#PPOD: This stunning photo was taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) onboard the ESA's Mars Express spacecraft. Phobos is the larger and closer of Mars's two moons, the other being Deimos. One hypothesis of their origin involves the possible capture of primitive asteroids. Unfortunately, Phobos is being pulled apart and closer by Mars's tidal forces and gravity. Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/ @andrealuck CC BY (flickr.com/photos/192271236@N0…)

#mars #phobos #space #science #scicomm

I'm more of a reader than a writer in 'Mastodon Space' but today I bring you something that those people I follow may not have heard of: what's likely to be the first attempt at a space suit, designed as early as 1936 in Spain. It was to be tested with a hot air balloon but unfortunately the whole thing had to be scrapped due to the Civil War. One piece of the original suit has now been found. In Spanish but Google Translate does the trick.

#space #astronaut #mars
eldiario.es/sociedad/capa-perd…

The astronauts aboard the ISS were amazed by the April 8 solar eclipse, just like the rest of us, and went crazy snapping photos from orbit.

They got some amazing views of the Moon's shadow sweeping across southern Canada & Maine, seen from 420 km (261 miles) above: flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore… #space #eclipse #space #astronomy

I had a couple things come across my timeline that made me think about how far science, especially space science, has come during my lifetime.

For example, when I was younger, Pluto was not much more than a few blurry pixels of a planet, now it is a richly detailed world (and dwarf planet).

When I was a kid, there were 9 planets, now we know thousands, most exoplanets outside the solar system. Wild to think about. 1/3 🧵

#science #space

Fanoušci kosmonautiky už tuší: RFA neboli Rocket Factory Augsburg se snaží o vícenásobně použitelný nosič je to tedy potenciální evropská konkurence pro Elona. Česká solární výprava náhodou jela kolem jrn náhodou, protože @cobic -ovi na kole praskaj dráty a naproti "fabrice na rakety" je cyklosupermarket.

#thesuntrip2024 #augsburg #rocket #rfa #space #aerospace #kosmír

This is the surface of a comet! Dust is swirling around the surface of Comet 67/P -- captured in 2016 by ESA's Rosetta spacecraft, processing by Jacint Roger Perez.

Still one of the most remarkable scenes in space exploration.

#space #science #astronomy #ESA

No new info on the status of the Voyager 1 spacecraft, which since Sep 2023 has been sending a 1010 bit pattern instead of real data.

Several popular science outfits have been covering it lately. A bit flip in the FDS is suspected, but it is difficult to identify since the memory cannot be read back.

Several commands were sent yesterday to Voyager 1; responses will arrive 45 hours later tomorrow.

Wonder why they cannot overwrite all prog and data memory.

arstechnica.com/space/2024/02/…
#Space
13/n

I don't do new year's resolutions, but all the same it's as good a time as any to change something, or start something, or renew something. I'd like to do more writing this year, but I want it to be useful for some subset of people rather than just an outlet for me.

So...

1. If you consider yourself to be a "not-maths" person in some way (or lack confidence, or struggle(d) with it), I'd like to answer any #maths-themed questions that you have. I'm not talking homework or exam questions. I'm thinking your personal queries _about_ maths more generally. Stuff like "what does nth mean?", or anything else that you may be wondering. I occasionally post maths stuff at tommaths.blogspot.com .

2. If you've got a burning question about #space, Blogstronomy still exists, though it's been very quiet for a while now. Maybe drop me a line and ask your question? (You can check I haven't already answered it here: blogstronomy.blogspot.com)

3. If you think I might be able to write about something mathsy for your blog, website, publication (or museum exhibition) I'm totally up for that even (especially?) if you think there's no way maths could fit with what you do. I tend to link to external work I've done here: tkbriggs.co.uk/topics/portfoli… (though it does need updating).

How Long Does it Take the Moon to Orbit the Earth?

Question posed by Elly. The Moon is a popular subject on Blogstronomy so I was surprised to find that this question hadn't been covered ...

^{TeaKayB (Blogger)}

Phew! Thanks to new data from ESO's Very Large #Telescope, we now know that a white dwarf that was set for a close encounter with our Solar System in 29000 years isn't actually headed our way. Turns out that the intense magnetic field of the #star had biased the previous measurements of the approach speed. You're welcome everyone! 😉

We tell you everything in our latest ESO #blog: eso.org/public/blog/rogue-star…

#astrodon #astronomy #space #scicomm

ESOblog: Rogue star not heading for Solar System collision after all

Rogue star not heading for Solar System collision after all

^www.eso.org

We have a new post in our Blog article series illuminating 🪔the #science background 👩🏻‍🔬 👨🏾‍🔬 of ##ESAEuclid 🛰️ and the techniques we'll employ for high-precision #cosmology: "Measuring the Universe with Baryon Acoustic Oscillations?"

