Up At The Ranch And Beyond

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 12th October 2019 | Starwater, Fusion, Heavy Disk, Super Stars

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APOD Podcast

Interplanetary Earth

Published 12th October 2019

In today's image, we see two images of the Earth as taken from space back in 2013. One is from the Cassini spacecraft which was orbiting Saturn and the other from the MESSENGER spacecraft that had been orbiting Mercury.

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Space.com & Asteroid Station

Pyramid-Size Asteroid To Hurtle Past Earth

Published 12th October 2019

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Another day, another pyramid-size space rock barreling past Earth.

This time, the fast-moving visitor's name is 2019 SX5, and it's expected to pay our cosmic neighborhood a visit tonight (Oct. 10). SX5 is estimated to measure as much as 459 feet (140 meters) in diameter, about the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza. It's traveling at a blistering 49,000 mph (78,900 km/h) and will reach its closest point to our planet at around 11:07 p.m. GMT (7:07 p.m. ET), according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) (https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/).

Read all about it here: https://www.space.com/asteroid-flyby-earth-pyramid.html

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Asteroid Station

Asteroid (2019 TT1) Close Approach on October 13th 2019

Published 10th October 2019

Asteroid Station with an excellent audio/visual report on Asteroid (2019 TT1) which is due to make a close appoach to Earth today.

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Kevin Wang

Meteor | Songyuan, Jilin Province, China | 0:16 11th October 2019

Published 11th October 2019

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Space.com

Bright Fireball Streaks Across Northeast China Skies

Published 11th October 2019

On Oct. 11, 2019, a fireball lit up the skies above Songyuan City, Jilin Province in northeast China. A car's dash cam captured video of it. Several street cameras also recorded the "suspected meteorite lightening up sky," according to China Central Television.

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John Michael Godier's Event Horizon

Leah Crane | The Interstellar Comet Borisov

Published 19th September 2019

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We have a second interstellar visitor, C/2019 Q4 Borisov is the second interstellar object to come into our solar system. And the first one since the mysterious interstellar object Oumuamua. Science and physics reporter for New Scientist Leah Crane joins John Michael Godier on Event Horizon to discuss the details of the discovery of C/2019 Q4 Borisov and what its current trajectory is. As well as where it is going and where it possibly came from.

An Interstellar Comet? C/2019 Q4 Comet Borisov
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We may have spotted an interstellar comet flying towards Earth
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2216237-we-may-have-spotted-an-interstellar-comet-flying-towards-earth/

Leah Crane Twitter: https://twitter.com/DownHereOnEarth

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John Michael Godier

Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov Update For October 12th 2019

Published 12th October 2019

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An update in John's continuing coverage of 2I/Borisov, the first known interstellar comet.

Papers:

https://www.iac.es/en/outreach/news/gran-telescopio-canarias-obtains-visible-spectrum-c2019-q4-borisov-first-confirmed-interstellar-comet

"Detection of CN gas in Interstellar Object 2I/Borisov", Fitzsimmons et al, 2019

https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.12144

"Kruger 60 -- a plausible home system of the interstellar comet C/2019 Q4", Piotr A. Dybczyński, 2019

https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.10952

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Geoengineering Watch

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Global Alert News | Episode 218

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Broadcast & Published 13th October 2019

Abrupt weather swings are becoming rapidly more extreme, many are now finally beginning to notice and ask questions. The “news” theater continues to eclipse much more critical breaking headlines.
Though the horizon continues to darken, now more than ever our collective efforts to sound the alarm matters. The sooner populations are awakened and mobilized to face what is unfolding, the more we may yet have to salvage of our planet's life support systems. The battle to turn the tide of insanity has been incredibly long and arduous, but now more than ever we need to maintain our course

Supporting link: https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/geoengineering-watch-global-alert-news-october-12-2019-218/

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SpaceNews.com

Stratolaunch Gets A Mystery New Owner

Published 12th October 2019

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Stratolaunch, the venture founded by the late Paul Allen to develop an air-launch system, has “transitioned” ownership, but the company is not disclosing who the new owner is.

In a brief statement Oct. 11, Stratolaunch said that it “transitioned ownership and is continuing regular operations.” The company had been owned by Vulcan Inc., the holding company of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, since its founding in 2011.

The announcement does not state who the new owner is, or the terms of the transaction. A Stratolaunch spokesperson told SpaceNews that the company is “not sharing any details about the new ownership or details of the transaction at this time.”

Read all about it here: https://spacenews.com/stratolaunch-gets-mystery-new-owner/

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Al Jazeera

Talk To Al Jazeera | Dr Maria Teresa Ruiz & Dr Jose Maza Sancho | Chilean Astrophysicists On Alien Life, Mars & Space Exploration

Published 12th October 2019

In the coming years, Chile is expected to host 70 percent of global astronomical infrastructure.

In the Atacama Desert, the world's two largest telescopes - the ELT and the Giant Magellan - are under construction. When complete, they will provide direct views of planets in other solar systems. This will be an astronomical first.

Celestial objects have been observed and studied since the beginning of time. The planets and stars have helped human beings understand the cosmos, the way it functions, and its impact on our lives. Since Galileo Galilei became the first astronomer to use a telescope for his observations in the 17th century, humanity has devised newer and better ways to study the universe.

But what will these new facilities help us to discover? How will they change the way we look at our universe? And will they help answer the one question many are curious about: Is there extraterrestrial life?

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It's Bloody Science!

Hacking Spacetime With A Warp Drive

Published 12th October 2019

"An Examination of Warp Theory and Technology to Determine the State of the Art and Feasibility," J. Agnew (2019): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335213493_An_Examination_of_Warp_Theory_and_Technology_to_Determine_the_State_of_the_Art_and_Feasibi lity

Today, we return with a new episode of Physics Unsolved on something that is slowly gaining more attention in mainstream physics: the warp drive, or Alcubierre Drive. First proposed in the 1990s, this theoretical device would allow a ship to travel between two points faster than light without actually breaking any rules of general relativity. How?

By traveling in a warp bubble. This would allow a ship to travel with space as it moved. As Joseph Agnew of University of Alabama in Huntsville explains (whose paper is linked below), the ship "is relocated by the expansion and contraction of spacetime.”

The math works out on this and has been advanced by a handful of noteworthy physicists over the years, but we're still searching for ways to create the actual warp. The detection of gravitational waves confirms spacetime can warp, it's just a matter of figuring out (1) how to cause a warp artificially, (2) how to control the warp so a ship or drone could be placed in it and (3) how to control the direction and velocity of the warp.

As discussed in the video, there are several promising areas of research that may shed light on how to create warps.

"Metamaterial-based model of the Alcubierre warp drive," Igor I. Smolyaninov (2011): https://arxiv.org/pdf/1009.5663.pdf

"How Current Loops and Solenoids Curve Space-time," Andre Fufza (2015): https://arxiv.org/pdf/1504.00333.pdf

"The warp drive: hyper-fast travel within general relativity," Miguel Alcubierre (1994): https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0e1f/6aaae0fc62e638e46804c418ad71d27b6533.pdf

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Fade To Black Radio

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TTSA Tic-Tac Dubunked By Coast Guard???

Recorded & Published 12th October 2019

On October 10, 2019, during live calls from the audience, we got a call from J.R., who said his neighbor was in the Coast Guard in 2003 and witnessed something during joint exercises with the US Navy off the coast of California... and Jimmy asked JR to call back with the witness, Kelvis. Later during the broadcast, J.R. and Kelvis called back into the show and what follows here is the entire testimony, unedited, from start to finish.

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Ancient Astronaut Archive

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Medieval UFOs & Alien Plagues

Published 12th October 2019

The link between unusual aerial phenomena and the BlackDeath was established immediately during the first outbreaks of the Plague in Asia. The first reports of the Plague came out of the East with descriptions of storms, meteors and comets trailing noxious gases that killed trees and destroyed the fertility of the land. It seems reasonable to conclude that these strange flying objects were doing more than just spreading disease: they were also apparently spraying chemical or biological defoliants from the air. Perhaps more interesting is that these accounts echo the ancient Mesopotamian tablets which described defoliation of the landscape by the Anunnaki! Many human casualties from the Black Death may have been caused by such defoliants.

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SpaceDaily.com

The Search For Extrasolar Planets Continues

Published 15th October 2019

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The discovery of the first exoplanet almost 25 years ago changed our perception of the origin and evolution of the Universe and challenged the uniqueness of our own Solar System. Today, scientists from the German Aerospace Center and other organisations are using new techniques and instruments on ESA missions such as CHEOPS and PLATO to set their sights even higher - the hunt for a second Earth.

Read all about it here: http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/The_search_for_extrasolar_planets_continues_999.html

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 13th & 14th October 2019

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Nemesis Maturity

Strange Things Going On With Our Star

Published 15th October 2019

Many of us take the sun for granted giving it little thought until it scorches our skin or gets in our eyes. But our star is a fascinating and complex object, a gigantic fusion reactor that gives us life.

When we look up at the sun from Earth, it seems calm and unchanging. The truth is quite different. The sun is changing. Even small changes in solar activity can impact Earth's climate in significant and surprisingly complex ways, researchers say.

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The Largest Structure In The Universe

Published 14th October 2019

Galaxies are titanic swarms of tens of millions to trillions of stars. Between the stars, there can be vast interstellar clouds and dust. Astronomers say they've found the biggest structure in the universe. They named it the BOSS Great Wall (BGW).

The BOSS Great Wall is a supercluster of galaxies over 1 billion light years across, making it the largest structure observed in the universe so far. This wall is made up of 830 separate galaxies that gravity has corralled into four superclusters, connected by massive filaments of hot gas.

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APOD Podcast

13th & 14th October 2019 | A Stellar Jewel Box: Open Cluster NGC 290 & Andromeda Before Photoshop

In today's image, we see an example of an open cluster of stars. These are relatively young clusters of stars which contain a decent number of hot, blue stars which have rather short lifespans.

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In today's image, we see the Andromeda Galaxy, also known as M31. The first image is the raw image which includes airplane and satellite trails as well as meteors, cosmic rays and bad pixels which distract from the galaxy itself. The second image has had all fo this cleaned up by removing the unnecessary and distracting elements.

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Mathisen Corollary

Celestial Foundations Of Revelation Chapter Nine

Published 14th October 2019

The world’s ancient myths, scriptures, and sacred stories are built upon a common system of celestial metaphor in which characters and events correspond to specific constellations and evoke a code based upon heavenly cycles.

In this video, I explore some of the celestial foundations for the events described in Revelation chapter 9. Seeing that this chapter of Revelation is clearly describing specific constellations was personally very significant in my own journey of discovery regarding the celestial foundations of humanity’s ancient myths.

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Prehistory Decoded

The Feline Zodiacal Symbol & True Age Of The Sphinx

Published 12th October 2019

This video attempts to show that the feline symbol represented the constellation Cancer, not Leo, in the ancient European zodiac, and therefore reveals the true age of the Great Sphinx of Giza.

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 15th October 2019 | Quake Watch, Core Confusion, Cosmic Photobomb

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APOD Podcast

The Galaxy Above

Published 15th October 2019

In today's image, we see a portion of our Milky Way Galaxy. Here we will also see the planet Jupiter, the bright star Antares as well as dark dust clouds, emission nebulae and bright blue stars in our Milky Way.

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Space.com

Venus May Not Have Been As Earthlike As Scientists Thought

Published 15th October 2019

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Was Venus once covered in a liquid water ocean? A new study suggests it was not, which could diminish hope that eons ago, warm and wet conditions allowed life to arise on the planet.

Today, Venus' climate is far from temperate. The planet is completely shielded by clouds and has a hell-like surface; a runaway greenhouse gas effect makes for lead-melting temperatures of more than 700 degrees Fahrenheit (370 degrees Celsius).

Read all about it here: https://www.space.com/venus-not-so-earthlike-after-all.html

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Space Junk Menace: New Guidelines Urged To Help Fight Orbital Debris Threat

Published 15th October 2019

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The final frontier may need a little taming.

About 2,000 operational satellites currently zoom around Earth, studying our planet's weather, beaming down telecommunications data and performing a variety of other tasks. But that number has been rising steadily as the costs of building and launching spacecraft fall, and it's about to make some big leaps.

For example, SpaceX, Amazon and OneWeb all plan to set up internet-satellite megaconstellations in the near future. This past May, SpaceX launched to low-Earth orbit the first 60 members of its Starlink network, which could eventually feature up to 12,000 satellites.

Read all about it here: https://www.space.com/space-junk-threat-satellites-guidelines-reduce-orbital-debris.html

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Martian Colonist

Mars Mission Update: October 2019

Published 15th October 2019

Aspiring Martian Colonist and Exoplanet Researcher Ryan MacDonald discusses SpaceX's latest Starship design, their future plans, and the where and why of landing humans on Mars. Prospects for using 3D printing, bioregenerative life support, and new surface exploration suits to support human Mars missions are also investigated.

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Institute For Advanced Study

Matthew Holman | The Continuing Search For Planet Nine

Published 15th October 2019

Matthew Holman shares why the theorises that there are undiscovered planets within our solar system using the most recent NASA data.

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Scott Manley

Why The Juno Spacecraft Is Afraid Of The Dark?

Published 3rd October 2019

It's been 3 years since Juno arrived at Jupiter and it's array of sensors have transformed our understanding of the planet. It makes low passes over the giant planet every 53 days and due to timing of these orbits it was going to end up in Jupiter's shadow for 12 hours, long enough to kill the spacecraft.

Find out more about Juno here: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/main/index.html

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Thunderbolts Project

Space News | Our Lightning-Scarred Moon – The Evidence Grows

Published 15th October 2019

A striking example of so-called settled science which was settled prematurely is the question of how the moon got its craters. As we entered the Space Age, the debate among geologists and astronomers only considered two hypotheses — impacts, and volcanism. After Apollo astronauts returned lunar samples to Earth, analysis revealed a tremendous portion of the material was composed of shocked and welded minerals.

Thus, the impact origin of lunar craters became the consensus scientific theory, and remains so today. Of course, like so much settled science, the dilemma was settled without the successful resolution of countless anomalies.

In this episode, we explore the growing scientific evidence that interplanetary lightning bolts carved the lunar surface.

The Craters are Electric: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGKhrETwhl0

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It's Bloody Science!

New NASA Spacesuits Are Pretty Damn Cool

Published 15th October 2019

NASA's Artemis Program is the true successor to the Apollo program 50 years ago, and it will bring the U.S. back to the Moon in a series of missions throughout the 2020s. The agency just unveiled two new spacesuits for use on missions: the (orange) OCSS for use inside the Orion vehicles, and the (red, white and blue) xEMU suit, used for moon, planet and spacewalks.

The innovations in the xEMU are particularly notable in that they allow for much greater mobility than past moonsuits — astronauts can now walk on the surface of the Moon rather than hop like past missions. Improved dust filtration systems are also included, along with more system backups and a design that allows them to be modified for future missions to Mars.

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Virgin Galactic

Virgin Galactic Spacewear Unveiling

Streaming Live @ Time Of Posting

Virgin Galactic unveil their spacewear for the first time to the public.

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 16th October 2019 | Galactic Mysteries, Coronal-Quake Connection

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APOD Podcast

BHB 2007: A Baby Binary Star In Formation

Published 16th October 2019

In today's image, we see BHB 2007. This is one of the best examples we have of a binary star system in the process of formation. In a million years or so, the formation will have completed and a new binary system will exist.

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SciShow Space

Brown Dwarfs: Space's Strangely Important Oddballs

Published 15th October 2019

You’d think it would be easy to tell if an object in space was a star or a planet - is it big, hot, and shining? It’s a star! Small, cool, and made of rock and gas? Planet! But cosmic oddities know as brown dwarfs remind us that the universe is more complicated and interesting than that.

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Asgardia Space Nation

Space Science & Investment Congress

Published 14th - 16th October 2019

The vision behind the first Asgardia Space Science and Investment Congress is to bring 250 people together from academia, aerospace industry, as well as investors, who are eager to shape the future for living in space. The time has come to create space environments besides the ISS where humans can live for extended periods. The congress will focus on the science and technology required to support these first permanent space habitats, including:

Overcoming cosmic radiation / Living in artificial and lunar gravity / Procreation and growing up in space
Other topics include life support systems, space tourism, energy harvesting, recycling, human performance, commercial space transportation, space physiology, new materials, space architecture, counter measures, astrobiology, water and oxygen supply, space debris, space weather.

ASIC offers a unique new forum to bring together experts and scientists from multiple disciplines, from all space agencies, universities and industries worldwide, to address these challenges as we look towards the future of humanity. The congress is for everyone who is curious about human spaceflight and paving the road towards permanent space inhabitation. The program will include topic-led sessions with top level key-note lectures, panel discussions, and individual lectures/presentations. There will also be poster areas in which PhD students and others are encouraged to present their work.

Day One

Opening Ceremony & Artificial Gravity Session

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Procreation In Space Session

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Day Two

Manufacturing & Industry Session

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Session On Investors

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Space Law & LEO Session

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Day Three

Session On Space Physiology

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Session On Radiation

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General Session & Closing

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AmericaSpace.com

Mission To Earth's Twisted Twin: Remembering The Magellan Voyage To Venus, 25 Years On

Published 13th October 2019

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Twenty-five years ago, this month, a tiny spacecraft ended a remarkable mission which successfully mapped over 90 percent of the surface of Venus and, in so doing, unmasked its cloud-obscured surface for the first time and revealed tantalizing truths about a planet so similar to Earth in size, yjet so different in virtually every other aspect. NASA’s Magellan mission—named for the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who first circumnavigated the globe in the early 16th century—had been launched aboard shuttle Atlantis in May 1989 and reached Venus 15 months later in August 1990. It went on to acquire unprecedented Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery of craters, volcanoes, flat plains, hills, ridges and other geological features on a world long described as Earth’s “evil twin”. So impressively comprehensive were Magellan’s results that they revealed more about Venus in four short years than had been achieved in centuries of ground-based observation.

Read all about it here: https://www.americaspace.com/2019/10/13/mission-to-earths-twisted-twin-remembering-the-magellan-voyage-to-venus-25-years-on/

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NewsWeek.com

NASA Engineer Proposes 'Helical Engine' For Interstellar Travel With No Propellant

Published 14th October 2019

An engineer who works for NASA has put forward a proposal for a new way to travel through interstellar space—a "helical engine" that could, potentially, push a spacecraft forward without the need for any propellant at all.

David Burns, from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, presented his idea on the space agency's Technical Reports Server, (https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20190029657) which provides access to documents relating to aerospace that were created or funded by NASA, including meetings, journal papers, reports and patents, among others. Burns' research, which he funded himself, is described as an "attempt to define an in-space propulsion engine that does not expend propellant."

Read all about it here: https://www.newsweek.com/helical-engine-nasa-engineer-space-travel-1465012

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EarthSky.org

New Telescope To ‘See Inside’ Hot Jupiter Exoplanets

Published 16th October 2019

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Exoplanets – worlds orbiting distant suns – are very, very far away. Astronomers are learning what some might look like, and what’s in their atmospheres. Soon – for the first time – a new telescope will be able to “see inside” some exoplanets.

Read all about it here: https://earthsky.org/space/nenufar-radio-telescope-magnetic-fields-hot-jupiter-exoplanets

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Black Vault Radio

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Grant Cameron | Stanton Friedman Files

Published 15th October 2019

Grant Cameron joins me to talk about his recent work within the Stanton Friedman files. He has made some fascinating discoveries thus far, which offer a rare glimpse into the work of a legend in the field that will be sorely missed.

Grant, a legend himself, will share what he has found!

