Friday, April 1, 2022

Astronomy’s 10-Year Wish List

04/01/2022

NEWS & FEATURES

Astronomy's 10-year wish list: Big money, bigger telescopes and the biggest questions in science
NASA Johnson/Flickr, CC BY-NC

Once every 10 years, U.S. astronomers publish a decadal survey listing their goals — and the tools needed to accomplish them.

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Genetically modified space-grown lettuce could save astronauts' bones
Kevin Yates, UC Davis

One strategy for astronauts to avoid bone loss may be growing transgenic lettuce.

NASA's Perseverance rover begins dash to martian delta
NASA/JPL-Caltech

And Percy’s plucky companion, Ingenuity, will scout ahead.

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Starlink satellite streaks: How big of a problem are they?
Satellite Streak Watcher/Anecdata.org

Professional and amateur astronomers alike are experiencing Starlink craft photobombing their shots. The problem isn’t likely to get better — but there is something you can do.

Ask Astro: What are the differences between supernovae, kilonovae, and hypernovae?
NASA, ESA, R. Foley (UC Santa Cruz), J. DePasquale (STScI)

How are different types of stellar explosions classified?

The sky this week
makelessnoise (Flickr)

Your daily digest of celestial events coming soon to a sky near you.

Giant globular
Fernando Oliveira de Menezes from Jales, Brazil

47 Tucanae is the second-brightest globular cluster in the sky, behind only Omega Centauri. Under a dark sky in the southern hemisphere, 47 Tucanae is unmissable next to the Small Magellanic Cloud.

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