someone Getting Killed by a Meteorite

Edited April 26, 20205 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

Physics Nerd Alert

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/04/28/new-findings-suggest-laws-of-nature-not-as-constant-as-previously-thought/

If there is a directionality in the universe, Professor Webb argues, and if electromagnetism is shown to be very slightly different in certain regions of the cosmos, the most fundamental concepts underpinning much of modern physics will need revision.

https://www.ibtimes.com/fifth-largest-piece-moon-earth-sale-25m-2968373

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Montage of the computer simulation of two merging neutron stars that blends over with an image from heavy-ion collisions to highlight the connection of astrophysics with nuclear physics.

https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/230638.php

 

https://www.universetoday.com/145838/fomalhauts-planet-has-gone-missing-but-it-might-have-been-something-even-more-interesting/

https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/comet-swan-expected-to-put-on-a-splendid-show