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The Hannibal TV

Travis Walton | Extended Interview 2019

Published 16th October 2019

Author of the "Fire in the Sky" UFO related book Travis Walton who the Hollywood movie of the same name was based on does an extended 2019 interview recorded in the area where part of his experience took place outside of Snowflake Arizona. In this video Walton covers his childhood, experience working in the woods and other jobs he's done, details on the other workers and friends of his that were involved in his situation, what he recalls from the abduction experience himself in great detail, what he dealt with upon being returned to earth, the Police investigation into what was thought to be his murder, the detailed psychological and medical testing done on himself and his co-workers, theories on why he was abducted, thoughts on his critics, thoughts on the Hollywood movie that was done about him and what was incorrectly portrayed in the movie, thoughts on other people who say they've had similar experiences, details on his personal life, why he thinks the aliens might be visiting earth for and a lot more!

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Higher Journeys With Alexis Brooks

Mary Rodwell | Alien Abduction - Is This a FAMILY AFFAIR?

Published 16th October 2019

Just when you think you’ve heard it all when it comes to the perplexing reality of alien abduction and our interaction with non human species, along comes yet another account that is sure to stand you on your ear.

Mary Rodwell - a true researcher and explorer into the ET and human hybrid reality, continues to find some of the most intriguing stories on the planet - AND OFF!

This time she shares with us her communication with a family in Brazil, ALL of whom have had multiple interactions with non-human intelligence. But is this family dynamic an isolated incident or more common than we may think?

The answer may surprise you!!

Visit the website of Mary Rodwell: http://www.alienlady.com

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Nemesis Maturity

Project Serpo: A Top-Secret Human Exchange Program & Interplanetary Travel

Published 16th October 2019

In 2005, an anonymous source sent a series of emails to a UFO Discussion Group led by former U.S. Government Employee Victor Martinez.

These emails detailed the existence of an Exchange Program between the U.S. Government and the Ebens – alien beings from Serpo, a planet from the Zeta Reticuli Star System. The program was thus called Project Serpo.

The source identified himself as a retired employee of the government, claiming he had participated in a special program.

The program’s origins lay with the two UFO crashes in New Mexico in 1947, the famous Roswell incident and another one in Corona.

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Dr Becky Smethurst

The Story Of The Search For Planets Outside The Solar System

Published 16th October 2019

The very first exoplanet - a planet outside of our Solar System orbiting another star - was discovered in 1995 by Didier and Mayor. They were awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics for this discovery. But why did they have to wait 24 years to win it? Often, it’s not just the discovery itself that’s worthy of the prize, but the legacy that discovery leaves. In this case, producing a whole new field of research in astrophysics and making 18,852 other research papers possible.

16th century - 00:44
18th century - 01:49
19th century - 02:39
1950s - 03:29
1960s - 07:46
1970s - 08:56
1980s - 09:28
1990s - 10:08
2000s - 15:22
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Help discover more exoplanets by classifying transits in new data from the TESS telescope: https://planethunters.org

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 17th October 2019 | Earthquake, Storm Alert, Comet, Baby Planets

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Asteroid Station

Five Newly Detected Asteroids: Close Approach All On The Same Day

Published 17th October 2019

Asteroid Station with a report on five NEOs due to make a close approach to Earth today.

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NASA

Hubble Observes First Confirmed Interstellar Comet

Published 16th October 2019

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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has given astronomers their best look yet at an interstellar visitor — comet 2I/Borisov — whose speed and trajectory indicate it has come from beyond our solar system.

This Hubble image, taken on Oct. 12, 2019, is the sharpest view of the comet to date. Hubble reveals a central concentration of dust around the nucleus (which is too small to be seen by Hubble).

Comet 2I/Borisov is only the second such interstellar object known to have passed through the solar system. In 2017, the first identified interstellar visitor, an object officially named 'Oumuamua, swung within 24 million miles of the Sun before racing out of the solar system. "Whereas 'Oumuamua appeared to be a rock, Borisov is really active, more like a normal comet. It's a puzzle why these two are so different," said David Jewitt of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), leader of the Hubble team who observed the comet.

Read all about it here: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/hubble-observes-1st-confirmed-interstellar-comet

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Space.com

How Can A Star Be Older Than The Universe?

Published 17th October 2019

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Space Mysteries: If the universe is 13.8 billion years old, how can a star be more than 14 billion years old?

For more than 100 years, astronomers have been observing a curious star located some 190 light years away from Earth in the constellation Libra. It rapidly journeys across the sky at 800,000 mph (1.3 million kilometers per hour). But more interesting than that, HD 140283 — or Methuselah as it's commonly known — is also one of the universe's oldest known stars.

Read all about it here: https://www.space.com/how-can-a-star-be-older-than-the-universe.html

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APOD Podcast

Moons Of Saturn

Published 17th October 2019

In today's image, we get to see 5 of Saturn's moons in a single image taken by the Cassini spacecraft. These are all much smaller than our own moon and are composed of ice rather than rock.

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Astronomy.com

Jupiter Shields Europa From Cosmic Rays That Could Erase Evidence Of Life

Published 16th October 2019

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Europa, one of Jupiter’s four largest moons, has an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy crust. In the coming years, scientists hope to send probes to the world to study the chemistry of its ocean and look for possible signs of alien life. One challenge is figuring out whether radiation hitting Europa would tamper with potential chemical evidence of life.

Luckily, it seems scientists won’t have to worry too much about this. Jupiter’s presence shields Europa from many of the energetic particles that stream through space, researchers found using a computer model. Though some of these particles, called cosmic rays, will hit Europa, the radiation dosage from them is not significant, the researchers report in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. This means that chemicals in Europa’s ocean, and signs of life they might contain, would be intact for future study.

Read all about it here: http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/10/jupiter-shields-europa-from-cosmic-rays-that-could-erase-evidence-of-life

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Exoplanets.NASA.gov

Discovery Alert: 2-Planet System Is Close & Weird

Published 16th October 2019

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GJ 15 A b and c orbit a red-dwarf star just 11 light-years away, making them our nearest multi-planet neighbors – at least among the exoplanet systems discovered so far.

Read all about it here: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1606/discovery-alert-2-planet-system-is-close-and-weird/

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Veritas TV

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Elana Freeland | Space Fence & The Weaponization Of Earth

Published 17th October 2019

It is difficult to believe that our planet has been weaponized before our very eyes, but that is exactly what has happened. First, we were seduced by the convenience of a wireless world; then, atmospheric weather experimentation in the guise of carbons "climate change" converted the air we breathe into an antenna. Now, the geo-engineering we've been subjected to for two decades is being normalized as the "Star Wars" Space Fence that rises around and within us.

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Project Camelot

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Mike Sparks | Skybolt Sabotage Of The Commercial Space Program, ETs & More

Published 17th October 2019

Mike returns to the show to discuss the history of secret space from the perspective of the UK & US.

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MJ Banias

The Weird Desk | Warp Drive & Alien Metal

Streamed & Published 17th October 2019

This week, we look at the recent work being done by scientists regarding the possibility of faster than light travel and a deep dive into Tom DeLonge’s recent purchase of “exotic” metal from an alleged crashed UFO. This is The Weird Desk, all the news that just too strange to print.

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TheDrive.com

What We Know About The Army Teaming Up With Rockstar Tom DeLonge's UFO Research Company

Published 17th October 2019

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The U.S. Army has confirmed that it has signed a cooperative research deal with former Blink 182 frontman Tom DeLonge's To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science, more commonly known as TTSA. Far better known for its activities investigating reports and sightings of UFOs, which are increasingly referred to as unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs, this new agreement covers research into metamaterials and other high technology fields that border on the realm of science fiction.

On Oct. 17, 2019, TTSA announced the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC), which is now part of that service's Futures Command. The public affairs office at CCDC's Ground Vehicle System Center (GVSC), situated at the Detroit Arsenal in Warren, Michigan, subsequently confirmed to The War Zone that this CRADA exists and that it will be responsible for executing it.

Read all about it here: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/30481/what-we-know-about-the-army-teaming-up-with-rockstar-tom-delonges-ufo-research-company

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Robot Head

Bob Lazar: Area 51, Flying Saucers & Joe Rogan - The Worst Documentary On Netflix

Published 2nd August 2019

Robot Head has the evidence they lied! (I really do) Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers is easily one of the worst documentaries ever produced. Jeremy Corbell has teamed up again with George Knapp to lie to us about what they have recently discovered. If you have watched Joe Rogan's interview let me show you what Jeremy Corbell lied about.

Contains strong language

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Richplanet.net

Acknowledged

Published 18th October 2019

Have aliens really visited us? What do they look like? Where do they come from and why are they here? Have they given us messages in Crop Circles? What historical evidence is there that aliens have been involved in the evolution or creation of humans? Is there a UFO/Alien cover up? If so, how is it kept in place?This book embodies an attempt to give some answers to the questions above, based on a compilation and distillation of evidence collected during about 15 years of ongoing research. Although this book is not written for people who are new to these topics, "newbies" and seasoned researchers alike should find something useful herein. Detailed information and over 900 references aim to give the reader a perspective on alien intervention, alien abduction, alien contact, landings and crashes. The involvement of military and intelligence interests and their influence on the so-called "Disclosure" movement is also considered. Also included is a critical look at certain prominent UFO researchers, who seem to be helping to keep certain truths obscured or marginalised.Although most or all of the information in this book has been written about elsewhere, this work attempts a synthesis of reasoned analysis which, it is hoped, will enlighten the reader and give them a new understanding about why any official type of "Disclosure" is unlikely to happen, as powerful interests need to keep their crimes covered up.

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 18th October 2019 | California Warning, Hidden Nova, Storm Alert

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APOD Podcast

Interstellar Interloper: 2I/Borisov

Published 18th October 2019

In today's image, we see a visitor from another solar system. Based on studies of the trajectory of this object, it has been determined that it comes from outside our solar system - likely ejected from another solar system billions of years ago. It is currently approaching the Sun and will make its closest approach on Dec 7 of this year.

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Asteroid Station

Asteroid (2019 TK5) Closest Approach

Published 18th October 2019

Asteroid (2019 TK5) Closest Approach On October 19, 2019

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John Michael Godier's Event Horizon

Dr. Becky Smethurst | Why There Are 10 Things You Should Know About Space

Published 17th October 2019

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What are some of the currently unanswered questions about space. The unknown objects in space, such as. What is beyond the event horizon of a black hole? Does Planet nine exist? What is planet nine’s orbit? Is planet nine a black hole? And what is the answer to the Fermi paradox? As well as if comet borisov and other interstellar objects could be examples of planet nine.

Dr. Becky joined John Michael Godlier on Event Horizon to discuss these questions which she discusses in her new book Space: 10 things you should know.

Dr. Becky's links:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Space-Things-You-Should-Know/dp/1841883824/

https://www.youtube.com/drbecky/

https://rebeccasmethurst.co.uk/

https://twitter.com/drbecky_

"What if Planet 9 is a Primordial Black Hole?", Scholtz, Unwin 2019
https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.11090

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Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Tycho's Supernova Remnant

Published 17th October 2019

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In 1572, the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe was among those who noticed a "new star" in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

Astronomers now know that this object was not new at all — it instead signaled the death of star in a supernova.

The Tycho supernova remnant is from a "Type Ia" supernova where a white dwarf star explodes after exceeding a critical mass.

Over 400 years later, data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals a clumpy and lumpy pattern of bright and fainter regions in the stellar debris.

Scientists compared the Chandra data to theoretical computer simulations to try to determine where these clumps came from.

Their research reveals the supernova itself was likely responsible, suggesting the explosion may have detonated in multiple spots on the star.

Understanding the details of Type Ia supernovas is important because astronomers use them as "standard candles" for studying the Universe on large scales.

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In 1572, the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe was among those who noticed a new bright object in the constellation of Cassiopeia. Adding fuel to the intellectual fire that Copernicus started, Tycho showed this "new star" was far beyond the Moon and that it was possible for the Universe beyond the Sun and planets to change.

Astronomers now know that Tycho's new star was not new at all. Rather it signaled the death of star in a supernova, an explosion so bright that it can outshine the light from an entire galaxy. This particular supernova was a so-called Type Ia, which occurs when a white dwarf star pulls material from, or merges with, a nearby companion star until a thermonuclear explosion is triggered. The white dwarf star is obliterated, sending its debris hurtling into space.

As with many supernova remnants, the Tycho supernova remnant, as it's known today, glows brightly in X-ray light because shock waves — similar to sonic booms from supersonic aircraft — generated by the stellar explosion heat the stellar debris up to millions of degrees Celsius. In its two decades of operation, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has captured unparalleled X-ray images of many supernova remnants.

In the Tycho supernova remnant, Chandra reveals an intriguing pattern of bright clumps and fainter holes. What caused this thicket of high-energy knots in the aftermath of this explosion? Did the explosion itself cause this clumpiness or was it something that happened afterward?

This latest image of Tycho from Chandra is providing clues. To emphasize the clumps in the image and the three-dimensional nature of Tycho, two narrow ranges of X-ray energies were selected to isolate material moving away from Earth, and moving towards us. The other colors in the image show a broad range of different energies and elements, and a mixture of directions of motion.

By comparing the Chandra image of Tycho to two different computer simulations, researchers were able to test their theoretical ideas against actual data. They found that it's most likely that the clumps came from the explosion itself. While scientists are not sure how, one possibility is that star's explosion had multiple ignition points, like dynamite sticks being set off simultaneously in different locations.

Understanding the details of how these stars explode is important because it may improve the reliability of the use of Type Ia supernovas as "standard candles" for cosmological studies. These supernovas also sprinkle elements such as iron and silicon, that are essential for life as we know it, into the next generation of stars and planets.

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Fraser Cain

How Many Stars Have Zero Planets? And More...

Streamed & Published 18th October 2019

n this week's questions show, I explain why we'll never know which stars have no planets. How we could prevent a catastrophe to Earth, and why aliens might still be a threat to us.

Check out more of Dustin Gibson's photographs at:
https://www.instagram.com/gibsonpics/

00:48 How many stars don't have planets?
02:29 Could we prevent a catastrophe?
05:16 No aliens would be a threat to us
07:38 Can I have any name for Patreon?
08:20 Why not put a laser on the solar sail spacecraft
09:40 How can neutrinos go faster than light?
10:45 How do you calculate exposure times for Hubble?
14:32 What would cause stars to collide
17:19 Why don't we track asteroids?
18:55 How do magnetars form?
20:36 How could we destroy the planet?
22:45 Can a brown dwarf become a star?

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Mag Pi

The Magnetic Fields Of The Solar System

Published 18th October 2019

A brief overview of magnetic fields of the planets in our Solar System and their origins. We begin our journey from our home planet Earth and fly away to different planets to see how their magnetic fields look like and what we know about the science behind their origin.

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 19th October 2019 | Solar Watch, Climate Cooler, Primordial Plasma

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SciShow Space

Using Galaxy Clusters To Look Into The Past

Published 18th October 2019

Gravitational lensing has given us a look @ a galaxy in the very very distant cosmic past using x-ray light. Plus news from NASA's ICON mission.

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Astrum

What Did NASA's Casini Discover About The Lakes Of Titan

Published 18th October 2019

Titan is the only other body in the solar system that can support liquid on it's surface. But not liquid water, liquid methane instead. What did Cassini discover about Saturn's moon?

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PonderWall.com

Who Owns The Moon A Space Lawyer Answers

Published 18th October 2019

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When Buzz Aldrin placed the US flag on the moon on 20th July 1969 did that act signify the establishment of an American colony on the Moon? Frans von der Dunk, A space law professor answers.

Read all about it here: https://ponderwall.com/index.php/2019/10/18/moon-owner-space-lawyer/

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Star Tsar, I just wanted to thank you for presenting this information as well as you do, I truly appreciate it. I don't hit the "Thank you" button enough!
THANK YOU!!

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Sky Scholar

Scientific Analysis - The Claim of Black Hole Image!

Published 19th October 2019

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Dr Robitaille lends his expert scrutinization to the image of the Black Hole in M87 produced in April 2019.

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BBC.co.uk

European SolO Probe Ready To Take On Audacious Mission

Published 18th October 2019

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The European spacecraft that aims to take the closest ever pictures of the Sun is built and ready for launch.

The Solar Orbiter, or SolO, probe will put itself inside the orbit of Planet Mercury to train its telescopes on the surface of our star.

Other instruments will sense the constant outflow of particles and their embedded magnetic fields.

Scientists hope the detailed observations can help them understand better what drives the Sun's activity.

Read all about it here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50040893

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Nemesis Maturity

"Ring Of Fire" Solar Eclipse 2019

Published 18th October 2019

On December 26th, skywatchers in Saudi Arabia, southern India, and parts of Indonesia will see the Moon pass directly in front of the Sun,
creating an annular solar eclipse.

Regions seeing, at least, a partial eclipse: East in Europe, Much of Asia, North/West Australia, East in Africa, Pacific, Indian Ocean.

An annular solar eclipse is also known as a "Ring of Fire" solar eclipse. The eclipse will begin at 02:29 UTC on December 26, 2019. The maximum point will take place at 05:17 UTC, and the annularity will last for 3 minutes and 40 seconds. At maximum the Moon forms a 'black hole' in the center of the Sun.

During an annular solar eclipse, the Moon is farther away from Earth than during a total solar sclipse, so it appears smaller and doen't completely cover the Sun.

Be careful when looking directly at the eclipsed Sun. The ring of sunlight during annularity is blindingly bright. Even though as much as 94% of the Sun's disk will be covered, you still need to use a solar filter or some type of projection technique.

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Bartosz Ciechanowski

Earth & Sun

Published 16th October 2019

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The day-night cycle and the cycle of the seasons have been an important part of human civilization for millennia. Today the discoveries from centuries ago are well known, but despite the superficial simplicity of Earth revolving around its axis and orbiting the Sun, the interaction between those two actually forms a fairly complex system.

This blog post will talk about space and how our planet moves through it, so it’s only fitting if we embed ourselves in the cosmos itself.

Read all about it here: https://ciechanow.ski/earth-and-sun/

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Flare Aware

19th - 20th October: 24 Hour Solar Activity

Published 20th October 2019

This short video is the 304 imagery from NASA SDO during the course of the past 24 hours (Saturday, 19 Oct 2019 to Sunday, 20 Oct 2019).
From this video you'll be able to visually see sunspot, solar flare and coronal mass ejection (CME) events from the past 24 hours. Please feel free to post remarks in our timeline for anything interesting you see.
What is a solar storm? What is emergency preparedness and how does it relate to solar storm preparedness?
Learn about solar flares and protect your family and friends by visiting http://FlareAware.com/weather. Your source for instant severe solar weather alerts direct to your phone.

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Space Weather Woman Tamitha Skov

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Space Weather News | Solar Storm Forecast | Two Coronal Holes Keep Us in Suspense

Published 17th October 2019

Although space weather continues to be quiet this week, the Sun has us in a clutch of suspense as we watch two coronal holes rotate ever closer to the Earth-strike zone. The first of these will send us a short burst of fast solar wind near week's end, while the other, larger coronal hole will send us a much larger burst of fast wind in about 10-12 days. This larger coronal hole has already brought us to storm levels the last two times it rotated Earthside and the hopes are it will give us yet another repeat performance. Aurora photographers should get ready for several shows, with the larger one bringing views of aurora to mid-latitudes near the end of the month. Outside of this, the Sun remains spotless, which means amateur radio operators and emergency responders are still suffering poor radio propagation on earth's dayside. However, GPS users should enjoy decent reception this week, even at low latitudes. Learn more details about the coming solar storms, catch up on aurora photographs from the last time these coronal holes were in view, and see what else our Sun has in store.

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Geoengineering Watch

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Global Alert News | Episode 219

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Broadcast & Published 19th October 2019

Mainstream media continues to distract the masses with an endless parade of orchestrated theater. In the meantime, on the near term horizon, existential challenges are converging on us all from every conceivable direction. Scientists are now telling us that strong storms are creating earthquakes, but is there much more to the story? How many factors are already far past the breaking point? Are populations beginning to sense that there is much they have not been told?
Our collective efforts can still make a difference for the better, but time is not on our side. Make every day count in the critical battle to sound the alarm.

