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Mercury is a planetary misfit, an oddball in the solar system, and this month the BepiColombo mission is setting off to study it in unprecedented detail. The best images we have of Mercury are from NASA's MESSENGER mission, which pictured its cratered surface and curious features earlier this decade. Soon, the joint European and Japanese BepiColombo mission will head there to take an even closer look. Watch the launch of BepiColombo live on 20 October 2018 at 1:45 GMT: http://bit.ly/BepiColomboLaunch Learn more about #BepiColombo: http://bit.ly/ESAsBepiColombo This video is also available in the following languages: German: https://youtu.be/yElZ1NHcgdY French: https://youtu.be/8sWBo1z170U Italian: https://youtu.be/nKXiF71RClQ Spanish: https://youtu.be/GERlq_9J3-I Portuguese: https://youtu.be/7PY9Wgi72oI Greek: https://youtu.be/36BKw7iubLI Hungarian: https://youtu.be/tDDk7nNcpfI ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/SpaceInVideos Follow ESA on Twitter: http://bit.ly/ESAonTwitter On Facebook: http://bit.ly/ESAonFacebook On Instagram: http://bit.ly/ESAonInstagram On Flickr: http://bit.ly/ESAonFlickr ESA is Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out http://www.esa.int/ESA to get up to speed on everything space related. Copyright information about our videos is available here: http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Terms_and_Conditions

A Chinese city has plans to debut an "artificial moon."

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine talks via satellite with astronaut Nick Hague in Houston. Hague and Russian crewmate Alexey Ovchinin safely made a ballistic landing in Kazakhstan on Oct. 11, when the launch of their Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station was aborted due to an anomaly. This video is available for download from NASA's Image and Video Library: https://images.nasa.gov/details-NHQ_2018_1017_NASA%20Administrator%20Bridenstine%20Talks%20With%20Astronaut%20Nick%20Hague.html

United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Atlas V rocket launched the AEHF-4 mission for the United States Air Force on Oct. 17, 2018. Credit: ULA

In an interview with Tom Costello of NBC News, NASA astronaut Nick Hague describes the scene inside the cockpit of the Soyuz that aborted its launch during flight on Oct. 11, 2018. -- Ready more: https://www.space.com/42155-soyuz-abort-astronaut-nick-hague-first-interviews.html Credit: NASA

Space Weather wont be quiet for long this week as we wait for some fast wind from a returning coronal hole that will be entering the Earth-strike-zone in the next couple of days. See what our past dance with this coronal hole last month taught us about what to expect. Learn the details of when the storm will hit and how long it will last, catch up on aurora photos from recent storms, and see what else the Sun has in store this week. For daily and often hourly updates (during active times) visit me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TamithaSkov For a more in-depth look at the data in this video, please see the links in my previous videos. I need to save space below for the aurora field reporter credits. Aurora Photography: Adrien Mauduit, Senja Norway: https://twitter.com/ADphotography24/status/1048161365851103232 All About Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland: https://twitter.com/allaboutlapland/status/1050465765089050624 Rene Lehiste, Urge, Estonia: https://twitter.com/wxkiitsak/status/1049008202824777733 Mia Stålnacke, Kiruna, Sweden: https://twitter.com/AngryTheInch/status/1050116687255822336 Oliver C Wright, Abisko, Sweden: https://twitter.com/OW_Photography/status/1048473337855455233 Lone Athanasakis, Denmark: https://twitter.com/Lathanafoto/status/1051263960606003200 Giuseppe Petricca, Isle of Lewis, Scotland: https://twitter.com/gmrpetricca/status/1049245556370026496 Steven David McCarron, Rattray Beach, Scotland: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10217709810356654&set=p.10217709810356654&type=3&theater Karen Munro, Portskerra, Scotland: https://twitter.com/kasmunro/status/1050171275237306368 Jane MacLennan, LochMaree, Scotland: https://twitter.com/JMacL/status/1050351938473222146 Derek Heeps Photo, Ballintoy, Ireland: https://twitter.com/derekheeps/status/1050459160888926211 Kareen, Shetland, UK: https://twitter.com/Kareen_B_H/status/1049078735524249600 James Rowley-Hill, Norfolk, UK: https://twitter.com/chunder10/status/1049806140136194048 Tom Lowe, Yorkshire, Wolds, UK: https://twitter.com/saloplarus/status/1050132900358877184 Ian Bell of Eyes to the Skies, Howick, Northumberland, UK: https://twitter.com/bellsytoon Iceland Photos, Reykjavik, Iceland: https://twitter.com/dorisig/status/1049253174845038592 Live Aurora Network, Iceland: https://twitter.com/LiveAuroraNetw1/status/1049790663624134657 Notanee Bourassa, Bindloss, Alberta, Canada: https://twitter.com/DJHardwired/status/1049522753244733441 La spinister, Bindloss Alberta, Canada: https://twitter.com/thefunkygirl/status/1049479692607049728 Steph Edgar-Cassin, Jasper, Alberta, Canada: https://twitter.com/stephedgar87/status/1051522924937531392 Alan Dyer, Southern Alberta, Canada: https://twitter.com/amazingskyguy/status/1049364024188518400 Sussan Says, Hobart, Tasmania: https://twitter.com/SussanSays/status/1049211043220611073 De Arne, Southern Tasmania: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10218546293152325&set=pcb.2376629089017842&type=3&theater&ifg=1 Never Stop Dreaming, Cardrona Alpine Resort, New Zealand: https://www.facebook.com/606867959665569/photos/pcb.733956516956712/733955146956849/?type=3&theater&ifg=1 I'm Granticus, Christchurch, New Zealand: https://twitter.com/viralpoet/status/1049589879573700608 Les Ladbrook, Southland New Zealand: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2124822967529493&set=gm.2366411546706263&type=3&theater&ifg=1

