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Analytical Graphics, Inc

107,000 Planned Satellites By 2029

Published 29th July 2020

This video depicts the spacecraft applications that have been filed with the FCC, ITU and in some cases from announcements in mainstream media. Note that the orbit raise and disposal phases are not modeled in the video. This represents the maximum large constellation traffic we can anticipate, as some of the operators filing these applications may not survive the whole process of getting their application approved, obtaining the necessary funding, making their business case close, obtaining the necessary launch and operations tempo required to build, deploy, sustain and reenter so many spacecraft. But even if a conservative 20% of the 107,000 spacecraft shown in this video attain operational status, that represents a 10X increase in the number of active spacecraft being operated today.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=oWB7ZySDHg8

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Seeker

Diamonds Could Unlock The Mysteries Of Earth’s Core

Published 30th July 2020



We’ve never been able to journey to the center of the Earth, but thanks to an incredibly innovative experiment, we may not have to go there to understand what it's like.

Historically, we’ve explored our planet's interior using seismic measurements—basically, measuring vibrations that pass through the Earth to tell us more about what’s going on in there. Thanks to research like this we know the Earth has an innermost, super dense solid core, surrounded by a less dense, liquid outer core

But now, an exciting new experiment tells us details about the Earth’s core that we’ve never had access to before by using something called a diamond anvil cell, two diamonds pressed together to create a tremendous amount of pressure, to achieve its results.

By putting a sample of a material in a diamond anvil cell we can see how it behaves under these extreme pressures, which is exactly what these researchers did with liquid iron. Iron is not only the 6th most abundant element in the universe, it’s also thought to make up a large part of the core of our own planet, and the cores of Mercury and Mars.

Read More:

First of its kind experiment uses diamond anvils to simulate the Earth's core
https://phys.org/news/2020-04-kind-d...ate-earth.html
"For the first time, experiments and simulations have shown researchers details about this outer core that were previously unobtainable. And these studies reveal some fascinating details."

Why is the earth's core so hot? And how do scientists measure its temperature?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...arths-core-so/
" Iron is the only element that closely matches the seismic properties of the earth's core and is also sufficiently abundant present in sufficient abundance in the universe to make up the approximately 35 percent of the mass of the planet present in the core."

Earth's inner core is doing something weird
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/s...-tests-reveal/
"Better understanding the history and current dynamics of the iron blob nestled within our planet could yield more clues to the processes charging and stabilizing our magnetic field—a geologic force field that protects our world from various kinds of harmful radiation."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=T8eR8o0KzSw

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VolcanoYT

Timelapse | Merapi Volcano, Indonesia

Recorded & Published 30th July 2020

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=PVcr46nsxso

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Volcano Time-Lapse

Explosion | Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala

Recorded & Published 29th July 2020

At 02:13 CDT an activity registered.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=HvSISjJrizg

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Ejecta| Popocatepetl Volcano, Mexico

Recorded 29th & Published 30th July 2020

At 20:49 CDT ejecta was observed at Popocatepetl Volcano.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Gs1tm4Rm0tw

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MetaBallStudios

Moons Size Comparison

Published 18th July 2020

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZhpcDI3pYl8

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Dr Becky Smethurst

The Mysterious Echo From The Sun: The IBEX Ribbon

Published 29th July 2020

In 2009 the IBEX satellite detected an excess of atoms reflected back from a particular spot at the edge of the solar system that originally came from the Sun. To this day this echo, dubbed the "IBEX ribbon" is unexplained. Could it be something to do with the Milky Way's magnetic field? Or something more sinister that might affect future human exploration of the solar system?

McComas et al. (2009) - https://science.sciencemag.org/conte...02B5AgURVJDf3Q
Heerikhuisen + (2010) - https://iopscience.iop.org/article/1...708/2/L126/pdf
Schwadron & McComas (2013) - https://iopscience.iop.org/article/1...X/764/1/92/pdf
Grzedzielski et al. (2010)- https://iopscience.iop.org/article/1.../715/2/L84/pdf (public; https://arxiv.org/pdf/1004.3917.pdf)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3sp-FsgSslU

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Astrum

Are We Actually In A Nebula?