Important update: we now have a new and very dedicated editor for our documentary film production, “The Dimming”. The former director unexpectedly passed away within days after committing to complete the documentary and receiving funds to do so. GeoengineeringWatch.org has expressed our deepest condolences to the director’s family and friends. The production of “The Dimming” continues in spite of unforeseen challenges. This documentary will be the first of its kind in which scientists, high ranking government officials and former US military generals confirm the ongoing climate engineering operations.
To watch “The Dimming" trailer click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDIs0E42kZA

Supporting link: https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/geoengineering-watch-global-alert-news-october-19-2019-219/

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Astro Athens

Fast Radio Burst Travels Through Three Galaxies!!

Published 19th October 2019

Hey all!! This is SUPER DUPER exciting because it is the FIRST time that a Fast Radio Burst traveled through THREE galaxies!!! FRB’s are known for intergalactic traveling but this is the first time one actually traveled through 3 galaxies and passed through the HALO of a galaxy, hence shining light on what’s happening in that halo!!!!!

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Gianluca Masi

Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (162082) 1998 HL1 | 19th October 2019

Published 19th October 2019

Brought to you by Virtual Telescope Project - www.virtualtelescope.eu

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Purdue Engineering

Daniel Scheeres | The Future of Asteroid Exploration (Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx Missions)

Published 19th October 2019

Daniel J. Scheeres is a Distinguished Professor and the A. Richard Seebass Endowed Chair at University of Colorado Boulder.

In this lecture, Scheeres discusses the technical challenges and state of the art of spacecraft operations in the asteroid environment. It will also give an overview of both the Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx missions and discuss the extreme and exciting orbital dynamics environment in which these spacecraft are operating. We will also discuss future areas of research that are motivated by these missions, both in pursuit of new scientific discoveries and of autonomous operations about solar system bodies.

Daniel's section starts @ 4:41

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Harvard-Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics

Grant Kennedy | The Comets That Orbit Other Stars

Published 17th October 2019

Grant will talk about recent work on the small bodies that orbit other stars. We see the dust produced in collisions between these bodies as debris disks, and the large bodies when their comae transit their host stars. A few comet transits have now been detected in broadband space-based photometry, and I will outline the first efforts towards these discoveries. These new detections are complimented by prior transient calcium absorption features, and I will show how the acceleration of these lines provides new constraints on the orbits of the transiting bodies around beta Pictoris. Finally, I will show some new detections of warm dust towards Sun-like stars, and discuss why these detections suggest comets as a probable dust source.

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Aaron Labertew

Meteor Outside Indianola, Iowa

Published 17th October 2019

Aaron caught this meteor on the dashcam of his Model 3 on the way home from class on October 17th 2019. Skip to 0:36 for the show!

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Anton Petrov

Galactic Evolution & Why We Might Be The First Life In The Milky Way

Published 19th October 2019

This guys name is Anton and in this video, he will talk about a new study that explains how galaxies evolve over time.

Related paper: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/488/3/3109/5526240

Music: Home-We're Finally Landing https://soundcloud.com/home-2001

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Are you :hungry: :ufo: :fans:
Been a little while huh? Okay let's go!

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Dark Journalist

Dr. Joseph Farrell | The Rudolf Hess Mess!

Published 19th October 2019

Dark Journalist & Special Guest Dr. Joseph Farrell Nazi Bell Antarctica Mystery Part 1!

Topics:
Antarctica
Nazi Bell
Rudolf Hess Clones
Hess Peace Mission
Esoteric Societies
Secret Occult Pact

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Theory QED

The "Truth" about Operation Highjump Admiral Byrd In Antarctica - Nazi UFOs? Hollow Earth?

Published 19th October 2019

To quote TheoryQED

"What is the bitter truth waiting for us at the end of the Earth? In this video I explain the massive amount of misinformation surrounding Admiral Byrd's expedition to Antarctica with the U.S. Navy.
The Black Vault article (https://www.theblackvault.com/casefiles/arctic-ufo-photographs-uss-trepang-ssn-674-march-1971/) with photos. What do you think really happened down there? Send me him best evidence and ask questions if you disagree."

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Admiral Byrd interview

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Exopolitik

Dr. Roberto Pinotti | The Secret UFO Research Mussolini

Published 18th October 2019

Italy's fascist dictator Mussolini apparently maintained a secret UFO research program. Roberto Pinotti out - Which country was the first to investigate UFO sightings? Most people think of the USA. But that is wrong. It was the Italians, back in the 1930s. This was found by the Italian UFO researcher Dr. Roberto Pinotti out. From 1996, secret documents were leaked to the founder of the Centro Ufologico Nazionale (CUN) research association. As a result, the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini founded a task force called "Gabinete Ricerca Speciale 33" (Cabinet Special Investigations 33), a secret group of experts investigating "non-conventional flying objects". What is behind it? And what does the Vatican know about UFOs and extraterrestrial life? About all this and more Pinotti in his presentation, which is now available on ExoMagazin.tv - either in German or English.

View the full article here: http://bit.ly/2VPVuXx

This video's audio is in German, English subtitles are available if one clicks settings then subtitles then German (Auto Generated) then settings again then subtitles again then select auto translate then select desired language.

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MysteriousUniverse.org

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The "W56” Group

Published 19th October 2019

Known as the “W56”, a group of alleged extraterrestrials made their presence clear to over one hundred people in Italy in the late 1950s. Carrying out their plans for humanity in huge clandestine underground bases, many of the contactees found themselves dragged into a whirlwind of confusion as a war between two alien races roared below them.

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Jason Bermas

China Has A New UFO Shaped Helicopter!?!

Published 16th October 2019

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Mr Bermas with news flying out of China!

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The Black Vault

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Internal Air Force/Navy E-Mails on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Revealed

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Published 18th October 2019

Just last month, the U.S. Navy went on the record stating that three videos that have circulated the mainstream media in the last two years were, in fact, considered “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena” or UAPs. Now, recently obtained e-mails from the Navy and the Air Force reveal that ranking members of both branches express different views on what they refer to as a “phenomena,” along with showing disagreement with how the overall story is being reported by the mainstream media.

The series of documents were provided to The Black Vault through two different Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the Navy and to the Air Force. Records were released for both requests in June and October respectively.

Read all about it here: https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/internal-air-force-navy-e-mails-on-unidentified-aerial-phenomena-revealed/

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 20th October 2019 | Magnetic Anomaly, Exo-Earths, Cosmic Spin

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APOD Podcast

Pluto @ Night

Published 20th October 2019

In today's image, we see a view of Pluto as taken from the New Horizons spacecraft. This image, taken from a distance of nearly 5 billion kilometers shows the night time side of Pluto - a view we can never get from Earth. The haze around the limb of Pluto is its atmosphere - composed primarily of nitrogen.

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Related musical interlude

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Dr Maggie Lieu

Jellyfish In Space!

Published 20th October 2019

Dr Lieu presents all she knows about Jellyfish Galaxies.

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Prehistory Decoded

The Younger Dryas Debate | Part One

Published 19th October 2019

Surveys the research literature surrounding the Younger Dryas debate. Part 1 discusses papers from 2007 to 2009.

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Project Camelot

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David Dubyne | Climate Revolution Solar Minimum

Published 20th October 2019

Kerry interviews David DuByne regarding his book “Climate Revolution”.

…”Climate Revolution is a ‘Must Read’ for understanding our Sun driven climate as we progress deeper into the new Eddy Grand Solar Minimum. Weather extremes leading to Global food scarcity and high food prices are here now, and this book describes the expected changes, how to survive & thrive during future challenging times with practical preparations.”–David DuByne

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APOD Podcast

A Mercury Transit Music Video From SDO

Published 21st October 2019

In today's image, we see a video showing the transit of Mercury across the face of the Sun. A transit occurs when a much smaller object passes in front of a larger object. From Earth, the only planets that can transit the Sun are Mercury and Venus and the next such transit will be one of Mercury on November 11, 2019.

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 21st October 2019 | The Sun Triggers Heart Attack, Black Hole Image?

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Alex Ansary - Outside the Box TV

Assyrian Tablets Documented Massive Solar Activity Changes 2700 Years Ago

Published 19th October 2019

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Evidence of unusual solar activity that potentially represents three huge solar storms has been discovered in ancient Assyrian cuneiform tablets. The magnetic storms documented in astrological reports correspond to tree ring data indicating events took place around 660 BC.

This potentially helps scientists to predict future magnetic storms from our sun—events that have the potential to cause major disruption to the technology systems on Earth we currently rely on.

Astronomers started observing sunspots with telescopes around 1610. These are dark patches that appear on the sun's surface and are associated with solar flares—sudden explosions that send a huge amount of radiation out into space. If solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are directed toward Earth, this radiation can result in geomagnetic storms. This is where the particles from the sun interact with Earth's atmosphere, interfering with communication systems, satellites and power grids.

"These space weather events constitute a significant threat to a modern civilization, because of its increasing dependency on an electronic infrastructure," scientists led by Hisashi Hayakawa, from Osaka University, Japan, said in a study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

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Astronomy.com article: http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/10/ancient-middle-eastern-astrologers-recorded-the-oldest-known-evidence-of-auroras

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Observatoire Géophysique, Val Terbi

Sprites Over France

Published 21st October 2019

Recorded in Montsevelier (ValTerbi) Jura with Sony a7sII, Samyang 85mm f1.4, 32000 ISO, 1080p25. On 20th October 2019

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Nemesis Maturity

Planets Aligning In The Sunset Sky

Published 21st October 2019

The five brightest planets - Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn have been known since ancient times. They can easily be seen with the naked eye if one knows when and where to look. This is the best time of the year to catch the Fab Five.

First try to see Mars sitting low in your eastern sky just before dawn.
Mars comes up only a short while before the break of day, so you don't have plenty of time to catch it. See also Regulus and Spica, two of the brightest stars in the night sky.

Four in a row after sunset
That will also be a perfect evening to see Venus, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn at the same time.

Mercury and Venus are low to the west, sitting side by side. Bright Jupiter shining to the southwest, and completing the set of four is Saturn, higher up in the south southwestern sky. See also a red supergiant star sitting between the planets. This is Antares, the brightest object in the constellation of Scorpius.

Of all the four planets, Mercury is the faintest and therefore hardest to see, so having bright Venus as a signpost to Mercury is always an advantage. Keep in mind, Mercury was at Greatest Eastern Elongation a few days ago, and this is the best time to observe the innermost planet.

Planetary Lineup
Three out of the four planets will be beautifully aligned across the sky.
From top to bottom, this planetary lineup showcases Saturn, Jupiter and Venus.

Clear Skies Everyone!

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Shooting Stars From Halley's Comet to Light up Night Sky

Published 20th October 2019

Earth is entering a stream of debris from Halley's Comet, source of the annual Orionid meteor shower. Forecasters expect the shower to peak on Oct. 21-22 with as many as 20 meteors per hour.

The best time to look is during the hours before local sunrise when the constellation Orion is high in the sky.

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UniverseToday.com

Comets & Interstellar Objects Could Be Exporting Earth Life Out Into The Milky Way

Published 21st October 2019

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For over a century, proponents of Panspermia have argued that life is distributed throughout our galaxy by comets, asteroids, space dust, and planetoids. But in recent years, scientists have argued that this type of distribution may go beyond star systems and be intergalactic in scale. Some have even proposed intriguing new mechanisms for how this distribution could take place.

For instance, it is generally argued that meteorite and asteroid impacts are responsible for kicking up the material that would transport microbes to other planets. However, in a recent study, two Harvard astronomers examine the challenges that this would present and suggest another means – Earth-grazing objects that collect microbes from our atmosphere and then get flung into deep-space.

Read all about it here: https://www.universetoday.com/143781/comets-and-interstellar-objects-could-be-exporting-earth-life-out-into-the-milky-way/

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Seeker

NASA Is Planning To Slam A Spacecraft Into An Asteroid

Published 21st October 2019

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What if a deadly asteroid was on a collision course to Earth? NASA and the ESA have come up with a solution.

Asteroids impacting Earth can be devastating—killing all the dinosaurs in existence level devastating. But even the asteroids that aren’t mass-extinction huge can be a serious threat.

Every few thousand years Earth (a.k.a. you and I) get hit with a massive asteroid the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza, so what is the plan when we get hit with the next asteroid?

We get hit with an asteroid about the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza every few thousand years, and when the next one hits it could cause massive damage to an entire region. So when we spot the next one coming, what’s the plan?

Enter: NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination office.

The Planetary Defense Coordination office is tasked with coming up with ways to protect the planet from threats from outer space.

And one of their great ideas is to smack a spacecraft head on with an oncoming asteroid to see if it can be slowed down and deflected. Members of NASA, the European Space Agency, and others are informally collaborating with a pair of missions that together are known as the Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment, or AIDA.

NASA is up first with a mission called the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART. The launch window opens on July 22, 2021, and the goal is to nail an asteroid by late September or early October the following year.

Pretty cool, huh?

The target DART is aiming at is one of a pair of binary asteroids called Didymos B. Didymos is Greek for twin, hence the Double part of DART.

While the asteroid is not on a trajectory to hit Earth, it is an ideal candidate to see just how much of an impact will affect it because Didymos B is a moonlet 160 meters across that’s orbiting the much larger asteroid Didymos A, and as luck would have it, from our perspective it passes in front and behind the larger body, causing changes in the system’s brightness that we can measure.

When DART hits Didymos B at 6.6 kilometers per second, the asteroid’s speed will change by a fraction of a percent, but that’s enough to change the time it takes to orbit Didymos A by several minutes. Enough to be detected by telescopes roughly 11 million kilometers away here on Earth.

And not any old spacecraft will do when it comes to smashing into Didymos B.

Find out more about the spacecraft that will be used on this asteroid deflection mission and more on this episode of Elements.

Read More:
We’re going to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid to try to deflect it
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614330/were-going-to-slam-a-spacecraft-into-an-asteroid-to-try-to-deflect-it/
"An Earth-bound asteroid wouldn’t have to be huge to be a problem. Even something just a couple of hundred feet across could cause widespread devastation if it hit a town or city."

DART: Double Asteroid Redirection Test
https://dart.jhuapl.edu/Mission/
"An on-orbit demonstration of asteroid deflection is a key test that NASA and other agencies wish to perform before any actual need is present."

EARTH’S FIRST MISSION TO A BINARY ASTEROID, FOR PLANETARY DEFENCE
https://www.esa.int/Safety_Security/Hera/Earth_s_first_mission_to_a_binary_asteroid_for_planetary_defence
"Planning for humankind’s first mission to a binary asteroid system has entered its next engineering phase. "

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Phys.org

The Rotation Of Venus

Published 21st October 2019

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Venus is covered in a thick layer of clouds, one reason that it appears so bright in the sky. Ancient astronomers had a good idea of what (since Copernicus) we know as its orbital period; the modern measurement is that Venus takes 224.65 days to complete one revolution around the Sun, a Venusian year. Because of the clouds, however, it has been difficult to measure the length of the Venusian day since the nominal method of watching a visible surface feature rotate around 360 degrees is not possible.

Read all about it here: https://phys.org/news/2019-10-rotation-venus.html

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John Michael Godier

Is Venus' Atmosphere Being Altered By Life?

Published 21st October 2019

An exploration of recent research that suggests that Venus' atmosphere may be being altered by the presence of microbial life.

Papers: "Long-term variations of Venus' 365-nm albedo observed by Venus Express, Akatsuki, MESSENGER, and Hubble Space Telescope", Yeon Joo Lee et al, 2019

https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.09683

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NASA JPL

Alina Kiessling & Jason Rhodes | Darkness Surrounds Us: The Other 95% Of The Universe

Streamed & Published 17th October 2019

All the material we can see is just a small fraction of the universe. The rest, a full 95 percent, is invisible and mysterious. These are the enigmatic dark matter and dark energy. While dark matter keeps things like galaxies together, dark energy acts in an opposite way – it pushes groups of galaxies apart and expands the universe itself. This event will discuss how astronomers are working to map the universe’s dark matter so they can see the effects of dark energy. The results could help us understand if the universe will expand at an accelerating rate forever.

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New Thinking Allowed

Edward R. Close | The Constancy Of The Speed of Light

Published 21st October 2019

Edward R. Close, PhD, is author of Transcendental Physics. He is coauthor (with Vernon Neppe) of Reality Begins with Consciousness: A Paradigm Shift That Works. He is also author of a lengthy chapter titled "The Mathematical Unification of Time, Space, Matter, Energy, and Consciousness" in Is Consciousness Primary? edited by Gary Schwartz and Marjorie Woollacott.

Here he elaborates on several ostensible paradoxes associated with Einstein's theories of relativity. The normal laws that we associate with space and time in our daily lives break down. Ironically, while people associate Einstein with relativity, he considered himself a determinist. Close proposes that paradoxes of space and time are resolved once we bring consciousness into the picture. His model includes 3 dimensions of space, 3 dimensions of time, and 3 dimensions of consciousness. He elaborates on his view of higher consciousness.

New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is a past vice-president of the Association for Humanistic Psychology; and is the recipient of the Pathfinder Award from that Association for his contributions to the field of human consciousness exploration.

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Ancient Astronaut Archive

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Bernie Taylor | Paleolithic Astronomy

Published 21st October 2019

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Bernie Taylor is an independent naturalist, thought leader and author whose research explores the mythological connections and biological knowledge among prehistoric, indigenous and ancient peoples. His works in these areas include Biological Time (2004) and Before Orion: Finding the Face of the Hero (2017). Before Orion is premised on Joseph’s Campbell’s hero's journey monomyth that is at the core of stories worldwide among indigenous peoples, the ancients, and our modern society. Before Orion explores a deeper root for this monomyth by looking at how hunter-gatherers viewed themselves within the natural and spiritual worlds through Paleolithic cave art from 40,000 ago. Taylor proposes that select cave paintings are fundamental pieces in the human journey to self-realization, the foundation of written language, and a record of biological knowledge that irrevocably impacted some of the artistic styles, religious practices, and stories that are still with us. Taylor addresses a profound archaeological elephant in the room by opening up an uncharted place in our history, which points to the cultural ancestors of mankind in western North Africa.

Reference:
Before Orion
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075MQG794/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B075MQG794&linkCode=as2&tag=archiveresour-20&linkId=2f2be99973bcf39738a6b469334c44a5

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Scott Manley

Why NASA's SOFIA Telescope On A Plane Is "Perfectly Balanced"

Published 21st October 2019

The Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is a marvel of modern engineering, a 2.5 Meter Infrared telescope flying in a specially modified 747, able to fly high above the water vapour that makes IR astronomy almost impossible for ground based observatories. This facility is a joint project between NASA and DLR and is based out of the Armstrong flight research center in California.
However making a telescope that can fly in a plane and still be stable enough to do the required science is an engineering challenge. It's one that's solved by smart engineering rather than just brute force active gimbal control, a solution which Thanos would approve of.

Find out more about SOFIA at the project's website: https://www.sofia.usra.edu/

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TMRO

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Robin Hague | Is Skyrora The Next Big New Space Company?

Broadcast & Published 20th September 2019

Skyrora is building a new small sat launcher that is environmentally conscious, possibly reusable and unlike anything else on the market. This week we're joined by Skyrora Lead Engineer Robin Hague to talk about what they are building and when we can see it fly!

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Bloomberg.com

Want To Be A Trillionaire? Try Space Mining

Published 22nd October 2019

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There are millions of asteroids in our solar system. Because some are full of materials that are rare on Earth, they have been valued at stupendous amounts. But the most valuable resource in space may be something that's abundant back on the ground.

