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NASA wants to buy Moon rocks from private companies NASA is officially in the market for Moon rocks β and itβs willing to pay any company thatβs capable of scooping them up. Today, the space agency is putting out a call for proposals from companies, challenging them to snag small samples of rocks on the Moonβs surface. The companies will have to prove that they have collected lunar samples in some kind of small container by sending pictures and data to NASA. If satisfied, NASA pledges to purchase the samples for between $15,000 and $25,000. Eventually, NASA will retrieve the rock samples and bring them back to Earth. NASA ultimately…
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In order for life to exist on the planet, liquid water must be present on its surface. Calculating the likelihood of this scenario seemed almost impossible before. It was previously assumed that terrestrial planets receive water randomly, as a result of a large ice asteroid hitting the planet's surface. In a new study, scientists from the GLOBE Institute at Copenhagen University, Denmark, have published breakthrough results showing that water may have been present in the planetary matter even during their formation phase. According to the team's calculations, this scenario could have occurred in the case of Earth, Venus and Mars. In the future, Johannessen and his tea…
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To the relief of scientists at NASA and the delight of space enthusiasts around the world, the space agency's Perseverance Rover has successfully touched down on Mars. View the full article
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A stunning array of rare meteorites are up for auction at Christie's, including one described as an extraterrestrial crystal ball. The online event, "Deep Impact: Martian, Lunar and Other Rare Meteorites," running until February 23rd, features dozens of off-world objects, some thought to be as old as 4.5 billion years. View the full article
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The appearance of two mysterious moons over Dubai last week caused a stir online and left residents of the city scratching their heads until it was revealed that the wondrous sight was actually a fantastic fabrication from the UAE government in celebration of a space milestone. View the full article
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Space Force members will now be called "Guardians". This is really interesting because you do not choose that name for grins and giggles. Perhaps Space Force is being developed to protect Earth. After all, our President can see the future. It is sort of cyclical. He sees the future and creates it as he sees it. I do know that one purpose was to study asteroids, but one doesn't just have the need to "guard" without knowing something could happen. Think about it. https://www.newsmax.com/politics/space-force/2020/12/18/id/1002282/
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Asteroid to fly past Earth just before Election Day, NASA says https://www.foxnews.com/science/asteroid-fly-past-earth-election-day-nasa-says It's only 6.5 feet in diameter and hardly a threat, but news found it necessary to mention it. It seems like every asteroid becomes breaking news for some reason.
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NASA plans to put a base on the moon by 2020 http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2006-12-04-nasa-moon-base_x.htm By Traci Watson, USA TODAY WASHINGTON Γ’β¬β NASA plans to surpass the Apollo missions by establishing a base on the moon that could lead to a permanent human presence on the lunar surface, space agency officials said Monday. For the first time since President Bush announced in 2004 that American astronauts would return to the moon, NASA has specified what it plans to do once there. No human has set foot on the moon since 1972. That final stay, the longest, lasted three days. Under the plans outlined Monday, human habitation of the moon w…
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Have you all seen these ideas/ dreamings? Entertaining stuff! NASA's real life Enterprise may take us to other star systems one day BuildTheEnterprise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMafReWFSfE
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Fermi Telescope Finds Giant Structure in our Galaxy So, NASA found what they call a "structure" or bubbles in the Milky Way. Could these be other universes? They are really too far for us to reach, but if we could, we should try to enter them and see what happens. They say these contain thousands of galaxies, which is why I wonder if we are accessing other universes or even other timelines for that matter. I think it is amazing that we can even detect these things. Source: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/news/new-structure.html
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So, how exactly do astronauts do their business with no gravity? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/how-will-astronauts-poop-on-the-moon-new-nasa-challenge-calls-for-innovative-ideas/ar-BB169lta NASA is having a contest to see who can create the best space toilet. Are you up for the challenge? I don't know how anyone can test their creation on earth. We have gravity! But you can win $35,000 So, what are your ideas for a space toilet? (Thinks of Howard from Big Bang). Don't use mom's meatloaf as a test. :LOL:
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This hole is cool. We need to send a rover down there with a light and a camera. https://nypost.com/2020/03/04/nasa-photo-reveals-mysterious-hole-in-mars-that-may-contain-alien-life/
