#Hubble snaps close-up of comet NEOWISE

“#Hubble snaps close-up of comet NEOWISE” The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the closest images yet of the sky’s latest visitor to make the headlines, comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE, after it passed by the Sun. This color image of the comet was taken on 8 August 2020.The two structures appearing on the left and…

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#Video: NASA’s guide to near-light-speed travel

“#Video: NASA’s guide to near-light-speed travel” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain So, you’ve just put the finishing touches on upgrades to your spaceship, and now it can fly at almost the speed of light. We’re not quite sure how you pulled it off, but congratulations! Before you fly off on your next vacation, however, watch this…

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#Image: Sloshing in space

“#Image: Sloshing in space” Credit: NASA/ESA ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst during his 2018 stay on the International Space Station, with two floating SPHERES robots tethered to a container of liquid, serving to simulate the experience of pulling a derelict satellite out of orbit. The sloshing of liquid inside a partially filled fuel tank can alter…

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#NASA researchers track slowly splitting ‘dent’ in Earth’s magnetic field

“#NASA researchers track slowly splitting ‘dent’ in Earth’s magnetic field” This stereoscopic visualization shows a simple model of the Earth’s magnetic field. The magnetic field partially shields the Earth from harmful charged particles emanating from the Sun. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center A small but evolving dent in Earth’s magnetic field can cause big…

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#A method to study extreme space weather events

“#A method to study extreme space weather events” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scientists at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), together with international colleagues, have developed a method to study fast coronal mass ejections, powerful bursts of magnetized matter from the outer atmosphere of the sun. The results could improve the understanding and prediction…

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