Read all about it here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-10-22/want-to-be-a-trillionaire-try-space-mining-video

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Asteroid Station

Asteroid (2019 UT) Closest Approach

Published 21st October 2019

Asteroid (2019 UT) Closest Approach On October 22, 2019

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Asteroid 481394 (2006 SF6) | Sky Scraper Size Object Approaching Earth In Late November

Published 22nd October 2019

Asteroid Station with news of a celestial event which is due to take place later next month.

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NASA Goddard

Fossils Of Planet Formation: Lucy Mission Teaser

Published 21st October 2019

Beyond the asteroid belt are "fossils of planet formation" known as the Trojan asteroids. These primitive bodies share Jupiter's orbit in two vast swarms, and may hold clues to the formation and evolution of our solar system. Now, NASA is preparing to explore the Trojan asteroids for the first time. A mission called Lucy will launch in 2021 and visit seven asteroids over the course of twelve years - one in the main belt and six in Jupiter's Trojan swarms.

Lucy is named for the famous hominid fossil that shed light on our early human ancestors; by making the first exploration of the Trojan asteroids, the Lucy mission will improve our understanding of the early solar system, and be the first to uncover these fossils of planet formation.

Learn more about the Lucy mission: https://www.nasa.gov/lucy

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Nature.com

A Fresh Mechanism For How Buckyballs Form In Space

Published 21st October 2019

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The spectroscopic fingerprints of buckyballs have been observed in space, but questions remain about how these large molecules form. Laboratory experiments have revealed a possible mechanism.

Read all about it here: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03139-6

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Anton Petrov

Wow, Nine Out Of Ten Crops Flourish In Lunar & Martian Soil!

Published 21st October 2019

In this video Anton will talk about an incredible discovery that crops and plants in general could grow in lunar regolith and Martian soil.

Related paper: https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/opag.2019.4.issue-1/opag-2019-0051/opag-2019-0051.pdf

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John Michael Godier's Event Horizon

Fraser Cain | Is Earth The Best Type of Planet For Life?

Published 21st October 2019

What type of planet is the best for life in the universe?
Are other exoplanets better for life than earth? What about ocean worlds? Also, what is the latest with the JWST and Oumuamua and Comet Borisov.

And is Avi Loeb's plan for putting a telescope around the moon to watch for interstellar object impacts feasible?
Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today and host of his own youtube channel.

Can SpaceX Get Starship to Mars? Featuring Fraser Cain
https://youtu.be/sOZ03_gsvDM
What is the Future of Astronomy? Featuring Fraser Cain
https://youtu.be/SD1bZSQ-stA

Fraser Cain's links:
Newsletter: https://www.universetoday.com/newsletter
Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/universetoday
Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday

The Moon as a Fishing Net for Extraterrestrial Life:
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-moon-as-a-fishing-net-for-extraterrestrial-life/

A Real-Time Search for Interstellar Impacts on the Moon
https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.08543

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Paul Stonehill Paranormal Research

CIA, "Flying Saucers", USSR, & Espionage…

Published 20th October 2019

Nations spy on each other…especially when it comes to UFOs, USOs and paranormal phenomena.

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Paradigm Research Group

The Paradigm Research Group / Disclosure Wire Suite In The National Press Building, Washington, DC

Published 22nd October 2019

PRG coming @ ya from DC!

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The Exoplanets Channel

Habitable Exoplanets In Alpha Centauri?

Published 22nd October 2019

We talk about the possibility of existing habitable exoplanets orbiting the Alpha Centauri star system, located only 4.4 light years away.

Sources:
https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/instruments/4
http://www.projectblue.org/the-mission
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-hunt-is-on-for-alpha-centauris-planets/

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JG Science

Eight Of The Strangest Exoplanets

Published 22nd October 2019

JG Science is joined by The Exoplanets Channel to discuss some of the most bizarre Exoplanets we have found in Outer Space.

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 22nd October 2019 | Coronal Hole, The Great Waves, Ozone Hole

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APOD Podcast

Night Sky Reflections From The World's Largest Mirror

Published 22nd October 2019

In today's image, we see the night sky reflected in a salt flat in Bolivia after the rain. In the sky, we will see two galaxies - our Milky Way and the Large Magellanic Cloud. In addition, we see many stars including the bright stars Antares and Sirius. We also see the planet Jupiter.

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Space.com

BepiColumbo Spacecraft Snaps 'Selfies' On Way To Mercury

Published 22nd October 2019

ESA has stitched together 206 images captured by BepiColombo spacecraft since it launched over a year ago. The high-gain antenna of the spacecraft is featured.

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Gianluca Masi

Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (162082) 1998 HL1 | 21st October 2019

Published 22nd October 2019

Brought to you by Virtual Telescope Project - www.virtualtelescope.eu

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NYTimes.com

The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Acidified The Ocean In A Flash

Published 21st October 2019

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What happened to the dinosaurs when an asteroid about six miles wide struck Earth some 66 million years ago in what is today Mexico is well known: It wiped them out. But the exact fate of our planet’s diverse ocean dwellers at the time — shelly ammonites, giant mosasaurs and other sea creatures — has not been as well understood.

New research now makes the case that the same incident that helped bring an end to the reign of the dinosaurs also acidified the planet’s oceans, disrupted the food chain that sustained life underwater and resulted in a mass extinction. The study, published Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, aims to shore up the hypothesis that the Chicxulub event’s destruction of marine life — the result of sulfur-rich rocks depositing acid rain into the oceans — was just as severe as the fire and fury it brought to land.

Read all about it here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/science/chicxulub-asteroid-ocean-acid.html

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10News WTSP

Got A Minute: Orionid Meteor Shower Visible Until Saturday

Published 22nd October 2019

If you check out the night sky over the next few nights, you might see a little light show.

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Primal Space

The Power Of Space Impacts

Published 21st October 2019

Since the beginning of spaceflight, over 9,000 satellites have been launched into orbit. Along with every satellite, there is around 100,000 tonnes of space debris, most of which is too small for us to track. This video looks at the powerful physics behind space collisions and the different methods that are used to shield the International Space Station.

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EOS.org

Modern Planet Protection Rules Recommended & Welcomed

Published 22nd October 2019

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“Our guidelines on how we protect the places we’re going from contamination and how we protect our own planet on the way back are in urgent need of updating,” Thomas Zurbuchen, the head of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, told reporters at an 18 October press conference. Those guidelines for planetary protection must be updated, streamlined, and uniformly implemented across the agency and the private sector, according to a new report.

NASA convened the Planetary Protection Independent Review Board (PPIRB) earlier this year to address concerns about its planetary protection guidelines. Past reviews found that the protocols are based on Apollo era science and technology, are unevenly applied to exploration missions, can be a significant burden to low-budget missions, and fail to address the private sector of the spaceflight industry.

The PPIRB’s 18 October report “really addresses both our changing knowledge of other worlds in our solar system and the changing landscape of space exploration itself,” said Lucianne Walkowicz, an astronomer at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago who was not involved with the report. “This report is a great first step in reassessing what we think we know, so we determine a better path forward.”

Read all about it here: https://eos.org/articles/modern-planet-protection-rules-recommended-and-welcomed

Report: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/planetary_protection_board_report_20191018.pdf

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FermiLab

How Far Is The Edge Of The Universe?

Published 22nd October 2019

Did you ever sit under the clear night sky and wonder “does it go on forever?" The size of the universe has long been a question that has puzzled scientists, philosophers, and theologians, without a clear answer… well, until now. In this video, Fermilab’s Dr. Don Lincoln leads you through what modern science can say about the size of the universe.

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Institute For Advanced Study

Emily Levesque | Red Supergiants: New Perspectives On Dying Stars

Published 22nd October 2019

Red supergiants (RSGs) are the helium-fusing descendants of moderately massive (10-25Mo) stars. As the coldest and largest (in physical size) members of the massive star population, these evolved stars serve as ideal "magnifying glasses" for scrutinizing our current understanding of massive stars and their role as supernova progenitors. RSGs are the observationally-confirmed progenitors of Type II-P, an intermediate evolutionary phase in the lifetimes of some stripped-envelope SN progenitors, and a crucial step in the formation and population statistics of massive interacting binaries (including those that will ultimately produce compact object binaries and gravitational waves). This talk will provide an overview of our field's current knowledge of RSGs, identify some of the most pressing open questions about these stars and their role as supernova progenitors, and consider the importance of RSGs in the coming decade as the next generation of observatories comes online.

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Max Planck Institute For Extraterrestrial Physics

Revealing The Beauty Of The Hidden Universe: eROSITA Sees First Light

Published 22nd October 2019

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On 22 October 2019, the beautiful first X-ray images of the eROSITA telescope were presented to the public at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) in Garching. After an extended commissioning phase, since October 13 all seven X-ray telescope modules with their custom-designed CCD cameras have been observing the sky simultaneously. The first combined X-ray images of our neighbouring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, and a pair of interacting clusters of galaxies at a distance of about 800 Million lightyears, show remarkable details and demonstrate the promise of the ambitious science programme planned with the space-borne telescope.

Read all about it here: http://www.mpe.mpg.de/7362095/news20191022

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SciShow Space

What's Stopping The James Webb Space Telescope?

Published 22nd October 2019

The James Webb Space Telescope is the most complex telescope we’ve ever sent into space. But, Webb is not, in fact, in space… yet.

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Anton Petrov

We Discovered A New Original Way To Look For Planets

Published 22nd October 2019

In this video Anton will talk about the discovery of a new technique to look for exoplanets out there.

Related paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1642-0

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Fraser Cain

Is Humanity Prepared To Discover Alien Life?

Streamed & Published 22nd October 2019

People always ask me how I think humanity will react if we discover life somewhere out there in the Universe, whether it’s bacteria under the surface of Mars, a biosignature of alien life in the atmosphere of another world, or a radio signal from another civilization.

Will our civilization lose its collective mind and have a temper tantrum on a global scale? Will we become one of those purge planets from Rick and Morty?

Will the discovery suddenly end all religion, as we wait for guidance from our new alien overlords?

Will we gather together as a species to present a common front to whatever cosmic horrors await us beyond the Solar System?

In my opinion, if I could sum up the collective response in a single word, it would be: meh.

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Podcast UFO

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Dr Elring Strand - Hessdalen Lights | Dr Seth Shostak - SETI & Big Picture Science

Streamed & Published 22nd October 2019

Alejandro Rojas with UFO Updates then guest Erling Strand who just returned from Hessdalen Valley, Erling discusses the mysterious ongoing unknown atmospheric phenomena being researched through Project Hessdalen known as the Hessdalen Lights, UFODATA and more. HOUR TWO (Live): Dr Seth Shostak discussing SETI, his popular podcast, Big Picture Science and his thoughts on UFOs since the US government has been taking them more seriously.

ERLING P. STRAND: received a M.SC.EE. degree in 1981 at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Since 1988 he has been a lecturer and is an Asst. Professor at the School of Computer Sciences, Østfold University College, in Norway. He is also one of the founders of Project Hessdalen and, since 1993, the project manager. The main goal of the Project is to learn more about the mysterious lights in the Hessdalen valley in Norway.

His work with UAP (Unknown Atmospheric Phenomena) in Hessdalen started in 1983, when Project Hessdalen was founded. He had the responsibility of the scientific and technical part of the two field studies, which were run in 1984 and 1985. He is the author of the report from the first field project in 1984: Project Hessdalen 1984 Ð Final Technical Report. In 1988 a fully automatic measurement station was put in operation in the Hessdalen valley. Since 2002 Science Camps have been held there, where young students spend one week in the valley, searching for UAP, equipped with a range of instruments.

He has presented the results and work of Project Hessdalen in numerous TV and radio programs worldwide, and he has also lectured widely about the project and its findings. Project Hessdalen website: www.hessdalen.org

SETH SHOSTAK: claims to have developed an interest in extraterrestrial life at the tender age of ten, when he first picked up a book about the Solar System. This innocent beginning eventually led to a degree in radio astronomy, and now, as Senior Astronomer, Seth is an enthusiastic participant in the Institute’s SETI observing programs.

In addition, Seth is keen on outreach activities: interesting the public – and especially young people – in science in general, and astrobiology in particular. He’s co-authored a college textbook on astrobiology, and has written three trade books on SETI. In addition, he’s published more than 400 popular articles on science including regular contributions to NBC News MACH, gives many dozens of talks annually, and is the host of the SETI Institute’s weekly science radio show, “Big Picture Science.” http://radio.seti.org/

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Medium.com

Here Comes The Judge: Whistleblower To Expose CIA “UFO Disinfo” Scientist, Congressman In Court

Published 22nd October 2019

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Former CIA Deputy Director Ron Pandolfi, former U.S. Congressman Dan Marriott of the world famous Marriott Hotel chain, both could testify in California Superior Court in a trial for participating in a “technoscam” involving UFOs and a phony “anti-gravity”device that bilked investors.

While whistleblowers are dominating news headlines, more are coming. This time, it isn’t only American President Donald Trump who is worried. Instead, it’s arguably a former CIA Deputy Director and apparent associate, Congressman Daniel Marriott of the world famous Marriott Hotel chain. Soon, both he and the CIA’s Ron Pandolfi might have to ‘explain’ to a California Superior Court Judge and jury under oath and penalty of perjury, their roles in a fraudulent scheme involving, you can’t make this up, UFOs and an alleged “anti-gravity” device that never existed. Millions of dollars are involved, investors have been bilked out of their money, salaries legally owed as per contract remain unpaid.

Read all about it here: https://medium.com/@kalkorff/here-comes-the-judge-whistleblower-to-expose-cia-ufo-disinfo-scientist-congressman-in-court-71580f28d6d4

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The Richard Dolan Show

Intelligent Disclosure | Early Tic Tac UFOs?

Streamed & Published 1st October 2019

The story of the Tic Tac UFO of November 2004 is now very well known, and deservedly so. But there is a history of inexplicable objects easily outperforming U.S. military interceptors. Richard and Tracey discuss two forgotten cases from early years: Fukuoka, Japan (1948) and Rapid City, South Dakota (1953). Like the Tic Tac encounter, these were well-observed and recorded incidents of encounters with objects that should not have existed.

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Intelligent Disclosure | (More) Early Tic Tac UFOs!

Streamed & Published 22nd October 2019

We constantly forget our history. In the case of UFOs, despite all the attention that the now famous Tic Tac UFO of 2004 has gotten, the fact is there are many cases of very similar types of performance from objects going back many years. They have been reliably witnessed and reported, often by U.S. military personnel. Some of these objects have been tracked at traveling at speeds in excess of 10,000 mph. Richard and Tracey present two compelling cases from the past, both from 1952, that deserve our attention as a reminder that incredible UFO encounters have been going on for a long time. How can we explain such cases?

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Vice.com

This Silicon Valley Startup Is Dedicated To Detecting UFOs Off The California Coast

Published 22nd October 2019 By MJ Banias

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With this summer’s revelation that the US Navy considers UFOs and “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena” (UAPs) to be real, a team of venture capitalists, university professors, and military veterans are launching a project to track UFOs off the coast of California.

UAP eXpeditions is a non-profit group based in Oregon that will “field a top-notch group of uber-experienced professionals providing the public service of field testing new UAP related technologies.” With some of the Silicon Valley UFO Hunters, UAP eXpeditions will pioneer the ability to predict, find, observe, and document UAP for study and analysis. They will use “classical observation techniques, by trained observers and scientists, while using the latest experimental technologies—in the right places and the right times,” Kevin Day, the group’s founder and CEO, wrote in a Facebook post viewed by Motherboard.

Read all about it here: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bjw3q5/this-silicon-valley-startup-is-dedicated-to-detecting-ufos-off-the-california-cost

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Phys.org

When Exoplanets Collide

Published 23rd October 2019

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A dramatic glimpse of the aftermath of a collision between two exoplanets is giving scientists a view at what can happen when planets crash into each other. A similar event in our own solar system may have formed the moon.

Known as BD +20 307, this double-star system is more than 300 light years from Earth with stars that are at least one billion years old. Yet this mature system has shown signs of swirling dusty debris that is not cold, as would be expected around stars of this age. Rather, the debris is warm, reinforcing that it was made relatively recently by the impact of two planet-sized bodies.

Read all about it here: https://phys.org/news/2019-10-exoplanets-collide.html

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APOD Podcast

Starry Night By Vincent van Gogh

Published 23rd October 2019

In today's image, we see the famous painting Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh.

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 23rd October 2019 | Earthquake Watch, Novae, Galactic Plane

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Space Telescope Science Institute

Tonight's Sky: November 2019

Published 23rd October 2019

In November, hunt for the fainter constellations of fall, including Pisces, Aries, and Triangulum. They will guide you to find several galaxies and a pair of white stars. Stay tuned for space-based views of spiral galaxy M74 and the Triangulum Galaxy, which are shown in visible, infrared, and ultraviolet light.

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Seeker

How Close Are We To Finding A Parallel Universe?

Published 23rd October 2019

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Many believe that our universe might be part of a multiverse, but how close are we really to finding a parallel universe?

What if there were multiple versions of ourselves, living parallel lives in parallel universes?

With modern advances in cosmology and particle physics, we’re redefining our ideas of what exactly our own universe is made of, how it got started, and whether there are others out there.

When it comes to considering what might lie beyond our observable universe, there a few popular theories that emerge.

We have the Type 1 Multiverse, a Quantum Multiverse, a Mirror Universe, Bubble Universes, and Baby Universes inside of black holes.

When you consider the possibilities of what might exist when it comes to universes outside our own, the theories are pretty fascinating.

Find out more about the expansion of our own universe, the physics of universes beyond what we can observe, and how close we are to discovering parallel universes on this episode of How Close Are We?

Read More:
Scientists are searching for a mirror universe. It could be sitting right in front of you.
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/scientists-are-searching-mirror-universe-it-could-be-sitting-right-ncna1023206
"The mirror world, assuming it exists, would have its own laws of mirror-physics and its own mirror-history. You wouldn’t find a mirror version of yourself there (and no evil Spock with a goatee — sorry "Star Trek" fans). But current theory allows that you might find mirror atoms and mirror rocks, maybe even mirror planets and stars. Collectively, they could form an entire shadow world, just as real as our own but almost completely cut off from us."

Parallel Universes: Theories & Evidence
https://www.space.com/32728-parallel-universes.html
"The expansion at the beginning of the universe took place exponentially because there was so much 'energy inherent to space itself,' [Siegel] said. But over time, that inflation obviously slowed — those particles of matter created at the Big Bang are not continuing to expand... [a]mong his conclusions: that means that multiverses would have different rates of inflation and different times (longer or shorter) for inflation. This decreases the possibilities of universes similar to our own."

Is there another ‘you’ out there in a parallel Universe?
https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/is-there-another-you-out-there-in-a-parallel-universe-4532e995a56e
"The Universe, as far as the most powerful telescopes can see (even in theory), is vast, huge and massive. Including photons and neutrinos, it contains some 10⁹⁰ particles, clumped and clustered together into hundreds-of-billions-to-trillions of galaxies. Each one of those galaxies comes with around a trillion stars inside (on average), and they’re strewn across the cosmos in a sphere some 92 billion light years in diameter, from our perspective. But, despite what our intuition might tell us, that doesn’t mean we’re at the center of a finite Universe. In fact, the evidence indicates something quite to the contrary."

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Perimeter Institute For Theoretical Physics

Dr Gabriela González | Music Of The Universe

Published 23rd October 2019

In a special public lecture webcast at Perimeter Institute on October 23, 2019, Gabriela González will provide a first-hand account of LIGO’s century-in-the-making breakthrough, and explain observations made as recently as this year. González, a professor of physics and astronomy at Louisiana State University and former spokesperson of the LIGO collaboration, will take the audience on a journey to some of the universe’s most violent places, and explain how such distant events can lead to a very bright future here on Earth.

Starts @ 17:55

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Phys.org

A Crisis In Cosmology: New Data Suggests The Universe Expanding More Rapidly Than Believed

Published 23rd October 2019

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A group of astronomers led by University of California, Davis has obtained new data that suggest the universe is expanding more rapidly than predicted.

