Author: Earl White
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The First Gamma-Ray Pulsar Confirmed by the People
The First Gamma-Ray Pulsar Confirmed by the People Gamma ray pulars werep discovered a little while ago, and in onepone family, the spider pulsar, it accretes or gains matter from a nearby companion star in much the same way some spiders eat their mates. In this “Black Widow” type of spider pulsar the…
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Space Mission and Science News | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Space Mission and Science News | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory The last time we saw NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission was on July 30, 2020, as it disappeared into the black of deep space on a trajectory for Mars. But with NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System, you can follow in real time as…
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How quarantine has inspired new amateur astronomers
How quarantine has inspired new amateur astronomers (some who wouldn’t mind an alien abduction) No surprises that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought out the inner astronomer in many folks. Maybe one of the few silver linings to this wretched thing. Source: www.salon.com/2020/08/16/amateur-astronomy-trend-pandemic-comet-neowise/
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CSIRO Parkes radio telescope added to National Heritage List – CSIRO
The iconic Parkes radio telescope, otherwise known as The Dish, has been officially recognised for its contribution to Australian astronomy and humankind’s understanding of the Universe with its addition to the National Heritage List. Source: www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2020/CSIRO-Parkes-radio-telescope-added-to-National-Heritage-List
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Why Elon Musk’s satellite swarm is an accident waiting to happen
Why Elon Musk’s satellite swarm is an accident waiting to happen Astronomers are worried about the SpaceX satellites ruining astro images but what’s there are the moment is nothing compared to what could happen once crashes between satellites produces a cascading fields of space debris. Crashes in space are not only extremely costly, but…
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Scientists Discover Mysterious Spiral Structures around a “Planet Factory”
CfA Scientists Discover Mysterious Spiral Structures around a “Planet Factory” Scientists at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) announced today the discovery of a complex set of spiral arms extending to 1000 astronomical units from the young variable star, RU Lup. Source: www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2020-16
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“Stellar archaeology” reveals remnant of ancient globular cluster that’s “the last of its kind”
“Stellar archaeology” reveals remnant of ancient globular cluster that’s “the last of its kind” A team of astronomers including Carnegie’s Ting Li and Alexander Ji discovered a stellar stream composed of the remnants of an ancient globular cluster that was torn apart by the Milky Way’s gravity 2 billion years ago, when Earth’s…
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Mars 2020 opposition
2020_Mars In October 2020 Mars will be roughly the closest it gets to Earth. This close approach is call an “opposition” and means that the Earth and Mars are on the same side of the Sun. This happens about once every two years. Here’s a great and detailed overview of this event. THE 2020-2021 PERIHELIC…
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NASA Jupiter probe images huge moon Ganymede like never before
NASA Jupiter probe images huge moon Ganymede like never before (photos) NASA’s Juno Jupiter probe has captured unprecedented views of the largest moon in the solar system. During a close flyby of Jupiter on Dec. 26, 2019, Juno mapped the north polar regions of the icy satellite Ganymede in infrared light, something no…
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China’s successful launch of Mars mission seals global era in deep-space exploration
China’s successful launch of Mars mission seals global era in deep-space exploration Tianwen-1 is the second of three spacecraft set to take off this month for the red planet. A Chinese spacecraft is on its way to Mars after launching successfully from Hainan Island in southern China. The mission — named Tianwen-1, which means…
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Completes Comprehensive Systems Test
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Completes Comprehensive Systems Test Are we getting close to the launch of the James Webb Space telescopes? Now that NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has been assembled into its final form, testing teams seized the unique opportunity to perform a critical software and electrical analysis on the entire…
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The biggest flipping challenge in quantum computing
The biggest flipping challenge in quantum computing To realize their dreams, developers must learn to tame the noise that jostles their machines’ delicate quantum bits. In October 2019, researchers at Google announced to great fanfare that their embryonic quantum computer had solved a problem that would overwhelm the best supercomputers. Some said the…