Saturday, July 08, 2023

Landsat Next Defined: The Future of Earth Observation Satellites | NASA Goddard

Landsat Next Defined: The Future of Earth Observation Satellites | NASA Goddard

Landsat Next is on the horizon—the new mission will not only ensure continuity of the longest space-based record of Earth’s land surface, it will fundamentally transform the breadth and depth of actionable information freely available to end users.

Let's take a look at the new capabilities that will define the next Landsat mission, which will unlock new applications for water quality, crop production, soil health and much more.

The Landsat Program is a series of Earth-observing satellite missions jointly managed by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Landsat satellites have been consistently gathering data about our planet since 1972. They continue to improve and expand this unparalleled record of Earth's changing landscapes for the benefit of all.


Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)/Scientific Visualization Studio

Chris Burns [KBRWyle]: Lead Producer

Chris Burns [KBRWyle]: Lead Writer

Ross Walter: Animator

Chantil Hunt Estevez: Animator

Bruce Cook: Interviewee

Jim Pontius: Interviewee

Duration: 11 minutes

Release Date: June 29, 2023


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Astronomer Suzanna Randall Presents "Science Fact or Fiction?" | ESO

Astronomer Suzanna Randall Presents "Science Fact or Fiction?" | ESO

Chasing Starlight 2: Explore the science behind some of the most popular science fiction movies, such as Avatar and Interstellar.  In this episode, European Southern Observatory (ESO) astronomer, Suzanna Randall, explores what is fact and what is fiction in Avatar’s Alpha Centauri system, Betelgeuse’s fate and Interstellar’s Gargantua black hole. Along the way see how discoveries made with ESO’s telescopes help us get a deeper appreciation of the world of science fiction. 

00:00 Introduction

00:43 Avatar’s planet Pandora 

03:56 Red supergiant star Betelgeuse 

06:58 Interstellar’s Gargantua black hole 

Credits:

Directed by: Martin Wallner, Luis Calçada, Martin Kornmesser

Hosted by: Suzanna Randall

Written by: Jonas Enander, Claudia Sciarma, Bárbara Ferreira, Martin Wallner

Editing: Martin Kornmesser

Videography: Angelos Tsaousis

Footage and photos: Y. Beletsky (LCO)/ESO, ESO/B. Tafreshi, ESO/M. Kornmesser, ESO/L. Calçada, ESO/ NEAR Collaboration, NASA-JPL/Caltech, spaceengine.org, timemagazine, INAOE Archives, N. Patel, EAO-W. Montgomerie, D. Harvey, N. Billot, Wikipedia, S. R. Schimpf, IRAM, ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org), N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), NASA, ESA, EHT Collaboration, Solar Dynamics Observatory, videvo, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Davide De Martin, José Francisco Salgado (josefrancisco.org)

Animations & Infographics:  Luis Calçada, Martin Kornmesser

Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida

Scientific consultant: Juan Carlos Muñoz Mateos

Promotion: Oana Sandu

Filming Locations: ESO Supernova (supernova.eso.org)

Produced by ESO, the European Southern Observatory (eso.org)

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Movie clips:

Avatar (2009)

20th Century Fox, Lightstorm Entertainment, Dune Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners, James Cameron (director), James Cameron (producer), Jon Landau (producer)

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

Lightstorm Entertainment, TSG Entertainment Finance LLC, James Cameron (director), Richard Baneham (executive producer), James Cameron (producer p.g.a.), Jon Landau (producer p.g.a.), Peter M. Tobyansen (executive producer: Prep Only), David Valdes (executive producer), Brigitte Yorke (associate producer)

Lost in Space (2018 – 2021)

Netflix, Irwin Allen (creator) , Matt Sazama (creator), Burk Sharpless (creator) Sazama Sharpless Productions, Applebox Entertainment, Synthesis Entertainment, Clickety-Clack Productions, Legendary Television

Beetlejuice (1988)

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Tim Burton (director), Michael Bender (producer), Larry Wilson (producer), Richard Hashimoto (producer)

Blade Runner (1982)

Alcon Entertainment, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Ridley Scott (director), Michael Deeley (producer)

