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This zoom into Very Large Telescope imagery of the Milky Way's core shows the orbit of stars orbiting the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*.

Turns out what I thought were camera glitches were actually cosmic rays! #space #astronomy #astrophotography #radiation #cosmicrays

What If is a mini-documentary web series that takes you on an epic journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities. Join us on an imaginary adventure through time, space and chance while we (hopefully) boil down complex subjects in a fun and entertaining way.

In the absence of the Space Shuttle, America's pivot to launching its own astronauts to low Earth orbit again came in the form of the Commercial Crew Program. Two companies, Boeing and SpaceX, were chosen in 2014 to design vehicles to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station. No earlier than May 6, 2024, Boeing will launch its CST-100 Starliner spacecraft with its first two astronauts using a ULA Atlas V rocket. In this video, Spaceflight Now Reporter Will Robinson-Smith dives into the spacecraft itself and Boeing's development saga that led up to the vehicle's Crew Flight Test mission.

Uncover the Mysteries of the Lunar Far Side: China's Chang'e-6 and NASA's Ambitious Plans Venture into the enigmatic realm of the lunar far side, a realm shrouded in mystery and intrigue. In this captivating video, we delve into the groundbreaking Chang'e-6 mission led by China, as well as the ambitious plans of NASA to further explore this enigmatic region of the Moon. Discover the untold secrets that lie beyond the visible face of our celestial companion, from the formation of the Moon to the potential for scientific breakthroughs. Witness the latest advancements in lunar exploration and gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities that await us on the far side of the Moon. Join us on this captivating journey as we unravel the mysteries of the lunar far side and uncover the fascinating insights that could revolutionize our understanding of our closest cosmic neighbor.

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The Chang'e-6 mission will test moon “retrograde orbit tech, take-off and ascent technologies, and automatic sample-return on the far side of the moon," according to China Central Television. The Long March-5 Y8 rocket carrying the probe launched on May 3, 2024. Credit: China Central Television (CCTV)

The International Space Station (ISS) is a unique venture. It is the largest project in space the world has ever seen. Since its first component was launched into orbit on 20 November, 1998, the ISS has experienced both highs and lows. This documentary explores the singular historical situation that made the construction of the ISS possible and hears firsthand from crew members from various nations. It sheds light on the challenges that ISS crews have faced over the years, such as the fact that, for a long time, female astronauts were unable to carry out space walks because there were no suitable space suits available for women. The films also shows how space can be deeply affected by political crises, as events such as the war in Ukraine have been felt in the confined spaces of the ISS. Nonetheless, the International Space Station is proof that nations can work together towards incredible common goals - not for nothing has it been called "humankind’s most valuable machine”. But the end fast approaching. The project was supposed to end in 2024, until the US government agreed to continue operating the ISS until 2030. In 2031, the space station is due to be brought back to Earth using a controlled process of de-orbiting.

Compared to gigantic galaxies and star clusters, the Solar System is no more than just a speck of dust. There are thousands of stars within the radius of 100 light years from it. With some of them barely distinguishable against the dark abyss of space, others are so bright that they can be seen even if they are in other galaxies. Besides, there are a lot of invisible objects lurking in the depths of space, too – from massive brown dwarves to rocky exoplanets comparable to our Earth in size. Some of them may harbour life while others may pose a threat. However, all this diversity is eclipsed by the scale of our galaxy. There are 200 billion stars and over a trillion planets at the very least to be found across its expanses. It is quite impossible to completely explore this great abundance of unique space objects. Today we will talk about some of the closest ones.

NASA JUST DISCOVERED The Most Extreme Planet Near Earth That Defies All Logic! Have you ever wondered what lies beyond our solar system? Well, get ready to be amazed because NASA researchers have recently made an astonishing discovery that challenges everything, we thought we knew about the universe. Imagine a planet so massive it makes Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, look like a tiny pebble in comparison. Welcome to the world of B Centauri B, a planet so mind-bogglingly huge that it defies the laws of physics.

This is how big UY Scuti is

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The Kennedy Space Center, located on the Space Coast of Central Florida, is home to NASA's primary launch facilities and is the most important spaceport in the world. Iconic programs and vehicles such as Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, the Space Shuttle, and now the Artemis program have all used the Kennedy Space Center as their launching point into space, and into history. Besides being an active spaceport for NASA and its multitude of commercial partners including SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy, the Kennedy Space Center also provides a visitors complex and daily tours for the general population to explore, learn and look up in awe and wonder at its many modern and historical peices on display and interactive exhibits. In January of 2024, I made the trip to Orlando and booked a day tour to the Kennedy Space Center where I was able to witness such peices as the Space Shuttle Atlantis, a complete Saturn V rocket and Lunar Lander, a Rocket garden of NASA's most ionic flight vehicles, Alan Shepard's Apollo 14 EVA suit he wore on the surface of the moon, and so much more. I highly recommend taking the time to visit the Kennedy Space Center, you'll be at a loss for words after witnessing so much of human history and achievement. I hope this video helps convey what an incredible experience it is, and convinces you to add this to your travel bucket list. Correction: Atlantis flew 33 Missions, not 32. Subscribe and visit seekingsaudades.com for more travel related content! | #travel #nasa #space #atlantis #apollo #spaceshuttle #kennedyspacecenter JOHN F. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER

Step into the enigmatic realm of neutron stars, where the universe showcases its extremes. This documentary-style video guides you through the life and legacy of neutron stars, the dense remnants left by supernovae, the explosive deaths of massive stars. We delve into the heart of these cosmic enigmas, exploring how they compress more mass than the sun into a sphere just kilometers across, resulting in densities and gravitational fields almost beyond comprehension. Discover the peculiarities of neutron star phenomena, such as pulsars that beam radio waves across the cosmos and magnetars with magnetic fields trillion times stronger than Earth's.

