I just saw the moon

[Radwin Bodnic]

Massive fireball lights up night sky across nearly a dozen states

The American Meteor Society received hundreds of reports across the Great Lakes, Northeast and mid-Atlantic on Wednesday evening of a fireball in the sky. When meteoroids enter Earth’s atmosphere, they are called meteors. Bright events are called fireball or shooting stars. NASA estimates 48.5...

www.foxweather.com

A big European satellite will make an uncontrolled return to Earth Wednesday

What goes up must come down.

arstechnica.com

 

[macbill]

When and where to see February's micromoon, known as the Snow Moon

February's full moon, the Snow Moon, is also a micromoon.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[cybrguy]

Massive fireball lights up night sky across nearly a dozen states

The American Meteor Society received hundreds of reports across the Great Lakes, Northeast and mid-Atlantic on Wednesday evening of a fireball in the sky. When meteoroids enter Earth’s atmosphere, they are called meteors. Bright events are called fireball or shooting stars. NASA estimates 48.5...

www.foxweather.com

A big European satellite will make an uncontrolled return to Earth Wednesday

What goes up must come down.

arstechnica.com

Really, sorry I missed that.

 

[macbill]

WA Post Shared Article

Come rain or shine, the eclipse is on its way. Will you have fair skies?​

Drawing conclusions about what historical cloud cover will mean for a particular location is even more problematic than doing the same for temperature or precipitation.

https://wapo.st/49M4fq7

 

[NYC_Frank]

 

[NYC_Frank]

 

[NYC_Frank]

 

[Bologna]

Still watching it rise today, along with the sun:

 

[NYC_Frank]

dem Comets ☄

 

[CrazyDiamond]

ELT coming together nicely...

ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is quickly coming together before our eyes. In this webcam image over Cerro Armazones in Chile from 16 February 2024, the setting Sun illuminates the first pieces of cladding installed on the ELT dome. The hemispheric structure of the dome will be encased in thermally insulated aluminum cladding to protect the delicate mirrors from the harsh desert environment, enabling the world’s biggest eye on the sky to capture the cosmos in never-before-seen detail for a long time to come.

 

[macbill]

 

[Shrike]

^^^ Hope they're done by morning...

 

[NYC_Frank]

 

[macbill]

A stargazer's guide to solar eclipse glasses​

The total solar eclipse is just weeks away. If you're geeked to see it, you'll want to start getting prepared to do so safely.

One way would be to nab a pair of special solar eclipse glasses.

 

[Bologna]

These are the best spots in NH, Vermont and Maine to watch the April 8 solar eclipse

Next month’s total solar eclipse is expected to be a major tourism draw for those areas seen as prime viewing spots. In New England, those areas include northern New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. Tourism officials in all three states are already busy preparing for a potential influx of hundreds...

www.nbcboston.com

 

[cybrguy]

Today's starships 3rd launch attempt was very successful. There is some really incredible video from the flight. Quite entertaining. They lost Telemetry and video during the landing phase so there are no videos of the splashdown in the Indian Ocean but all in all it was a successful test flight. https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-third-test-flight-launch

 

[Bologna]

https://imgur.com/a/hBvtX45

 

[vapviking]

I find the Voyager1 story simply inspirational. The Star Trek prophesy unfolding...
Is it evolving a new language already? (Hint: unlikely)

NASA's Voyager 1 Spacecraft Briefly Reconnects, Keeping Hope Alive for the Historic Mission

The 46-year-old spacecraft has been transmitting gibberish for months, but the team may be close to identifying the source of the glitch.

gizmodo.com

 

[cybrguy]

If it returns as Nomad, at least the creator is still here to talk it down...

 

[CrazyDiamond]

Or V'ger








Shoutout to NOMAD

 

[macbill]

Americans are pumped for the eclipse​

The big picture: Millions of people are planning to travel to areas with the best views, and businesses are cashing in on the hype by offering eclipse-themed goodies.

 

[macbill]

SpaceX, the aerospace company founded by Elon Musk, launched a Falcon 9 rocket with 22 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California around 7:30 p.m. It appeared as a bright, white streak across the night sky to people in the Coachella Valley.

I just happened to be out on mt back deck when it happened. Was way cool.

 

[Bologna]

Total Solar Eclipse ‘Map Of Nope’ Meme Is A Must See Before April 8

What is the path of totality? Why being in the path of totality is the only way of experiencing April 8's total solar eclipse.

www.forbes.com

 

[cybrguy]

Somebody tried to talk me into driving 200 miles south to see this eclipse in totality and somehow I just can't motivate myself for that. Eclipses are really cool, especially in places where there are animals because they all do seem to respond in some way or another, but I'll get about 90% of it here and I have seen them before...

 

[florduh]

In 1977, SETI detected the "Wow! Signal". A possible extraterrestrial message.

'3 Body Problem:' How Netflix's sci-fi saga employs the famous Wow! SETI signal

That mysterious 1977 radio transmission remains unexplained, but not in the fictional universe of "3 Body Problem."

www.space.com

A Netflix series called 3 Body Problem, based on the incredible trilogy of sci-fi novels Remembrance of Earth's Past, comes out tomorrow. In the books, a character replies to the Wow! message. Let's just say this ends up being a bad idea.