The Black Hole (1979)

Walt Disney Productions, Gary Nelson (director), Ron Miller (producer)

Interstellar  (2014)

Legendary Pictures, Syncopy, Christopher Nolan (director), Emma Thomas (producer), Christopher Nolan (producer), Lynda Obst (producer)

Duration: 12 minutes

Release Date: June 30, 2023


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NASA Psyche Spacecraft Prepared for Launch to Metal-Rich Asteroid

NASA Psyche Spacecraft Prepared for Launch to Metal-Rich Asteroid

NASA's Psyche spacecraft is shown in a clean room on June 26, 2023, at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida




A team working on NASA’s Psyche spacecraft transitioning it from a vertical to horizontal test configuration during prelaunch processing inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center



Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, technicians prepare to move the agency’s Psyche spacecraft—recently removed from its shipping container and inside a protective covering—to a work stand

NASA's Psyche spacecraft is nearly complete. Here it is shown in a clean room at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Engineers and technicians from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California have begun final assembly, test, and launch operations on Psyche, with assembly of the spacecraft all but complete except for the installation of the solar arrays and the imagers. NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration, testing high-data-rate laser communications, remains integrated into the spacecraft. A final suite of tests will be run on the vehicle, after which it will be fueled and then mated onto a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket just prior to launch, targeted for no earlier than October 2023.

Destination: Only the 16th asteroid to be discovered, Psyche was found in 1852 by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis, who named it for the goddess of the soul in ancient Greek mythology. It has a mean diameter of approximately 220 kilometers (140 mi) and contains about one percent of the mass of the asteroid belt.

What gives asteroid Psyche great scientific interest is that it is likely rich in metal. It may consist largely of metal from the core of a planetesimal, one of the building blocks of the Sun’s planetary system. At Psyche scientists will explore, for the first time ever, a world made not of rock or ice, but rich in metal.

Arizona State University leads the Psyche mission. the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which is managed for NASA by Caltech in Pasadena, California, is responsible for the mission’s overall management, system engineering, integration and test, and mission operations. Maxar Technologies is providing the high-power solar electric propulsion spacecraft chassis. Psyche was selected in 2017 as the 14th mission under NASA’s Discovery Program.

For more information about NASA’s Psyche mission go to:

www.nasa.gov/psyche and psyche.asu.edu


Image Credits: NASA/Frank Michaux/JPL/Wes Kuykendall

Image Dates: June 26, 2023-May 2, 2022


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Mars Images: June 29-July 7, 2023 | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers | JPL

Mars Images: June 27-July 7, 2023 | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers | JPL

Mars2020 - sol 843

Mars2020 - sol 843

Mars2020 - sol 837

MSL - sol 3880

MSL - sol 3871

MSL - sol 3880

MSL - sol 3872

Mars2020 - sol 846


Celebrating 10 Years+ on Mars (2012-2023)

Mission Name: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

Rover Name: Curiosity

Main Job: To determine if Mars was ever habitable to microbial life. 

Launch: Nov. 6, 2011

Landing Date: Aug. 5, 2012, Gale Crater, Mars


Celebrating 2+ Years on Mars (2021-2023)

Mission Name: Mars 2020

Rover Name: Perseverance

Main Job: Seek signs of ancient life and collect samples of rock and regolith (broken rock and soil) for possible return to Earth.

Mars Helicopter (Ingenuity)

Launch: July 30, 2020    

Landing: Feb. 18, 2021, Jezero Crater, Mars

For more information on NASA's Mars missions, visit: mars.nasa.gov


Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State University/Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS)

Image Processing: Kevin M. Gill

Image Release Dates: June 29-July 7, 2023


#NASA #Space #Astronomy #Science #Mars #RedPlanet #Planet #Astrobiology #Geology #CuriosityRover #MSL #MountSharp #GaleCrater #PerseveranceRover #Mars2020 #IngenuityHelicopter #JezeroCrater #Robotics #Technology #Engineering #JPL #Caltech #ASU #MSSS #UnitedStates #MoonToMars #CitizenScience #KevinGill #STEM #Education

The Tulip Nebula Region in Cygnus

The Tulip Nebula Region in Cygnus


This mega-mosaic, high-resolution image shows the Tulip Nebula (just right of center) in the constellation Cygnus at a distance of 6,000 light years. The bright star at the lower right of the nebula is SAO69116 at magnitude 3.89—visible with the naked-eye from a relatively dark site. There are two open clusters of stars to the left of the nebula: the Northern Cross NGC6871, and the Red Necked Emu NGC6883. Towards the top of the image, note a very red star. This is an s-type star having a B-V (color) index of 2.57 which means that it appears very red.

