Up At The Ranch And Beyond

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United Launch Alliance

Atlas V GOES-S: Aerial Views Leading To Launch

Published 6th March 2018

Above-the-scenes views while we prepared ULA's Atlas V rocket to launch the GOES-S weather satellite for NASA and NOAA.

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

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NASA Goddard

Send Your Name To The Sun With The Parker Solar Probe

Published 6th March 2018

The captain would like a word.

NASA's historic Parker Solar Probe mission will launch in summer 2018 to travel through the Sun's atmosphere, closer to the solar surface than any spacecraft before it, facing brutal heat and radiation conditions - and you can send your name along for the ride. To commemorate humanity's first visit to the star we live with, NASA invites the public to submit their names to be included on a microchip headed to the Sun aboard NASA's Parker Solar Probe.

Read all about it here: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard...-touch-the-sun

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=HfS21Nr6K0Y

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SkyTours Radio



Episode Six | Hidden In Plain Starlight

Published 4th March 2018

Marc examines the latest exoplanet discoveries & He ask the question could life exist on any of these planets. He then moves on to Star Catalogues & Spectral classes.

Listen here

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Space.com

Saturn & Its Rings Meet Sun Glare In Ethereal Cassini Photo

Published 6th March 2018



Saturn and its rings shine through the sun's glare across the Cassini spacecraft's wide-angle camera in a newly released photo from the planetary mission.

Read all about it here: https://www.space.com/39897-saturn-t...ace-photo.html

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NationalGeographic.com.au

What Ancient African Huts Reveal About Earth's Magnetic Flips

Published 7th March 2018



For the last 170 years, a mysteriously weak patch of Earth’s magnetic field has grown in size, causing some geologists to think that the planet is gearing up to flip its magnetic poles. Now, buildings that were ritually burned down in Africa more than a thousand years ago are adding vital new clues to the case.

Read all about it here: http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au...tic-flips.aspx

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Scientific American.com

Exoplanet Everests May Be Detectable When Giant Telescopes Come Online

Published 6th March 2018



The Himalayas distort Earth’s surface only about as much as a human hair would that of a billiard ball. Discerning such a minute effect on a planet orbiting another star might seem laughable—akin to perceiving the hair on the ball, with the ball on the moon. Nevertheless, two astronomers have proposed a way to detect mountains and other surface features on exoplanets. And as mind-blowing as that may seem, the researchers have even loftier goals in mind.

Read all about it here: https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...s-come-online/

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Gianluca Masi

Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2017 VR12's Close Encounter

Live @ Time Of Posting

Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2017 VR12 is around 4 Lunar Distances.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=pviUPgFtzv0

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European Southern Observatory

Zooming in & Panning Across On Alma's View Of The Orion Nebula

Published 7th March 2018

This video starts with a broad view of the sky and zooms in on the familiar constellation of Orion (The Hunter). We then get a closeup view of the Orion Nebula star formation region. In the final sequence we see the strange red filaments of cool gas that ALMA has revealed.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=IMO595LRh74

This pan sequence shows part of the famous Orion Nebula star formation region. At the start we see the bright Trapezium Cluster of hot young stars and then see the strange pattern of narrow filaments of cold gas, which appear red in this view from ALMA. The background blue image, which shows the stars and other features, comes from the HAWK-I camera on ESO's Very Large Telescope.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=v5olWvQviho

New data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and other telescopes have been used to create a stunning image showing a web of filaments in the Orion Nebula. These features appear red-hot and fiery, but in reality are so cold that astronomers must use telescopes like ALMA to observe them.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=HIXGgKT61hs

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Suspicious Observers News | 7th March 2018 | Earth-Directed CME, Top News, Quake Watch

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cPypS3Jo-QM

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Space.com

On This Day In Space | 7th March 1962 | NASA Launches Orbiting Solar Observatory

Published 7th March 2018

On March 7, 1962, NASA launched the first Orbiting Solar Observatory. Eight of these satellites were launched between 1962 and 1975 to study the 11-year solar cycle. Each of the satellites had two main parts called the "wheel" and the "sail." The sail contained solar panels and instruments that took measurements of the sun. The sail was mounted onto the wheel, which could rotate to make sure that the instruments were pointing in the right direction. The satellites measured things like UV light, X-rays, and gamma radiation. The data was recorded on tape and transmitted to Earth via FM telemetry.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=eM2r1M9YhWs

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Reflective structure/s on moon mesa, John Lenard Walson’s latest. Some interesting comments.

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

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John Michael Godier

Enceladus & The Conditions For Life

Published 7th March 2018

An exploration into new research that suggests that bacteria could live in the oceans of Saturn's moon Encceladus, Raising the chances that there may already be microbial life there.

Papers and links: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-02876-y

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=T6b9e6DuCew

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Harvard-Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics

Yamila Miguel | Jupiter's Internal Structure & Juno's First Results

Streamed 25th January & Published 7th March 2018

Yamila shares the very first results from the data garnered from NASA's Juno mission & Explains the gas giant's internal structure as this is the key to understanding our solar systems formation.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3L0isygjr4o

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Perimeter Institute For Theoretical Physics

Emily Levesque | The Weirdest Stars In The Universe

Published 7th March 2018

Take a tour of the strangest phenomena in the universe from the biggest, brightest & most volatile stars to the explosive fireworks of core collapse supernovae & The fascinating physics of gravitational waves, weird stars serve as a common thread for exploring our universe's history, evolution & extremes.

Levesque will discuss the history of stellar astronomy, present day observing techniques, new discoveries & She explores the most puzzling & bizarre objects being studied by astronomers today.

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

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Slooh

Dr. Godfrey's Intro To Astronomy - Gravitational Lensing

Streamed & Published 7th March 2018

Dr. Godfrey's guide to gravitational lensing.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=YOaVe2xjca4

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PBS SpaceTime

Should Space Be Privatized?

Published 7th March 2018

Will the future of space exploration be guided by public or private entities? Which is better?

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=wJ7d503fN-g

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Deep Astronomy

Telescope Hangout | What's So Great About A Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope?

Published 8th March 2018

Tony & His co-horts discuss the advantages & disadvantages of usings a Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. And answer the question is it worth purchasing one?

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=H6zEklQe-h0

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EarthFiles



Special Report | Cosmic Ray Increase

Published 7th March 2018

Linda's latest report is from a news story about cosmic rays that broke this week.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=LTB6YENBR8c

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UFO Planet

UFO Sightings Submissions Compilation #112 | 6th - 7th March 2018

Published 7th March 2018

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=K_74F2wBIDQ

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Juno observed Storms on the poles of Jupiter.

There are 8 Cyclons (Storms) rotating around the Northpole of Jupiter:


And there are 5 Cyclons rotating around the Southpol of Jupiter:






Here is a tech paper about these Storms called:
Clusters of cyclones encircling Jupiter’s poles
http://www.nature.com/articles/natur...d4poG8P4SE8%3D