Tess: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at NASA’s Latest Planet Hunter

9/3/2021 SUBSCRIBE TODAY NEWS BLOGS VIDEOS SHOP NEWS & FEATURES NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center TESS: A behind-the-scenes look at NASA’s latest planet hunter TESS is revolutionizing our understanding of planets in the solar neighborhood. But finding new worlds is only the beginning. READ MORE SPONSORED BY: TRAVEL QUEST Say Aloha to Hawaii with TravelQuest! Our journey crisscrosses the Big Island of Hawaii, exploring the basalt-lava rock pools of Hilo, pristine beaches, waterfalls, lush rainforests, and Volcanoes National Park.  Ascend to great heights with a visit to Mauna Kea Observatories, where our small group of intrepid sky watchers will discover what secrets the Hawaiian skies reveal! SergeyDV via Shutterstock Why cosmic radiation could foil plans for farming on Mars New research suggests gamma rays stunt plant growth. READ MORE NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute/CICLOPS "Tiger Stripes" on Enceladus could be even more unique than previously thought Enceladus’s unusual features could help scientists search for evidence of life outside Earth. READ MORE Vadim Sadovski/Shutterstock What would this cyclic model of the universe mean for the Big Bang? Meet the Big Crunch: In this theory on the origins of the universe, the Big Bang was not the beginning, but a repeating pattern of expansion and contraction. READ MORE NASA, ESA and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain). Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble) Ask Astro: What happened to the Sun’s original star cluster? What happened to the Sun’s original star cluster? Is it possible for new clusters to form from random stars being gravitationally attracted to each other? READ MORE OBSERVING Alpha (Flickr) The sky this week Your daily digest of celestial events coming soon to a sky near you. READ MORE PICTURE OF THE DAY Douglas J. Struble from Taylor, Michigan Second guessing Sharpless 2-71 is an unusual planetary nebula in the constellation Aquila the Eagle. Astronomers assumed that Sh 2-71 formed when the star visible at the center of the nebula expelled its outer layers. They now think that a dimmer star not visible in this image was the one that created the expanding cloud. VIEW NOW FEATURED PRODUCTS SHOP ALL ASTRONOMY NEED ASSISTANCE? CONTACT US SUBSCRIPTION CUSTOMER SERVICE VISIT OUR WEBSITE LIKE US ON FACEBOOK RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION GIVE A GIFT Unsubscribe Preferences Customer Service Privacy Policy View in Browser This message was sent to ceo.studentlike.spuniv@blogger.com © 2021 Kalmbach Media Co. 21027 Crossroads Circle Waukesha, WI 53186