Astrophotographer Greg Parker: "I created this deep-sky high-resolution mosaic using DSS2 (Deep-Sky Survey 2) data downloaded using the SkyView Query Form. Noel Carboni's Astronomy Tools Actions Set were used to create an RGB image from the red and blue channel FITS DSS2 data, and then Photoshop was used to further process the data.  The program RegiStar was then used to stitch all the individual frames together to give the final 15-frame wide-field mosaic."


Image Creator: Greg Parker

Summary Author: Greg Parker

Release Date: July 31, 2015


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Friday, July 07, 2023

NASA's X-59 Supersonic Research Aircraft Makes a Critical California Move

NASA's X-59 Supersonic Research Aircraft Makes a Critical California Move

NASA's X-59 supersonic research aircraft parked inside the hangar with a head-on view

NASA’s X-59 moves to Run Stall 5. Technicians check out the X-59 supersonic aircraft as it sits near the runway at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California.

NASA’s X-59 research aircraft has moved from its construction site to the flight line—or the space between the hangar and the runway—at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, on June 16, 2023. This milestone kicks off a series of ground tests to ensure the X-59 is safe and ready to fly.

The X-59 is designed to fly faster than Mach 1 while reducing the resulting sonic boom to a thump for people on the ground. NASA will evaluate this technology during flight tests as part of the agency’s Quesst mission, which helps enable commercial supersonic air travel over land.

For more information about NASA's quiet supersonic mission, visit:


Hablas español? Visita: https://ciencia.nasa.gov/el-x-59-se-asemeja-una-aeronave-real para aprender mas sobre la mision Quesst

X-59 Free Maker Bundle (STEM Education):

Image Credit: Lockheed Martin/Garry Tice
Location: Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, Palmdale, California, USA
Story Credit: Amiee Lomax
Image 1 Date: June 16, 2023
Image 2 Date: June 19, 2023
Release Date: July 5, 2023

#NASA #Aerospace #X59 #QuesstMission #FlightDemonstrator #SupersonicFlight #Sonicboom #QuietAviation #QuietSupersonicTechnology #LowBoom #Aviation #Science #Physics #Technology #Engineering #AviationResearch #AeronauticalResearch #FlightTests #LockheedMartin #SkunkWorks #Palmdale #California #UnitedStates #STEM #Education

The Webb Telescope Finds Distant Black Hole in Early Universe | This Week @NASA

The Webb Telescope Finds Distant Black Hole in Early Universe | This Week @NASA 

What the James Webb Space Telescope found way back in the early Universe, another hot trip around the Sun for our Parker Solar Probe, and we are back in touch with our helicopter on Mars . . . a few of the stories to tell you about—This Week at NASA!


Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Video Producer, Editor, & Narrator: Andre Valentine

Duration: 2 minutes, 28 seconds

Release Date: July 7, 2023


#NASA #ESA #Astronomy #Space #Earth #Sun #ParkerSolarProbe #Mars #IngenuityHelicopter #Hubble #JWST #Stars #CEERSSurvey #Galaxies #Galaxy #CEERS1019 #BlackHoles #Astrophysics #Universe #SpaceTelescopes #GSFC #STScI #UnitedStates #CSA #Canada #Europe #STEM #Education #HD #Video

The Cresent & Soap Bubble Nebulas in Cygnus

The Cresent & Soap Bubble Nebulas in Cygnus

This is a two-pane mosaic of the Cygnus region of the Milky Way that features the popular Crescent Nebula (top center) along with the much lesser-known Soap Bubble Nebula (bottom center). Both are emission type nebulae. The Crescent Nebula measures some 25 light years across and is approximately 5,000 light years distant. The very dim and only recently discovered Soap Bubble Nebula (first identified in 2008) lies between 4,000 and 5,000 light years away.

