Elusive Type of a Black Hole That Nobody's Ever Seen Found
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Q&A 142: Do Pulsars Slow Down? And More...
In this week's questions show, I look at the rotation rate of pulsars, why NASA is such a fan of the term in-situ and what our plans are for exploring the Universe. 00:00 Start
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Brown dwarf rotating at 220,000 miles per hour discovered!
The fastest spinning brown dwarf discovered travels about "60 miles per second (100 kilometers per second)," according to NASA. That's an amazing 350,000 kilometers per hour (~220,000 miles per hour). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The Chandra Operations Control Center
Staff at the Chandra Operations Control Center help ensure the health and safety of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, a spacecraft that orbits above the Earth's atmosphere to detect X-ray emission from very hot regions of the universe. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory oversees the Chandra X-ray Observatory's research and flight operations.
Perseverance is already collecting science on the surface of Mars, but MEDLI2 actually collected significant scientific data on the way to the surface. NASA EDGE Co-Host Franklin Fitzgerald talked with Mars Entry Descent and Landing Instrument 2 (MEDLI2) Principal Investigator Todd White about how NASA is continuing to learn about the very dramatic and mysterious transition through the Martian atmosphere all the way down to the surface. Basically, MEDLI studied and stuck the landing! Producer:
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NASA’s Black Hole Field Guide: Episode 1 - Basic Black Holes
If you’re looking to find some black holes, it’s always helpful to know exactly what you’re looking for! To get started on your black hole hunt, first watch this handy video to learn the basics about these strange cosmic objects. Music: "Perfect Little Monsters" from Universal Production Music Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Large Structures Inside Earth Seem to be Remnants of a Dead Planet
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SpaceReport 4 When will SN15 fly Is Vulcan Centaur the best Moon Rocket Become an astronaut with ESA
In this week's Space Report, we of course cover the Gagarins flight anniversary, as well as the first space shuttle launch anniversary. Sadly Ingenuity won't make it to celebrate with a flight of its own, but it will fly just a little later. SpaceX also is celebrating the first drone landing of its Falcon 9 booster, marking the debut of ts domination over the industry.
Next, we have Axiom Space. The company has produced images of the largest window ever made for space, and it will soon be a part of Axiom Space Station, the company's vision of Nasa's call for commercial destinations.
This week's deeper dive is about the Vulcan Centaur Rocket. While not as revolutionary as the Starship, it will still offer a major evolution from the previous heavy launcher. The Centaur V upper Stage will feature in-orbit refuelling and its highly efficient engine will carry large payloads towards the Moon.
Of course, we have the usual SpaceX news, but this week relatively few things to say about Starship. I have made an estimate of when will SN15 fly though, tell me your own prognostic in the comments.
And last but not least, the European Space Agency is recruiting new astronauts. See below for the details. Timestamps:
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0:13 Gagarin 60th anniversary
0:42 Space Shuttle first launch
1:21 SpaceX first drone landing
1:50 Axiom Space made a big window
2:10 Vulcan Centaur is almost ready
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Scientists Uncover The Supernovae That Created the Solar System
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Mysterious Glow In The Middle of Milky Way, But What is It?
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The President’s Funding Request for NASA on This Week @NASA – April 9, 2021
The President’s funding request for NASA, preparing for first flight on another world, and a new crew heads to the space station … a few of the stories to tell you about – This Week at NASA! Download Link: https://images.nasa.gov/details-The%20President%E2%80%99s%20Funding%20Request%20for%20NASA%20on%20This%20Week%
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Inside KSC! for April 9, 2021
Representatives from Kennedy Space Center, the visitor complex, NASA’s Launch Services Program, United Launch Alliance (ULA), and the 45th Space Wing attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the addition of the last ULA Delta II rocket to the Kennedy Space Center visitor complex's Rocket Garden. The third and final Airbus H135 helicopter arrived at the Launch and Landing Facility, completing the upgraded fleet of aircraft used for security operations at Kennedy. Coming from Columbus, Mississippi, the Airbus helicopters replace the Bell Huey 2 aircraft that had been in service at Kennedy for the past 30 years.
