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Joshua Hawkinsun, April 24, 2022, 9:34 AM
"Researchers have released a new report digging into the possibility of black holes devouring thousands of stars as they grow. The astronomers say growing black holes appear to be following a violent path to grow their weight. The researchers published a paper on their recent findings in The Astrophysical Journal."
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Listen to sound of a black hole feeding on stellar material :-)
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Four-astronaut team departs International Space Station on flight back to Earth
Con grats and welcome back home space team
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Four-astronaut team departs International Space Station on flight back to Earth
Con grats and welcome back home space teamEddessa_Knight w/Stars & Stripes LIGHTBoeing's Starliner astronaut capsule launches on test flight
he American Boeing company has launched its new astronaut capsule on a demonstration flight from Florida.
Called Starliner, the vehicle left Cape Canaveral Space Force Station atop an Atlas rocket on a mission to showcase how it can ferry human crews to and from the International Space Station.
It's the second such test flight.
The previous demonstration, in 2019, encountered software problems that very nearly resulted in the loss of the capsule.
Boeing had attempted to fly Thursday's mission in August last year but was forced to abandon that exercise when valves in the capsule's propulsion system wouldn't open and close properly on the launch pad.
This issue still requires a permanent fix but engineers were happy to let the latest launch go ahead with temporary corrective measures in place.
"I'm really proud to be able to say that the Starliner had a good orbital insertion and it's on its way to the International Space Station," said Mark Nappi, vice president and programme manager of Boeing's Commercial Crew Programme.
"We're very, very proud of the team and what they've accomplished. This was a road of a lot of hard work to get here, and the team is just ecstatic about the accomplishments today."
No humans, but "Rosie the Rocketeer" will be aboardThe US space agency, too, declared its satisfaction. Nasa has crews waiting to use a certified Starliner.
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James Webb Space Telescope is finally ready to do science – and it’s seeing the universe more clearly than even its own engineers hoped forT
The mirror on the James Webb Space Telescope is fully aligned and producing incredibly sharp images, like this test image of a star. NASA/STScI via FlickrNASA is scheduled to release the first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12, 2022. They’ll mark the beginning of the next era in astronomy as Webb – the largest space telescope ever built – begins collecting scientific data that will help answer questions about the earliest moments of the universe and allow astronomers to study exoplanets in greater detail than ever before. But it has taken nearly eight months of travel, setup, testing and calibration to make sure this most valuable of telescopes is ready for prime time. Marcia Rieke, an astronomer at the University of Arizona and the scientist in charge of one of Webb’s four cameras, explains what she and her colleagues have been doing to get this telescope up and running.
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IT scientists think they’ve discovered how to fully reverse climate change
Joshua HawkinsSat, July 9, 2022 at 11:08 AMIf you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, BGR may receive an affiliate commission.
Scientists at MIT think they may have finally found a way to reverse climate change. Or, at the least, help ease it some.
The idea revolves heavily around the creation and deployment of several thin film-like silicon bubbles. The “space bubbles” as they refer to them, would be joined together like a raft. Once expanded in space it would be around the same size as Brazil. The bubbles would then provide an extra buffer against the harmful solar radiation that comes from the Sun.
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Could space bubbles reverse climate change?
space bubbles in front of sun, MIT conceptThe goal with these new “space bubbles” would be to ease up or even reverse climate change. The Earth has seen rising temperatures over the past several centuries. In fact, NASA previously released a gif detailing how the global temperature has changed over the years. Now, we’re seeing massive “mouths to hell” opening in the permafrost.
There’s also the fact that scientists just discovered yet another hole in the Earth’s ozone layer. As such, finding ways to ease or reverse climate change continues to be a high priority for many. This new plan is based on a concept first proposed by astronomer Roger Angel. Angel originally suggested using a “cloud” of small spacecraft to shield the Earth from the Sun’s radiation.
Researchers at MIT have taken that same basic concept and improved it, though, by changing out inflatable silicon bubbles for the spacecraft that Angel originally proposed. Being able to reverse climate change would be a huge step in the right direction. Shielding the Earth from the Sun’s radiation would only be one part of it, though. We’d still need to cut down on other things, too.
How will bubbles shield the Earth?
space bubble raft could reverse climate changeBut how exactly what a “raft” of space bubbles shield Earth from the Sun’s radiation? Well, the basic idea requires sending the bubbles to the L1 Lagrangian Point. This is the location directly between the Earth and the Sun where gravity from both our star and our planet cancels out. As such, the space bubbles would theoretically be able to just float without much pull from either body.
The researchers say we’d probably still need to put some kind of spacecraft out there to help keep things on track. But, it could give us a good chance at reversing climate change, or at least slowing down the changes. It is important to note that MIT does not view this as an alternative solution to our current adapt and mitigate efforts. Instead, it’s a backup solution meant to help if things spin out of co
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NASA's Voyager spacecraft carry golden records loaded with music and photos, to explain our world to aliens
Images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope remind us, yet again, how improbable it is that we're alone in the universe
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NASA's Voyager spacecraft carry golden records loaded with music and photos, to explain our world to aliens W/ picture
Broadcast: Testing: Is anyone out there; Testing 1-2-3 ???
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