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Friday, July 28, 2023

Hubble & Multiwavelength Astronomy: The Big Picture | NASA Goddard

Hubble & Multiwavelength Astronomy: The Big Picture | NASA Goddard

Until the 20th century, astronomers learned virtually all they knew about sources in the sky from only the tiny fraction of electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the eye.

However, as astronomers have discovered how to collect radiation outside this part of the spectrum, they have been able to learn much more about the universe. Many objects reveal different aspects of their composition and behavior at different wavelengths. Other objects are completely invisible at one wavelength, yet are clearly visible at another.

In this video, Dr. Padi Boyd explains the exciting future of multiwavelength astronomy and how important Hubble is to exploring the mysteries of the universe.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Producer & Director: James Leigh

Editor: Lucy Lund

Director of Photography: James Ball

Additional Editing & Photography: Matthew Duncan

Executive Producers: James Leigh & Matthew Duncan

Production & Post: Origin Films

Video Credit: Hubble Space Telescope Animation

Credit: M. Kornmesser (ESA/Hubble)

Electromagnetic Spectrum Graphic

Credit: NASA GSFC Conceptual Image Lab

James Webb Space Telescope Animation

Credit: NASA GSFC Conceptual Image Lab

Duration: 4 minutes

Release Date: July 28, 2023

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NASA's Space to Ground: Gearing Up | Week of July 28, 2023

NASA's Space to Ground: Gearing Up | Week of July 28, 2023

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 will carry NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli as well as Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station no earlier than Aug. 17, 2023.

More on Crew-7: https://go.nasa.gov/471ovnh

NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara, who will fly to space for the first time, is set to launch aboard a Soyuz rocket no earlier than Sept. 15, 2023, to join the other crew members to conduct science experiments and research aboard the orbiting laboratory.

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.

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)

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 2 minutes, 45 seconds

Release Date: July 28, 2023

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Fires Blaze Across the Western U.S. | NOAA Weather Satellites

Fires Blaze Across the Western U.S. | NOAA Weather Satellites

As record-breaking heat continues to scorch parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, NOAA satellites are monitoring fires in the western U.S., which are sending plumes of smoke into the atmosphere.

As of July 26, 2023, a total of 39 large fires have burned 201,637 acres in nine states, including Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, California, Texas, Montana, and Washington.

Credits: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)

Duration: 1 minute, 42 seconds

Release Date: July 27, 2023

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Thursday, July 27, 2023

The Taurus Molecular Cloud: Wide-field view | ESO

The Taurus Molecular Cloud: Wide-field view | ESO

This image shows a wide-field view of part of the Taurus Molecular Cloud, about 430 light-years from Earth. Its relative closeness makes it an ideal place to study the formation of stars. Many dark clouds of obscuring dust are clearly visible against the background stars.

Credit: Digitized Sky Survey 2

Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

Release Date: Feb. 15, 2023

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Zooming to Taurus Molecular Cloud—Star Formation Region | ESO

Zooming to Taurus Molecular Cloud—Star Formation Region | ESO

The Taurus molecular cloud (TMC-1) is an interstellar molecular cloud in the constellations Taurus and Auriga. This cloud hosts a stellar nursery containing hundreds of newly formed stars. The Taurus molecular cloud is only ~430 light years away from Earth, making it possibly the nearest large star formation region. It has been important in star formation studies at all wavelengths.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 52 seconds

Release Date: Feb. 15, 2012

Taurus Molecular Cloud: Star Formation Region | ESO

Taurus Molecular Cloud: Star Formation Region | ESO

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Release Date: Feb. 15, 2012

New Planet Mars Images: July 2023 | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers | JPL

New Planet Mars Images: July 2023 | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers | JPL

Mars 2020 - sol 862

Mars 2020 - sol 859

Mars 2020 - sol 857

MSL - sol 3892

Mars 2020 - sol 851

Mars 2020 - sol 257

Mars 2020 - sol 293

MSL - sol 3892

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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

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/ASU/MSSS

Processing: Kevin M. Gill

Image Release Dates: July 15-24, 2023

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NASA Artemis II Spacecraft Moon Mission Recovery Test in Pacific Ocean

NASA Artemis II Spacecraft Moon Mission Recovery Test in Pacific Ocean

The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) is seen in the waters of the Pacific Ocean during NASA’s Underway Recovery Test 10 (URT-10).

Members of NASA’s Landing and Recovery team load a mannequin into the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) during Underway Recovery Test 10 in the Pacific Ocean.

