blue_gold_84 Posted July 6, 2022 Report Posted July 6, 2022 https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/help-nasa-scientists-find-clouds-on-mars NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured these clouds just after sunset on March 19, 2021, the 3,063rd Martian day, or sol, of the rover’s mission. The image is made up of 21 individual images stitched together and color corrected so that the scene appears as it would to the human eye. The clouds are drifting over “Mont Mercou,” a cliff face that Curiosity studied. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Quote NASA scientists hope to solve a fundamental mystery about Mars’ atmosphere, and you can help. They’ve organized a project called Cloudspotting on Mars that invites the public to identify Martian clouds using the citizen science platform Zooniverse. The information may help researchers figure out why the planet’s atmosphere is just 1% as dense as Earth’s even though ample evidence suggests the planet used to have a much thicker atmosphere. Like Earth, Mars has clouds made of water ice. But unlike Earth, it also has clouds made of carbon dioxide (think: dry ice), which form when it gets cold enough for the Martian atmosphere to freeze locally. By understanding where and how these clouds appear, scientists hope to better understand the structure of Mars’ middle atmosphere, which is about 30 to 50 miles (50 to 80 kilometers) in altitude. “We want to learn what triggers the formation of clouds – especially water ice clouds, which could teach us how high water vapor gets in the atmosphere – and during which seasons,” said Marek Slipski, a postdoctoral researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Wanna-B-Fanboy and Mark F 1 1
blue_gold_84 Posted July 7, 2022 Report Posted July 7, 2022 Only five more sleeps until the images are released! Sard and JCon 2
Goalie Posted July 7, 2022 Report Posted July 7, 2022 Space is fun. Telescopes at my lake are tremendous especially in fall... the northern lights are phenomenal
FrostyWinnipeg Posted July 10, 2022 Report Posted July 10, 2022 (edited) On 2022-07-07 at 3:42 PM, Goalie said: Space is fun. U of M astrophysics grad student pinpoints particles in 'Space Manatee' Edited July 10, 2022 by FrostyWinnipeg JCon 1
JCon Posted July 11, 2022 Report Posted July 11, 2022 Tomorrow!!! Canadian astronomers champing at the bit for release of 1st images from James Webb telescope Images out Tuesday may reveal an atmosphere around an exoplanet and some of the universe's earliest galaxies ... Willott said he's seen some early test images already. "It's super exciting to finally see the data getting released," said Willott. "I've been looking at these images for months now. And they are just so spectacular, and it's really exciting that the whole world is going to get to see them on Tuesday." .... https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/james-webb-first-images-1.6514759 Wanna-B-Fanboy 1
FrostyWinnipeg Posted July 11, 2022 Report Posted July 11, 2022 8 minutes ago, JCon said: Tomorrow!!! Canadian astronomers champing at the bit for release of 1st images from James Webb telescope Images out Tuesday may reveal an atmosphere around an exoplanet and some of the universe's earliest galaxies I'd be shocked if they went all in on exoplanet picture so early but its what people want. Exoplanet atmosphere's have been done already just no pictures.
JCon Posted July 11, 2022 Report Posted July 11, 2022 16 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said: I'd be shocked if they went all in on exoplanet picture so early but its what people want. Exoplanet atmosphere's have been done already just no pictures. In the article, they tell what the first five targets are. blue_gold_84 1
FrostyWinnipeg Posted July 11, 2022 Report Posted July 11, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, JCon said: In the article, they tell what the first five targets are. 3 hrs to go. Now 1630. Now 1700? Edited July 11, 2022 by FrostyWinnipeg
FrostyWinnipeg Posted July 11, 2022 Report Posted July 11, 2022 (edited) https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-delivers-deepest-infrared-image-of-universe-yet/ My 2 cents 🤷♂️ Edited July 11, 2022 by FrostyWinnipeg Wanna-B-Fanboy 1
blue_gold_84 Posted July 12, 2022 Report Posted July 12, 2022 I don't have the words. Just awestruck. https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/james-webb-space-telescope-new-images-1.6517781 JCon, Wanna-B-Fanboy and the watcher 1 2
TrueBlue4ever Posted July 12, 2022 Report Posted July 12, 2022 Amazing exploration of the universe. Now if we could just get our s#it together on this planet. Sorry, just saw the January 6 hearings and saw that there are forest fires and +30 degree temperatures north of the Arctic circle. Feeling a little fatalistic.
Wanna-B-Fanboy Posted July 21, 2022 Report Posted July 21, 2022 (edited) Wow- amazing video. Too bad it's not of a planet. 😁 Edited July 21, 2022 by Wanna-B-Fanboy the watcher and blue_gold_84 1 1
the watcher Posted July 29, 2022 Report Posted July 29, 2022 On 2022-07-21 at 9:49 AM, Wanna-B-Fanboy said: Wow- amazing video. Too bad it's not of a planet. 😁 To quote the late John Prine : Poor old Pluto now He never stood a chance no how When he got uninvited to The interplanetary dance Once a mighty planet there Now just an ordinary star Hanging out in Hollywood In some old funky sushi bar Tracker and Wanna-B-Fanboy 2
blue_gold_84 Posted September 6, 2022 Report Posted September 6, 2022 https://www.jameswebbdiscovery.com/discoveries/james-webb-space-telescope-produces-detailed-image-of-tarantula-nebula JCon 1
JCon Posted September 6, 2022 Report Posted September 6, 2022 53 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said: https://www.jameswebbdiscovery.com/discoveries/james-webb-space-telescope-produces-detailed-image-of-tarantula-nebula
FrostyWinnipeg Posted September 8, 2022 Report Posted September 8, 2022 Voyager 1 talks again. blue_gold_84 and the watcher 1 1
FrostyWinnipeg Posted September 27, 2022 Report Posted September 27, 2022 (edited) 'We have impact!' NASA slams spacecraft into asteroid in unprecedented test Edited September 27, 2022 by FrostyWinnipeg blue_gold_84 and the watcher 1 1
FrostyWinnipeg Posted September 27, 2022 Report Posted September 27, 2022 (edited) NASA’s Artemis 1 rocket rolls back to VAB for hurricane protection November likely launch now. Edited September 27, 2022 by FrostyWinnipeg
FrostyWinnipeg Posted September 29, 2022 Report Posted September 29, 2022 https://www.universetoday.com/157695/jwst-partially-stops-observations-after-suffering-instrument-problem/
FrostyWinnipeg Posted October 11, 2022 Report Posted October 11, 2022 https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-confirms-dart-mission-impact-changed-asteroid-s-motion-in-space/ JCon 1
FrostyWinnipeg Posted October 18, 2022 Report Posted October 18, 2022 blue_gold_84, Sard and JCon 1 2
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