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Scott Manley

Snapped Cable Damages Arecibo Observatory Radio Telescope

Published 13th August 2020

The Arecibo Radio Telescope is one of the most famous astronomical observatories in the world, and for a long time was the world's largest. On Monday night a support cable snapped and fell into the reflector dish, damaging the reflector panels, it also crashed into the side of the gregorian dome which includes the secondard and tertiary reflectors.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4V3VCt24tkE

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NASA Goddard

NASA Spacecraft Uncover Mystery Behind Auroral Beads

Published 14th August 2020

A special type of aurora, draped east-west across the night sky like a glowing pearl necklace, is helping scientists better understand the science of auroras and their powerful drivers out in space. Known as auroral beads, these lights often show up just before large auroral displays, which are caused by electrical storms in space called substorms. Until now, scientists weren’t sure if auroral beads are somehow connected to other auroral displays as a phenomenon in space that precedes substorms, or if they are caused by disturbances closer to Earth’s atmosphere.

But powerful new computer models, combined with observations from NASA’s Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms – THEMIS – mission, have provided the first direct evidence of the events in space that lead to the appearance of these beads and demonstrated the important role they play in our local space environment.

Read all about it here: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/aurora-...hemis-mission/

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=fwE02OBWoKQ

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Thunderbolts Project

Space News | No Magnetic Universe Without Electric Currents

Published 14th August 2020

It may be the greatest surprise for mainstream cosmologists since the dawn of the Space Age: the detection of powerful magnetic fields at all scales throughout the Universe. In recent years, with the ever finer detection of cosmic magnetism, astrophysicists have increasingly sought an answer to the problem — an answer which might somehow be compatible with acceptable, Big Bang cosmology.

It’s important to note, as we’ve done in numerous past episodes, that mainstream cosmologists did not predict the so-called magnetic universe. In fact, a telling glimpse into the prevailing thoughts on cosmic magnetism can be found in the 1999 NASA web item entitled, 'Do magnetic fields exist throughout space?' It states, “On the cosmological scale, there is no data to suggest that magnetic fields are present. They certainly are not important in the dynamics of the universe for any reasonable range of field strengths consistent with present observational constraints.”

However, today, not only do mainstream cosmologists view cosmic magnetism as important, some astrophysicists are counting on mysterious magnetism to resolve ad hoc some of the biggest evidentiary problems for the Big Bang hypothesis. In this episode, we’ve asked retired professor of Electrical Engineering Dr. Donald E. Scott to offer his thoughts on the real source of cosmic magnetism in our Electric Universe.

https://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/q309.html

FROM THE ARCHIVE
Donald Scott: An Electrical Engineer's Take on Magnetic Reconnection
https://youtu.be/ILUmJmDi6uM

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

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Times Infinity & JG Science

The Deep Space Gateway, Skylab & Mir

Published 14th August 2020

The Deep Space Gateway is a project to put humans in orbit around the Moon in order to develop a permanent presence on the Moon. The project is grand in vision, but how close are we to realizing it?

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=b0KyJcNgAcI

With the OLGW on its way, lets take a look back and retrace our steps leading to the ISS, Skylab and Mir!

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=q50mPbFn87g

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Phys.org

Space Bricks For Lunar Habitation

Published 14th August 2020



In what could be a significant step forward in space exploration, a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has developed a sustainable process for making brick-like structures on the moon. It exploits lunar soil, and uses bacteria and guar beans to consolidate the soil into possible load-bearing structures. These 'space bricks' could eventually be used to assemble structures for habitation on the moon's surface, the researchers suggest.

"It is really exciting because it brings two different fields—biology and mechanical engineering—together," says Aloke Kumar, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc, one of the authors of two studies recently published in Ceramics International and PLOS One

Read all about it here: https://phys.org/news/2020-08-space-...abitation.html

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BBC Sky @ Night Magazine



A New Mission To Neptune's Largest Moon

Published 15th August 2020

Neptune's largest moon Triton is an icy world that may host a subsurface ocean. Scientist Louise Prockter discusses Trident, a proposed mission to send a robotic space probe to investigate.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=0IXn5bK3XlA

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Nemesis Maturity

Rare "Black Moon" Rising

Published 13th August 2020

There are many intriguing Moons, the Full Moon, the Supermoon, the Blue Moon, the Blood Moon and so many more. None however, are as intriguing, or mysterious, as the Black Moon. This rare Moon occurs just once every 33 months, and is set to rise this month.

On August 19, 2020, at 02:41 UTC (10:41 PM EDT - Aug. 18) will be the New Moon, when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun and will not be visible from the Earth.

What Is A Black Moon?
There are several definitions of a Black Moon. It can be the third New Moon in an astronomical season with four New Moons, or the second New Moon in the same calendar month.

Second New Moon in the same month: These Black Moons are the most common ones, and they occur about once every 29 months.

Third New Moon in a season of four New Moons: These Black Moons are a little rarer, and occur about once every 33 months.

On August 19th will be the third New Moon in a season with four New Moons, so we call this a "Black Moon." And while the Moon itself will be pretty much invisible, it will, nonetheless, provide an incredible opportunity for stargazing since there will be a whole lot of darkness in the night sky.