Published 28th July 2020

What really is a nebula, and are we in fact in one? What is the Local Interstellar Cloud? Astrum Answers!

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9BV8X76iLF8

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Learn The Sky

Rho Ophiuchi

Published 28th June 2020

The Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex is a region of this sky in the southern portion of the constellation Ophiuchus. This nebula stretches into the boundaries of Scorpius and lies close to Antares, the brightest star of the scorpion constellation. It is estimated to be 3,000 times more massive than our own Sun. This stellar nursery is close to our own Solar System at an estimated 400 to 460 light years away.

0:40 - Ophiuchus Pattern
1:05 - Star Map of Ophiuchus
3:03 - Celestial Object in Ophiuchus
3:33 - Map of Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex
5:37 - Overview of Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex
10:26 - Photo Attributes

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6F2Wke8hBYc

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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

What's Up: August 2020

Published 31st July 2020

What are some skywatching highlights in August 2020? See the Moon posing with various planets throughout the month, plus catch the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=fuuUbYjN9Oo

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Lowell Observatory



Mars Hill Almanac | What's In The Sky August 1st - 14th 2020?

Published 1st August 2020

Tune in on the 1st and 15th of each month to see what's happening in the night sky over the next couple weeks or so.

Highlights for August 1-14 include Jupiter and Saturn in the sky all night long, with Mars rising late in the evening, and the Perseid meteor shower on August 11. We also look at the constellation Sagittarius and some its many deep-sky objects, including the Lagoon nebula (M8) and the Trifid Nebula (M20).

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xyShbSlsPGc

Related musical interlude

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=dsvbuaLeWrU

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 31st July - 2nd August 2020

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xmfDZHwbdyQ

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=gRpHKaY9HZo

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZisRKACHe_U

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Geoengineering Watch



Global Alert News | Episode 260



Published 1st August 2020

While most are understandably focused on the societal changes that have taken place in recent months, existential background threats are being almost completely overlooked. Distracting populations from dire and immediate environmental threats serves establishment objectives of maintaining public complacency. The ozone layer continues to collapse, an updated report from a former NASA contract engineer is covered in this broadcast. How long has climate engineering been deployed? A just acquired report from a US Navy officer that sounds the alarm is also covered in this broadcast.

Supporting link: https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/...st-1-2020-260/

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=_qdhxKifpPw

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Weather Events

Worldwide Wild Weather

Recorded 31st July & Published 1st August 2020

Turks & Caicos Islands - Severe flooding
Puerto Rico - Severe flooding July 31st
Dominican Republic - severe flooding July 31st
Bahamas - Hurricane July 31st
South Korea - Flooding July 31st
France - Fire July 31st
Las Vegas, USA - Fire July 31st
Sudan - Dam Collapse July 31st

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=avh2nBVQOrs

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=FuqU_CqFZZ0

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=pofYDd_Od5o

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 3rd August 2020 | Solar Wind, Freshwater Changes, Extinction Review

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=pnX9BUqhroQ

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What Da Math? With Anton Petrov

Early Earth Expanded & Cracked - Creating Continents

Published 31st July 2020



In this video Anton will talk about a new analysis that suggests origins of the plate tectonics on Earth.

Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17480-2
Plate tectonics simulation by Ian Webster: https://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth
Plate tectonic PHET sim: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulat...lpha&view=grid

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=iZhOq8KgWAk

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Study Suggests Dark Matter Could Form Some Craters On Earth

Published 2nd August 2020

In this video Anton will talk about a study that suggests certain craters on Earth may be produced by a type of particles that could also be dark matter.

More about Strange Matter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_matter
Paper: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2007/2007.04826.pdf
Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-09087-3
Thorough explanation of strangelets: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1904.04534.pdf
Simple explanation: https://science.howstuffworks.com/sc...nge-matter.htm

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qSwwD9OQEsY

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Box Van Dee

Meteor Crater In Arizona - A Wonder Of The World

Published 30th July 2020

A lady called Dee takes us on a field trip...