Cosmologists challenging the foundations of physics are featured in this documentary on VSL. Variable Speed of Light (aka varying speed of light) suggests that it wasn't the expansion rate that was enormously higher than today in the early universe., but instead it was the speed of light. VSL theory is an alternative to the standard picture of inflationary cosmology and has mind blowing implications for the way we think about the origin of the universe and other mysteries of physics.We explore whether the big bang was really the beginning, is time quantum? how do we think about black holes in this framework, experimental probes of the theory and even the possibility for interstellar travel. VSL is a rival to inflationary cosmology and should you wish to learn more abut that, watch our film with the father of inflation Alan Guth ( and others) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqjsZEZMR7I&index=4&list=PLJ4zAUPI-qqqj2D8eSk7yoa4hnojoCR4m Please like and Subscribe. You can also find our other films in this series which features exclusive interviews with Stephen Hawking, Sir Roger Penrose, Alan Guth and many other leading cosmologists https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtOgKmAM4MeFu-jd-HB3_cg Below is a timeline of the VSL film SA =Stephon Alexander NA+ NIayesh Afshordi, JM =Joao Maguiejo and JohnM =John Moffat 00:00 INTRODUCTION 1:04 SA on his introduction to physics 1:24 NA on above topic 1:48 JM on above topic 2:18 JohnM on above topic 3:19 JM on Dirac and the history of changing constants 3:57 JohnM on above topic 4:13 JM on the importance of C in relativity 5:02 SA on the horizon problem 5:46 NA on above topic 6:07 JohnM on his invention of VSL 6:50 JM on the flatness problem 8:27 NA on conservation of energy in an expanding universe 9:13 JM on above topic 10:04 JohnM on the conflict with Physical Reviews over VSL 10:49 JM on rediscovering VSL 11:41 JohnM on above topic 12:03 JM on JohnM VSl theory 12:21 JM on challenging the foundations of physics 12:33 JohnM on above topic 12:50 JM on an infinite speed of light 13:41 SA on why VSl? 13:58 NA on above topic 14:27 JM on inflation 14:40 NA on above topic 15:25 JM on the fluctuations in the CMB 16:10 NA on above topic 16:30 JM on above topic 17:19 JM on interstellar travel and cosmic strings 18:10 JM on multiple models of VSL 19:27 SA on string theory and VSL 22:43 SA on Horava gravity 23:30 NA on above topic 23:51 JM on above topic 24:23 NA on loop quantum gravity and Horava gravity 25:13 JM on above topic 27:07 JM on a length contraction and the Planck length 28:32 JM on cyclic cosmology 29:44 SA on singularity theorems 30:48 NA on BGV theorem 32:31 Jm on above topic 33:53 NA on infinities, do they lead to contradictions? 35:05 JohnM on the low entropy of the big bang 35:54 NA on the above topic 36:37 JM on the above topic 37:42 John M on the multiverse 38:47 JM on fine tuning 39:31 NA on the above topic 39:47 JM the above topic 39:46 on the above topic 40:15 NA on the above topic 40:32 SA on the above topic 42:18 JohnM observational tests 43:38 NA on the above topic 46:49 JM on varying alpha observations 48:15 JohnM on the above topic 48:46 NA on the primordial gravity waves 49:10 JM on the above topic 49:27 NA on the above topic 50:20 JM on LIGo neutron stars 50:45 Johnm on the above topic 51:07 Jm on responding to George Ellis 51:49 JohnM on the above topic 52:09 Jm on the above topic 53:06 Jm on future of VSl of Chern Simons time 53:30 SA on the above topic 55:15 Jm on the above topic 56:39 NA on the black hole echoes 59:06 Jm those numbers are the ones we have predicted