We Have Just Discovered This Rare Black Hole
Scientists have just reported the discovery of a rare black hole which may shed light on the formation of supermassive black holes.
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Why Does NASA Keep Missing Asteroids? | Unveiled
Why do so many asteroids go unnoticed? Join us... and find out! Subscribe for more from Unveiled ► https://wmojo.com/unveiled-subscribe There are thousands of asteroids speeding through the solar system... and if a big enough rock ever smashed into Earth, then it could be the end of life on this planet! That's why NASA keeps its eyes on the sky, trying to track all asteroids that are a threat to us... but they don't catch them all! In this video, we ask why NASA regularly misses asteroids, and whether we should be worried about the future? This is Unveiled, giving you incredible answers to extraordinary questions! Find more amazing videos for your curiosity here:
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Donut-Shaped Planets - Sixty Symbols
Professor Tony Padilla on life on a "donut planet" - leading to discussion about how the Earth and Moon formed.
More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Tony is a physicist at the University of Nottingham.
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Soyuz rocket launches joint US-Russian crew to space station
Cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy (the commander), Pyotr Dubrov (flight engineer) and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei launched to the International Space Station on April 8, 2021 aboard a Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft. The rocket blasted off from from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakshtan. Full Story: https://www.space.com/three-astronauts-launch-space-station-april-2021 Credit: NASA / Roscosmos
Uncovering the Secrets of the Cosmic Microwave Background with Dr. Brian Keating
What is the CMB Cold spot?
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NASA’s NICER Finds X-ray Boosts in the Crab Pulsar’s Radio Bursts
Scientists using data from NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) telescope on the International Space Station have discovered X-ray surges accompanying radio bursts from the pulsar in the Crab Nebula. The finding shows that these bursts, called giant radio pulses, release far more energy than previously suspected. Read more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-s-nicer-finds-x-ray-boosts-in-the-crab-pulsar-s-radio-bursts
A pulsar is a type of rapidly spinning neutron star, the crushed, city-sized core of a star that exploded as a supernova. A young, isolated neutron star can spin dozens of times each second, and its whirling magnetic field powers beams of radio waves, visible light, X-rays, and gamma rays. If these beams sweep past Earth, astronomers observe clock-like pulses of emission and classify the object as a pulsar.
Located about 6,500 light-years away in the constellation Taurus, the Crab Nebula and its pulsar formed in a supernova explosion. The neutron star spins 30 times each second, and at X-ray and radio wavelengths it is among the brightest pulsars in the sky.
Out of more than 2,800 pulsars cataloged, the Crab pulsar is one of only a few that emit giant radio pulses, which occur sporadically and can be hundreds to thousands of times brighter than the regular pulses. And after decades of observations, only the Crab has been shown to enhance its giant radio pulses with emission from other parts of the spectrum.
Previously seen in visible light, these enhancements now have been detected in X-rays for the first time. Between August 2017 and August 2019, researchers used NICER to repeatedly observe the Crab pulsar in X-rays. While NICER was watching, the team also studied the object using at least one of two ground-based radio telescopes in Japan.
The team combined all of the X-ray data that coincided with giant radio pulses, revealing an X-ray boost of about 4% that occurred in synch with them. It’s remarkably similar to the 3% rise in visible light associated with the phenomenon, discovered in 2003. The researchers say that the total emitted energy associated with a giant pulse is dozens to hundreds of times higher than previously estimated from the radio and optical data alone. Music: "The Awakening" from Universal Production Music Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Mars helicopter's rotor blades move! Perseverance's arm 'dances' and more in new pics!
The rotor blades on the Ingenuity helicopter were unlocked and the Perseverance rover's arm was run through some checks in imagery acquired by NASA from Mars on April 8, 2021. Also, Perseverance captured a selfie with the Ingenuity helicopter in April 6 imagery. Full Story: https://www.space.com/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-unlocks-rotor-blades Credit: Space.com | imagery courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS | produced & edited by Steve Spaleta (http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta)