Friday, October 21, 2022

NASA has Successfully Moved an Asteroid

10/21/2022

NEWS & FEATURES

NASA has successfully moved an asteroid
NASA/Johns Hopkins APL

DART is officially a success: The moonlet Dimorphos' orbit around Didymos has shrunk by 32 minutes, far exceeding mission requirements.

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Astronaut Jim McDivitt, commander of NASA's first spacewalk, dies at age 93
NASA

In the 1960s, McDivitt played a pivotal role in several early NASA triumphs, including the first spacewalk and the first crewed orbital flight of the Apollo Lunar Module.

Welcome to the Universe 
Juno mission reveals bizarre details of Europa's surface
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing by Björn Jónsson CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

High-resolution ice paths and glassy fields make up this shot of one of Jupiter’s moons.

SPACE AND BEYOND BOX
Astronomers have a new theory for why Uranus spins on its side
Gerhald/Shutterstock

The ice giant must have toppled over some time in the past, and scientists now think they know why.

Ask Astro: What are clouds like on the gas giant planets?
David Marriott

How do clouds form on Jupiter or other gas giants, and how deep do they extend?

OBSERVING

THE SKY THIS WEEK
Michael Karrer (Flickr)

Your daily digest of celestial events coming soon to a sky near you. Updated Friday morning at 9 A.M. Central.

PICTURE OF THE DAY

PICTURE OF THE DAY
Scott Rosen from Pine Mountain Club, California

M11, also known as the Wild Duck Cluster, is one of the finest open clusters in the sky. It lies in the summer Milky Way within the boundaries of the constellation Scutum the Shield.

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