How can someone discover a real planet in the solar system? Dr. Michael Brown answers your question in this special "Mysteries of the Cosmos" edition of "Ask a Scientist."

NASA is preparing to launch the Ionosphereic Connection Explorer, or ICON, satellite to study the zone where terrestrial and space weather meet. Additionally, at Launch Complex 39B, the pad’s Ignition Overpressure Protection and Sound Suppression water deluge system underwent two flow tests this week.

A new paper models the potential habitability of a possible Proxima b. But it ain't cosy. Paper in question: https://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/2018/2018_DelGenio_de09600r.pdf Full Proxima b playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa0TgREKn12gGcnr6TfoOufpN7W3Z36n4 Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/307258169803345/ Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickrwebb?lang=en-gb

Once a month, SAGANet (www.saganet.org) hosts a program called "Ask an Astrobiologist", where the public is invited to interact with a high-profile astrobiologist, who replies to twitter, facebook, and chat questions live on video. Each session lasts about an hour. Hosted by Dr. Sanjoy Som (Blue Marble Space Institute of Science) Featured Guest: Dr. Morgan Cable (NASA JPL) Directed by Mike Toillion (NASA Astrobiology Program) Music by Sam Doshier (NASA Astrobiology Institute)

Listen will undertake a major observing program using the new MeerKAT array in South Africa. MeerKAT combines 64 individual dishes as a single instrument to be used by teams from across the globe in pursuit of a range of science goals. Listen’s MeerKAT search for signs of extraterrestrial technology will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, operating in parallel with the other surveys. Listen's survey will examine a million individual stars in the quietest part of the radio spectrum, a factor of 1000 more targets than any previous search.

Japan’s space agency on Friday shared a movie of the MASCOT lander descending onto the asteroid Ryugu.

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First Man - Official Trailer #3 In Theaters and IMAX October 12 https://www.firstman.com/ On the heels of their six-time Academy Award®-winning smash, La La Land, Oscar®-winning director Damien Chazelle and star Ryan Gosling reteam for Universal Pictures’ First Man, the riveting story behind the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the decade leading to the historic Apollo 11 flight. A visceral and intimate account told from Armstrong’s perspective, based on the book by James R. Hansen, the film explores the triumphs and the cost—on Armstrong, his family, his colleagues and the nation itself—of one of the most dangerous missions in history. Written by Academy Award® winner Josh Singer (Spotlight, The Post), the epic drama of leading under the pressure of grace and tragedy is produced by Wyck Godfrey & Marty Bowen (The Twilight Saga, The Fault in Our Stars) through their Temple Hill Entertainment banner, alongside Isaac Klausner (Love, Simon) and Chazelle. Steven Spielberg, Adam Merims and Singer executive produce, while DreamWorks Pictures co-finances the film.

NASA in Silicon Valley Live is a talk show that features conversations with scientists, researchers, engineers and all-around cool people who work at NASA to push the boundaries of innovation. In this episode streamed on Sept. 27, 2018, we talk about space video games, exploring deep space and more. Video credit: NASA/Ames Research Center This video can be downloaded from the NASA Image and Video Library at: https://images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20180927-AAV3136-NiSVLive-Ep03-NASAWeb.html NASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology and aeronautics. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nasaames Twitter https://twitter.com/nasaames Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nasaames