Celebrate Earth Day with these 10 images of Earth from space. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/earth-images-from-space…
Tag: voyager 1
‘Pale Blue Dot’ Revisited
cusco shares a report: For the 30th anniversary of one of the most iconic views from the Voyager mission, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, is publishing a new version of the image known as the “Pale Blue Dot.” The updated image uses modern image-processing software and techniques while respecting the intent of those who planned the image. Like the…
NASA celebrates 30 years of the ‘Pale Blue Dot’
This humbling image of our world taken from far away has been honored this week with a modern remaster. On February 14th, 1990, the Voyager 1 space pr… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/334577/nasa-celebrates-30-years-of-the-pale-blue-dot…
Today, 30th anniversary of the Pale Blue Dot
On February 14, 1990, the Voyager 1 spacecraft acquired one of the most iconic images ever taken from space, an image of our planet Earth seen from Saturn. The image is now known as the Pale Blue Dot. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/february-14-1990-pale-blue-dot-image-voyager…
Voyager 2 engineers working to restore normal operations
Engineers for NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft are working to return the mission to normal operating conditions after one of the spacecraft’s autonomous fault protection routines was triggered. Multiple fault protection routines were programmed into both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 in order to allow the spacecraft to automatically take actions to protect themselves if potentially harmful circumstances arise. At NASA’s Jet…
Voyager 2 sends back insights on interstellar space
Voyager 2 left the realm of the sun’s influence a year ago today, becoming the 2nd craft ever to do so. This week, the journal Nature Astronomy published 5 new papers describing what Voyager 2 has been seeing on its journey into the unknown. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/voyager-2-new-published-papers-boundary-interstellar-space…
Interstellar Space Even Weirder Than Expected, NASA Probe Reveals
New submitter paralumina01 shares a report from National Geographic: In the blackness of space billions of miles from home, NASA’s Voyager 2 marked a milestone of exploration, becoming just the second spacecraft ever to enter interstellar space in November 2018. Now, a day before the anniversary of that celestial exit, scientists have revealed what Voyager 2 saw as it crossed the…
Voyager 2 reaches interstellar space: Scientists detect plasma density jump
Voyager 1 has a companion in the realm of the stars. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-11-voyager-interstellar-space-scientists-plasma.html…
Update on the 2nd interstellar visitor
Astronomers in Poland have just published the 1st peer-reviewed paper on the 2nd interstellar visitor, now officially labeled as a comet, 2I/Borisov. Plus check out the new Hubble Space Telescope image of this object. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/2i-borisov-hubble-image-looks-like-a-comet…