The Crescent Nebula was formed by the fast stellar wind from the Wolf-Rayet star WR 136 (HD 192163) colliding with and energizing the slower moving wind ejected by the star when it became a red giant. The result is a shell and two shock waves, one moving outward and one moving inward. The inward moving shock wave heats the stellar wind to X-ray-emitting temperatures.

Photo details: Skywatcher Esprit; 100ED; 357mm; F3.6; Reducer Starizona APEX 0.65x; Orion Atlas EQ-G; StarlightXpress Filter-wheel; Guiding with QHY mini-scope.

Images taken during clear, moonless nights in August and September 2022 from near Monterrey, Mexico. Coordinates: 25.6866, -100.3161


Image & Caption Credit: Pavel Vorobiev 

Pavel’s Website https://www.instagram.com/_vorobservatorio_

Image Dates: Aug-Sept. 2022

Release Date: July 6, 2023


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China's New Underground Neutrino Observatory Completes Key Structure | CGTN

China's New Underground Neutrino Observatory Completes Key Structure | CGTN

The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), which is being built 700 meters below Jiangmen City in south China's Guangdong Province, has completed the installation of the equatorial layer of its core—a huge plexiglass spherical structure. According to He Wei, leader of the stainless steel main structure project and on-site installation manager, it is the largest single plexiglass structure in the world. China's next-generation neutrino detector is expected to be completed by the end of 2023 and put into use in 2024. 

With a wall thickness of 120 mm and a weight of more than 600 tons, the plexiglass spherical structure's production and construction are unprecedented. Upon completion, it will be filled with 20,000 tons of liquid scintillator, the target substance for capturing neutrinos. Liquid scintillation counting is the measurement of radioactive activity. It uses the technique of mixing an active material with a liquid scintillator and counting the resultant photon emissions. It will be used at JUNO for the detection of cosmic neutrinos.

Neutrinos are fundamental particles that far outnumber all the atoms in the universe, but rarely interact with other matter. Astrophysicists are particularly interested in high-energy neutrinos, which have energies up to 1,000 times greater than those produced by the most powerful particle colliders on Earth. They think the most extreme events in the universe, like violent galactic outbursts, accelerate particles to nearly the speed of light. Those particles then collide with light or other particles to generate high-energy neutrinos. The first confirmed high-energy neutrino source, announced in 2018, was a type of active galaxy called a blazar.


Video Credit: China Central Television (CCTV)

File Footage: Aug. 19, 2022

Story Credit: CCTV/China Global Television Network (CGTN)/NASA

Duration: 36 seconds

Release Date: July 7, 2023


#NASA #Space #Astronomy #Science #Astrophysics #Physics #Neutrinos #Earth #China #中国  #GuangdongProvince #JiangmenCity #JUNO #UndergroundNeutrinoObservatory #SolarSystem #Stars #Galaxies #BlackHoles #Cosmos #Universe #SpaceResearch #InternationalScience #Technology #Engineering #CGTN #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Caldwell 14: The Double Star Cluster in Perseus

Caldwell 14: The Double Star Cluster in Perseus

"This pretty starfield spans about three full moons (1.5 degrees) across the heroic northern constellation of Perseus. Caldwell 14 holds the famous pair of open star clusters, h and Chi Persei. Also cataloged as NGC 869 (top) and NGC 884, both clusters are about 7,000 light-years away and contain stars much younger and hotter than the Sun. Separated by only a few hundred light-years, the clusters are both 13 million years young based on the ages of their individual stars, evidence that they were likely a product of the same star-forming region. Always a rewarding sight in binoculars, the Double Cluster is even visible to the unaided eye from dark locations."