The study comes on the heels of a hot debate over just how fast the universe is ballooning; measurements thus far are in disagreement.

Read all about it here: https:///news/2019-10-crisis-cosmology-universe-rapidly-believed.html

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Astronomy.com

A New Kind Of Storm Appears On Saturn, Puzzling Astronomers

Published 23rd October 2019

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As serene as it appears in photographs, the gas giant Saturn is not a peaceful place. Its golden gases whiz around the planet at up to a thousand miles per hour. At times, massive storms thousands of miles wide break out in its upper atmosphere.

In 2018, astronomers spotted a new kind of storm on Saturn. Four large tempests formed one after another, passing by each other and further disturbing the atmosphere to create a complex storm system that lasted months.

Read all about it here: http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/10/a-new-kind-of-storm-appears-on-saturn-puzzling-astronomers

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Wired.com

NASA Wants To Send A Probe To The Hellish Surface Of Venus

Published 23rd October 2019

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With all the talk about sending humans to the moon and eventually Mars, it can be easy to forget there are other planets worth exploring. But a team of researchers at NASA has set its sights on Venus, Earth’s closest neighbor and one of the least understood planets in the solar system.

Since the first (crash) landing on Venus in 1966, by a Soviet probe, spacecraft have only survived a total of a few hours on the planet’s surface. But NASA’s new probe is being designed last up to 60 days on the punishing Venusian surface. Known as the Long-Lived In-situ Solar System Explorer, or LLISSE, each of the probe’s components is specially engineered to withstand the high temperature, high pressure, and reactive atmosphere that define that infernal planet.

Read all about it here: https://www.wired.com/story/nasa-wants-to-send-a-probe-to-the-hellish-surface-of-venus/

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Gizmodo

Fresh Look @ New Horizons Data Shows Pluto’s ‘Far Side’ In Unprecedented Detail

Published 23rd October 2019

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When New Horizons zipped past Pluto on July 14, 2015, the NASA spacecraft was only able to observe one side of the dwarf planet. Scientists have now reviewed data collected by New Horizons during its approach and as it traveled away, resulting in the most detailed analysis yet of Pluto’s elusive far side.

Using its two onboard cameras—the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) and the Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC)—New Horizons was able to capture spectacular images of Pluto’s so-called “near side,” or encounter hemisphere, revealing features such as mountain ranges, impact craters, and expansive plains filled with frozen nitrogen.

As for close-up images of Pluto’s “far side,” or non-contact hemisphere, those never came, as New Horizons zoomed off into deep space at speeds reaching 50,700 kilometers per hour (31,500 miles per hour). It takes Pluto a little more than six Earth days to complete a full rotation, so New Horizons was long gone before the far side made itself visible to the probe.

Read all about it here: https://gizmodo.com/fresh-look-at-new-horizons-data-shows-pluto-s-far-side-1839303714

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Nemesis Maturity

Large Hole On The Sun Targets Earth - G1 Geomagnetic Storm Watch

Published 23rd October 2019

A large hole in the sun's atmosphere is facing Earth and spewing solar wind in our direction. Estimated time of arrival: Oct. 24.

Minor G1-class geomagnetic storms are likely when the gaseous material arrives. Wind speeds are expected to reach 700 km/s, sparking bright auroras around the Arctic Circle and maybe even in northern-tier US states from Maine to Washington.

Elevated solar wind speed due to the coronal hole high speed stream CH HSS) is forecast to continue into Friday, 25 Oct., and likely result in an additional early period of G1 storm levels.

This CH HSS has been a persistent feature for a few rotations and has a history of causing geomagnetic storm conditions (31 August - 1 September, and again 27 - 28 September).

Skywatchers at high latitudes should stay alert for visible auroras when is dark outside.

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Anton Petrov

Harvard Scientists Think Moonlight Is Enough To Grow Plants

Published 23rd October 2019

Anton talks about two studies that investigate what may happen around tidally locked planets around red dwarfs and how moons of those planet could provide enough light for plants.

Related paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1910.06285.pdf & https://arxiv.org/pdf/1907.12576.pdf

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University Of Maryland Art Gallery

Bryan Bender, Dr. Kelsey Johnson & Dr. Matthew Knight | The New Space Age & UFOs

Published 22nd October 2019

A conversation with Bryan Bender, Dr. Kelsey Johnson & Dr. Matthew Knight on Space Exploration, UAPs, & Intelligent Life Beyond Earth.

In conjunction with the exhibition Lia Halloran: The Same Sky Overarches Us All, (https://artgallery.umd.edu/exhibition/lia-halloran-same-sky-overarches-us-all) join POLITICO defense and space editor Bryan Bender, University of Virginia professor of astronomy Dr. Kelsey Johnson, and UMD research astronomer Dr. Matthew Knight as they discuss the current state of space exploration; current and future roles of military and private commerce activities in space; and recent reports by U.S. Navy pilots of Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP)—also known as UFOs—and the possibility of non-terrestrial, intelligently controlled craft visiting Earth. The conversation will be moderated by University of Maryland Art Gallery associate director Taras W. Matla.

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EarthFiles

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Special Report

Streamed & Published 23rd October 2019

Linda with a special report on TTSA's recently announced partnership with the US Army.

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Space.com

NASA's Planet-Hunting Probe Joins The Search For Intelligent Aliens

Published 23rd October 2019

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NASA's newest planet hunter is joining the hunt for intelligent aliens.

Scientists working on the space agency's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission will collaborate with the $100 million Breakthrough Listen project in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), members of both teams announced today (Oct. 23).

"It's exciting that the world's most powerful SETI search, with our partner facilities across the globe, will be collaborating with the TESS team and our most capable planet-hunting machine," Pete Worden, executive director of Breakthrough Initiatives, a program that includes the Breakthrough Listen project, said in a statement. (https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/news/27)

"We're looking forward to working together as we try to answer one of the most profound questions about our place in the universe: Are we alone?" Worden added.

Read all about it here: https://www.space.com/breakthrough-listen-nasa-tess-seti-search.html

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 24th October 2019 | Solar Wind Impact, Cascadia Pattern, Truth Crisis

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APOD Podcast

Dark Seahorse In Cepheus

Published 24th October 2019

In today's image, we see part of a dark molecular cloud in the constellation of Cepheus in the northern sky. This is a dusty area and the dust dims and hides the light from behind in. In addition, id makes the light that passes through it appear redder than it otherwise would.

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European Southern Observatory

First Identification Of A Heavy Element Born From Neutron Star Collision

Published 23rd October 2019

Newly created strontium, an element used in fireworks, has been detected in space for the first time following observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope. The detection confirms that the heavier elements in the Universe can form in neutron star mergers, providing a missing piece of the puzzle of chemical element formation.

This artistic animation shows two circumstellar disk orbiting each other and accreting gas and dust for their surrounding cloud.

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This artist’s impression shows two tiny but very dense neutron stars merging and exploding as a kilonova. Such objects are the main source of very heavy chemical elements, such as gold and platinum, in the Universe. The detection of one element, strontium (Sr), has now been confirmed using data from the X-shooter instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope.

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Martian Wolf

Name Saturn's New Moons

Published 24th September 2019

How many Moons were discovered around Saturn? What are some of their characteristics? Can you name these Moons?

In this video, we discuss the recent discovery that has come out of the Carnegie Institution of Science. Researchers discovered 20 new moons of Saturn. This discovery increased Saturn's Moon count to a total of 82 Moons, surpassing Jupiter which used to hold the record at 79.

During the video, we discuss the Norse, Inuit, and Gallic Moon, groups. Talking about the retrograde/prograde motion of these categories, as well as why scientists believe they are so close together. We relate the newly discovered Moons to Phobos, Deimos, Earth and our own Moon (due to a theorized impact with another planet in the early solar system called Theia).

Lastly we discuss how you can name one of these Moons. Here are a few links to learn more about naming Saturn's Moons:

Overview of the Rules: https://carnegiescience.edu/NameSaturnsMoons
List of Names in the Solar System:
https://minorplanetcenter.net//db_search
https://minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPNames.html

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John Michael Godier

Interstellar Objects On The Moon?

Published 23rd October 2019

An exploration of whether the moon might act as a collector for interstellar objects and material.

Papers:

"Searching the Moon for Extrasolar Material and the Building Blocks of Extraterrestrial Life", Lingham and Loeb, 2019.

https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.05427

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Fraser Cain

Q&A 104: Should We Reconsider The Definition Of A Moon? And More...

Streamed & Published 24th October 2019

In this week's questions show, I explain why it's probably not time to reconsider the definition of a moon, if we could make artificial gravity with a chunk of a neutron star, and why a supermassive black hole isn't the anchor for an entire galaxy.

00:47 Should we reconsider the definition of a moon?
03:35 Could we make artificial gravity with mass?
05:48 Why didn't the Big Bang collapse back into black hole?
07:47 Why can't a black hole be the anchor of the galaxy?
10:45 How far and how small can we see?
13:37 What is left after a black hole evaporates?
15:00 Could you have a star made out of something else?
16:32 Could a planet orbit a binary star?
18:29 Could aliens Planet 9?
19:24 If aliens are advanced, we're no threat
21:35 How can aliens not exist?
22:30 Why don't they put a microscope in a rover?

Want to be part of the questions show? Ask a short question on any video on my channel. I gather a bunch up each week, and answer them here.

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Science@NASA

NASA ScienceCasts: Exploring The Presence Of Water On The Moon

Published 24th October 2019

The presence of water on the Moon opens up many exciting possibilities for future exploration and just as many questions about that water’s origins.

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The Mars Society

The 22nd Annual International Mars Society Convention

Published 24th October 2019

Dr. Robert Zubrin - The Case For Space

Dr. Robert Zubrin is the Founder and President of the Mars Society. He's the author of The Case for Space which is available in bookstores now.

From the 22nd Annual International Mars Society Convention, held at the University of Southern California from October 17-20, 2019.

The four-day International Mars Society Convention brings together leading scientists, engineers, aerospace industry representatives, government policymakers and journalists to talk about the latest scientific discoveries, technological advances and political-economic developments that could help pave the way for a human mission to the planet Mars.

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Debate on NASA's Proposed Gateway

Debate on NASA's proposed Lunar Orbital Gateway space station and the possible approaches to America's return to the Moon.

Dr. Robert Zubrin – President, The Mars Society
Greg Autry - Director, SoCal Commercial Spaceflight Center

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Tom Hoffman - Mars InSight Mission Update

Tom Hoffman - InSight Project Manager, NASA/JPL updates us on the latest on NASA's Mars InSight mission.

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Ashwin Vasavada - MSL (Curiosity) Rover Update

Ashwin Vasavada - MSL Project Scientist, Planetary Geosciences, JPL updates us on the Mars Curiosity rovers.

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Darlene Lim - Mars Analog Research

Darlene talks about designing and developing mission elements in support of human scientific exploration of Mars

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Dr. Luther Beegle - Search For Water & Life

Dr Beegle on exploring Mars' underground & the search for water & life.

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Dr. Shannon Rupert - MDRS

Dr Rupert on analogue missions & Mars Desert Research Station.

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Space Weather Woman Tamitha Skov

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Space Weather News | A Solar Storm Returns & A Polar Filament Erupts

Published 24th October 2019

Our long wait is finally over this week as the fast solar wind from a large coronal hole is finally arriving as I make this forecast public! We have hit active conditions already and guaranteed more is on the way. Aurora is beginning to build now in Scotland and over the UK with promises of more to come! aurora photographers at both high-latitudes and mid-latitudes should ready their cameras as this could be the biggest show we will see for easily a month or more. GPS users should also take note of this storm as it will affect GPS reception anywhere near aurora, especially on Earth's nightside and near the dawn and dusk terminators. Amateur radio operators might get a small boost to radio propagation on Earth's dayside from the solar storm, but at nighttime, expect sporadic propagation across most bands until after the solar storm passes, which will be through the weekend. Learn the details of this solar storm hitting now, when and where to see aurora, and what else our Sun has in store!

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Pecos Hank

The Greatest Storms On Earth

Published 24th October 2019

This video is 10 years in the making of the best tornado footage, lightning strikes, supercells and most beautiful storms that Hank has ever documented. Not only is Mother Nature’s fury amplified with these explosive storms, So is her beauty.

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Gianluca Masi

Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (162082) 1998 HL1 | 23rd October 2019

Published 24th October 2019

Brought to you by Virtual Telescope Project - www.virtualtelescope.eu

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Asteroid Station

Asteroid (2019 UC) Is Set To Pass Earth On October 29, 2019, Travelling 20,000 Miles Per Hour

Published 24th October 2019

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The Union Newspaper Of Grass Valley, CA

Meteor Over Nevada City

Recorded 19th & Published 24th October 2019

Video submitted by Dave Hershberger: Coming home from Nevada City Saturday night, we saw a bright green meteor in the sky at 9:02 PM. Our dash camera recorded it. It was traveling east to west. That's opposite from the direction of equatorial-orbit satellites which travel west to east so as to use the earth's rotational velocity at launch. So I don't think it was space junk. It was bright green in color (indicating copper content) but in the video it looks mostly white. This meteor was probably part of the Orionids.

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Phys.org

Beyond Jupiter, Researchers Discover A 'Cradle Of Comets'

Published 24th October 2019

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Comets are known to have a temper. As they swoop in from the outer edges of our solar system, these icy bodies begin spewing gas and dust as they venture closer to the sun. Their luminous outbursts can result in spectacular sights that grace the night sky for days, weeks or even months.

But comets aren't born that way, and their pathway from their original formation location toward the inner solar system has been debated for a long time. Comets are of great interest to planetary scientists because they are likely to be the most pristine remnants of material left over from the birth of our solar system.

Research paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ab3fb3

Read all about it here: https://phys.org/news/2019-10-jupiter-cradle-comets.html

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Chandra X-Ray Observatory

A Collision Between Four Galaxy Clusters In Abell 1758

Published 24th October 2019

Astronomers have observed an impending crash of enormous proportions.

This system, called Abell 1758, contains four separate galaxy clusters — all headed for each other.

Galaxy clusters, made up of thousands of galaxies embedded in hot gas and huge amounts of unseen dark matter, are the largest objects in the Universe.

In Abell 1758, scientists previously found two pairs of galaxy clusters, each merging with each other, being drawn together by gravity.

Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, astronomers have learned much about Abell 1758 including the relative speed of two of the clusters.

When these four galaxy clusters eventually merge in several billion years, they will form one of the most massive objects in the Universe.

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When two pairs of galaxy clusters collide, the final result is not four separate objects, but one giant galaxy cluster. Astronomers using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and several other telescopes have put together a detailed map of a rare collision between four galaxy clusters.

This mega-structure is being assembled in the system called Abell 1758 located about 3 billion light years from Earth. Eventually all four clusters — each with a mass of at least several hundred trillion times that of the Sun — will merge to form one of the most massive objects in the Universe.

Galaxy clusters are the largest structures held together by gravity. They consist of hundreds or even thousands of galaxies embedded in hot gas, and contain an even larger amount of unseen dark matter that gravitationally dominates the cluster. Sometimes two galaxy clusters collide, as in the case of the Bullet Cluster, and occasionally more than two will collide in the same timeframe.

The Chandra data revealed for the first time a shock wave — similar to the sonic boom from a supersonic aircraft — in hot gas in the northern pair's collision. From this shock wave, researchers of the new study estimated one pair of clusters are moving relative to each other, at a speed between two and three million miles per hour.

Chandra also provides information about how elements heavier than helium in the clusters' hot gas get mixed up and redistributed after galaxy clusters collide and merge. Because this process depends on how far a merger has progressed, Abell 1758 offers a valuable case study, since the two pairs of clusters are at different stages of merging. The new Abell 1758 result shows the further along a merger is, the farther away from the centers of the clusters these important heavy elements are found.

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Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics

Sara Ellison | University of Victoria | Galaxy Mergers In The Nearby Universe

Published 24th October 2019

Astronomy’s current model of galaxy evolution is built on a foundation of hierarchical growth, in which small galaxies merge together to form larger ones. In addition to the simple accrual of mass, this merging process is predicted to fundamentally change the galaxies’ properties, such as dramatic morphological transformations, the triggering of bursts of star formation and high rates of accretion onto the central supermassive black hole. In this talk I will explain the physical processes behind these predictions, and present the observations that we are performing in order to test the theory, as well as results from new simulations. Although many of the predictions are indeed borne out by experiment, there have been some surprising conflicts as well, that demand revisions to our models of how mergers shape galaxy evolution.

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NASA Astrobiology

Ask An Astrobiologist : Dr. Laurie Barge

Published 24th October 2019

Once a month, SAGANet (www.saganet.org) and the NASA Astrobiology Program host a program called "Ask an Astrobiologist", where the public is invited to interact with a high-profile astrobiologist, who replies to twitter, facebook, and chat questions live on video.

Each session lasts about an hour. This month is Dr. Laurie Barge turn.

Hosted by Dr. Sanjoy Som (Blue Marble Space Institute of Science)
Featured Guest: Dr. Laurie Barge (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

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Anton Petrov

We Studied Rocks Of Ancient Planets Discovering Dead Earths

Published 24th October 2019

Anton talks about a new interesting way of analyzing actual rocks from exoplanets and the discovery that suggests there are lots of Earth like planets out there.

Related paper: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6463/356

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John Michael Godier's Event Horizon

Prof. Abel Mendez | Better Than Earth: Superhabitable Exoplanets

Published 24th October 2019

Professor Abel Mendez is a planetary astrobiologist and Director of the Planetary Habitability Laboratory at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo. His research focuses on the habitability of Earth, the Solar System, and extrasolar planets. Prof. Méndez is a NASA MIRS Fellow with physics and astrophysics research experience at Fermilab, NASA Goddard, NASA Ames, and the Arecibo Observatory.

Where is the best place in the universe to look for life?
With the discovery of water in the atmosphere of the exoplanet k218b we are closing to answering if is there life on other planets? As well, is there life in our solar system? Could there be life on the moons of Jupiter, Europa and Enceladus.Or have we already found life in meteorites like the Allan hills 84001? And with the discovery of interstellar objects like oumuamua and comet 2I/Borisov, do they carry life through panspermia through the interstellar medium?

Was Water Vapor Discovered on an Earth Like Exoplanet? With Dr. Angelos Tsiaras
https://youtu.be/2-cyPQHGsp8

The Geology of the Planets of the Solar System with Emily Lakdawalla
https://youtu.be/sKkK_ci9ZsQ

Prof. Abel Mendez Links:
http://phl.upr.edu/about/abel_mendez
http://phl.upr.edu/
https://twitter.com/ProfAbelMendez

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MJ Banias

The Weird Desk | UFOs & The US Army

Streamed & Published 24th October 2019

To the Stars Academy just signed a deal with the US Army. From active camoflauge to quantum communication, the agreement allows TTSA to use government labs and staff, and in exchange, the government gets to see the results. Let’s dig into this. Welcome to the Weird Desk, all the news that is too strange to print.

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MegalithomaniaUK

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Jim Vieira | Fish Gods, The Seven Headed Serpent & The Law Of One

Published 24th October 2019

Author Jim Vieira takes us on a journey through the ancient mysteries and the otherworld in this exclusive highly informative presentation.

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EarthSky.org

How Small Is The Smallest Habitable Exoplanet?

Published 25th October 2019

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Where can we expect to find life beyond Earth? A new study has redefined the lower limit in mass for habitable exoworlds. It suggests that low-mass waterworlds might exist and might be a place to look.

Read all about it here: https://earthsky.org/space/small-rocky-exoplanets-can-still-be-habitable

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Seeker

Falling Atoms Are Helping NASA Measure Earth’s Gravity

Published 25th October 2019

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The Earth’s gravitational pull isn’t uniform, as it varies from one place to another. So, scientists developed a new instrument to deliver the most accurate measurements yet.

