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Psy-Fi · 11-16-2021, 08:24 AM

The longest lunar eclipse in centuries will happen this week, NASA says.

Plankton · 12-10-2021, 12:02 PM

Parade of Planets to be Visible in the Night Sky On December 12th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT5GiEJB5Cg

rostasi · 12-22-2021, 10:38 AM

This is Comet Leonard, moving against the backdrop of the Milky Way.

Venus looks like a “fake” Christmas star.

Notice the solar wind creating the “tail” in front of the comet.

Psy-Fi · 12-24-2021, 06:49 AM

Blood from physically fit people could help protect brains of couch potatoes

Plankton · 12-28-2021, 11:46 AM

NASA's Webb Telescope Launches to See First Galaxies, Distant Worlds

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https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLa...ereIsWebb.html

debaserr · 12-28-2021, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

NASA's Webb Telescope Launches to See First Galaxies, Distant Worlds

Follow:
https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLa...ereIsWebb.html

Hell yea, I've been waiting for this for years. Hubble was such a huge step forward and this seems to be a similar leap.

I hope everything goes to plan with the sun shield (the huge challenge of this mission).

The first images should be coming around summer time.

The deployment explorer on the link you posted is really interesting to see the whole plan. https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLa...tExplorer.html The sunshield should be fully open in +13 days from launch.

Plankton · 12-28-2021, 12:05 PM

Would be neat to find another habitable planet. I wonder what Heinlein would be thinking about it all.

DriveYourCarDownToTheSea · 12-29-2021, 06:09 PM

debaserr · 12-31-2021, 08:22 PM

Good song. One of the strangest I ever heard on the radio probably.

debaserr · 01-04-2022, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by NASA

Tensioning of all 5 layers of the sunshield is complete which puts the sunshield in its fully deployed state.

Temperatures on the Sun/hot side of the sunshield will reach a maximum of approximately 383K or approximately 230 degrees F and on the cold mirror/instruments side of the sunshield, a minimum of approximately 36K or around -394 degrees F. Due to the engineering of the sunshield, this incredible transition takes place across a distance of approximately six feet.

Getting closer.

https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLa...Webb.html?s=09

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rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,007	This is Comet Leonard, moving against the backdrop of the Milky Way. Venus looks like a “fake” Christmas star. Notice the solar wind creating the “tail” in front of the comet.