Image Credit & Copyright: Mårten Frosth

Mårten's Website: https://www.frosth.se

Release Date: July 7, 2023


#NASA #Astronomy #Space #Science #Stars #OpenStarClusters #StarClusters #NGC869 #NGC884 #ChiPersei #Perseus #Constellation #MilkyWayGalaxy #Cosmos #Universe #Telescope #Astrophotography #MårtenFrosth #Astrophotographer #CitizenScience #Sweden #Sverige #Europe #STEM #Education #APoD

Moonset | International Space Station

Moonset | International Space Station

The Moon begins setting below Earth's horizon as the atmosphere refracts its light making it appear flatter in this photograph taken from the International Space Station (ISS). Image captured as the ISS orbited 262 miles above the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Namibia in Africa.

Follow Expedition 69 updates here:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 69 Crew (July 2023)

Station Commander: Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Dmitri Petelin & Andrey Fedyaev

Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

NASA: Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, Stephen Bowen, Warren Hoburg

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.


Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: July 5, 2023


#NASA #Space #ISS #Earth #Moon #Moonset #Namibia #Africa #AtlanticOcean #Science #Astronauts #FrankRubio #StephenBowen #WoodyHoburg #SultanAlneyadi #UAE #MBRSC #Cosmonauts #HumanSpaceflight #Technology #Russia #Роскосмос #SpaceResearch #SpaceLaboratory #UnitedStates #Expedition69 #STEM #Education

NASA's Space to Ground: At the Half | Week of July 7, 2023

NASA's Space to Ground: At the Half | Week of July 7, 2023

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what is happening aboard the International Space Station. 

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science 

For more information about STEM on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

Follow Expedition 69 updates here:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 69 Crew (July 2023)

Station Commander: Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Dmitri Petelin & Andrey Fedyaev

Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

NASA: Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, Stephen Bowen, Warren Hoburg

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.


Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 4 minutes

Release Date: July 6, 2023


#NASA #Space #ISS #Earth #Science #Astronauts #FrankRubio #StephenBowen #WoodyHoburg #SultanAlneyadi #UAE #UAESA #MBRSC #Cosmonauts #HumanSpaceflight #Technology #Russia #Роскосмос #Microgravity #SpaceResearch #SpaceLaboratory #UnitedStates #Expedition69 #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Thursday, July 06, 2023

An Orbital Sunrise Illuminates Earth's Atmosphere | International Space Station

An Orbital Sunrise Illuminates Earth's Atmosphere | International Space Station


An orbital sunrise begins to illuminate Earth's atmosphere in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 270 miles above the south Pacific Ocean about 2,200 miles west of New Zealand.

Follow Expedition 69 updates here:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 69 Crew (July 2023)

Station Commander: Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Dmitri Petelin & Andrey Fedyaev

Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

NASA: Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, Stephen Bowen, Warren Hoburg

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.


Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: June 25, 2023


#NASA #Space #ISS #Planet #Earth #Atmosphere #PacificOcean #SouthPacificOcean #NewZealand #Science #Astronauts #Cosmonauts #HumanSpaceflight #Technology #UnitedStates #Russia #Роскосмос #UAE #MicrogravityResearch #SpaceResearch #SpaceLaboratory #Expedition69 #InternationalCooperation #STEM #Education

EPIC Earth View: The Deep Space Climate Observatory (2015-2023) | NOAA/NASA

EPIC Earth View: The Deep Space Climate Observatory (2015-2023) | NOAA/NASA

Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR): Celebrating The 8-Year Anniversary (2015-2023)

From one million miles away, the DSCOVR satellite returned its first view of the entire sunlit side of Earth in this image from July 2015. The journey has been a long one. Once known as Triana, the satellite was conceived in 1998 to provide continuous views of Earth, to monitor the solar wind, and to measure fluctuations in Earth’s albedo. The mission was put on hold in 2001, and the partly-built satellite ended up in storage for several years with an uncertain future. In 2008, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA, and the U.S. Air Force decided to refurbish and update the spacecraft for launch.

On Feb. 11, 2015, DSCOVR was finally lofted into space by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. After a journey of about 1.6 million kilometers (1 million miles) to the L1 Lagrange Point, the satellite and its Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) has returned its first view of the entire sunlit side of Earth. At L1—four times farther than the orbit of the Moon—the gravitational pull of the Sun and Earth cancel out, providing a stable orbit and a continuous view of Earth. This image was made by combining information from EPIC’s red, green, and blue bands. (Bands are narrow regions of the electromagnetic spectrum to which a remote sensing instrument responds. When EPIC collects data, it takes a series of 10 images at different bands—from ultraviolet to near-infrared.)