How did the team working on NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft test whether the spacecraft will work properly in outer space? They put the spacecraft in a special chamber that mimics the kind of sunlight and airless environment the spacecraft will experience when it’s in outer space. In this video, Tony Licari - a mechanical systems engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California - shows how the team moved the main body of the largest spacecraft NASA has ever built for a planetary mission into JPL's historic 85-foot-tall, 25-foot-wide (26-meter-by-8-meter) thermal vacuum chamber.Inside the chamber, the team simulated the kinds of conditions the spacecraft will experience while flying through space, and practiced deploying instruments. Europa Clipper successfully completed those tests in March 2024. Spacecraft Makers is a video series that takes audiences behind the scenes to learn more about how space missions, like Europa Clipper, come together. Europa Clipper will explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa to see if there are conditions suitable for life. The spacecraft needs to be hardy enough to survive a 1.6 billion-mile, six-year journey to Jupiter, and sophisticated enough to perform a detailed science investigation of Europa once it arrives at the Jupiter system in 2030. Europa Clipper is expected to launch in October 2024 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. For more information on the mission go to: https://europa.nasa.gov/. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA has confirmed that a star system, located 3,000 light-years away from Earth, is predicted to become visible to the unaided eye soon. This could be a once-in-a-lifetime viewing opportunity as the nova ouburst only occurs about every 80 years. T Coronae Borealis, or T CrB, last exploded in 1946 and astronomers believe it will do so again between February and September 2024. The star system, normally magnitude +10, which is far too dim to see with the unaided eye, will jump to magnitude +2 during the event. This will be of similar brightness to the North Star, Polaris. Once its brightness peaks, it should be visible to the unaided eye for several days and just over a week with binoculars before it dims again, possibly for another 80 years.

Earth & a Black hole the Apophis expectation vs reality

NASA Boeing Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are on their way to the rocket after walking out of the historic Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building and into the Starliner Astrovan that will take them to the launch pad. Watch live: https://www.space.com/boeing-starline... Credit: NASA

The Clearest Image of Proxima B, Released by the James Webb Space Telescope #proximab #jameswebbtelescope #space

This new, immersive visualization produced on a NASA supercomputer represents a scenario where a camera — a stand-in for a daring astronaut — enters the event horizon, sealing its fate. This version is a 360-degree video that lets viewers look all around during the one-way trip. Goddard scientists created the visualizations on the Discover supercomputer at the NASA Center for Climate Simulation. The destination is a supermassive black hole with 4.3 million times the mass of our Sun, equivalent to the monster located at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. To simplify the complex calculations, the black hole is not rotating. A flat, swirling cloud of hot, glowing gas called an accretion disk surrounds the black hole and serves as a visual reference during the fall. So do glowing structures called photon rings, which form closer to the black hole from light that has orbited it one or more times. A backdrop of the starry sky as seen from Earth completes the scene. The project generated about 10 terabytes of data — equivalent to roughly half of the estimated text content in the Library of Congress — and took about 5 days running on just 0.3% of Discover’s 129,000 processors. The same feat would take more than a decade on a typical laptop.

In the last two videos of this series, we compare results between GradientCorrection and the new gradient correction algorithms based on the Multiscale All-Sky Reference Survey (MARS) in PixInsight, emphasizing the difference between the correction of gradients based on intrinsic image data and external reference data.

A dress rehearsal for the next commercial crew flight test, making room for another visitor at the space station, and a mission to test a next-generation solar sail … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! Video Producer: Andre Valentine Video Editor: Andre Valentine Narrator: Emanuel Cooper Music: Universal Production Music Credit: NASA

Watch live as two NASA astronauts launch from Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft as one of the final steps on the road to certification. Launch of the ULA (United Launch Alliance) Atlas V rocket and Starliner spacecraft is targeted for 10:34 p.m. EDT Monday, May 6 (0234 UTC Tuesday, May 7) from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The two NASA astronauts aboard, flight commander Butch Wilmore and pilot Suni Williams, will test the end-to-end capabilities of the Starliner system, including launch, docking, and return to Earth. After a one-week stay docked to the International Space Station, the Starliner and crew will land under parachutes in the western United States. Launch coverage on NASA+ (https://plus.nasa.gov) will end shortly after Starliner orbital insertion. NASA Television (https://nasa.gov/nasatv) will provide continuous coverage leading up to docking and through hatch opening and welcome remarks.

A black hole bends light behind it. This is called Gravitational Lensing. #space

This new, immersive visualization produced on a NASA supercomputer represents a scenario where a camera — a stand-in for a daring astronaut — enters the event horizon, sealing its fate. Goddard scientists created the visualizations on the Discover supercomputer at the NASA Center for Climate Simulation. The destination is a supermassive black hole with 4.3 million times the mass of our Sun, equivalent to the monster located at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. To simplify the complex calculations, the black hole is not rotating. A flat, swirling cloud of hot, glowing gas called an accretion disk surrounds the black hole and serves as a visual reference during the fall. So do glowing structures called photon rings, which form closer to the black hole from light that has orbited it one or more times. A backdrop of the starry sky as seen from Earth completes the scene. The project generated about 10 terabytes of data — equivalent to roughly half of the estimated text content in the Library of Congress — and took about 5 days running on just 0.3% of Discover’s 129,000 processors. The same feat would take more than a decade on a typical laptop.