ScientistPankaj: A giant sunspot the size of 3 Earths is facing us right now

Thursday, June 23, 2022

A giant sunspot the size of 3 Earths is facing us right now

Created for ceo.studentlike.spuniv@blogger.com | Web Version

June 22, 2022

CONNECT WITH SPACE.COM

Something amazing every day.

The Launchpad

A giant sunspot the size of 3 Earths is facing us right now

(NASA/SDO)

A sunspot nearly triple the size of Earth is within firing range of our planet, and may send out medium-class flares in the near future.

Should the sunspot blast out a coronal mass ejection, or CME, of charged particles that faces our planet, it's possible those particles will interact with our magnetic field and create colorful lights in our atmosphere, known as auroras.

Full Story: Space (6/22)

Watch a European Ariane 5 rocket launch 2 communications satellites tonight!

(Jody Amiet/Getty Images)

An Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on Wednesday during a 100-minute window that opens at 5:03 p.m. EDT (2103 GMT; 6:03 p.m. local time in Kourou).

Here's how to watch it live for free.

Full Story: Space (6/22)

POLL QUESTION:

Space Quiz: Every day, solar wind from the sun batters Earth. What is it made of?

Learn the answer here!

Charged particles from the moon caught in the sun's gravity.

A stream of protons and electrons from the sun's corona.

Tornado-strength winds in the Earth's upper atmosphere.

Gooey radioactive slime from deep inside the sun.

	Just the Facts, Ma'am "I stopped watching TV news a year ago, so sick of the bias everywhere. But in doing so, I was out of the loop. I decided to give 1440 a try & I've not been disappointed. Finally, Walter Cronkite style reporting! Just the facts. I also love that I can click a link to see more on many stories. Keep up the good work!" Join for free now.

Spaceflight

Astronauts tries zero-g yoga on International Space Station

(ESA/Samantha Cristoforetti)

English-speaking yoga teachers often evoke space in their pose names, with examples including "crescent moon" and "star" positions.

Now an astronaut is getting these moves on during microgravity exercise on the International Space Station.

Full Story: Space (6/22)

South Korea's homegrown Nuri rocket launches satellites into orbit for 1st time

(Handout/Getty Images)

A fully homegrown South Korean rocket has put satellites into orbit for the first time ever.

One of its 6 payloads was a 358-pound (162.5 kilograms) test satellite that successfully made contact with a base station in Antarctica after reaching orbit, according to Reuters. The others were a 1.3-ton dummy satellite and four tiny cubesats developed by university researchers.

Full Story: Space (6/21)

Science & Astronomy

4 dead telescopes team up to catch stunning new galaxy portraits

(ESA, NASA, NASA-JPL, Caltech, Christopher Clark (STScI), R. Braun (SKA Observatory), C. Nieten (MPI Radioastronomie), Matt Smith (Cardiff University))

Four retired telescope missions are helping astronomers uncover new insights about how dust behaves in galaxies.

The observations were led by data collected from the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory that operated from 2009 to 2013 and detected the thermal signature of dust in far infrared light. The scientists also incorporated data from ESA's Planck mission, which retired in 2013, as well as NASA's Infrared Astronomical Satellite and Cosmic Background Explorer missions, which operated in the 1980s and '90s.

Full Story: Space (6/22)

Technology

Save $40 on the Creality Ender 3 V2 3D printer at Amazon

(Amazon)

If you're looking for a quality 3D printer for space projects but you're on a budget, you're in luck. You can save $40 and get Creality's Ender 3 V2 printer at Amazon for their lowest seen price on the model.

A $40 discount(opens in new tab) means you pay $279 rather than the $319.99 it was previously on sale for.

Full Story: Space (6/22)

Search for Life

On alien worlds, exotic form of ice may transport nutrients to hidden oceans

(NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Any potential alien life in the waters of vast ocean worlds could receive vital nutrients from their planets' molten cores via thick layers of exotic high-pressure ice that can transport salts, new research has found.

Full Story: Space (6/22)

Skywatching

Spot Venus near the Pleiades in the predawn sky on Thursday

(SkySafari)

Look to the predawn sky on Thursday (June 23) to see Venus passing the dazzling Pleiades star cluster in the Taurus constellation.

This will make for an intriguing skywatching target as the encounter will be visible with a pair of binoculars, weather permitting.

Full Story: Space (6/22)