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Tuesday, 12 July 2022 10:21

Prospecting for Interstellar Oil

Bornova, Turkey (SPX) Jul 12, 2022
We have developed a new method to look for carbon compounds in space, akin to prospecting for oil on Earth. Between the stars lie vast amounts of interstellar gas and dust, spread thinly throughout our Galaxy. The dust can contain compounds of carbon. When it does we call it carbonaceous interstellar dust. This is an important reservoir for the organic material in space. The continual cycl
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jul 12, 2022
The months-long process of preparing NASA's James Webb Space Telescope for science is now complete. All of the seventeen ways or 'modes' to operate Webb's scientific instruments have now been checked out, which means that Webb has completed its commissioning activities and is ready to begin full scientific operations. Each of Webb's four scientific instruments has multiple modes of operati
Webb telescope reveals deepest image of early universe
This handout image released on July 6, 2022 by NASA, CSA and FGS shows a Fine Guidance Sensor test image which was acquired in p
This handout image released on July 6, 2022 by NASA, CSA and FGS shows a Fine Guidance Sensor test image which was acquired in parallel with NIRCam imaging of the star HD147980 over a period of eight days at the beginning of May.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is poised to reveal some of the earliest galaxies that formed after the Big Bang, the White House said Monday, as anticipation builds for the powerful observatory's first images.

President Joe Biden will unveil the images during a livestreamed event starting at 5:00 pm (2100 GMT).

President Joe Biden released the first full-color image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Monday, during a public event at the White House in Washington.
El presidente Joe Biden hizo pública el lunes la primera imagen a todo color del telescopio espacial James Webb de la NASA, durante un acto público en la Casa Blanca en Washington.
Monday, 11 July 2022 21:25

Webb’s first deep field

Webb’s first deep field Image: Webb’s first deep field
Webb’s first deep field

The international NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has delivered the deepest, sharpest infrared image of the distant Universe so far.

U.S. President Joe Biden unveiled the image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, known as Webb’s First Deep Field, during a White House event on Monday 11 July.

How scientist applied the recommendation algorithm to anticipate CMEs' arrival time
Top: From left to right, snapshots of the CME event occurring at 2006 August 16 16 : 30 UT. Credit: SOHO LASCO C2. Bottom: From left to right, snapshots of the CME event occurring at 1997 April 7 14 : 27 UT. Credit: Space: Science & Technology

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are eruptive solar events. They are often associated with solar flares and filaments. CMEs can cause space weather events such as geomagnetic storms, high energy electron storms, hot plasma injection, ionospheric storms, and increased density in the upper atmosphere.

Large CME events can impact communications, navigation systems, aviation activities, and even power grids.

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New rocket company Relativity Space is gearing up for its first ever launch testing its Terran 1 rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, and a fire spotted at the launch site prompted its CEO to reassure people the rocket was fine.

Images posted of flames and smoke rising from Launch Complex 16 by media outlet Talk of Titusville on Twitter had Relativity cofounder and CEO Tim Ellis commenting the was well, and the damage was minimal.

"This grass fire was outside the rocket, from methane flare stack," Ellis said. "The team and rocket are all safe, and minimal to no pad damage either. Mostly grass."

Relativity's 3D printed rocket arrived to from its factory in Long Beach, California, to the Space Coast last month prepping for a mission dubbed "GLHF," as in "Good Luck, Have Fun," which won't be carrying any customer payloads, but will aim to prove it can perform for future missions when it attempts lift off later this year. A target launch date has not been determined, but earlier company statements said it was targeting before the end of summer.

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