Space and Astronomy Megathread (MERGED) - Part 1

[Slick]

Real-Life Black Hole Sounds Like A Mass Effect Reaper

That is haunting.

 

[:eek:]

NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission is 'go' for Aug. 29 launch | Space

 

[BrollySupersj]

Real-Life Black Hole Sounds Like A Mass Effect Reaper

That sounds like the space itself wailing in pain.

 

[:eek:]

Possible water world spotted orbiting an alien star | Space

 

[squeekness]

Possible water world spotted orbiting an alien star | Space

Would be cool if there was life there. 30% water is a lot.

 

[MissMarvelous]

 

[:eek:]

James Webb Space Telescope sniffs out carbon dioxide around an alien world | Space

Marvel at the James Webb Space Telescope's largest image yet | Space

 

[:eek:]

NASA Live | NASA TV | Artemis 1 Live | Artemis Launch | Artemis Mission | Artemis 1 Livestream - YouTube

 

[DaddlerTheDalek]

It got delayed. But Artemis 1 should get all the time it needs.

 

[squeekness]

Yeah, I'd rather see a delay than have it explode.

 

[:eek:]

Mysterious rings in new Webb image puzzle astronomers | Space

 

[:eek:]

Let's see if they are more successful today:

LIVE: Artemis 1 Launch to the Moon Countdown - YouTube

 

[:eek:]

No success today either. Imagine if sci-fi movies were anything like this...

 

[squeekness]

No success today either. Imagine if sci-fi movies were anything like this...

They'll get it launched eventually, lol.

 

[Dr.]

New JWST image of the Orion Nebula (right) and a Hubble image (left):

The Orion Nebula is visible to the naked eye. It's one of the "stars" in Orion's sword:

 

[Dr.]

 

[Dr.]

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test — DART — is scheduled for tonight.

(Size comparison of DART, Dimorphos (the target moonlet) and Didymos (the main asteroid).

 

[squeekness]

Curious to see if this actually works.

 

[:eek:]

Superhot blob of gas discovered orbiting Milky Way's black hole at 'mind-blowing' velocity | Live Science

 

[:eek:]

Largest asteroid ever to hit Earth was twice as big as the rock that killed off the dinosaurs | Live Science

 

[Dr.]

Curious to see if this actually works.

The answer, as you may have heard, is yes.

NASA Confirms DART Mission Impact Changed Asteroid’s Motion in Space | NASA

Analysis of data obtained over the past two weeks by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) investigation team shows the spacecraft's kinetic impact with its target asteroid, Dimorphos, successfully altered the asteroid’s orbit. This marks humanity’s first time purposely changing the motion of a celestial object and the first full-scale demonstration of asteroid deflection technology.

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[:eek:]

Black hole is 'burping out' a star it devoured years ago | Space

 

[Dr.]

Webb takes new photo of the famous "Pillars of Creation" — an interstellar gas cloud in the Eagle Nebula.

A side-by-side with the original image from Hubble. (The Hubble one is still pretty.)

 

[Spider-Fan83]

am I the only one seeing a "reaching out hand" in those images? or am I just seeing things?

 

[:eek:]

am I the only one seeing a "reaching out hand" in those images? or am I just seeing things?

Almost. Because that's obviously the Infinity Gauntlet floating around in space.