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

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ScienceMag.org

An Unusual Meteorite, More Valuable Than Gold, May Hold The Building Blocks Of Life

Published 13th August 2020



As the fiery emissary streaked across the skies of Costa Rica, an unearthly mix of orange and green, Marcia Campos Muñoz was in her pajamas, watching TV on the couch. It was 23 April 2019, a bit past 9 p.m., when she heard a foreboding rumble. Heart racing, she tiptoed outside to calm her barking dog, Perry, and to check on the cow pastures ringing her small house in Aguas Zarcas, a village carved out of Costa Rica’s tropical rainforest. Nothing. She ducked back inside, just before a blast on the back terrace rattled the house to its bones.

Campos Muñoz phoned her father, brother, and oldest son, who rushed to the house. On the terrace, they found a grapefruit-size hole in the corrugated zinc roof and a smashed-up plastic table, last used for the quinceañera of Campos Muñoz’s daughter. The culprit was scattered on the floor, in pieces as black as coal.

She picked up the biggest fragment, still warm to the touch. Already, her phone was chiming with WhatsApp messages from friends telling of blazing fireballs and rocks raining down on farms and fields. The family added its own viral messages to the mix: photos of Campos Muñoz and her son holding the big stone that crashed through her roof. Within hours, a local journalist visited the house and streamed videos of the damage on Facebook Live.

Read all about it here: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020...ng-blocks-life

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AstroMagazine

Perseid Meteor Shower 2020

Published 13th August 2020

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=NuoD5nUW6_U

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Asteroid Station



Asteroid (2020 PS)

Published 15th August 2020

Set for close approach next week.

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

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 15th August 2020 | Solar Flare, Space Plasma, Polar Evidence

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Te59yez2In4

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Astronomy Magazine

The Milkomeda Collision

Published 13th August 2019



Our galaxy, the Milky Way, and its nearest large neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), are on a collision course. Billions of years from now, the merger will transform the structure of both galaxies and create a new arrangement of stars we have dubbed Milkomeda (“milk-AHM-mee-da”). The merger will radically transform the night sky. But into what?

Currently, the Milky Way’s thin disk of stars and gas appears as a nebulous strip arching across the summer sky. As Andromeda grazes the Milky Way, a second lane of stars will join the one that presently graces the night sky. After the final merger, the stars will no longer be confined to two narrow lanes, but instead scatter across the entire sky.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=lU5BACRF3Ts

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Dr Becky Smethurst

How Big Is The Universe?

Published 13th August 2020

Dubbed "The Great Debate" in 1920 between two giants of astronomy, Herber Curtis and Harlow Shapley, this debate was all about the biggest question there ever has been: how big is the entire Universe?

The video Dr Smethurst did with Joe Scott on the crisis in cosmology: https://youtu.be/RdJx34szLjs

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=0MJCqJPMpeY

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Dr Maggie Lieu

Neith: Venus' Moon Mysteriously Vanished

Published 16th August 2020

Venus has no moons? Are you sure about that. In the past, several observations have led astronomers to believe that Venus has at least 1 moon and maybe even 2. So why is it that modern probes have not found it? In this video, I talk about the mystery of Venus' moon Neith.

Extra reading:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1704.05661.pdf

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bvyo6sdP8hA

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Suspicious Observers | Space News | 16th August 2020 | Electrodynamic Sky, Cosmos, Lightning/Magnetic Field

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=x1NBZKqz878

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Weather Events

Trabzon, Turkey - Several Landslides & Flooding

Recorded 14th & Published 16th August 2020

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

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Mauricio Jose, Paraguy - Hail, Sipacate, Guatemala - Storm, Tunisia - Floods

Recorded 14th & Published 16th August 2020

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=x5gMP6TmY4M

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Geoengineering Watch



Global Alert News | Episode 262



Published 15th August 2020

Social unrest and societal division have become the themes of the day. The reality we formerly knew seems increasingly distant. While all eyes are understandably focused on the increasingly draconian lockdown rules and regulations, climate and environmental collapse are becoming exponential. Record shattering and relentless heat is baking the US West while other parts of the country are scheduled to be unseasonably cool. Geoengineering operations are the core causal factor that is creating the freeze/fry extremes, severely affecting crop production all over the world. How long till store shelves empty out?

Supporting link: https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/...t-15-2020-262/

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=O9VXvWrd2QA

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Infotainment

Re-Eruption - Mount Sinabung, Indonesia

Recorded 13th & Published 14th August 2020

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=aG7JEIJd8J0

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Eruption - Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy

Recorded 14th & Published 15th August 2020

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=07taT1QRc6I

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PressPlus

Mexico's Popocatepetl Volcano Blasts Plumes Of Smoke, Ash High Into Sky

Recorded 14th & Published 15th August 2020

Read all about it here: https://www.kold.com/2020/08/15/popo...s-life-mexico/

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=02rmjk1G6rM

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CBS Evening News

Expert Stresses The Importance Of Monitoring Comets And Asteroids That Could Pose A Threat To Earth

Published 15th August 2020

Most people observe comets with wonder and awe as they streak across the sky. But one man observes them with a more vigilant eye and warns us of the potential devastation they hold

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cm45BB_pLV0