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☆ Webb telescope finds two of the most distant galaxies ever observed
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The James Webb Space Telescope has spied one of the earliest galaxies formed after the big bang, about 350 million years after the universe began. Webb’s capability to look deeper into the universe than other telescopes is revealing previously hidden aspects of the universe, including astonishingly distant galaxies such as these two finds. Two distant galaxies were observed by the James Webb Space Telescope. Just a few hundred million years after the big bang, there were already lots of galaxies. Detection of light invisible to the human eyeThe new findings about the two galaxies might mean there are other bright galaxies waiting to be found in the distant universe.

Nov 14 (Reuters) - Squire Patton Boggs on Monday said it will open an office in Dublin next year, becoming the latest international law firm to expand into Ireland. Agnew was a founding partner of Pinsent Masons' Dublin office. A Squire Patton Boggs spokesperson said the firm is currently looking at space in Dublin's central business district. Agnew said in an email that the exact timing of his departure from Pinsent Masons "has still to be agreed." Squire Patton Boggs was created in 2014 by the merger of Washington, D.C.-founded Patton Boggs and Cleveland-founded Squire Sanders.

☆ Astronauts' stunning photos from the International Space Station show Earth's triumphs and tragedies in 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

"At the beginning of the war, the whole country went dark at night," German astronaut Matthias Maurer said in May, adding, "People actually only recognized Kyiv." Kyiv, Ukraine, as seen by satellite in January 2022, left, and March 2022, right. NASA Earth Observatory/Joshua Stevens/Black Marble data courtesy of Ranjay Shrestha/NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterThat's what he told German broadcaster ARD's "Morgenmagazin" program, according to a translation in Newsweek. "Then you could also see the impacts in the first days of the war. In Kyiv, you could see lightning at night," as well as the "rockets that hit," he added, according to Newsweek.

☆ A lunar eclipse will bring a blood red moon on Election Day — the last one for 3 years
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

That paints the full moon red, raising a blood moon into the skies on Election Day morning. The next total lunar eclipse won't happen until 2025. It's a total lunar eclipse, often called a "blood moon," and there won't be another one until 2025. The blue light from the sun scatters away, and longer-wavelength red, orange, and yellow light pass through, turning our moon red. Then wait until March 14, 2025, for the next total lunar eclipse.

☆ Fact Check-The Earth is not covered by a dome or ‘firmament’
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Users on social media are saying people on Earth are living under a dome, also called a “firmament,” without providing evidence to support the claim. But the video’s examples offer no proof of humans living under a dome or firmament, while there is ample evidence that no dome exists. “Rocket hitting the flat earth dome”, reads the title of one of the YouTube clips. SIXTY YEARS OF SPACEFLIGHTExperts pointed out that if there were a dome that covered the Earth, astronauts would have encountered it by now. A video provides no evidence that the Earth is under a dome or “firmament”.

☆ How an $18-an-hour Amazon warehouse job cured one former tech exec's burnout
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

It's been a wild week in tech, made even more wild by Elon Musk's Twitter deal closing last night. We've got a ton of news this morning, including an account from a longtime tech exec who took a job at an Amazon fulfillment center to help cure his burnout. How an $18-an-hour Amazon warehouse job cured one tech exec's burnout. He decided to quit his CEO job and, eventually, take on a seasonal role at an Amazon fulfillment center. How Elon Musk's "autocratic leadership" will change Twitter.

☆ A mind-boggling photo from NASA's Lucy probe shows how far the moon is from Earth. Can you spot it?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A new photo from NASA's Lucy spacecraft captures Earth and the moon together — a rare sight. NASA's Lucy probe, a mission to a group of asteroids near Jupiter, snapped this photo as it zoomed past Earth on October 13. NASA's Lucy spacecraft captured this image (which has been cropped) of the Earth, on October 15, 2022. NASA's Lucy spacecraft captured this image of the Earth and the moon from a distance of 890,000 miles, on October 13, 2022. The Lucy probe was swinging past Earth to get an extra boost toward Jupiter, flinging itself toward the outer solar system with the force of our planet's gravity.

The "check your kids’ Halloween candy" meme, which first went viral in meme form in October 2014, parodies "a Halloween urban legend about people hiding needles and razors in candy before giving them out to trick-or-treaters," according to meme database Know Your Meme. We just found the Carina Nebula in a candy bar. No words," the LinkedIn official Twitter account wrote in an Oct. 11 tweet, featuring an image of a beach inside a candy bar. Arcade and restaurant Dave & Busters tweeted: "Be diligent and check your child’s candy this year, just found a finger trap shoved inside a candy bar. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation joked it had found a slimier surprise in a candy bar.

☆ NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just snapped the clearest image of Neptune's rings in 33 years
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

New infrared images from the James Webb Space Telescope show detailed views Neptune's rings. Neptune's rings taken in infrared by the James Webb Space Telescope, right. On the left is a composite of two images of Neptune's rings taken by Voyager 2. Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, wrote about Webb's Neptune images on Twitter Wednesday. The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera image of Neptune and its rings.

