Aurorawatch Red alert if anyone has any dark sky seeing tonight....May 12th. G Class geomagnetic storm.

https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/ 

For more info on the CME see:
https://www.spaceweather.com/ 

Roger

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Watch...
Winchcombe meteorite goes on display in Natural History Museum
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-environment-57104319

Roger

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Now it's China's turn....

China prepares to land its Zhurong rover on Mars
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57122914 

Roger

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Wouldn't it be a nice touch the US could fly over and film this?

China lands its Zhurong rover on Mars
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57122914

R.

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Why?

Why?

Are you keeping well AIMSIR?

R.

 

p.s. in case you missed it....

https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/#Watch-Online

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57122914

 

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Now it's China's turn....

China prepares to land its Zhurong rover on Mars
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57122914

Roger

 

Have they claimed territorial sovereignty yet? And set up concentration/extermination camps for the native Martians? 

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Solar Flares May 26th? See: Spaceweather.com

https://spaceweather.com/

"SOLAR FLARE FRENZY: Yesterday, the sun produced a sequence of solar flares unlike anything we've seen in years. Earth-orbiting satellites detected a dozen explosions in the magnetic canopy of sunspot AR2824. One of them emitted a radio burst so strong, it drowned out static from lightning storms on Earth and was recorded at midnight by listening stations in the Arctic. NOAA forecast models suggest that a CME might hit Earth's magnetic field on May 26th.

For Aurora Alerts see the Aurorawatch plots:

https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/

Roger

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2 missions to 'off the beaten track' planet announced by NASA.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-2-missions-to-study-lost-habitable-world-of-venus.

About time too!

Amazed to learn that Jupiter now has 79 known moons. The last time I checked the debate was whether it was 16 or 17.

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Hardly any media coverage. If this was NASA it would be everywhere

 

WATCH: China launches crewed spacecraft Shenzhou-12 in a historic mission https://t.co/nhVqLvYnJ7 pic.twitter.com/jlUvnhhls8

— Reuters Science News (@ReutersScience) June 17, 2021

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Hubble seems to be shutting down. 

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-hubble-space-telescope-science-halted.html.

 

Forced Windows 10 updates  

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An enormous ‘mega comet’ that will reach the orbit of Saturn by 2031 is possibly the largest body from the outer reaches of our solar system ever found to make such a close approach to the sun. https://t.co/BAomWelssC pic.twitter.com/67VQ1wRzKO

— New Scientist (@newscientist) June 24, 2021

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"No threat to Earth!" Spaceweather.com writes. We might not even see it, but....
"Astronomers have discovered a comet so big, it might actually be a minor planet. The object, named 2014 UN271, is falling toward the sun for a "close approach" outside the orbit of Saturn in early 2031. Promising signs of outgassing have already been detected"

https://spaceweather.com/ 

Roger

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Astronomy Photographer of the Year: shortlist announced - stunning!
https://www.rmg.co.uk/national-maritime-museum/astronomy-photographer-year-2021-shortlist-images

Roger

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CME possible....
"FIRST X-FLARE IN 4 YEARS: A new sunspot emerged during the early hours of July 3rd and promptly exploded, producing the first X-class solar flare since Sept. 2017. X-flares are the most powerful kind, and this one caused a strong shortwave radio blackout over the Atlantic Ocean."
Updates to this developing story will be posted throughout the weekend:
https://spaceweather.com/ 

Roger

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Hubble seems to be shutting down. 

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-hubble-space-telescope-science-halted.html.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPI5UP_RPjQ

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Astronomy Photographer of the Year: shortlist announced - stunning!
https://www.rmg.co.uk/national-maritime-museum/astronomy-photographer-year-2021-shortlist-images

Roger

 

How do people see the Milky Way?

I'm 49 and have never, ever seen it - even when I've been in some places with minimal light pollution. I'm off to the Trossachs next month so light pollution should be low. Can you see it with the naked eye?

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