This first public image shows the effects of sunlight scattered by air molecules, giving the disk a characteristic bluish tint. Data from EPIC is used to measure ozone and aerosol levels in Earth’s atmosphere, as well as cloud height, vegetation properties, and the ultraviolet reflectivity of Earth. NASA will use this data for a number of Earth science applications, including dust and volcanic ash maps of the entire planet.

“This first DSCOVR image of our planet demonstrates the unique and important benefits of Earth observation from space,” said ex-NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. “As a former astronaut who’s been privileged to view the Earth from orbit, I want everyone to be able to see and appreciate our planet as an integrated, interacting system.”


Image Credit: The DSCOVR EPIC team 

Caption Credit: Rob Gutro & Adam Voiland

Image Date: July 6, 2015

Re-release Date: July 6, 2023

#NASA #NOAA #Science #Space #Satellite #Planet #Earth #Atmosphere #Weather #Meteorology  #Oceans #Land #Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalHeating #GlobalWarming #EarthObservation #RemoteSensing #EarthFromSpace #DeepSpace #DSCOVR #EPIC #USAF #UnitedStates #STEM #Education

Recientemente: Un hallazgo crucial del telescopio espacial James Webb | NASA

Recientemente: Un hallazgo crucial del telescopio espacial James Webb | NASA

Recientemente en la NASA, la versión en español de las cápsulas This Week at NASA, te informa semanalmente de lo que está sucediendo en la NASA. 

Para obtener más información sobre la ciencia de la NASA, suscríbete al boletín semanal: https://www.nasa.gov/suscribete 

Ciencia de la NASA: https://ciencia.nasa.gov/


Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 2 minutes, 33 seconds

Release Date: July 6, 2023


#NASA #ESA #ESO #Astronomy #Space #NASAenespañol #español #Science #Moon #Mars #JWST #ProtoplanetaryDisc #Proplyds #CarbonChemistry #AstroChemistry #Stars #TrapeziumCluster #Orion #Constellation #Cosmos #Universe #SpaceTelescope #STScI #GSFC #UnitedStates #Europe #CSA #Canada #STEM #Education #HD #Video

How to Make Full-Color Images from Infrared Data | James Webb Space Telescope

How to Make Full-Color Images from Infrared Data | James Webb Space Telescope


The James Webb Space Telescope’s raw data initially appear in black and white. Here, Alyssa Pagan, a science visuals developer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, shares how staff assign color and compose Webb’s final images to emphasize scientifically valuable details. She also explains how infrared light is different than visible light, and how staff compose the final full-color images.

Read the companion article "How Webb Full-color Images are Made?":

https://webbtelescope.org/contents/articles/how-are-webbs-full-color-images-made

The James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s premier space science observatory. Webb will solve mysteries in our solar system, look beyond to distant worlds around other stars, and probe the mysterious structures and origins of our universe and our place in it. Webb is an international program led by NASA with its partners, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).


Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, Danielle Kirshenblat of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Video and Writing Team:

Greg Bacon, Jackie Barrientes, Claire Blome, Joseph DePasquale, Quyen Hart, Joyce Kang, Danielle Kirshenblat, Kelly Lepo, Alyssa Pagan, Yessi Perez

Special thanks to Leah Hustak, Macarena Garcia Marin, Christine Warfield

All images, illustrations, and videos courtesy of NASA and STScI


Credit: Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Duration: 1 minute, 50 seconds 

Release Date: July 6, 2023


#NASA #ESA #Astronomy #Space #Hubble #JWST #Stars #Planets #Galaxies #Nebulae #Astrophysics #Cosmology #Cosmos #Universe #SpaceTelescopes #GSFC #STScI #UnitedStates #CSA #Canada #Europe #HowToMakeWebbImages #Infrared #VisibleLight #Art #Astrophotography #ScientificVisualization #ImageProcessing #STEM #Education #HD #Video