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Artemis 1 postponed yet once again, a direct image of an exoplanet from Webb, how Starlink will link directly to phones, Voyager 1 is fixed, and the Crisis in Cosmology continues.
JWST Got a Direct Image of An Exoplanet
The James Webb Space Telescope has actually taken its very first direct image of an exoplanet. Formerly, Webb had caught the spectra of exoplanet environments, but this time, its a real picture of a planet. Its not even from another location habitable, but an exciting first step that demonstrates how Webb can straight image exoplanets.
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This week SpaceX and T-Mobile did an announcement that quickly Starlink will be able to connect straight to phones. Dont get your hopes too high. It will require Starlink V2 satellites. They are much larger and will only be able to introduce on Starship. The connection speed will be low, adequate to supply SMS and possible phone call capability but not high bandwidth web. A big advance anyway.
More about direct Starlink to phone connection.
Ongoing Crisis in Cosmology.
Astronomers are wrestling with an obstacle to cosmology. Various methods for measuring the Universes expansion rate produce various worths. And the mistake bars for these worths do not overlap. Why? One possibility is that the strength of gravity has altered a little over the age of the Universe. A new study took a look at countless galaxies to see how they were distorted by dark matter gravitational lenses and found that these distortions remained constant over billions of years. This suggests that the force of gravity has actually remained constant.
More about gravity throughout history.
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SLS was expected to introduce on August 29th, however a sensing unit problem on among its engines required NASA to terminate the countdown. Their brand-new launch date is arranged for September 3rd, however they might push the launch back to September 5th if needed. After that, the Moon is no longer close enough to reach this month, and the rocket will require to wait till October prior to it can attempt once again. Due to the fact that its operating on battery power, the rocket needs to be taken back to the Vehicle Assembly Building and plugged in.
More about SLS scrub.
Ocean World Exoplanet
A few months ago, NASA engineers discovered that Voyager 1 was sending out home unusual and garbled telemetry information. After troubleshooting the issue, they realized that the spacecraft was routing its information through a malfunctioning computer system that they believed was offline. They repaired the bug and sent the spacecraft updated software application; now, its interacting back to Earth correctly.
More about repairing Voyager 1.
Huge Starlink Update.
More details about JWSTs exoplanet.
Artemis I Delayed. Once again
The James Webb Space Telescope has actually taken its very first direct image of an exoplanet. Formerly, Webb had caught the spectra of exoplanet atmospheres, but this time, its a real photo of a planet. The exoplanet is called HIP 65425 b, orbiting an A-type star about 355 light-years from Earth. Its not even from another location habitable, however an interesting first step that shows how Webb can directly image exoplanets.
A couple of months back, NASA engineers found that Voyager 1 was sending out home garbled and unusual telemetry data.
With the data from TESS telescope astronomers were able to determine a world called TOI-1452b that is allegedly fully covered with water. And due to the fact that the planet is in the habitable zone of its star, its not simply water ice, like we see on Europa on Enceladus, but real liquid water. In a way, it might look like the Miller planet from Interstellar, however with much deeper water levels.
More about the ocean exoplanet.
Planet Shifting in and Out of The Habitable Zone
Here in the Solar System, the habitable zone starts at the orbit of Venus and extends out to the orbit of Mars. Astronomers have discovered a world with 4 times the mass of Earth that orbits in and out of the habitable zone around a red dwarf star.
More about habitable zone weirdness.
Voyager 1 Fixed.