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Rocket Lab Launches SAR Satellite for Japan
https://blog.joshuniverse.com/rocket-lab-launches-sar-satellite-for-japan
Rocket Lab launched QPS-SAR-9 for iQPS, marking a key milestone in satellite imaging, Earth observation advancements, and industry growth.
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Josh Universe · Rocket Lab Launches SAR Satellite for JapanRocket Lab launched QPS-SAR-9 for iQPS, marking a key milestone in satellite imaging, Earth observation advancements, and industry growth.
We may not have been able to see yesterday’s total lunar eclipse here in central Europe, but I’ll take tonight’s Moon as a compensation 
Good night everyone & remember that we are all just ephemeral refugees from the same cosmic recycling bin 
Crew-10 Mission: A New Era in Space Exploration
https://blog.joshuniverse.com/crew-10-mission-a-new-era-in-space-exploration
Crew-10 mission to ISS highlights advancements in space tech, political impacts, and future international cooperation in space exploration.
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Josh Universe · Crew-10 Mission: A New Era in Space ExplorationCrew-10 mission to ISS highlights advancements in space tech, political impacts, and future international cooperation in space exploration.
Perhaps a little understated compared to other #astrophotography in the #constellation Centaurus, but I liked this one!
This is NGC 4696 as imaged by the #hubble space telescope
You can learn all about the #constellation #Centaurus in our latest #podcast here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/centaurus-cosmic-background/
: https://esahubble.org/images/heic1621a/
#AstroDon #Astronomy #hubble #ESA #NASA #astro #Centaurus #science
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Michael Porter @nantucketebooks @coreyspowell I mean, you could if you stepped out and looked at the Moon during the eclipse 
Attached, my shitty cellphone pic that I snapped this morning at 3 AM.
j/k, I know what you mean - that would be a really cool shot. I'd like to see a side-by-side comparison of the lunar landscape as it appears normally, and as it appeared during the eclipse.
Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli, born OTD in 1835, wrote of channels he observed on Mars, which was mistranslated into English as "canals" and led to speculation of intelligent life on Mars https://toilet-guru.com/blog/36.html?s=mb #astronomy #history
"Planet Definitions" by XKCD comic (mirror bots @xkcd @xkcdbot ) - All the definitions of a planet, whether they've earned representation or not. https://xkcd.com/3063/ #astronomy #planetary #asteroid #geology #oops #WTF #humor
![XKCD comic #3063 "Planet Definitions" https://xkcd.com/3063/
explanation from ExplainXKCD https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3063:_Planet_Definitions
transcript truncated to fit alt-text limit:
[A table with 3 columns, labelled "Definition", "# of planets", and "Solar system". The last row is a drawing of the Solar system, with elements included in the definition of the row colored in green]
Traditionalist: Pluto is a planet
Modern: Pluto is not a planet
Expansive: Dwarf planets are planets
Ultratraditionalist: Only the classical planets are planets
Condescending: Only giant planets are planets; the rest are big asteroids.
Simplistic: Anything gravitationally round is a planet
Grounded: Only objects a spaceship has landed on are planets
Regolithic: Anything covered in dirt and ice and stuff is a planet
Lunar: You can't be a planet if you don't have a moon
Solipsitic: Earth is the only planet
Judgemental: Only the prettiest ones are planets
Empiricist: Only worlds that I, author of this table, have personally seen are planets
Marine biologist: Only objects with oceans are planets
Maritime: Only objects with surface oceans are planets
Universalist: They're all planets
Existantialist: What is space itself is a planet???
Spiteful: Only Pluto is a planet
title/mouseover text: Under the 'has cleared its orbital neighborhood' and 'fuses hydrogen into helium' definitions, thanks to human activities Earth technically no longer qualifies as a planet but DOES count as a star.](https://cdn.masto.host/spaceyspace/media_attachments/files/114/162/831/647/915/361/original/7ed60693432fd815.png "XKCD comic #3063 \"Planet Definitions\" https://xkcd.com/3063/
explanation from ExplainXKCD https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3063:_Planet_Definitions
transcript truncated to fit alt-text limit:
[A table with 3 columns, labelled \"Definition\", \"# of planets\", and \"Solar system\". The last row is a drawing of the Solar system, with elements included in the definition of the row colored in green]
Traditionalist: Pluto is a planet
Modern: Pluto is not a planet
Expansive: Dwarf planets are planets
Ultratraditionalist: Only the classical planets are planets
Condescending: Only giant planets are planets; the rest are big asteroids.
Simplistic: Anything gravitationally round is a planet
Grounded: Only objects a spaceship has landed on are planets
Regolithic: Anything covered in dirt and ice and stuff is a planet
Lunar: You can't be a planet if you don't have a moon
Solipsitic: Earth is the only planet
Judgemental: Only the prettiest ones are planets
Empiricist: Only worlds that I, author of this table, have personally seen are planets
Marine biologist: Only objects with oceans are planets
Maritime: Only objects with surface oceans are planets
Universalist: They're all planets
Existantialist: What is space itself is a planet???
Spiteful: Only Pluto is a planet
title/mouseover text: Under the 'has cleared its orbital neighborhood' and 'fuses hydrogen into helium' definitions, thanks to human activities Earth technically no longer qualifies as a planet but DOES count as a star.")
(13 Mar) 128 new moons discovered orbiting Saturn, nearly doubling the ringed planet’s total
Astronomers have discovered 128 never-before-seen moons orbiting Saturn — giving it almost twice as ...
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Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/BukfD ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/vzxwd
#astronomy #planets #space
Photos taken on my Seestar s50 telescope just now before the clouds came in.
First time I’ve used it since the start of winter, was hoping for some good nebula pics.
This particular xkcd is RTMI about Pluto. I have written an entire 3,000 word essay on this topic but don’t know where to submit it for publication. Instead of reading my essay, you could just look at this comic.
xkcdPlanet Definitions
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#UMPlus - RCW 44 by Sergio Eguivar
https://www.universomagico.net/2025/03/rcw-44-por-sergio-eguivar.html
RCW 44, seen here in an image by astronomer Sergio Eguivar, is an evolved planetary nebula located in the direction of the Vela constellation and at a distance of about 3,900 light-years from the Solar System. The progenitor star is a white dwarf located at the center of the nebula, which appears blue at.....
#astronomy #space #astrophysics #astrophotography