Since 2000, scientists have used satellites to map the Earth’s gravitational field. But now they’ve developed a new instrument that uses quantum phenomena to deliver the most accurate measurements yet.

The Earth’s gravitational pull varies from one place to another, and it can change over time. Gravity is directly related to mass and the Earth's mass is constantly shifting. Many factors contribute to the change in the Earth’s gravity but what is the biggest thing contributing to a change in Earth’s gravity?

Water! Water covers most of the Earth and is constantly shifting around. Melting glaciers, water trapped underground, all these events redistribute the mass of water.

So measuring the minute changes in the gravitational field is a way to track what Earth’s water is doing, and how the water cycle is being affected by climate change.

Previous NASA missions like GRACE and its successor GRACE-Follow On used twin satellites to map the field. The principle was one satellite would follow the other, and as they passed through fluctuations in the gravitational field, they would get closer or farther apart. Measuring the change in distance would tell scientists how the gravity over that part of the world differed.

But with the goal of even more accuracy, NASA teamed up with the company AOSense, Inc. to try an entirely different approach. The new prototype sensor uses roughly 100 million cesium atoms sealed in a vacuum near absolute zero.

Read More:
Matter in Motion: Earth's Changing Gravity
https://earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/sensing-our-planet/matter-in-motion-earth-s-changing-gravity
"'The Earth's gravity field changes from one month to the next mostly due to the mass of water moving around on the surface,' said Watkins. 'Because water in all its forms has mass and weight, we can actually weigh the ocean moving around.'"

Scientists Watch Atoms Fall to See Earth's Changing Structure
https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-watch-atoms-fall-to-see-earths-changing-structure/
"The quantum sensor, which NASA has developed with Bay Area-based company AOSense, relies on some 100 million cesium atoms. The device launches the atoms inside a cylindrical column and times how quickly they fall. As dictated by quantum mechanics, the atoms behave both like particles and waves."

GRACE-FO Mission
https://gracefo.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/overview/
"GRACE-FO, which launched May 22, 2018, will continue the work of tracking Earth's water movement to monitor changes in underground water storage, the amount of water in large lakes and rivers, soil moisture, ice sheets and glaciers, and sea level caused by the addition of water to the ocean."

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 25th October 2019 | Magnetic Storm, Fire, Flood, Mergers & Structure

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APOD Podcast

The Ghosts Of Cassiopeia

Published 25th October 2019

In today's image we see an emission nebula in the constellation of Cassiopeia. Energized by ultraviolet radiation from the nearby star Gamma Cas, the nebula glows in the red light of the hydrogen gas of which it is composed.

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Crop Circles of 2019 in the UK
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More here: http://cropcircleconnector.com/2019/2019.html

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Townhall Media

John Greenewald

Published 24th October 2019

Jazz Shaw of Hot Air interviews John Greenewald, Jr., an author, government researcher, and proprietor of "The Black Vault" about questions surrounding To The Stars Academy figure Luis Elizondo and whether or not we are truly alone.

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SapphyreOpal5

RH Negative Alien Connection: Fact Or Myth?

Published 15th October 2019

To quote SapphyreOpal:
"Is there a connection between being RH negative and being an alien or an alien contactee? Are people with RH negative blood ancestors of extraterrestrials? Is it true people with RH negative blood could be descendants of royalty? Watch and learn! In this video, I reveal whether there is a connection between RH negative blood and aliens. I utilized data from a study conducted by the International Community of Alien Research (iCAR1) of said contactees responding to a self-reported survey, and also scientific sources regarding blood."

https://hubpages.com/education/A-Scientific-Approach-to-the-RH-Negative-Blood-Question

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Podcast UFO

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Dr Elring Strand - Hessdalen Lights | Dr Seth Shostak - SETI & Big Picture Science

Streamed & Published 22nd October 2019

Alejandro Rojas with UFO Updates then guest Erling Strand who just returned from Hessdalen Valley, Erling discusses the mysterious ongoing unknown atmospheric phenomena being researched through Project Hessdalen known as the Hessdalen Lights, UFODATA and more. HOUR TWO (Live): Dr Seth Shostak discussing SETI, his popular podcast, Big Picture Science and his thoughts on UFOs since the US government has been taking them more seriously.

ERLING P. STRAND: received a M.SC.EE. degree in 1981 at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Since 1988 he has been a lecturer and is an Asst. Professor at the School of Computer Sciences, Østfold University College, in Norway. He is also one of the founders of Project Hessdalen and, since 1993, the project manager. The main goal of the Project is to learn more about the mysterious lights in the Hessdalen valley in Norway.

His work with UAP (Unknown Atmospheric Phenomena) in Hessdalen started in 1983, when Project Hessdalen was founded. He had the responsibility of the scientific and technical part of the two field studies, which were run in 1984 and 1985. He is the author of the report from the first field project in 1984: Project Hessdalen 1984 Ð Final Technical Report. In 1988 a fully automatic measurement station was put in operation in the Hessdalen valley. Since 2002 Science Camps have been held there, where young students spend one week in the valley, searching for UAP, equipped with a range of instruments.

He has presented the results and work of Project Hessdalen in numerous TV and radio programs worldwide, and he has also lectured widely about the project and its findings. Project Hessdalen website: www.hessdalen.org

SETH SHOSTAK: claims to have developed an interest in extraterrestrial life at the tender age of ten, when he first picked up a book about the Solar System. This innocent beginning eventually led to a degree in radio astronomy, and now, as Senior Astronomer, Seth is an enthusiastic participant in the Institute’s SETI observing programs.

In addition, Seth is keen on outreach activities: interesting the public – and especially young people – in science in general, and astrobiology in particular. He’s co-authored a college textbook on astrobiology, and has written three trade books on SETI. In addition, he’s published more than 400 popular articles on science including regular contributions to NBC News MACH, gives many dozens of talks annually, and is the host of the SETI Institute’s weekly science radio show, “Big Picture Science.” http://radio.seti.org/

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Story Musgrave On Seth Shostak's Quote, Aliens In The Muffin Fans

Published 25th October 2019

On two separate shows while debating the topic of UFOs, SETI's Senior Astronomer, Dr. Seth Shostak claimed the following of astronaut, Story Musgrave: " STORY MUSGRAVE THOUGHT HE HEARD ALIENS IN THE MUFFIN FANS ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE" This clip is Story's response to that claim.

Muffin fans were part of the Space Shuttle's recirculation system, Story does state the the fans made a reverberation in the hearing system. It is just harmonics not aliens!

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Nemesis Maturity

Nearby Rocky Planet Found That Has Triple Sunrises & Sunsets

Published 26th October 2019

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A team of astronomers have spotted a nearby rocky planet with three red suns and they think it could have an atmosphere. LTT1445Ab is roughly 1.38 times the size of Earth and over 22 light-years away.

The stars in the system are M dwarfs that whirl around each other in a complex dance. That makes LTT 1445Ab the second closest known transiting exoplanet to Earth, and the closest one orbiting an M dwarf.

The rocky planet orbits its star at just one-tenth the distance between the Sun and Mercury. Standing on the surface of the planet you'd see one big orange sun and two much smaller red suns in the distance. The primary star would look really big in the sky and the other two are much farther away. They'd look like 100 times brighter than Venus, and about the same size in the sky.

LTT1445Ab's main star is approximately 25 percent the size of the sun, and its companion stars are smaller.

With three suns, the planet will see different weird combinations of sunrises and sunsets.
Imagine a planet with triple sunrises and sunsets every day for part of the year, and nonstop daylight at other times.

"Three Red Suns in the Sky: A Transiting, Terrestrial Planet in a Triple M Dwarf System at 6.9 Parsecs," published in the Astronomical Journal. (https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ab364d)

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/10/discovery-of-object-with-multiple-stars-offers-an-opportunity-for-insight-into-our-own-planet/

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ScienceNewsForStudents.org

Spotted: An Exoplanet Where It Might Rain

Published 26th October 2019

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There might be rain in the forecast for at least one distant planet.

Far outside our solar system, it’s called K2 18b. Data from space telescopes and computer models suggest that this planet’s atmosphere hosts water vapor. If true, it could be the first exoplanet that has liquid water — an essential ingredient for life as we know it.

Read all about it here: https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/spotted-exoplanet-where-it-might-rain

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The Exoplanets Channel

The Nuclear Rocket That Could Reach 20% The Speed Of Light

Published 25th October 2019

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In this video we talk about a nuclear fusion rocket design that could achieve, in theory, 20% the speed of light.

Sources:
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2009/10/winterberg-fusion-rocket-could-go-20-of.html
http://icarusinterstellar.org/uploads/icarusppd.pdf
http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucfbiac/Space%20Interests_files/Astronomical_target_paper_published.pdf
https://arxiv.org/abs/0906.0740

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AsteronX

Orion & Daedalus Mark II

Published 26th October 2019

The ancient Greeks saw the nearest star, our sun, as a literal chariot, trailed by the planetes, the wanderers. A chariot driven by the Titan Helios, or once, by the foolhardy Phaeton, who could not control the fiery horses that drew it.

As a starship engineer, one of the greatest challenges is the harnessing of stars of our own making, to push or pull great chariots of metal.

We must succeed where the mythical Phaeton failed.

The basic problem is energy, or a lack of it.

We live in the atomic age, so here’s something that should put the energy required into perspective:

The Orion was a spaceship designed in the 60’s, it would have flown through space pushed by a series of nuclear explosions, quite literally riding on an intermittent star.

The vessel could have reached the Alpha Centauri system in less than a century and a half, though it was not truly a starship.

To do so, the ship would have required the nuclear arsenal of the entire planet, all of the tens of thousands of nuclear warheads. Enough energy to burn a continent to ash.

That is the kind of energy a starship requires.

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Thunderbolts Project

Space News | Donald Scott: Breakthrough – Counter-Rotation @ Center Of The Galaxy

Published 26th October 2019

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A team of scientists using the ALMA telescope to study the doughnut-shaped cloud of gas and dust at the center of the galaxy NGC 1068 recently made a shocking discovery — two separate disks of gas and dust are rotating in opposite directions. Phys.org reports on the team’s discovery: “Unexpectedly, they found two counter-rotating disks of gas. The inner disk spans 2-4 light-years and follows the rotation of the galaxy, whereas the outer disk (also known as the torus) spans 4-22 light-years and is rotating the opposite way.”

Those who have followed this series might understand the potential significance of this discovery. In 2015, retired professor of electrical engineering Dr. Donald Scott published his mathematical model of the structure of a Birkeland current, which can be identified visually as counterrotating cylindrical shells, and is seen at vastly different scales in the cosmos, from galaxies to planetary aurorae. We asked Dr. Scott for this thoughts on this new discovery.

Source story: https://phys.org/news/2019-10-supermassive-black-hole.html

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Seeker

An Interstellar Mission Found Something Unexpected @ Our Solar System’s Edge

Published 26th October 2019

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The Voyager space probes have gone further into the unknown than any other spacecraft. With both probes officially in interstellar space, what have we learned?

In 1965, a PhD student figured out that every 176 years the four planets in our solar system align in such a unique way that it is possible to use their gravitational forces to slingshot from one planet to the next.

This insight, that came to fruition using just a slide rule and simple computer programs, became part of an ambitious mission to send two probes and golden records out into space for a grand tour.

Enter: The Voyagers.

The Voyager probes are two obscure looking robots, weighing roughly 800 kilograms with giant arms and big ears, it took 1,500 engineers and scientists to bring these robotic explorers to life.

The Voyagers took some of the first detailed snapshots of planets and moons—revealing Io’s volcanism, close-up details of Saturn’s icy rings, and Neptune’s great dark spot.

And after traveling for more than 43 years, clocking in 18 billion kilometers traveled, the Voyagers are taking humanity into the next great beyond: interstellar space.

With the opportunity to visit Uranus and Neptune, the NASA engineers developed a mission within a mission, outfitting the probes with 11 different instruments, redundant systems, and autonomous controls.

Find out more about the Voyager mission, what we’ve learned so far, and the experts behind it all on this episode of Focal Point.

Read More:
Voyager Mission Reveals Unexpected Pressure at The Edge of The Solar System
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-measured-the-pressure-at-the-solar-system-s-edge-and-received-a-surprise
“NASA astronomers have used data from the Voyager probes to measure the bustle of particles rippling at the very edge of our Solar System, and discovered the pressure in the distant borderlands of our star is higher than they expected.”

NASA's Voyager 2 Probe Enters Interstellar Space
https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/news/details.php?article_id=112
“For the second time in history, a human-made object has reached the space between the stars. NASA's Voyager 2 probe now has exited the heliosphere - the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields created by the Sun.”

How NASA Will Prolong the Lives of the Voyager Probes, 11 Billion Miles From Earth
https://gizmodo.com/how-nasa-will-prolong-the-lives-of-the-voyager-probes-1836219431
“Launched 42 years ago, the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 space probes are now exploring the outer realms of our solar system. Sadly, the end of the mission is now firmly in sight, but NASA has a plan to keep the probes operational for as long as possible before their power finally runs out.”

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Scott Manley

The Moon Trees That Flew To The Moon On Apollo 14

Published 25th October 2019

Apollo 14 brought along some extra passengers in addition to the Crew of Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa - a cannister of seeds from the US Forestry service. Partly and experiment, party symbolic, the seeds would be planted and eventually grow into trees all over the US.

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Gianluca Masi

Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (162082) 1998 HL1 Close Encounter: Online Observations

Published 25th October 2019

On 25 Oct. 2019, the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (162082) 1998 HL1 will have a close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 6.2 millions of km from the Earth. The Virtual Telescope Project will show it to you live, online: join from your home!

Brought to you by Virtual Telescope Project - www.virtualtelescope.eu

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 26th & 27th October 2019

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APOD Podcast

Gravity's Grin & Ghost Aurora Over Canada

Published 26th & 27th October 2019

In today's image, we see a cluster of galaxies. Light from galaxies well beyond this closer pair are having their light bent and distorted as it passes through the gravitational well of the galaxy cluster. This gravitational lensing was predicted by Einstein is his theory of General Relativity more than a hundred years ago.

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In today's image we see a ghostly image of the aurora over Canada. This is caused by charged particles from the Sun that excite oxygen atoms in the Earth's upper atmosphere and cause them to glow.

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Geoengineering Watch

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Global Alert News | Episode 220

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Broadcast & Published 26th October 2019

Record West Coast heat and unprecedented wildfires are wreaking havoc in California while it it is snowing in Texas. What’s wrong with this picture? How will farmers grow food with so many abrupt and extreme weather fluctuations? How can the flora and fauna survive? The science community and government sources are still trying to claim that the technology to engineer the climate does not currently exist. Does such a narrative hold up to even the slightest objective investigation? As a result of our ongoing “Freedom of Information Requests” from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric administration, GeoengineeringWatch.org has recently received hundreds of additional documents on surface UV radiation. How many were redacted? Almost all of them. The US government and the agencies it controls have become nothing less than a covert criminal organizations. Is Earth’s ozone layer actually recovering? Or continuing toward total collapse? An official source of atmospheric testing for government agencies has admitted on the record to GeoengineeringWatch.org that their testing protocol is not sufficient to detect dangerous pollutants. Who has admitted this and what did they say?
Those who control the levers of power are doing their best to censor critically important information from the public. If we are to have any chance of waking populations to all that is unfolding, it's up to us.

Supporting link: https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/geoengineering-watch-global-alert-news-october-26-2019-220/

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Dr James O'Donoghue

The Real Size Of Our Solar System Is Hard To Portray, Since Space Is Mostly...Space

Published 26th October 2019

Animation by Dr James O'Donoghue.

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Anton Petrov

Our Galaxy Suddenly Grew A Billion Years Ago

Published 26th October 2019

Anton talks about a discovery of the last major starburst event in the Milky Way that created about 5% of all stars very suddenly.

Related paper: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1910/1910.06968.pdf

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Newly Found Super Spiral Galaxies That Spin Too Fast To Exist

Published 27th October 2019

Anton talks about super spiral galaxies and their unusual properties recently discovered in this paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ab459e

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University @ Buffalo

How To Spot A Wormhole (If They Exist)

Published 23rd October 2019

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A new study outlines a method for detecting a speculative phenomenon that has long captured the imagination of sci-fi fans: wormholes, which form a passage between two separate regions of spacetime.

Such pathways could connect one area of our universe to a different time and/or place within our universe, or to a different universe altogether.

Read all about it here: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2019/10/035.html

Research paper: https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.083513

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TMRO

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Kevin DeBruin | Are Cubesats The Future Of Space Exploration?

Broadcast & Published 27th September 2019

This week Kevin DeBruin, Author of 'To NASA and Beyond', talks about lessons from AeroCube-10, TeamXc at JPL and the use of CubeSats for outreach and education. Do you think CubeSats are the future of space exploration or are they better suited to education/student purposes?

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SpaceNews.com

Air Force X-37b Secret Spaceplane Lands After 780 Days In Orbit

Published 27th October 2019

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A U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane made a pre-dawn landing Oct. 27 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, after spending 780 days in orbit, breaking its own record by 62 days.

The Air Force said the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-5 (OTV-5) mission officially ended at 3:51 a.m. Eastern with a successful runway landing at NASA’s Shuttle Landing Facility. The mission originally launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Sept. 7, 2017.

Read all about it here: https://spacenews.com/air-force-x-37b-secret-spaceplane-lands-after-780-days-in-orbit/

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Dr Maggie Lieu

The Struggles Of Women In Space

Published 27th October 2019

Last week NASA made history with the first ever all female space walk featuring Christina Koch and Jessica Meir. You can watch the replay of the live stream here: https://youtu.be/Iji5hTQ3CUo
In this video Dr Lieu wants to talk about struggles of a woman astronaut.

Extra reading:
https://history.nasa.gov/women.html
https://history.nasa.gov/flats.html
The Mercury 13: The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight - Martha Ackmann: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mercury-13-Story-Thirteen-Flight/dp/0375758933

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Space.com

Next Two People On Moon 'Could Be Women,' NASA Chief Says

Published 28th October 2019

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In a keynote speech at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) (https://www.space.com/space-agencies-private-industry-collaboration-iac-2019.html), NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine deviated from the policy line about the Artemis moon program — in which he usually says something along the lines of, "We are going to land the first woman and the next man on the moon" — to suggest that the agency's next lunar landing could include multiple women on the moon's surface, depending on who is selected.

"There are great women at NASA right now," Bridenstine said of the astronaut corps, adding that it's very likely that somebody who is already in the group of spaceflyers could be tapped for the Artemis III moon-landing mission. But that crew hasn't been selected yet.

Read all about it here: https://www.space.com/space-agencies-private-industry-collaboration-iac-2019.html

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 28th October 2019 | Snowy Moons, Record Weather, Plasma/Magnetic Dominance

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APOD Podcast

The Space Station Crosses A Spotless Sun

Published 28th October 2019

In today's image, we see the silhouette of the International Space Station as it crosses in front of the Sun. The Sun is at solar minimum - a time when there are few to no sunspots visible on its surface.

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Nemesis Maturity

Mercury Transit November 11th 2019

Published 28th October 2019

The sky will put on a stellar show on Nov. 11, 2019, as Mercury crosses in front of the Sun. From our perspective on Earth, we can only ever see Mercury and Venus cross in front of, or transit, the Sun, so it's a rare event you won't want to miss!

A transit of Mercury happens only 14 times in the 21st century (2001 to 2100). The last transit was in May 2016, the next will be on November 11, 2019, and the next after that will be on November 13, 2032.

With the proper safety equipment, viewers nearly everywhere on Earth will be able to see a tiny dark spot moving slowly across the disk of the Sun. Because Mercury is so small from our perspective on Earth, you'll need binoculars or a telescope with a Sun filter to see it.

