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Old 3rd May 2022, 10:50     #361
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CNN just claimed a 25 year old company that started in 2006 caught a rocket returning to Earth with a helicopter. And had a video at the top of the article about Astra...


Congratulations Mr Beck, you crazy crazy bastard!
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Old 3rd May 2022, 11:20     #362
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Aww spit.
But : ZKHEV

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Old 3rd May 2022, 13:03     #363
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The Herald - reaching Stuff levels of awesome...

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Rocket Lab successfully caught a falling rocket off Mahia on Tuesday morning as a global audience watched via its livestream.
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The mid-air snatch took place around 150 nautical miles off the East Coast.
There...


and back



Technically off Mahia and an east coast I suppose.
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Old 3rd May 2022, 17:14     #364
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Nothing more exciting than space rockets. Fingers crossed for Neutron.
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Old 13th May 2022, 23:01     #365
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This gives me the spooks a little, the difference scale between M87 and the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way:

https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2208-eht-mwe/

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Old 10th June 2022, 14:16     #366
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Building Blocks of Life Were Found on an Asteroid in Space For The Very First Time

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Japanese researchers have discovered more than 20 amino acids on the space rock Ryugu, which is more than 200 million miles (320 million kilometers) from Earth.

Scientists made the first-of-its-kind detection by studying samples retrieved from the near-Earth asteroid by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Hayabusa2 spacecraft, which landed on Ryugu in 2018.

In 2019, the spacecraft collected 0.2 ounce (5.4 grams) from the asteroid's surface and subsurface, stowed it in an airtight container and launched it back to Earth on a fine-tuned trajectory.
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Old 10th June 2022, 14:36     #367
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Holy crap

...making me think of Life the movie
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Old 5th July 2022, 23:15     #368
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Large Hadron Collider is starting back up this month:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/s...eptoquark.html
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Old 6th July 2022, 16:28     #369
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Large Hadron Collider is starting back up this month:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/s...eptoquark.html
Wonder if they will make some mini black holes this time... or even detect god? LOL.
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Old 7th July 2022, 07:39     #370
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Capstone is back online and talking to the deep space network!

I wonder if they get the $2 back now they have topped up the pre-pay card?
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Old 7th July 2022, 12:11     #371
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That's good news!
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Old 12th July 2022, 09:04     #372
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https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv

Strap yourself in!
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Old 12th July 2022, 09:11     #373
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Also on NASA's youtube channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21X5...b_channel=NASA
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Old 12th July 2022, 09:25     #374
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That hold music will be the death of me.
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Old 12th July 2022, 09:36     #375
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It's on!
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Old 12th July 2022, 09:37     #376
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Here we go!
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Old 12th July 2022, 09:49     #377
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I wonder what the Press are like at those other places...
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Old 12th July 2022, 09:51     #378
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I wonder what the Press are like at those other places...
That whole presentation did not go as I thought it would. I don't know what I was expecting, but that wasn't it. Still a cool image, and would love to get a high res copy to check out.
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Old 12th July 2022, 09:56     #379
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Nasa dropped one on Reddit - high-ish. Lots of gravity distortion from what I can tell. Of course, it's colourised.

Almost broke Reddit!

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Old 12th July 2022, 09:57     #380
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Errp - Booster 7 has more pieces than before...
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Old 12th July 2022, 10:08     #381
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This is Hubble's shot of the same patch of sky for reference.

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Old 12th July 2022, 10:11     #382
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That briefing today was just the PR stint of it all. There's a few days ahead with more science-y briefings and more images.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/n...-images-reveal
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Old 12th July 2022, 10:37     #383
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Nasa dropped one on Reddit - high-ish. Lots of gravity distortion from what I can tell. Of course, it's colourised.

Almost broke Reddit!

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/f...s0723-1280.jpg
I'm guessing that anything with a 6-point lens flare is a star and in the Milky Way, and anything without is an entire galaxy and distant?
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Old 12th July 2022, 11:27     #384
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I'm guessing that anything with a 6-point lens flare is a star and in the Milky Way, and anything without is an entire galaxy and distant?
Yeah - makes me wonder if they composited some of the visible alignment data with the main sensor.
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Old 12th July 2022, 21:16     #385
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That briefing today was just the PR stint of it all. There's a few days ahead with more science-y briefings and more images.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/n...-images-reveal
I have a countdown of ~4h40m on Insta right now. I think I'll stay up, see what it's about.
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Old 13th July 2022, 13:06     #386
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I think this is my favourite one so far, but they're all gorgeous:

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Old 13th July 2022, 14:07     #387
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I've had a James Webb boner for about 36 hours now.
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Old 13th July 2022, 16:04     #388
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JWST vs Hubble:
https://johnedchristensen.github.io/WebbCompare/

Don't get me wrong, still ❤ Hubble, but damn, that's an upgrade.
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Old 13th July 2022, 16:19     #389
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I'd be able to tell if that website didn't suck
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Old 13th July 2022, 16:22     #390
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Looking forward to getting some new desktop backgrounds with these...
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Old 13th July 2022, 17:51     #391
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Quote:
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Don't get me wrong, still ❤ Hubble, but damn, that's an upgrade.




credit: @vonbitchpants
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Old 13th July 2022, 21:09     #392
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Looking forward to getting some new desktop backgrounds with these...
https://stsci-opo.org/STScI-01G7ETPF...2JR5N6EQRH.png
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Old 13th July 2022, 21:50     #393
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Cheers buddy.
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Old 15th July 2022, 13:36     #394
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Thumbs up

Quote:
Originally Posted by crocos
JWST vs Hubble:
https://johnedchristensen.github.io/WebbCompare/

Don't get me wrong, still ❤ Hubble, but damn, that's an upgrade.
I really like spotting all the extra galaxies that you can see in the new image.
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Old 19th July 2022, 10:45     #395
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Uh-oh, sounds like that meteoroid impact was worse than first thought.
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Old 4th August 2022, 06:29     #396
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JW - just stop, you are being too awesome!

SDSS.J141930.11+5251593
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Old 14th August 2022, 13:54     #397
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Sounds like the reports were true - briefly, last August, the fusion experiment at Lawrence Livermore achieved ignition, producing enough energy to be self-sustaining.

https://www.newsweek.com/nuclear-fus...fornia-1733238

Apparently the boffins haven't been able to repeat it since, so they're trying to work out what they did right that time.

But still. Epic.
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Old 14th August 2022, 16:00     #398
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We could really, really use viable fusion right about now.
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Old 14th August 2022, 17:29     #399
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TBH I think molten salt is alot more realistic in the short term.
I'm glad to see the US DOE has dug it back up again, as I have been a proponent for thorium molten salt reactors for ages.

I wish our patriotic virtual signalling wasn't so backward with the "oh no nuclear" bullshit, perhaps we might have had a chance to be a world leader/first in safe nuclear tech by now - same way NZ is often a leader or pilot for new tech due to our size vs being a relatively modern nation tech wise.
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Old 14th August 2022, 17:52     #400
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Oh, don't get me wrong - NIF's stuff is awesome though
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