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⋅ June 23, 2024
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Space.com

How the GOES U satellite will change Earth and space weather forecasts forever
Space.com
Satellite data from NOAA’s GOES-U and its sibling satellites will revolutionize how we monitor our planet and beyond. Comments (0). a cube-shaped spacecraft covered in gold foil floats above earth. An illustration of NOAA’s GOES-U satellite in orbit …
Space.com

Perseverance Mars rover digs into intriguing ‘Bright Angel’ rock formation (photo)
Space.com
Some scientists think that Bright Angel’s rocks represent older material that was exposed by now-vanished water eroding the ground. Comments (0). closeup of a mars rover’s robotic arm investigating a patch of red planet ground.
The Washington Post

Gray whales in the Pacific Northwest are getting shorter, study says
The Washington Post
Published in Global Change Biology, the study relied on drone imagery collected off the coast of central Oregon between 2016 and 2022. Researchers identified individual whales, comparing them with photographs and using previous research to figure out their …
KXAN.com

‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ explosive event in space expected soon: What to know
KXAN.com
The ‘rare nova explosion’ of T CrB … Roughly every 79 years, there is an explosive event in the Northern Crown, a binary system roughly 3,000 light-years away from Earth. Nestled within the star system is the nova, T Coronae Borealis, otherwise known as …
Livescience.com

Is Jupiter’s Great Red Spot an impostor? Giant storm may not be the original one discovered 350 years ago
Livescience.com
In 1665, Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini observed a giant dark spot on Jupiter, which he called the “Permanent Spot.” (English scientist Robert Hooke might’ve discovered it a year earlier, in 1664, but I digress.) …
Livescience.com

Space photo of the week: Hubble roars back to life with exquisite image of nearby galaxy
Livescience.com
The sparkling galaxy NGC 1546 stars in Hubble’s first new image since changing to its new “one-gyro mode,” ending the telescope’s roughly month-long break. spiral galaxy. NGC 1546, the Hubble Space Telescope’s first new image since changing to its new …
FOX Weather

Astronomers find record-breaking pair of galaxy cores merging at Cosmic Dawn
FOX Weather
During the first billion years after the Big Bang, known as the Cosmic Dawn, astronomers expect to see more interaction and merging of galaxies in the young universe. Still, until now, scientists have yet to see a pair of bright galactic cores close …
Livemint

Airplane size Asteroid approaching Earth TODAY! Check time and more details here
Livemint
In its warning, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said that asteroid 2024 KN1, categorized under the Amor group, measures about 27 meter or 88 feet in diameter and will be traveling at a speed of approximately 16,500 kilometers per hour.
Earth.com

Unraveling the mysterious origins of the Crab Nebula
Earth.com
A team of scientists utilized NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to analyze the composition of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant located in the constellation Taurus. Using the telescope’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) and NIRCam …
Earth.com

‘Awakening’ of a black hole witnessed for the first time
Earth.com
In late 2019, the previously unremarkable galaxy SDSS1335+0728 unexpectedly brightened, prompting astronomers to investigate the cause using data from various observatories, including the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) …