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=_v0ygjyAlGQ

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Nemesis Maturity

Earth Is Entering A Stream Of Debris From The Perseid Meteor Shower

Published 3rd August 2020

Earth is entering a stream of debris from giant Comet Swift-Tuttle, source of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Forecasters expect the shower to peak on the morning of Aug. 12th with many fireballs slicing through the light of a last-quarter Moon. NASA's network of all-sky cameras is already detecting a few Perseid fireballs every night over the USA.

Comet Swift-Tuttle has a huge nucleus--about 26 km in diameter. Most other comets are much smaller, with nuclei only a few kilometers across. As a result, Comet Swift-Tuttle produces a large number of meteoroids, many of which are hefty enough to produce fireballs.

Indeed, a 6-year study by NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office found that the Perseids produce more fireballs than any other annual shower.

During the Perseid meteor shower, which lasts for weeks, comet debris particles a few cm wide hit the atmosphere with an average speed of 59.6 km/s (133,350 mph). The average magnitude of the resulting fireballs is -3.7, about as bright as Venus. More fireballs are in the offing as Earth moves deeper into the comet's debris stream. Generally speaking, the best time to look is during the dark hours before sunrise when the shower's radiant is high in the sky.

Read all about it here: https://www.newsweek.com/asteroid-pa...r-year-1521046

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=_CrDUOYESGo

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NASA Goddard

Studying Trojan Asteroids With Lucy

Published 3rd August 2020

NASA’s Lucy mission is launching in 2021 and will fly by seven different Trojan asteroids that are orbiting the same distance from the Sun as Jupiter. This video highlights the four main science objectives and the instruments aboard the spacecraft that will be utilized. Lucy will be the first space mission to study the Trojan asteroids, which are remnants of our early solar system.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ROjnwRjzoZo

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Lowell Observatory



Sagas In The Sky | Lyra

Published 2nd August 2020

Sagas in the Sky explores some of the stories behind the stars in the night sky. In this episode, we look at the stories connected to Lyra.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=inJfKoKrYKs

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EarthSky.org

Is There Life Below The Martian Surface?

Published 3rd August 2020



Galactic cosmic rays that penetrate the Martian surface can potentially trigger the kind of chemical reactions that biological life can harness for metabolism. That’s according to a new study published July 28, 2020 in Scientific Reports, an online peer-reviewed journal published by Nature. Researcher Dimitra Atri – of New York University Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates – is lead author of the new study, which peers (theoretically) below the Martian surface to see how likely it is for life to survive. He said:

It is exciting to contemplate that life could survive in such a harsh environment, as few as 2 meters [6 feet] below the surface of Mars.

Read all about it here: https://earthsky.org/space/is-there-...artian-surface

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NASA's Missing UFO Reports: Found

Published 28th July 2020

00:00 Intro
1:32 Carter White House writes NASA
3:25 NASA says they don't study them
4:00 Condon Report missing chapter
5:19 Gemini 4 first UFO sighting
6:50 Gemini 4 second UFO sighting
7:24 Gemini 7 UFO sighting
8:54 Conclusion

The Condon Report, funded by the U.S. Air Force, was published in 1968 and suggested continued study of UFOs would yield no scientific discoveries. Buried in the report, though, are three "unidentifieds" determined to be UFOs seen by astronauts in Earth's orbit in 1965.

The astronauts on Gemini 4 and 7 saw the objects, and after thorough examination, even the Condon analyst deemed them a puzzle and ruled them unknown.

This is curious for two reasons. One: the chapter of astronaut sightings has mysteriously gone missing from many mainstream versions of the report, such as the primary copy on file at the Defense Technical Information Center. It is also missing from the Internet Archive. Only in an obscure Dept. of Commerce database can we find this missing chapter.

Two: NASA's own form letter they sent to UFO inquiries for decades cited the Condon Report as evidence that it didn't need to look at UFOs, and even claimed the astronaut sighings were nothing, at odds with Condon. This comes despite internal memos stating NASA was informally collecting UFO debris under a nicknamed operation "UFOHEAP."

Sources in order of mention

R.C. Henry paper and memos: https://documents.theblackvault.com/...fodocsnasa.pdf

Condon Report with missing chapter: https://documents2.theblackvault.com...t-Complete.pdf

NTRL search: https://ntrl.ntis.gov/NTRL/

DTIC version with missing pages: https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/680975.pdf

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=yrKLrBwUiAA