Navy divers from Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Expeditionary Support Unit 1 prepare to enter the Pacific Ocean from the well deck of USS John P Murtha

The Artemis II Crew Module Test Article (CMTA) is seen in the waters of the Pacific Ocean during NASA’s Underway Recovery Test 10 (URT-10). The CMTA is a full-scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft and is used by NASA and its Department of Defense partners to practice recovery procedures for crewed Artemis missions. URT-10 is the first test specifically in support of the Artemis II mission and allowed the team to practice what it will be like to recover astronauts and get them back to the recovery ship safely.

Artemis II will be NASA’s first crewed flight test of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft around the Moon to verify today’s capabilities for humans to explore deep space and pave the way for long-term exploration and science on the lunar surface.

Learn more about Artemis II:

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-ii

Image Credit: NASA/Frank Michaux

Location: Pacific Ocean, USS John P. Murtha

Image Date: July 26, 2023

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2023 Student Rocket Launch Highlights | United Launch Alliance

2023 Student Rocket Launch Highlights | United Launch Alliance

The 2023 Student Rocket Launch took place on Saturday, July 15, 2023, at the Hudson Ranch Rocket Launch Site in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. Summer interns at many United Launch Alliance (ULA) sites have the option to design, build, refurbish and launch sport rockets. The tradition began in Colorado and branched out to interns across the company supporting multi-year rocket projects. Now, volunteer interns and mentors build rockets at their own sites—a hands-on opportunity to work with hardware and get to know more experienced industry professionals.

Interns of all backgrounds, experience levels and job function can participate—mentors work with everyone to create safe, hands-on experiences for everyone.

Learn more:

https://www.ulalaunch.com/explore/intern-rockets

Credit: United Launch Alliance (ULA)

Duration: 1 minute, 28 seconds

Release Date: July 27, 2023

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"Star Stuff": Where Elements in Our Bodies Come From | ESO

"Star Stuff": Where Elements in Our Bodies Come From | ESO

Chasing Starlight Episode 3: You have probably heard that "We are made of star stuff." This phrase was coined by American astronomer, Carl Sagan, fifty years ago and has since made it into pop culture. Is it really true? And what does it mean? In this episode, you will discover where and how the elements in the human body were born.

00:00 Introduction

01:21 The Big Bang: Hydrogen

02:23 A Star is Born

03:38 The Beginning of the End: Carbon and Oxygen

04:31 Making Stardust

06:19 Enriching Ending: Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Calcium

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 8 minutes

Release Date: July 27, 2023

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Hubble Sees Evaporating Planet Getting "The Hiccups" | NASA Goddard

Hubble Sees Evaporating Planet Getting "The Hiccups" | NASA Goddard

A young planet whirling around a petulant red dwarf star about 32 light years away in the constellation Microscopium is changing in unpredictable ways orbit-by-orbit. It is so close to its parent star that it experiences a consistent, torrential blast of energy, which evaporates its hydrogen atmosphere—causing it to puff off the planet.

However, during one orbit observed with the Hubble Space Telescope, the planet looked like it was not losing any material at all, while an orbit observed with Hubble a year and a half later showed clear signs of atmospheric loss.

Video Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Paul Morris: Lead Producer

Cassandra Morris: Narrator

Animation Credit:

Light interacting with atmosphere: ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser

Escaping atmosphere of an exoplanet: ESA/Hubble, NASA, M. Kornmesser

Planet orbiting a red dwarf star (artist's impression): ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser)

Red Dwarf Flare Star (Artist's Illustration): NASA, ESA, and D. Player (STScI)

Duration: 2 minutes

Release Date: July 27, 2023

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Aurora over South Pole Telescope in Antarctica

Aurora over South Pole Telescope in Antarctica

[No Audio] The aurora australis or southern lights over the U.S. South Pole Telescope (SPT) during an active period. Auroras are produced when the Earth's magnetosphere is sufficiently disturbed by the solar wind that the trajectories of charged particles in both solar wind and magnetospheric plasma, mainly in the form of electrons and protons, precipitate them into the upper atmosphere (thermosphere/exosphere) due to Earth's magnetic field, where their energy is lost. The resulting ionization and excitation of atmospheric constituents emits light of varying color and complexity. [Wikipedia]

The South Pole Telescope (SPT) is a submillimeter observatory in Antarctica that performs measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and the dark energy driving the acceleration of the universe's expansion. The observatory is also part of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a globe-spanning multi-telescope project that captured the first image of a black hole at the center of a nearby galaxy. The SPT project is a collaboration between the University of Chicago, the University of California at Berkeley, Case Western Reserve University, the University of Illinois, and the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.

