The Orion Bullets Via NASA Https://ift.tt/2VwwqDm

[OC] Nine Merlin engines bloom at high altitude as SpaceX Falcon9 streaks across the night sky

Bow Tie Moon and Star Trails : On January 31, a leisurely lunar eclipse was enjoyed from all over the night side of planet Earth, the first of three consecutive total eclipses of the Moon. This dramatic time-lapse image followed the celestial performance for over three hours in a combined series of exposures from Hebei Province in Northern China. Fixed to a tripod, the camera records the Full Moon sliding through a clear night sky. Too bright just before and after the eclipse, the Moon’s bow tie-shaped trail grows narrow and red during the darker total eclipse phase that lasted an hour and 16 minutes. In the distant background are the colorful trails of stars in concentric arcs above and below the celestial equator. via NASA

OSIRIS-REx arrived at asteroid Bennu this week! It will stay in orbit to do a complete survey of the asteroid. But even cooler, it will get so close to the surface it will touch Bennu briefly and use a puff of hydrogen to dislodge surface material, that it will then collect. After that, OSIRIS-REx heads back to Earth to deliver the sample!

Here is a really cool video on how this little orbiter got to Bennu and detailing its mission.

https://youtu.be/NYGHbl_esgw

Comet Jacques Piercing the Heart and Soul Nebulae

SpaceTime 20181010 Series 21 Episode 80 is now out

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Today’s stories…

Another lander touches down on the asteroid Ryugu Japan’s Hyabusa2 spacecraft has successfully deployed a third lander rover onto the rugged boulder strewn surface of the asteroid Ryugu – located some 300 million kilometres from Earth.

New Neutron Star discovery challenges existing theories Existing theories about Neutron stars have taken a blow with astronomers detecting radio jets emanating from a neutron star with a strong magnetic field.

New sub-atomic particles discovered at the super collider Physicists have discovered two new sub atomic particles with hints of a possible third.

Intergalactic stars flying towards the Milky Way Astronomers have discovered dozens of stars flying through intergalactic space heading towards the Milky Way Galaxy.

The Science Report Russia widely condemned over a series of cyber-security attacks. Users demanding higher purity types of ecstasy, crystal methamphetamine, and cocaine. Australia records its driest September on record. Wireless broadband connections the most popular means of accessing the Internet. Alex on tech Prince Charles gives the thumbs down to artificial intelligence.

Last Saturday’s show….

Opportunity still silent Scientists are increasing the frequency of commands being sent to the still silent Opportunity Mars rover on the surface of the red planet.

Neutrino experiment records its first tracks The world’s largest liquid-argon neutrino detector has just recorded its first particle tracks.

One hundredth Ariane 5 launch Arianespace has successfully carried out its 100th Ariane 5 launch.

October Skywatch A busy month with three meteor showers in October–the Draconids, the Taurids and the Orionids.

The Science Report A new class of antibiotics to combat the growing problem of deadly multi-drug resistant bacteria. New solar flow battery that both soaks up sunlight and store it as chemical energy for later use. How bombing air raids during World War Two affected the ionosphere. Warnings that industries dominated by the opposite sex tend to have higher rates of divorce.

SpaceTime Background SpaceTime is Australia’s most respected astronomy and space science news program. The show reports on the latest stories and discoveries making news in astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, planetary science, galactic and stellar evolution, physics, spaceflight, and general science. SpaceTime features interviews with leading Australian scientists about their latest research. The show is broadcast coast to coast across the United States by the National Science Foundation on Science360 Radio and around the world on Tune in Radio. SpaceTime is available in Australia as a twice weekly podcast which averages around three million downloads annually. It’s hosted on line through Bitez.com on all major podcast platforms. SpaceTime began life in 1995 as ‘StarStuff’ on ABC NewsRadio. Stuart Gary created the show while he was NewsRadio’s Science Editor and evening News anchor. Gary wrote, produced and hosted the program, consistently achieving 9 percent of the Australian radio audience share - according to Neilsen ratings survey figures for the five major Australian metro markets (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, & Perth). The StarStuff podcast was hosted by ABC Science on line achieving over 1.3 million downloads annually. Sadly, the popular program was axed in 2015 during ABC budget cuts. Rather than remain with the ABC, Gary resigned to continue producing the show independently and rebranding it as SpaceTime. The first episode of SpaceTime was broadcast on February 8th 2016 and the show has been in continuous production ever since. SpaceTime now reaches an audience almost three times greater that it achieved as StarStuff and continues to grow.

This is so important. I have two years left of my Bachelor degree, and it took me 16 years to get my associate. Never give up, even if you have to put those goals on hold (sometimes multiple times), because life happens. Make yours worth it.

just because someone’s accomplishing more than you are right now doesn’t mean you’re failing. success isn’t a race

The moon, is beautiful

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