👉 euclid-ec.org/measuring-the-un…

#astrodon #astronomy #DarkEnergy #DarkMatter #space

Explore the extraordinary eons-old details of the moon’s surface in an astounding 1.3-gigapixel composite #photography #science #space

thisiscolossal.com/2023/05/and…

Mars - #HopeMarsMission spotted an elongated cloud around Ascraeus Mons

Full size image: flic.kr/p/2oDddEZ

North Polar Cap ↖️
Timetag: 2021-07-10
Altitude: 33580 km
Raw Data from: sdc.emiratesmarsmission.a
Filters: f635+f546+f437 (f320UV used just to enhance a little bit the cloud around the Ascraeus Mons)

I love also Olympus and Arsia Mons on the Terminator!

#Mars #HopeProbe #Space #Spacetodon #Astrodon #Solarocks #Astronomy
Credit:
UAESA/MBRSC/HopeMarsMission/EXI/AndreaLuck

Galactic collisions result in a billion-year gravitational dance, as shown in this captivating supercomputer simulation. The simulation depicts the collision of two spiral galaxies and is complemented by actual images of galactic collisions at various stages captured by Hubble.

Credit: NASA, ESA, and F. Summers
Source: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30686
#Astronomy #Space #Universe #AltText4Me

Was the SpaceX Starship’s launch a failure or a success?

Ars Technica says "For those who know a bit more about the launch industry and the iterative design methodology, getting the Super Heavy rocket and Starship upper stage off the launch pad was a huge success." The company's development process is messier, but it's also much faster, says author Eric Berger.

arstechnica.com/science/2023/0…

#Space #SpaceX #NASA

So what was that? Was Starship’s launch a failure or a success?

SpaceX's development process is messier, but it's also much faster.

^{Ars Technica}

For this year's gingerbread I made... Curiosity!

#space #gingerbread #nasa #mars #curiosity #baking #astronomy

The view from NASA's Artemis mission yesterday is just...words fail me.

HT @JPMajor@twitter.com and the brilliant engineers & scientists who made this happen.

#NASA #Artemis #space

There is a certain beauty in when this happens. The geometry of the mutual event, eclipse, conjunction, whatever you want to call it. It's just... 🤷 😭

Images:
NASA/JSC/Artemis 1
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/CICLOPS/Kevin M. Gill

#Space #Science

Epic crescent #Neptune and #Triton as seen by #Voyager2

Full Size: flic.kr/p/2n8oEpV
8.988.249 km - 1989-08-31

If you're wondering where are the two Voyagers now click here: voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/s…

#Icegiants #Space #NASA
©NASA/JPL/Voyager-ISS/AndreaLuck

Mars - A large storm over the North Polar Cap

Full Size: flic.kr/p/2nvPUcY

Hope Mars Mission latest data release
Orbit 142 - 2021-12-03
Altitude: 28.000 km

#Mars #Space #HopeProbe
©UAESA/MBRSC/HopeMission/EXI/AndreaLuck

What do you call Jupiter in your language? For me this is Giove

Full Size: flic.kr/p/2nAuDmY

NASA's Juno - PJ 31
SSS South Temperate Belt
Altitude: 58426 km
Time: 2020-12-30
JNCE_2020365_31C00040_V01

#Jupiter #Perijove31 #Space
©NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI /MSSS/AndreaLuck

“The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 created an obligation under international law to avoid the harmful contamination of outer space, the moon and other celestial bodies…”

Meanwhile, Elon Musk: “oi, I’ve got an idea, why don’t I launch my fucking car into space for shits, giggles, and PR?”

Everyone: “ooh, he’s so smart, he will save us all”

theguardian.com/science/2022/j…

#elonMusk #space #junk

Nasa rover sighting reignites fears about human space debris

Object thought to be piece of thermal blanket from when Perseverance touched down on planet

^{Hannah Devlin (The Guardian)}

The cosmic litterbugs

theguardian.com/science/2022/j…

#space #junk #debris #nasa

Nasa rover sighting reignites fears about human space debris

Object thought to be piece of thermal blanket from when Perseverance touched down on planet

^{Hannah Devlin (The Guardian)}

When my stuff gets featured by #NASA I feel like an Astronaut in the endless beauty of space time 😂

⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/jun…

Watch and download the Full Size/HQ here: flic.kr/p/2ngjiTh

Juno Spacecraft
09/04/2022
Perijove (orbit): 41

#Jupiter #Juno #Space
©Nasa/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/AndreaLuck

Andrea Luck processes photos taken by spacecraft to make them clearer and more spectacular. You can follow at:

➡️ @andrealuck

Luck has a Flickr page at flickr.com/photos/192271236@N0…

#AndreaLuck #Space #Photography #Astronomy #Spacecraft #SpacePhotos #Processing #ImageProcessing #PostProcessing #GIMP #GnuIMP