CAUTION: Looking at the Sun directly or through a telescope without proper protection can lead to serious and permanent vision damage. Do not look directly at the Sun without a solar filter.

A transit of Mercury happens only 14 times in the 21st century (2001 to 2100).
The last transit was in May 2016, the next will be on November 11, 2019, and the next after that will be on November 13, 2032.

The transit starts at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (12:36 UTC). It'll reach greatest transit (closest to sun’s center) at approximately 10:20 a.m. EST (15:20 UTC) and finally exiting around 1:04 p.m. EST (18:04 UTC).

The transit will be visible (at least in part) from most of the globe, with the exception of Indonesia, most of Asia, and Australia.

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Seeker

How Scientists Are Hunting For The Universe’s First Stars

Published 28th October 2019

We have yet to observe the first couple hundred million years after the Big Bang. Cosmologists have coined this period the Dark Ages.

Radio telescopes allow us to see the universe as it was just after the Big Bang, nearly 13.8 billion years ago. But after that early snapshot, there’s approximately one billion years we haven’t been able to see clearly, this is what cosmologists call the dark ages.

Probing into this hidden era of the universe can tell us more about how it took shape, and even the nature of dark matter.

The tools cosmologists use to see the history of the universe are getting better all the time. They’re setting up radio telescopes and antennae around the world, sometimes in remote locations to avoid human interference like an island between South Africa and the Antarctic, or on a lake in the Tibetan Plateau.

The new technology is making the enormous amounts of data these observatories churn out easier to analyze. And scientists think they can finally start figuring out what happened in the universe’s dark ages.

Find out more about this new technology, how it is mapping the universe’s first stars, and what we can learn about the very first days of our galaxy on this episode of Elements.

How Close Are We to Launching the James Webb Space Telescope?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmvnwzhDhCE

Read More:
Universe Quickly Spawned Stars After Big Bang, Ancient Galaxy Shows
https://www.space.com/universe-early-stars-ancient-galaxy-evidence.html.
"In 2016, a team led by Akio Inoue at Osaka Sangyo University in Japan used ALMA to find a signal of oxygen emitted 13.1 billion years ago. Only a few months later, Nicolas Laporte of University College London used the telescope to detect oxygen from 100 million years earlier."

Dark Ages, Dark Matter
https://darkmatterdarkenergy.com/2018/03/04/dark-ages-dark-matter/
"Cosmologists call the first couple of hundred million years of the universe’s history the Dark Ages. This is the period until the first stars formed. The Cosmic Dawn is the name given to the epoch during which these first stars formed."

Epoch of Reionization
https://www.haystack.mit.edu/ast/science/epoch/
"The Epoch of Reionization (EOR) refers to the period in the history of the universe during which the predominantly neutral intergalactic medium was ionized by the emergence of the first luminous sources. These sources may have been stars, galaxies, quasars, or some combination of the above."

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European Southern Observatory

ESO Telescope Reveals What Could Be The Smallest Dwarf Planet In The Solar System

Published 28th October 2019

Astronomers using the SPHERE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope have revealed that the asteroid Hygiea could be a dwarf planet. Find out more about this fascinating object in the new ESOcast Light.

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Location Of Hygiea In The Solar System

This animation shows where Hygiea’s orbit is in our Solar System. Like Ceres, Hygiea is in the main asteroid belt, which is located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. While Hygiea was thought to be an asteroid, new observations with the SPHERE instrument on the VLT have revealed that Hygiea is spherical in shape, meaning it could be reclassified as a dwarf planet. This would make it the smallest dwarf planet yet in our Solar System, after Ceres.

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Impact Simulation Explaining The Origin Of Hygiea’s Round Shape

Computational simulation of the fragmentation and reassembly that led to the formation of Hygiea and its family of asteroids, following an impact with a large object. While changes in the shape of Hygiea occur after the impact, the dwarf-planet candidate eventually acquires a round shape.

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Gianluca Masi

Near-Earth Asteroid 2019 UB8 Very Close Encounter: Online Observations

Published 28th October 2019

the near-Earth Asteroid 2019 UB8 will have a very close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 190.000 km from the Earth, half of the average lunar distance. The Virtual Telescope Project will show it to you live, online, join in from your home!

Brought to you by Virtual Telescope Project - www.virtualtelescope.eu

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Asteroid Station

Asteroid (2019 UB8) To Pass Between Earth & Moon Distance

Published 28th October 2019

Celestial event to take place on 29th October 2019.

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Deep Astronomy

Is James Webb Space Telescope Finally Ready?

Published 28th October 2019

The much delayed and extremely expensive to Hubble, the James Webb Space Telescope is finally all in one piece and passed some initial tests that opened the fragile and very large Sun shield that will protect the telescope cameras from the Sun while in space. So, what’s next for this mission?

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Astrum

How Can Black Holes Emit Light?

Published 28th October 2019

Based on the Illustris Project simulation, we look at radio-mode and quasar-mode feedback, seemingly exploding galaxies. But what really is going on here? VR180 4K video.

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High Altitude Observatory

Jens Oberheide | Clemson University | The Tidal Weather Of Earth's Middle & Upper Atmosphere

Recorded 26th & Published 28th October 2019

A variety of weather processes in the troposphere, solar radiation absorption in stratospheric ozone and nonlinear wave-mean flow interactions excite a longitude-dependent spectrum of atmospheric tides – global scale wave motions – with periods defined by Earth’s rotation rate. Growing exponentially in magnitude when propagating upward, tides are a key ingredient in coupling the lower with the upper atmosphere. Tides carry vast amounts of energy to the thermosphere-ionosphere, modify dynamo processes, and substantially change the mean state of the thermosphere-ionosphere including circulation, chemical composition, energy budget, and plasma densities. While the community has made significant progress in understanding the morphology, variations and impacts of tides on seasonal timescales (“tidal climate”), tidal variations on timescales of days or weeks (“tidal weather”) are much less understood, mainly due to constraints imposed by the observing geometries of current satellites that do not allow one to fully resolve the frequency/wavenumber spectrum with a few days time resolution. The talk will present new data analysis approaches of SABER/TIMED data to attack the problem, comparisons with state-of-the-art modeling such as WACCM+DART, and a discussion of the impact of recurring weather patterns such as the Madden-Julian Oscillation and wave-wave interactions on the tidal weather of Earth’s middle and upper atmosphere. Preliminary results from the new GOLD mission indicate a rather large response of the mean state of the thermosphere during periods of enhanced tidal wave driving, an effect that was predicted by models but could not be observed before.

Learn more about HAO and NCAR:
https://www2.hao.ucar.edu/

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The Mars Society

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Mars Society Awards Prizes To Mars Colony Design Contest Winners

Published 28th October 2019

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The Mars Society has awarded prizes to the top five winners in this year's inaugural Mars Colony Design Contest, an international competition to design a thousand-person permanent settlement on Mars.

Held during the recent 2019 Mars Society Convention in Los Angeles, the first place prize of $10,000 was awarded to the Star City team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a rendering of which you can see to the right.

"We were blown away by the quality of the one hundred entries we received and were able to expand the winner's pool from the top three entries to the top five," said James Burk, Mars Society IT Director.

Several entries, including these top five, will be included in a special print book that the Mars Society is working to publish by late this year.

Read all about it here: https://www.marssociety.org/news/2019/07/01/finalists-selected-for-mars-colony-prize-competition/

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Astrobiology.com

Exomoons In The Habitable Zones Of M Dwarfs

Published 28th October 2019

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M dwarfs host most of the exoplanets in the local Milky Way. Some of these planets, ranging from sub-Earths to super-Jupiters, orbit in their stars' habitable zones, although many likely possess surface environments that preclude habitability.

Moreover, exomoons around these planets could harbor life for long timescales and thus may also be targets for biosignature surveys. Here we investigate the potential habitability, stability, and detectability of exomoons around exoplanets orbiting M dwarfs.

Read all about it here: http://astrobiology.com/2019/10/exomoons-in-the-habitable-zones-of-m-dwarfs.html

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The future of humanity - McKenna, Abraham, Sheldrake
(1:39:57 hrs.)

"Predicting the future is seldom a sure thing but that didn''t stop Rupert, Ralph and Terence in this trialogue at Esalen back in '92. Many of the issues they discuss remain unresolved today, long past the turn of the millennium and 2012.

What is the nature of the political and social world that we should construct for ourselves and for our children? The problem of future-phobia within our society. How can society be reconstructed and improved? The crisis in values in our society. The incompatibility of capitalism and democracy. The need for intervention. Rethinking the notion of freedom. Could the idea of the eschaton be working against change? The need for leadership with positive guiding visions. Where will the new positive vision come from? What could trigger the next major shift? The return to local communities. A native peoples' intervention. The danger of pretending that catastrophe is not probable. What kind of miracle could help avert catastrophe? The need for mathematical models to aid environmental and economic interventions.

Electronic feudalism. Terence's view on and the fractionalisation and feudalisation of the world. The dangers of materialism. The need for the empowerment of women worldwide. The resurgence of shamanic practice. The need for social transformation and a vision on the mythological level. A way to achieve zero population growth. The psychedelic revival in England. The need for a collective vision quest. Entheogens and religion. The post-catastrophic world society. Crisis will force change. What is the true mission of humanity? Questions and answers: The eschaton as eraser of boundaries. 2012."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yimuSVycLxo

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 29th October 2019 | New Planet, Sun Mystery, Weather Modification

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APOD Podcast

Curiosity Rover Finds A Clay Cache On Mars

Published 29th October 2019

In today's image, we see the Curiosity Rover on the surface of Mars. It has recently discovered some significant clay deposits telling us that there were likely lakes of liquid water on Mars at some point in the distant past.

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Phys.org

Tess Reveals An Improbable Planet

Published 29th October 2019

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Using asteroseismology, a team led by an Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researcher studied two red-giant stars known to have exoplanets, and around one of them, found a seemingly improbable planet.

The team studied the red-giant stars HD 212771 and HD 203949. These are the first detections of oscillations in previously known exoplanet-host stars by TESS. The result was published today in an article in the Astrophysical Journal.

Research paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ab44a8

Read all about it here: https://phys.org/news/2019-10-tess-reveals-improbable-planet.html

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Richplanet.net

Acknowledged

Published 18th October 2019

Have aliens really visited us? What do they look like? Where do they come from and why are they here? Have they given us messages in Crop Circles? What historical evidence is there that aliens have been involved in the evolution or creation of humans? Is there a UFO/Alien cover up? If so, how is it kept in place?This book embodies an attempt to give some answers to the questions above, based on a compilation and distillation of evidence collected during about 15 years of ongoing research. Although this book is not written for people who are new to these topics, "newbies" and seasoned researchers alike should find something useful herein. Detailed information and over 900 references aim to give the reader a perspective on alien intervention, alien abduction, alien contact, landings and crashes. The involvement of military and intelligence interests and their influence on the so-called "Disclosure" movement is also considered. Also included is a critical look at certain prominent UFO researchers, who seem to be helping to keep certain truths obscured or marginalised.Although most or all of the information in this book has been written about elsewhere, this work attempts a synthesis of reasoned analysis which, it is hoped, will enlighten the reader and give them a new understanding about why any official type of "Disclosure" is unlikely to happen, as powerful interests need to keep their crimes covered up.

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E.T.s On Earth

Published 29th October 2019

This is the second part show no. 274 with Andrew Johnson discussing his new book on UFOs entitled "Acknowledged". In this episode we discuss the alien abduction phenomenon, and ask whether the military could be behind most alleged abduction cases. What about the ancient alien or ancient astronaut claims - Andrew brings to light what he believes is the best evidence for alien intervention in the distant past. We then look at some very intriguing photographs, video and physical evidence of alleged extra terrestrials on Earth. Could any of this evidence really mean that we have been visited by intelligent races from elsewhere in our galaxy?

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What We Know

Aliens In Ancient Art All Around The World

Published 29th October 2019

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Stina Bo Bina

How To Spot A New Age UFO Cult

Published 28th October 2019

In the 1950s and early 1960s, our world experienced an increase in ufo sightings. This was also the early era of free love and new age spirituality hitting the United States. Our world was just coming out of the threat of nuclear war.

Some individuals found an opportunity to feed their ego with what was popular at the time, and using the anxiety and fear of humanity to their advantage. The mystery of Roswell and the new age hippy movement combined formed a new type of cult and religion. A new type of god. A new leader to bring this message to you. The spirituality and new age movement was able to allow these leaders to cherry pick whatever fit their hearts desire. Using the mystery of extraterrestrials to their advantage.

This formula is still in use today and transcends faster and further than ever with the internet at our fingertips. Although Marshall applewhite of heavens gate was the first to utilize and popularize the internet for spreading his message - he sure isn’t the last. Today there are many ufo new age cults using the internet to spread their message.

The new age ufo cults present themselves as unique and the correct way to live your life. With the right answers. Many of these leaders profess to be the only channel to have access to this information from the extraterrestrial gods. Bringing you new and exciting information. And sometimes - to warn you to get your life right because destruction is right around the corner.

Unfortunately what many of the followers in the cults don’t realize is this blend has been around since the 1950s And many of this channeled information to their leader/guru is nothing new. In fact - a lot of the channeled information is very similar.

I’m going to present to you 5 ufo cults and religions - the atherian society, heavens gate, the universe people, the unarian society and the sphere being alliance - 5 ufo cults that are very similar in their thinking, rhetoric and propaganda. Some of these groups do not seem to present any danger and have no bad reputation to speak of.

Others.. not so much.

So my question to you is - if all of these cults spread the same message, but profess to be the only channel, who is telling the truth? And would they all be considered cults or religions if one is considered a cult or religion? What makes one different from the other?

And should we be worried?

Dateline UFO CULTS -
https://youtu.be/x8mNPDXgUro

Vice Athenian society -
https://youtu.be/hy9b-9-gfRQ

Athenian society introduction-
https://youtu.be/T8GYpcPXtog

https://youtu.be/DWjl5CDk2vs

Sphere being Alliance-
https://youtu.be/A377Ur0hDNc

https://youtu.be/ZXLP5Q-WdR4

https://youtu.be/rACn0u_zCD8

Heavens Gate-

https://youtu.be/AqSZhwu1Rwo

https://youtu.be/oXmgU_aY-NI

https://youtu.be/nh35j2S68DQ

Archive of Marshall Applewhite teachings
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ1Xev5jJs9f4Ef6Gp8rORA

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Already posted but bumping


Acknowledged Andrew Johnson

Have aliens really visited us? What do they look like? Where do they come from and why are they here? Have they given us messages in Crop Circles? What historical evidence is there that aliens have been involved in the evolution or creation of humans? Is there a UFO/Alien cover up? If so, how is it kept in place?This book embodies an attempt to give some answers to the questions above, based on a compilation and distillation of evidence collected during about 15 years of ongoing research.

Although this book is not written for people who are new to these topics, "newbies" and seasoned researchers alike should find something useful herein. Detailed information and over 900 references aim to give the reader a perspective on alien intervention, alien abduction, alien contact, landings and crashes. The involvement of military and intelligence interests and their influence on the so-called "Disclosure" movement is also considered. Also included is a critical look at certain prominent UFO researchers, who seem to be helping to keep certain truths obscured or marginalised.

Although most or all of the information in this book has been written about elsewhere, this work attempts a synthesis of reasoned analysis which, it is hoped, will enlighten the reader and give them a new understanding about why any official type of "Disclosure" is unlikely to happen, as powerful interests need to keep their crimes covered up.

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Came out today on Rich Planet 10/29/2019


This is the second part show no. 274 with Andrew Johnson discussing his new book on UFOs entitled "Acknowledged". In this episode we discuss the alien abduction phenomenon, and ask whether the military could be behind most alleged abduction cases. What about the ancient alien or ancient astronaut claims - Andrew brings to light what he believes is the best evidence for alien intervention in the distant past. We then look at some very intriguing photographs, video and physical evidence of alleged extra terrestrials on Earth. Could any of this evidence really mean that we have been visited by intelligent races from elsewhere in our galaxy?

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Podcast UFO

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Jennifer Stein & Peter Robbins | James Forrestal Documentary

Streamed & Published 29th October 2019

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Alejandro Rojas with UFO Updates, Stephen Bassett will come on to discuss a new venture for a few minutes, then guests Jennifer Stein & Peter Robbins discuss their documentary: James Forrestal - His Extraordinary Life and Suspicious Death, they will get into their ideas on what was his downfall, was it that he knew too much about UFOs pertaining to national security?

We will discuss other UFO topics as well.

JENNIFER W. STEIN is a self-taught filmmaker who never went to film school. She is an entrepreneur who started making films in the 1990’s while running non-profit organizations, raising her two children, and running a special events business.

PETER ROBBINS is one of America’s most respected investigative writers specializing in the subject of UFOs. He is a regular guest on radio programs and podcasts and has appeared as a guest on and been consultant to numerous television shows and documentaries.

The two have worked together on numerous projects over the past years, one of which was "TRAVIS: The True Story of Travis Walton" which Stein was Executive Producer on and Robbins an Associate Producer.

https://onwingesproductions.com/portfoliotype/james-forrestal-his-extraordinary-life-and-suspicious-death/

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Exoplanets.NASA.gov

Observing Exoplanets: What Can We Really See?

Published 28th October 2019

https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/internal_resources/441

Exoplanets are far away, and they are often obscured by the bright light of the stars they orbit. So, taking pictures of them the same way you'd take pictures of, say, Jupiter or Venus, isn't easy.

The major problem astronomers face in trying to directly image exoplanets is that the stars they orbit are millions of times brighter than their planets. Any light reflected off of the planet or heat radiation from the planet itself is drowned out by the massive amounts of radiation coming from its host star. It's like trying to see a firefly flitting around a spotlight.

So, it takes new techniques and advancing technology to make it happen.

Read all about it here: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1605/observing-exoplanets-what-can-we-really-see/

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Asteroid Station

Asteroid (2019 UF9)

Published 29th October 2019

Celestial event to take place on 31st October 2019.

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Asteroid (2015 JD1)

Published 30th October 2019

This 1400 foot object moves towards Earth early November 2019

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Sott.net

Large Green Meteor Widely Observed Flying Over County Cork, Ireland

Published 28th October 2019

An Irish driver has captured stunning footage of a low-flying meteor over Co Cork.

Sean Linehan was driving near Banteer, Co Cork at around 7pm on Monday night when we recorded amazing footage of the green meteor on his dashcam.

Sean uploaded the clip to his Twitter account shortly after, tweeting: "Just caught this on my dashcam outside Banteer, Cork.

Read all about it here: https://www.sott.net/article/422826-Large-green-meteor-fireball-widely-observed-flying-over-Ireland

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Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

Dr. James Benford | Starshot; The First Interstellar Probe

Published 29th October 2019

Breakthrough Starshot is an initiative by the Breakthrough Foundation to prove ultra-fast ultra-light nanospacecraft can be launched by laser radiation pressure to nearby stars, and will lay the foundations for a first launch to Alpha Centauri within the next generation. Designs for a 0.2c Alpha Centauri mission minimize beam director capital cost by accelerating a ~4 m, several gram diameter sailcraft for ~10 min. A number of hard engineering challenges remain to be solved before these missions can become a reality: Large coherent laser arrays are required. No consensus has been reached on the most suitable sail geometry for stable flight, “beam-riding”. The sail itself requires major advances in materials science and photonic design to produce materials with the required absorptance, emittance, reflectance, areal density and operating temperature. Along the way, the project will enable increasingly fast outer solar system and interstellar precursor missions. Breakthrough Starshot will pave the way for multi-lightyear pipelines of sailcraft that fly past each target star every few weeks. Beams such as Starshot will produce an extremely observable transient feature of Earth and therefore could be an observable of extraterrestrial advanced civilizations.

