The Space Thread

  On 6/30/2016 at 8:33 PM, Joyrex said:

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have made a soundtrack for NASA to commemorate the arrival of Juno at Jupiter:

 

 

I found out this is actually an 8 track compilation album on iTunes with mostly terrible artists.  This is definitely the best track.

regarding juno, here is where you can f5

yesterday was the first close approach with cameras on. they're downloading and processing the images. there are like 4 cameras taking different colors, and the thing is spinning so assembling the images is actually pretty involved. they put this one out, but we should be getting some from about 100x closer and less blurry

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An international team of scientists from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is investigating mysterious signal spikes emitting from a 6.3-billion-year-old star in the constellation Hercules—95 light years away from Earth. The implications are extraordinary and point to the possibility of a civilization far more advanced than our own.

 

 

The signal is provocative enough that the RATAN-600 researchers are calling for permanent monitoring of this target,” said Gilster. And that’s exactly what is transpiring. As of last night, the SETI institute is diverting its Allen Telescope Array in northern California to investigate while their counterparts at METI International (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence) will use Panama’s Boquete Optical Observatory.

http://observer.com/2016/08/not-a-drill-seti-is-investigating-a-possible-extraterrestrial-signal-from-deep-space/

http://phys.org/news/2016-08-strong-alien-life.html

the cautious speculation at this time points towards terrestrial military communication. should be able to confirm that quickly with more observations. 95 light years is pretty close, all things considered.

http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2016/08/seti-has-observed-a-strong-signal-that-may-originate-from-a-sun-like-star

hehe wat

Listen to Jupiter's Auroral lights as radio emissions:

what a time to be alive

Asteroid named after Freddie Mercury for his 70th birthday:

http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/46871/20160906/asteroid-named-queen-s-freddie-mercury-honor-70th-birthday.htm

  On 8/26/2016 at 2:18 AM, very honest said:

 

  On 8/25/2016 at 7:54 PM, Hail Sagan said:

Planet 1.3x the size of Earth is found orbiting in habitable zone of Proxima Centauri (the closest star to our own)

 

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2016/08/24/exoplanet_discovered_orbiting_proxima_centauri.html

 

 

this is really nuts

 

spotting rocky earth-sized planets is rare, having one be at the temperature for liquid water is huge. the fact that its the at the closest star system is crazy.

 

smaller planets are spotted less but thats probably to do with the fact that they are harder to spot, so maybe that explains it being coincidentally close-by. still quite significant in its implications.

 

 

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sup overlords

 

 

News of the year IMO. It's the only extrasolar planet that, maybe, perhaps, we might be able to send a probe to.

Fucking AMAZING pictures from Mars sent back by the Curiosity rover:

More info here: http://mars.nasa.gov/msl/curiosity-murray-buttes-raw-images/

These are seriously the best Mars images yet I think - really gives you more of a feeling "being there" than any previous images.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFsuOFoolW8

China activates largest radio telescope on Earth

http://gizmodo.com/china-powers-up-the-worlds-largest-alien-hunting-telesc-1787056877

http://boingboing.net/2016/09/26/nasas-hubble-spots-possible.html

space x mars mission

https://youtu.be/A1YxNYiyALg

booster heads back to earth. FLOL

  On 9/27/2016 at 9:18 PM, olo said:

booster heads back to earth. FLOL

the ship has to take multiple loads 

100 passengers per ship. the ship is 49.5 metres long, 17 meters wide, 77.5 meters high

cost per ton to mars is projected below $140,000

ticket price $200,0000

funding: steal underpants, send cargo to ISS, kickstarter and profit

"do we need any training to go to mars"

"no. maybe a week or two."

sounds like a well thought out plan.

i like the hippy guy who was like "give it up to elon. this guy inspires the shit out of us. can i give you this comic? it's called the future of fusion about the first man on earth and he looks like you"

I just finished watching the whole presentation, very impressive actually, very exciting. I have only been half paying attention to what they've been doing over the last decade and a bit, but they really have achieved a lot, makes me think that maybe they can achieve this. Obviously still a lot of obstacles to overcome, investment and continued technological development being the obvious ones. Would be nice to see a similarly in-depth presentation about the habitation aspects (with detailed plans on each aspect: construction/fabrication, life support, agriculture, transportation, etc), the main thing I think that was lacking there - which is understandable I guess, the transportation aspects are difficult enough to begin with. Makes me want to read the KSR's mars books again (though the systems involved in that seem quite quaint compared to this vision).

also the funnyordie douchebag trying to plug his michael cera on mars project, then there was some guy in the background 'just stop'. lol.

https://youtu.be/0qo78R_yYFA

for those on irc, #space on freenode is dissecting the presentation and it's pretty interesting hearing from people smarter than myself break some of this stuff down (really highlights how ambitious the company's plans are eg. the chamber pressure is the highest of any current rocket engine @ 30MPa and also using a new engine propellant type)

  On 9/27/2016 at 11:54 PM, caze said:

also the funnyordie douchebag trying to plug his michael cera on mars project, then there was some guy in the background 'just stop'. lol.

was that the same bro that wanted to give him a comic because he "inspires the shit out of us"?

no, there were multiple douchebags present I think.

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Scientists in Michigan have found a new dwarf planet in our solar system. It's about 330 miles across and some 8.5 billion miles from the sun. It takes 1,100 years to complete one orbit.

 

The dwarf planet, called 2014 UZ224, measures about 330 miles (530 kilometers) across and is located about 8.5 billion miles (13.7 billion km) from the sun.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/11/497071139/a-friend-for-pluto-astronomers-find-new-dwarf-planet-in-our-solar-system