☆ The James Webb Space Telescope is astronomy's shiny new toy, but the Hubble Space Telescope isn't old news — it's at its scientific peak
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-28 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has made revolutionary achievements in astronomy. The new James Webb Space Telescope is popular, but Hubble has skills, like capturing visible and ultraviolet light, that Webb doesn't. "The Webb Space Telescope is good news for astronomy, and good news for the Hubble Space Telescope as well, since Webb and Hubble enhance and complement each other's unique capabilities," Jennifer Wiseman, senior project scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, told Insider. A globular cluster NGC 6540 in the constellation Sagittarius, which was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. A deep field image from the Hubble space telescope, left, and a deep field image from the James Webb Space Telescope, right.

☆ Telescopul Hubble s-a defectat: unul din computerele de la bord, din anii 80, dă erori; Anunțul NASA
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-18 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaTelescopul Hubble s-a defectat: unul din computerele de la bord, din anii 80, dă erori; Anunțul NASANASA încearcă să repare telescopul spațial Hubble, probabil cel mai cunoscut instrument de observare a spațiului cosmic, care s-a defectat din cauza unei probleme apărute la un computer de la bordul acestuia, datând din anii 1980. Telescopul spațial Hubble, care în 2020 a marcat 30 de ani de orbită, a fost oprit duminică, după apariția unor probleme la unul dintre computerele telescopului, datând din anii 1980. Echipa de operațiuni a telescopului suspectează că problema ar putea fi cauzată de un modul de memorie degradat. Duminică, computerul principal al telescopului a încetat să mai primească semnale de la un alt computer și a trimis un mesaj de eroare către sistemul de control de pe Pământ, transmite Digi24. La începutul activității sale, oamenii de știință au descoperit o eroare la sistemul de control al direcționării observatorului și probleme cu forma oglinzii sale principale.

Persons: Hubble Organizations: Hubble, Goddard Space Flight

☆ Un elev de 17 ani a descoperit o nouă planetă în cea de-a treia zi de stagiu la NASA. TOI-1338 este de aproximativ de 6,9 ori mai mare decât Pământul
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-24 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Un elev de 17 ani a descoperit o nouă planetă în cea de-a treia zi de stagiu la NASA. El a fost însărcinat să examineze datele colectate de Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Odată ce lumea îndepărtată a fost suspectată, NASA a folosit un sistem cunoscut sub numele de Eleanor pentru a analiza o mulțime de date legate de sistemele planetei. Paul Hertz, director al diviziei de astrofizică a NASA, a declarat pentru CBS News: „TESS a fost proiectat și lansat special pentru a găsi planete de dimensiunea Pământului care orbitează stele din apropiere”. Descoperirea TOI-1338 b a fost cu siguranță un beneficiu și pentru CV-ul adolescentului, dar noua planetă a fascinat și internetul.

Persons: Wolf Cukier, Goddard, El, Eleanor, Paul Hertz, TESS Organizations: NASA, CBS News Locations: Neptun

☆ Hubble a trimis o imagine a planetei Saturn extrem de detaliată
▼ + stars: | 2020-08-02 | by ( ) tvrmoldova.md time to read: +1 min

Telescopul Hubble a petrecut ultimii 30 de ani în orbita terestră realizând unele dintre cele mai faimoase imagine din astronomie. Telescopul spaţial Hubble a reuşit în cei 30 de ani de funcţionare să ofere unele dintre cele mai importante şi mai uşor de recunoscut imagini ale cosmosului. Recent acesta a surprins o imagine detaliată a planetei Saturn, aflată la 1,35 miliarde de kilometri de Terra, notează Science AlertOamenii de ştiinţă explică faptul că în prezent, emisfera nordică a planetei Saturn trece prin perioada de vară, ceea ce înseamnă că această parte a planetei este îndreptată către Soare şi către Terra. Trebuie precizat faptul că vara pe Saturn nu se compară cu ideea de vară cu care suntem obişnuiţi pe pământ. Noi detalii despre planetăAceste noi imagini detaliate ale lui Saturn oferă noi detalii despre fenomenele de la suprafaţa planetei.

Persons: Hubble, Amy Simon, NASA Organizations: Hubble, Saturn, Science Alert, Terra, NASA, Goddard Locations: cintrast

☆ Terra va trece printr-un nou minimum solar. Iată de ce nu trebuie să îţi faci griji pentru soarta Pământului
▼ + stars: | 2020-05-24 | by ( ) tvrmoldova.md time to read: +3 min

Perioada este numită minimum solar. Nu ştim exact când va avea loc următorul minimum solar, dar putem prezice. În 2017, NASA a anunţat că un nou minimum solar este aşteptat în 2019 – 2020. Aşadar, ori trecem deja prin perioada de minimum solar, sau tocmai urmează să o facem. Studii recente sugerează că au legătură cu alinierea planetelor, dar polii se schimbă între ei atunci când câmpul magnetic este slăbit, cunoscut drept şi minimum solar.

Persons: liniştiţi, Aşadar, Dean Pesnell, Dalton Minimum Organizations: NASA, Goddard, Sun Locations: SUA, Sud, Nord, Tambora, Indonezia

☆ The December solstice is here. Here's how it works and why it starts winter and summer at the same time.
▼ + stars: | 2018-12-21 | by ( Marianne Guenot | Shayanne Gal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The 2022 winter solstice happens on Wednesday 21 December at 4:48 p.m. It is the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere but the summer solstice in the southern. This is due to Earth's tilted axis as it orbits around the sun. How the December solstice worksThe winter solstice is the point when the sun will stay closest to the horizon all day. At that point, the sun's most direct rays reach the Tropic of Cancer, summer starts for the northern hemisphere, and winter begins for those south of the equator.

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