SPT is a 10-meter telescope designed to measure tiny CMB temperature ripples in submillimeter or microwave light, between infrared and radio on the spectrum of light. Its capabilities also make it an important node in the EHT, which collects submillimeter light emitted by matter just before it falls into a supermassive black hole.

Learn more:

The Colors of the Aurora (National Park Service)

https://www.nps.gov/articles/-articles-aps-v8-i1-c9.htm

NASA - About Aurora

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/aurora-news-stories/index.html

Video Credit: Timelapse by Geoff Chen/South Pole Telescope Team

Duration: 20 seconds

Capture Date: July 27, 2020

Release Date: Dec. 23, 2020

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Antares Rocket & Cygnus Spacecraft: CRS-19 Cargo Resupply | NASA Wallops

Antares Rocket & Cygnus Spacecraft: CRS-19 Cargo Resupply | NASA Wallops

Cygnus and Antares fairing mate

Cygnus spacecraft transported to Wallops Island

Cygnus cargo loading

Cygnus mate to Antares

In these images, a Northop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft is integrated with the Antares rocket in the Horizontal Integration Facility at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman’s 19th contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station will deliver more than 8,200 pounds of science and research, crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew. The CRS-19 Cygnus spacecraft is named after NASA astronaut Dr. Laurel Clark who flew aboard Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107), and is scheduled to launch no earlier than 8:31 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023.

Image Credit: NASA/Danielle Johnson

Image Dates: April 6-July 26, 2023

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

The Prawn Nebula: IC 4628 in Scorpius

The Prawn Nebula: IC 4628 in Scorpius

South of Antares, in the tail of the nebula-rich constellation Scorpius, lies emission nebula IC 4628. Nearby hot, massive stars, millions of years young, irradiate the nebula with invisible ultraviolet light, stripping electrons from atoms. The electrons eventually recombine with the atoms to produce the visible nebular glow, dominated by the red emission of hydrogen. At an estimated distance of 6,000 light-years, the region shown is about 250 light-years across, spanning over three full moons on the sky. The nebula is also cataloged as Gum 56 for Australian astronomer Colin Stanley Gum, but seafood-loving deep sky-enthusiasts might know this cosmic cloud as the Prawn Nebula. This graceful color image is a new astronomical composition taken over several nights in April 2023 from Rio Hurtado, Chile.

Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Stern

Daniel's Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/messierchaser/

Release Date: July 26, 2023

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NASA's "Espacio a Tierra" | Sr. 300: 21 de julio de 2023

NASA's "Espacio a Tierra" | Sr. 300: 21 de julio de 2023

Espacio a Tierra, la versión en español de las cápsulas Space to Ground de la NASA, te informa semanalmente de lo que está sucediendo en la Estación Espacial Internacional.

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: 3 minutes

Original Broadcast Date: July 21, 2023

Release Date: July 26, 2023

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Meet the Perseverance Rover's Mars Samples: Swift Run & Skyland | NASA/JPL

Meet the Perseverance Rover's Mars Samples: Swift Run & Skyland | NASA/JPL

Meet two of the Martian samples that have been collected and are awaiting return to Earth as part of the Mars Sample Return campaign. As of late June 2023, NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover has collected and sealed 20 scientifically selected samples inside pristine tubes. The next stage is to get them back for study.

Considered one of the highest priorities by the scientists in the Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032, Mars Sample Return would be the first mission to return samples from another planet and provides the best opportunity to reveal the early evolution of Mars, including the potential for ancient life. NASA is teaming with the European Space Agency (ESA) on this important endeavor.

Learn more about Samples No. 10 and 11—“Swift Run” and “Skyland,” the first rock samples collected by the Perseverance rover from an ancient river delta environment on Mars. Scientists are particularly excited about studying such sedimentary rock samples up close because they form through interaction with liquid water and may have good potential for preserving signs of ancient life.

Read about all the carefully selected samples: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars-rock-samples

Learn more about the Mars Sample Return campaign: https://mars.nasa.gov/msr

A key objective for Perseverance's mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover characterizes the planet's geology and past climate, paves the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and is the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and dust).

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

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Duration: 1 minute, 14 seconds

Release Date: July 26, 2023

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