BBC Sky at Night Magazineadded this to skyatnightmagazine.comSpace A guide to the ice giants Uranus and Neptuneskyatnightmagazine.com - Jane Green How the space probe Voyager 2 made Uranus and Neptune a little less mysterious. Deep in the largely unexplored realms of the outer Solar System – …
Forbesadded this to TechnologyTriton Welcome To Triton, Neptune’s Bizarre ‘Wet Moon’ That Could Change Where We Look For Alien LifeForbes - Jamie CarterThe planet Neptune reaches “opposition” today. With Earth precisely between it and the Sun, the pale blue ice giant never looks brighter during the year to planet-watchers as it does this week. Last visited
WIREDadded this to Top StoriesPhotos Space Photos of the Week: Hurricane Dorian and Other SpiralsWIRED - Condé Nast Spirals are everywhere, from the tiniest fragile snail shells to the vast arcs of the cosmos. They can be beautiful, and violent too—just consider …
Christopher Maedaadded this to Mental MeanderingsSandwiches Why Did We Put This Filth On The Voyager Probespedestrian.tv Back in 1977, with the sort of joyful, space-focused optimism that has since been brutally stomped out of us as a species, NASA sent two probes named …
Tim Callenderadded this to SpaceNeptune A Love Letter to the Last Planetdiscovermagazine.com - Corey S. Powell Thirty years ago this week, the Voyager 2 spacecraft flew past Neptune, providing the first up-close look at the last planet in the solar system*. …
WIREDadded this to Top StoriesSpace Exploration Space Photos of the Week: Tune Into NeptuneWIRED - Condé Nast Thirty years ago NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft flew past Neptune, completing its epic journey through the outer solar system. The eighth and outermost …
AudioburstInterstellar Space Listen: Crossing the GatewayAudioburst - Innovation Now "Almost eleven billion miles from home voyager-2 has entered interstellar space at last this is innovation now twin spacecraft voyager one and two …
Forbesadded this to TechnologySpace Exploration It's Time We Went Back To Neptune. NASA’s Photos Are Now 30 Years Old (And Its Moon Has An Ocean)Forbes - Jamie CarterWhich planet takes 165 years to orbit the Sun, has 14 moons all named after sea nymphs, is ravaged by supersonic winds, and has only been photographed once up-close by a spacecraft? Despite being the most
Padraigadded this to Heavens AboveSpace Exploration Everything you need to know about the Voyager missionsciencefocus.com - Amy Godfrey The Voyager space probes will outlast our Sun as they travel through interstellar space – here are the key facts and figures we’ve learned in these …
Forbesadded this to TechnologyEnceladus Happy 230th Birthday, Enceladus, Our Solar System's Greatest Hope For Life Beyond EarthForbes - Ethan SiegelThe highly-reflective surface of Saturn’s icy moon, Enceladus, indicates the presence and abundance of consistently fresh surface ice, like no other moon in the Solar System. Today marks the 230th anniversary
Mattadded this to Science and spaceSpace Exploration Its Been 30 Years Since We First Snapped Neptune!Mashable - Afiya QureshiBeyond the asteroid belt, Neptune lies in the farthest end of the solar system among other gas giants like Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. In the summer of 1989, NASA’s Voyager 2 became the first spacecraft
FredBloggs007added this to Voyagers & Solar SystemSpace Exploration Whoa. It’s been 30 years since our 1st and last visit to Neptuneearthsky.org - By Deborah Byrd On today’s date – August 25, 1989 – Voyager 2 passed only 4,950 kilometers (3,000 miles) above Neptune’s north pole. It was its closest approach to …
IKITOadded this to Science & TechSpace Exploration Anniversary of an imagecosmosmagazine.com - Cosmos editors The Moon landing was the biggie, but there are other space anniversaries worth noting this year. It’s exactly 30 years – 25 August 1989 – since NASA's …
Cleveland, OH Today in History: August 25, 2019cleveland.com - www.cleveland.com Today is Sunday, Aug. 25, the 237th day of 2019. There are 128 days left in the year. On August 25, 1718, hundreds of French colonists arrived in …
The Eyeadded this to ScienceSpace Exploration When Neptune got its stunning close-up: The Voyager 2 flyby, 30 years later - CNNCNNImages from Voyager 2Uranus' rings, photographed by Voyager 2 as it approached the plane of the Uranian ring system. Images from Voyager 2Oberon, Uranus' outermost moon, shows several impact craters on
