NASA And SpaceX Launch Astronauts Robert Behnken And Douglas Hurley To The International Space Station.

Ion Tail of Comet Swan

I wonder how likely it would be for NASA to find another planet like ours that has CO2 emissions detected from Hubble. That would be evidence of civilization and people on another planet we could possibly make contact with. I wouldn’t be surprised if we sent over a little Hello package (sterile, of course, to prevent a fatal epidemic on their world or maybe we could send some chemicals that they could know).

When we get to that point, I know we’ll have that figured out. I just hope it’s within my lifetime. Humanity refuses to notice just how close we are to interplanetary travel and comminication. There are tens of millions of planets out there suitable for intelligent life. Will we ever get to meet them?

Up for some virtual cloud watching? ☁️

What do you see in Jupiter’s hazy atmosphere?

Our NASA JunoCam mission captured this look at the planet’s thunderous northern region during the spacecraft’s close approach to the planet on Feb. 17, 2020.

Some notable features in this view are the long, thin bands that run through the center of the image from top to bottom. Juno has observed these long streaks since its first close pass by Jupiter in 2016.

Image Credits: Image data: NASA / JPL / SwRI / MSSS Image Processing: Citizen Scientist Eichstädt

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Persy sings! How wonderful ☺️

What is the weirdest thing you had to account for when building the perseverance rover?

Will the robot be able to send vedio footage?

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Jupiter’s Equator via NASA https://ift.tt/2HEWcAo

A Venus Flyby via NASA https://ift.tt/3sv3XhX

On a mission to explore the inner heliosphere and solar corona, on July 11, 2020 the Wide-field Imager on board NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured this stunning view of the nightside of Venus at distance of about 12,400 kilometers (7,693 miles). The spacecraft was making the third of seven gravity-assist flybys of the inner planet. The gravity-asssist flybys are designed to use the approach to Venus to help the probe alter its orbit to ultimately come within 6 million kilometers (4 million miles) of the solar surface in late 2025. A surprising image, the side-looking camera seems to peer through the clouds to show a dark feature near the center known as Aphrodite Terra, the largest highland region on the Venusian surface. The bright rim at the edge of the planet is nightglow likely emitted by excited oxygen atoms recombining into molecules in the upper reaches of the atmosphere. Bright streaks and blemishes throughout the image are likely due to energetic charged particles, and dust near the camera reflecting sunlight. Skygazers from planet Earth probably recognize the familiar stars of Orion’s belt and sword at lower right.

(Published February 25, 2021)

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UGC 12591: The Fastest Rotating Galaxy Known via NASA https://ift.tt/326jqJe