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Astronomy.com

Fourty Years Later, These Voyager Instruments Still Talk To NASA

From The October Issue Of Astronomy Magazine

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Incredibly, a few instruments aboard both spacecraft continue to function.

Read all about it here: http://www.astronomy.com/magazine/2019/10/after-40-years-voyager-still-talks-to-nasa-with-7-instruments

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 30th October 2019 | Sun, Cold Records, Deep Signals Before MegaQuakes

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Seeker

How Big Is A Proton Anyway? This Decade-Long Debate May Have Just Been Solved

Published 30th October 2019

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Scientists thought they knew the approximate size of a proton until a 2010 experiment came back with a very different number, creating the proton-radius puzzle.

After almost a decade of reexamination, scientists think they’ve solved what’s known as the proton-radius puzzle.

First some basics: The proton itself is not a smooth billiard-ball, but more like a cloud of quarks held together by gluons. The quarks a proton is made up of give it its positive charge, and the threshold of that positive charge can be thought of as the proton’s size.

There are two main approaches scientists have used to find the radius of a proton’s boundary.

The first involves firing electrons at atoms, like hydrogen, which in its simplest form is a single proton nucleus with one orbiting electron. Then, based on how the electrons bounce off the nucleus, scientists can determine where the proton’s positive charge begins to fade.

The second method involves measuring how much energy it takes to excite an atom’s electron from one state to the next, and like method one, hydrogen is typically the atom of choice.

The other method measures how much energy it takes to excite an atom’s electron from one state to the next, and again, hydrogen is often the atom of choice.

Over the years, these two methods came more or less to the agreement that a proton’s radius was about 0.8768 femtometers, and all was well until about a decade ago when someone artificially swapped out hydrogen’s electron with a muon.

Now a muon is like an electron in every way, except it is 207 times more massive.

That’s right 207 times.

And that added weight means that the muon spends more time inside the proton, making its switch to a higher energy state millions of times more sensitive to the proton’s size than the electron in regular hydrogen. By measuring the proton using muonic hydrogen, they came back with a result 4% smaller than the previously accepted size, a difference that’s not insignificant.

So, were their previous measurements off? Or was this a hint at something more tantalizing? Did the discrepancy reveal some unknown physics or new elementary particles?

Find out more about a proton’s size and what we know so far, on this episode of Elements.

New Subatomic Particles Are Shifting the Standard Model of Physics
https://youtu.be/V4f9zIbJksQ

Read More:
Proton-size puzzle deepens
https://www.nature.com/news/proton-size-puzzle-deepens-1.22760
"The proton might truly be smaller than was thought. Experiments on an exotic form of hydrogen first found1 a puzzling discrepancy with the accepted size in 2010. Now, evidence from a German and Russian team points to a smaller value for the size of the proton with ordinary hydrogen, too."

Scientists measure precise proton radius to help resolve decade-old puzzle
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190905145426.htm
"The York University team studied atomic hydrogen to understand the deviant value obtained from muonic hydrogen. They conducted a high-precision measurement using the frequency-offset separated oscillatory fields (FOSOF) technique, which they developed for this measurement."

Physicists Finally Nail the Proton’s Size, and Hope Dies
https://www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-finally-nail-the-protons-size-and-hope-dies-20190911/
"The new result implies that earlier attempts to measure the proton’s radius in electronic hydrogen tended to overshoot the true value. It’s unclear why this would be so."

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APOD Podcast

M42: Inside The Orion Nebula

Published 30th October 2019

In today's image we see the Orion Nebula. this is one of the nearest star-forming regions to us and is only about 1500 light years away.

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Scott Manley

Everything We Know About The US Air Force's Secret Space Plane - The X-37B

Published 30th October 2019

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For the last 10 years the US Air Force has been flying a small reusable space plane designated the X-37B, carrying out classified missions in low Earth orbit. This of course makes it something of a magnet for crazy conspiracy theories suggesting it's a weapons platform or it's changing the weather. However it was always pitched as a reusable platform to perform extended experiments in space starting back when it was a joint project with NASA. But NASA left the project after developing new flight control sensors and algorithms, because the purpose of the final product largely replicated capabilities already offered by the Space Station.

The DoD had similar testing requirements with the extra constraint of keeping the hardware and tests classified, so, the X-37B offers them this capability.

Photos of X37B in space by Ralph Vandebergh
https://twitter.com/ralfvandebergh

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Deep Astronomy

What Will NASA's Lunar Gateway Habitat Look Like?

Published 31st October 2019

A critical part of NASA's plan to get to Mars and the Moon include the development and construction of a gateway that will support lunar and Mars exploration in the coming years. The technology and experience gained building and using the gateway will offer a major improvement to our current space capabilities.

One crucial module on the gateway is the habitat that will house human beings. NASA contractor Northrop-Grumman is tasked with designing and building the gateway habitat, tune in for our discussion and learn about the capabilities and status of this important component of human space exploration.

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CosmoQuest

Daily Space

Streamed & Published 31st October 2019

Dr Pamela Gay with your space & astronomy news for the past day.

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Space Weather Woman Tamitha Skov

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Space Weather News | Solar Storm Forecast | Three Times A Charm For Aurora

Published 31st October 2019

We've just barely had a chance to calm down from a G2-level solar storm due to some fast solar wind that hit a few days ago and we are already being hit by a stealthy solar storm the Sun launched back on October 25th! This stealthy storm has bumped us back to active conditions for a short while, but it should bring aurora only to high latitudes because it is magnetically oriented the wrong way to really have a significant impact Earth's magnetic shield. Nonetheless, it is helping to precondition Earth's shield and make it more sensitive to the next solar storm that is expected to hit over the next few days. This third storm will be from some fast solar wind from a southern hemisphere coronal hole and it could return us to active conditions starting around early next week. In addition to these solar storms, several bright regions are rotating into Earth view, and they are are boosting the solar flux up to marginal conditions for radio propagation (just barely). This is good news for amateur radio and emergency responders as these conditions should last over the next few days and possibly into next week as well. The only group really suffering are GPS users, as GPS reception likely isn't so great right now, especially near aurora and on Earth's night side. However, reception should slowly get better as we move through mid-next week. Learn the details of these three solar storms, how they are affecting the satellites above us, when and where to see aurora, and what to expect in radio propagation and GPS reception this week as well as what else our Sun has in store!

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 31st October 2019 | 1st Modern Arc Crater, Earthquake, Magnetic Plasma

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Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics

Zhaohuan Zhu | University Of Nevada, Las Vegas | Using Disk Substructures To Reveal Young Planet Population

Published 31st October 2019

ALMA provides us a great opportunity to image the planet construction zone directly, and many disk structures (e.g. spirals, gaps, warps) have emerged. In this talk, I will discuss how planet-disk interaction theory helps us understand planet formation process. Then, I will apply the planet-disk interaction theory to substructures in the ALMA large program (DSHARP) to reveal the potential young planet population. We find that the occurrence rate for >5 M J planets beyond 5-10 au is consistent with direct imaging constraints. Using these disk substructures also allows us to probe a wide-orbit planet population (Neptune to Jupiter mass planets beyond 10 au) that is not accessible to other planet searching techniques. Finally, I will discuss one possible solution to the planet mass budget problem: one puzzle revealed by ALMA that the dust in Class II disks may not be enough to explain the averaged solid mass in exoplanets.

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John Michael Godier's Event Horizon

Dr. Jakub Scholtz & Dr. James Unwin | Is Planet 9 A Black Hole?

Published 31st October 2019

An exploration into the concept that instead of a ninth undiscovered planet lurking in the outer solar system there may be a primordial black hole.

Jakub Scholtz and James Unwin join John Michael Godier to discuss their recent paper What if Planet 9 is a Primordial Black Hole? And the implications that could mean.

"What if Planet 9 is a Primordial Black Hole?", Scholtz and Unwin, 2019.
https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.11090

Does Planet Nine Exist? Featuring Dr. Konstantin Batygin
https://youtu.be/gG58idb6HuA

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Fraser Cain

Surviving On Venus. Is It Time To Go Back To That Awful Place?

Streamed & Published 31st October 2019

If you’ve watched this channel enough, you might have the impression that I hate Venus. It’s possible, just possible I’ve even suggested that the planet is so terrible it should be pushed into the Sun.

The reality, of course, is that it’s an absolutely fascinating world - the closest twin to the Earth that we have in the Solar System. It’s nearly the same mass and has the same surface gravity.

While Earth is the beautiful life-filled world we all enjoy, Venus is a tortured hellscape, with temperatures hot enough to melt zinc. With atmospheric pressures more than 93 times what we experience here on the surface of Earth. And I always forget about the sulphuric acid rain.

The Soviets sent a series of landers to a horrible demise for a glimpse of the surface of Venus in the 70s and 80s. But nobody’s been back since.

There have been new techniques and technologies in development that might make a serious exploration of the surface of Venus possible again. Exploration that could help us understand why the planet went so horribly horribly wrong.

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SouthWest Research Institute

SWRI To Plan Pluto Orbiter Mission

Published 30th October 2019

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NASA has funded Southwest Research Institute to study the important attributes, feasibility and cost of a possible future Pluto orbiter mission. This study will develop the spacecraft and payload design requirements and make preliminary cost and risk assessments for new technologies.

The study is one of 10 different mission studies that NASA is sponsoring to prepare for the next Planetary Science Decadal Survey. The results of these studies will be delivered to the National Academy Planetary Decadal Study that will begin in 2020.

Read all about it here: https://www..org/press-release/pluto-orbiter-mission-decadal-survey-study

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ScienceAlert.com

Rarely Seen Gravity Waves Captured Rippling In Earth's Atmosphere

Published 28th October 2019

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The atmosphere is fluid. This means it's subject to fluid dynamics, such as circulation, currents, and, yes, gravity waves. The atmosphere is always in motion, so these phenomena happen all the time; but actually seeing them is another matter.

Well, thanks to weather satellites, now you can take a mighty gawk at atmospheric gravity waves that rippled out over Western Australia last week.

Not to be confused with gravitational waves, which are disturbances in the curvature of spacetime created by massive acceleration, gravity waves, also known as buoyancy waves, are a physical phenomenon where waves are generated in any fluid medium, such as waves at the beach, or ripples in a glass of water.

Read all about it here: https://www.sciencealert.com/a-weather-satellite-has-captured-rarely-seen-gravity-waves-in-earth-s-atmosphere

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Nature.com

Second-Ever Interstellar Comet Contains Alien Water

Published 30th October 2019

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Astronomers have for the first time spotted signs of water in our Solar System that originated somewhere else. The alien water seems to be spraying off comet 2I/Borisov, which is flying towards the Sun on a journey from interstellar space.

“There’s water — that’s cool, that’s great,” says Olivier Hainaut, an astronomer at the European Southern Observatory in Garching, Germany. The discovery isn’t surprising, he says, because most comets contain a lot of water. But confirming its presence in an interstellar comet is an important step towards understanding how water might travel between the stars.

Read all about it here: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03334-5

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Asteroid Station

Asteroid Alert (2019 UG11)

Published 31st October 2019

Asteroid will near miss Earth by half the distance of the Moon on the 1st November 2019.

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Prehistory Decoded

The Younger Dryas Debate | Part One

Published 19th October 2019

Surveys the research literature surrounding the Younger Dryas debate. Part 1 discusses papers from 2007 to 2009.

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The Younger Dryas Debate | Part Two

Published 31st October 2019

Part 2 of the series covers developments in the research in 2010, including the nanodiamond layer found in the Greenland ice sheet

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Nemesis Maturity

Four Meteor Showers To Light Up The Skies In November

Published 31st October 2019

This month there are four meteor showers. The Southern Taurids, the Northern Taurids, the Leonids and the November Orionids.

Watch for Taurid fireballs!
November 6, 2019, is the peak date of the long-lasting South Taurid meteor shower. These rather slow-moving meteors produce the greatest numbers in the few hours after midnight.

The Northern Taurids are visible before midnight for a week centered on November 12.
Both the South and North Taurids are active from late October to early December. According to the American Meteor Society (AMS), the Taurids (both branches) are rich in fireballs and are often responsible for increased number of fireball reports.

Leonid meteor shower
The annual Leonid meteor shower is expected to reach peak activity in the early hours of November 17. In a dark sky you can see up to 20 meteors per hour at its peak. This shower has been known to produce meteor storms. The Leonids produced meteor storms of hundreds to thousands of meteors per hour at the peak each year from 1998 to 2002. The best viewing time is after midnight, when the constellation Leo rises above the eastern horizon. Leonids can be viewed at any place on Earth, given the sky is clear.

November Orionids
November Orionids peak on the 28th. The constellation Orion is familiar to most skywatchers. The radiant is near Orion's head. You can see a rate of about 5 meteors per hour.

For best meteor viewing, experts suggest going to a location away from city lights, dressing warmly, and lie flat on your back and look straight up. No special viewing equipment needed - just your eyes.

Have a nice month and happy skywatching!

Clear Skies Everyone!

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Analytical Graphics, Inc.

Chris Blackerby (COO), & Ron Lopez (President, U.S.) | Astroscale | Space Debris Removal

Published 31st October 2019

In this episode, Astroscale's Chris Blackerby (COO), and Ron Lopez (President, U.S.) discuss their company and their plan to help clean up debris from space.

Just as society is dealing with issues of pollution of our land and oceans, we also have to address the growing amount of debris polluting space. There are now millions of pieces of debris posing a threat to our orbital highway, and these uncontrolled hazards can cause potential damage to the many active satellites that are providing daily benefits to society. If we don’t start addressing the issue of space debris now we will endanger active satellites and the benefits they bring us here on Earth.

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Phys.org

Even 'Goldilocks' Exoplanets Need A Well-Behaved Star

Published 31st October 2019

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An exoplanet may seem like the perfect spot to set up housekeeping, but before you go there, take a closer look at its star.

Rice University astrophysicists are doing just that, building a computer model to help judge how a star's own atmosphere impacts its planets, for better or worse.

By narrowing the conditions for habitability, they hope to refine the search for potentially habitable planets. Astronomers now suspect that most of the billions of stars in the sky have at least one planet. To date, Earth-bound observers have spotted nearly 4,000 of them.

Research paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ab4652

Read all about it here: https://phys.org/news/2019-10-goldilocks-exoplanets-well-behaved-star.html

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8NewsNow.com

I-Team: Former Sen. Harry Reid Talks UFOs In Sit-Down Interview

Published 31st October 2019

Former U.S. Senator Harry Reid wants to clarify some bad information being dispensed by the Pentagon about a secret study of UFOs. It was authorized by Reid and other lawmakers more than a decade ago.

The UFO study was kept quiet until two years ago, and since then, a lot of misinformation has surfaced about the purpose of the study and who worked for it. Senator Reid sat down with the I-Team’s George Knapp for an exclusive interview.

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Read all about it here: https://us13.proxysite.com/process.php?d=UCY9IDhtvOviVR0AbW5vY23oxvQA5zzncy8cIdA5D8a8xY95R1BDzb69IKdowGKwkooTSztUlOcbloY5NMQWLk hKaH7gw9kGFW3CR5k33aQWTFovfwHisPrN%2FtX6UNE%3D&b=1&f=norefer

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The Black Vault

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Inside The Black Vault | New Documents; Updates & Your Questions

Published 31st October 2019

Join John Greenewald, Jr., to go over the month of updates. It's been a HUGE month with all sorts of new documents. I'll cover it all, then I'll follow it up answers your questions via phone and text.

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UFOklahoma

Orbs In Oklahoma! Plus Map Of UFO Sightings Across The United States!

Published 31st October 2019

Here we cover a sighting of orbs in the great Midwest city of Oklahoma. Also we're giving you access to the reported UFO sightings From the National UFO Reporting Center (N.U.R.C.)http://www.nuforc.org with the map fantastically designed by Esri (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAopNJMbFEI).

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Isaac Arthur

The Fermi Paradox: Rare Technology

Published 31st October 2019

The Fermi Paradox, the big question of where all the aliens are, has many proposed solutions focusing on what might lower the odds of intelligent species arising on another world, or what might end technological civilizations or cause them to go unseen by us and our SETI efforts. But what if intelligence rarely leads to technological civilizations in the first place? Could there be countless planets in our galaxy occupied by species who never came to value technology?

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 1st November 2019 | Records Broken, Crust Movement, Cosmic News

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APOD Podcast

The Day After Mars

Published 1st November 2019

In today's image, we see an image of Mars from about 5 years ago. Just above and to the right of Mars, we see the comet Siding Spring which passed very close to Mars 5 years ago.

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Astrum

What Did NASA's Opportunity Rover Find On Mars?

Published 1st November 2019

My battery is low and it's getting dark. NASA's Opportunity has come to the end of a 15 year mission on Mars. But what did it do? This episode focuses on Endeavour Crater and Cape York!

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AstroFlask

The Milky Way As Seen From The ISS

Published 27th October 2019

A quick recap of the processing over 175 images from ISS Expedition 31, out of 231, that show the Milky Way behind the Earth, looking out from a window. You can see the resulting image on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/dnu0g3/milky_way_from_the_iss_own_work_from_isseol_data/

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SentIntoSpace

What Does A Solar Eclipse Look Like From The Edge Of Space? | Hyperlapse @ 165,000 Feet

Published 1st November 2019

In August 2017 we travelled to Wyoming to film a solar eclipse. We launched a high altitude weather balloon filled with helium to an altitude exceeding 50km, timing the apex of the flight to coincide with totality.

Using a series of cameras aligned with nanometre precision, we filmed 360 degrees of footage for three hours from launch. On landing, we stitched the footage together and digitally stabilised the footage frame by frame to artificially lock the viewer perspective on the horizon, cropping down to a traditional 16:9 ratio. Finally, we speed-ramped the footage to create the world's first hyperlapse of an eclipse from the edge of space.

For more information about our launch, check out our article about the project: https://www.sentintospace.com/post/so...

To see the launch and some more amazing moments from the flight in full 360, see the BBC's video: https://youtu.be/53PvDEkgbno

Check out our very first 360 hyperlapse here: https://youtu.be/PsSvqvK_3Zo

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Caltech Astronomy

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Jim Fuller | Sounds Of The Stars: Imaging Star Guts With Cosmic Music

Published 2nd November 2019

What lies at the center of a star? A stellar core is surrounded by a million Earth’s worth of plasma, so we cannot see it directly. However, the immense power of a star’s radiation causes nearly all stars to pulsate, creating “star quakes” at their surfaces. These oscillations are a collection of musical notes that uniquely define each star and are determined by its internal structure, just as the sound of a musical instrument is determined by its size and shape. Join me for a cosmic symphony as we journey to the center of the Sun, Saturn, white dwarfs, red giants, and heartbeat stars.

Echo360 Two-Pane Video Stream: https://echo360.org/lesson/G_ddc1c2c1-ef84-42a4-bc69-f0b54bc15f18_5cc4ec39-30a7-4a70-985c-20cfd5283fcc_2019-11-01T18:45:00.000_2019-11-01T21:45:00.000/classroom

The stars vibrate at different frequencies, producing "music" that our telescopes can "hear". These vibrations allow us to probe the interior of the star, down to its very core. Presentation: 05:05; speaker Q&A: 31:30; panel Q&A: 43:23

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Anton Petrov

Asteroseismology - The Science Of Natural Music Of The Stars

Published 3rd November 2019

Anton talk about the field known as asteroseismology - the study of star harmonics or the music that the stars produce.

Music: Home-We're Finally Landing https://soundcloud.com/home-2001

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 2nd & 3rd November 2019

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APOD Podcast

Inside The Flame Nebula & Daphnis & The Rings of Saturn

Published 2nd & 3rd November 2019

In today's image we use infrared and x-ray observations, combined with optical to get a view inside the Flame Nebula. This allows us to see the very young stars that are forming at its center.

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In today's image, we see one of the small satellites of Saturn known as Daphnis. We will see how it helps to shape the structures that we see in the rings of Saturn.

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