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MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »One of the earth-like planets around Trappist-1 has been found to have a water containing atmosphere. Having an atmosphere and having water on a rocky planet are two huge signs that it could house life the way we know it.
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MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »The TRAPPIST-1 star may be too volatile to support life on its planets
https://www.universetoday.com/134882/trappist-1-showing-bit-much-flare/
"The study, which is from the Konkoly Observatory and was led by astronomer Krisztián Vida, suggests that TRAPPIST-1 flares too frequently and too powerfully to allow life to form on its planets."
I read a bit about Trappist-1 after you posted that info on Friday, and solar flares being a problem. I didn't even consider our sun having them!
Thanks for posting this link
The video in the link is so interesting, I have never heard of the Carrington Event before. So in the video Fraser said solar storms like the Carrington event are estimated to happen twice in a millennium...estimated...so is there no way of knowing or predicting if and when one will happen?
An Aurora like he was describing would be amazing to see.
I can not imagine what that would do to our modern day world, I don't know what to do with myself when the internet/cable or electricity goes out at home, lol. I keep meaning to buy a new paperback book for those times.
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Unless you're Jamiroquai - space should be illegal to even think about. That space cowboy is covering all of it on our behalf. Carrington? You mean Brian Charrington? He's back again, now. Daddy says he's had enough of Brian's insolence. Rumour has it that labradors no longer like his ilk (Charrington's). Might be a Northern thing but he is going away and has been dropped without labrador support that he has benefited from for 20 years.0
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MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »The TRAPPIST-1 star may be too volatile to support life on its planets
https://www.universetoday.com/134882/trappist-1-showing-bit-much-flare/
"The study, which is from the Konkoly Observatory and was led by astronomer Krisztián Vida, suggests that TRAPPIST-1 flares too frequently and too powerfully to allow life to form on its planets."
This is BS!!!
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Navigation Image of Ceres
NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this picture on its way to a new orbit, at an altitude of about 30,000 miles (48,300 kilometers), as part of a series of images intended to help the navigation of the spacecraft relative to Ceres. The image was taken on March 28, 2017. Several familiar features can be identified: At the top, we see Occator Crater and its faculae (bright deposits identified as a mixture of sodium carbonate and other salts). Below center is the crater Urvara, and to the right of it, the larger crater Yalode (the third and second largest craters on Ceres, respectively). Large-scale faults called Samhain Catenae stretch from the Occator region toward the Yalode-Urvara region. The spacecraft will settle into a new orbit that will allow it to observe Ceres in opposition at the end of April 2017, when Dawn is directly between the sun and the Occator bright spots, at an altitude of about 12,400 miles (20,000 kilometers).
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I heard there is an asteroid coming near earth. Should we get Bruce Willis prepped?0
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Cyclone Debbie over Australia as seen by members of Expedition 50 aboard the International Space Station on Mar 27, 2017.
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The small crater on the floor of the larger crater is called Gasa Crater. Gullies dissect the rims of both craters, as shown in this image captured by NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft. These craters are located in Eridania Planitia.1 -
NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory sees the sun has been virtually spotless, as in no sunspots, a 11-day spotless stretch not seen since the last solar minimum many years ago2 -
Today's false color image shows part of Gale Crater.
The Curiosity Rover is located in Gale Crater.
The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations of the surface not easily identified in a single band image.1 -
This image from NASA Terra spacecraft shows the Diavik Mine in northern Canada.The largest diamond found in North America came from the Diavik Mine. The Foxfire diamond weighs an impressive 187 carats.
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This image of the active galaxy Centaurus A was taken by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer on June 7, 2003. The galaxy is located 30 million light-years from Earth and is seen edge on, with a prominent dust lane across the major axis.
In this image the near ultraviolet emission is represented as green, and the far ultraviolet emission as blue. The galaxy exhibits jets of high energy particles, which were traced by the X-ray emission and measured by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
These X-ray emissions are seen as red in the image. Several regions of ultraviolet emission can be seen where the jets of high energy particles intersect with hydrogen clouds in the upper left corner of the image. The emission shown may be the result of recent star formation triggered by the compression of gas by the jet.
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One of my co-workers is really into taking pictures of the sky. And he's super talented at it. He has all the right equipment. I love looking at his pictures.2
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This view was taken from a vantage point about 28 degrees above Saturn's equator. The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Dec. 2, 2016.
When imaged by NASA Cassini spacecraft at infrared wavelengths that pierce the planet upper haze layer, the high-speed winds of Saturn atmosphere produce watercolor-like patterns. With no solid surface creating atmospheric drag, winds on Saturn can reach speeds of more than 1,100 miles per hour (1,800 kilometers per hour) -- some of the fastest in the solar system.1 -
The view members of NASA’s Engineering Management Board had in looking up the Vehicle Assembly Building’s High Bay 3 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The platforms in High Bay 3, including the one on which the board members are standing, were designed to surround and provide access to NASA’s Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft.
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This composite of 30 images of asteroid 2014 JO25 was generated with radar data collected using NASA Goldstone Solar System Radar in California Mojave Desert.
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I heard something mentioned this morning about an asteroid being visible from earth sometime in the near future. It won't happen again for another 500 years. Anyone else hear this?1
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Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, you need to know about space can be found here. Thank you, @MeeseeksAndDestroy for educating me on this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOGuF9QOs1k
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Finally seen some new Space's Deepest Secrets episodes. Some really good ones yesterday about planet atmospheres, some news about the James Webb ELT, updates on a bunch of other stuff.
Worth the watch
I think they have season one available too!
http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/spaces-deepest-secrets-2/1 -
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MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, you need to know about space can be found here. Thank you, @MeeseeksAndDestroy for educating me on this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOGuF9QOs1k
Well that was...something
And quite catchy.0 -
browneyedgirl749 wrote: »I heard something mentioned this morning about an asteroid being visible from earth sometime in the near future. It won't happen again for another 500 years. Anyone else hear this?
Yes I heard it. We are going to try the google sky map app to see it.0 -
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MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »Finally seen some new Space's Deepest Secrets episodes. Some really good ones yesterday about planet atmospheres, some news about the James Webb ELT, updates on a bunch of other stuff.
Worth the watch
I think they have season one available too!
http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/spaces-deepest-secrets-2/
Ooooh I wanna watch!
I was all giddy last night.0
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