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Lick Observatory in California has lived to see another starry night. On top of a peak in Santa Clara County, California, in the vaults of one of the worldβs first mountaintop observatories, around 150,000 photographic plates bear witness to the early history of modern astronomy. βItβs almost like Aladdin's cave in there,β says Paul Lynam*, a resident astronomer at Lick Observatory. βThere are logs where astronomers record the discovery of entire new worlds. I found a record of Sputnik going over the observatory just two weeks after it had launched in 1957.β In August, as wildfires swept through California, these treasures of scientific history were almost lost forever. …
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Today in Space! Video included in the link. https://www.space.com/39251-on-this-day-in-space.html "On June 30, 1908, a giant fireball exploded over the forests of Tunguska in Siberia. The impact leveled hundreds of miles of forest, and the exact cause is a bit of a mystery "
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βWhy Is Our Black Hole Such A Picky Eater?β Newfound Pulsar May Explain Odd Behavior Of Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole
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Comets are all over the place, it seems, but it doesn't stop scientists from studying them. This particular comet, Borisov, contains high amounts of carbon dioxide, which means it may have formed around a red dwarf. It was detected on August 30, 2019. Source: http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/interstellar-comet-2i-borisov-unusual-chemical-composition-08345.html What are the benefits of studying comets? Have scientists discovered anything really unusual? Share your thoughts.
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Talk about When Two Worlds Collide. When black holes collide, they give off vibrations which are actually gravitational waves. The first were detected in 2015 and then again in 2017. Source: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/gravitational-waves-reveal-unprecedented-collision-heavy-and-light-black-holes Now, the next question is, what actually happens when they collide?
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i know because my headphones are making a echoing noise its so annoying ?
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"The Planetary Society announced Wednesday that a small satellite it launched a month ago had successfully demonstrated the ability to change its orbit with a solar sail." This is pretty cool. We are learning how to steer satellites. It makes them more useful because you can move them elsewhere. They call it solar sailing. They're going to check out an asteroid with it. https://spacenews.com/planetary-society-declares-solar-sailing-mission-a-success/ [ATTACH]39._xfImport[/ATTACH]
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The eclipse of April 8th, 2024 will be crossing the United States. Totality starts in Texas, then cuts diagonally across to Maine. This will provide numerous people in the U.S. the opportunity to experience the event. Cosmically Curious as to who plans on experiencing this event? Total solar eclipse maps of April 8, 2024 What is really exciting, is the path of totality crosses over where I live. So I .... get to experience the event from home, needing only to go from my refrigerator to my back porch. How cool is that ? [ATTACH]34._xfImport[/ATTACH]
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Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Man In The Moon Believe it or not, one man is buried on the Moon. His name is Eugene Shoemaker, and he pioneered planetary science. Since time immemorial cultures all across the surface of the Earth have seen a face in the side of the Moon facing us. Curiosity getting the better of us, all sorts of legends and fables have been written about who the man in the Moon is and how he got there. Dante wrote that the fratricidal Cain was banished to the Moon. In Chinese traditions, the goddess of the Moon, Changβe winds up on the moon after drinking an immortality elixir. The first man on the Moon, however, was Neil Ar…
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VICTORIA, British Columbia β The Canadian government will launch a new satellite in 2022 to demonstrate the use of quantum technology for protecting commercial and national communication networks. Honeywell has received a 30 million Canadian dollar ($23 million) contract from the Canadian Space Agency for the design and implementation phases of agencyβs Quantum EncrYption and Science Satellite, or QEYSSat. Under the contract, Honeywell will build, test, deliver, provide training for and commission the QEYSSat satellite, which will create a link between ground and space to transmit encryption keys. The microsatellite is expected to be completed in early 2022. QEYSSat…
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What we did not know in the mid space in the 2000 nds. only is the relationship from this time and space back to the supposed foundaance area concerning the supposed Star Wars E.T. eras. This area is shaped up now, as I had to legally lay this issue down, because it had involved in probability many hundreds of humans here on this world. In other words, not just myself, as I had and have a past affinity to this area. This is summed as yes' there is an active current connection, spiritually-soul wise to people here in their incarnated state, as linked actively with the old Empire in the Star Wars era, to even the present time. *I would have to say now, that this is st…
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