CNNadded this to Top StoriesSpace Exploration When Neptune got its stunning close-up: The Voyager 2 flyby, 30 years laterCNN - By Ashley Strickland, CNN(CNN) — Thirty years ago, NASA's Voyager 2 mission flew by Neptune, capturing the first close-up images of the blue gas giant. Before this, the eighth planet in our solar system was only known as a fuzzy
Icon version of the Flipboard logoCleveland, OH Today in History: August 24, 2019cleveland.com - www.cleveland.com Today is Saturday, Aug. 24, the 236th day of 2019. There are 129 days left in the year. On August 24, 1814, during the War of 1812, British forces …
J Bernardadded this to Tech & ScienceSpace Exploration 30 years ago: Voyager 2's historic Neptune flybyphys.org - Jet Propulsion Laboratory Thirty years ago, on Aug. 25, 1989, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made a close flyby of Neptune, giving humanity its first close-up of our solar …
Space Exploration 30 Years Ago: Voyager 2's Historic Neptune Flyby News @NASAJPLnasa.gov - Calla Cofield Thirty years ago, on Aug. 25, 1989, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made a close flyby of Neptune, giving humanity its first close-up of our solar …
Scientific Americanadded this to Scientific AmericanScience The Solar System’s Loneliest Planets, Revisitedscientificamerican.com - Shannon Hall On August 25, 1989, in Pasadena, Calif., NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory was bustling with activity. Scientists, reporters and even a bona fide rock …
Business InsiderVery Large Telescope Uranus is hiding 13 invisible rings. These images captured their warm glow for the first time.Business Insider - Morgan McFall-JohnsenFour decades years after their discovery, the 13 mysterious rings around Uranus surprised astronomers again this summer. In June, new images captured their warm glow for the first time. Well, warm for
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A Red Pill Report™️added this to Astronomy PlusMoon A brief astronomical history of Saturn's amazing ringsastronomy.com - By Vahe Peroomian, The Conversation | Published: Tuesday, August 20, 2019 Many dream of what they would do had they a time machine. Some would travel 100 million years back in time, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Not …
Space Exploration Inflatable Space explores the universe, time and the human conditionthenational.scot - Nadine McBay A THEATRE production is using a giant inflatable “doughnut” to explore space, time and the human condition. The huge blow-up structure, which spans …
Sam Gutzmanadded this to Design, Gadgets, Gear, Science, & TechSpacecraft The Aging Spacecraft of Deep SpaceThe Atlantic - Marina KorenNASA is rationing watts to keep its oldest mission going. Beyond Earth and its bubble of satellites; past Mars, where rovers explore; past Jupiter and its circling orbiter, two spacecraft are gliding interstellar
Infinite Mindadded this to Alpha Omega NewsMoon A brief astronomical history of Saturn's amazing ringsphys.org - Vahe Peroomian Many dream of what they would do had they a time machine. Some would travel 100 million years back in time, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Not …
Saturn The Planets: Saturnpbs.org - www.pbs.org NASA's Cassini reveals the mysteries of Saturn's rings—and new hope for life on one of its moons. NARRATOR: A billion miles from the sun, past Mars …
Los Angeles TimesLincoln Continental La Cañada History: Once upon a time you could fish at Devil’s Gate DamLos Angeles TimesTrevor Bell, a 2005 graduate of Crescenta Valley High School, pitched his first major league baseball game in Anaheim on Aug. 12, 2009 as a member of the Los Angeles Angels. Ground squirrels found carrying
Solar System The Planets: Ice Worldspbs.org - www.pbs.org Beyond the bizarre, icy worlds of Uranus and Neptune, Pluto dazzles with its mysterious ocean. NARRATOR: From the comfort of our home world, bathed in …
TV (Australia) The Planets: Aug 4tvtonight.com.au - By David Knox In the final episode of The Planets, Professor Brian Cox looks at the ice cold planets of Uranus and Neptune. This is a journey into the darkness, to a …
