Mercury’s Temperature

"Mercury’s temperature varies from -280° F on its night side to 800° F during the day."https://www.astronomy.com/astronomy-for-beginners/20-unusual-space-facts/

Cubic Millimetre

"A cubic millimetre might not sound like much — roughly the size of a grain of sand — but to neuroscientists, it is enormous."https://www.nature.com/immersive/d42859-025-00001-w/index.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Moon Distance

"It would take nine years to walk to the moon."https://www.astronomy.com/astronomy-for-beginners/20-unusual-space-facts/

James Webb Telescope

"Observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have provided a surprising twist in the narrative surrounding what is believed to be the first star observed in the act of swallowing a planet."https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasa-webbs-autopsy-of-planet-swallowed-by-star-yields-surprise/?user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Multiversal Travel

"While many sci-fi writers have wondered if time travel into the past can be allowed as long as you slip into an alternate universe, you should be warned: Nature doesn’t like a cheater."https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/how-does-multiverse-theory-relate-to-time-travel

Blue Origins

"Blue Origin's first-ever all-female spaceflight is scheduled to launch on Monday (April 14)."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/private-spaceflight/meet-the-crew-for-blue-origins-upcoming-all-female-spaceflight-with-katy-perry?user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Orbital prototype

"On April 23, NASA launched a solar sail protype to orbit around our planet — a piece of technology that could very well revolutionize the way we think about spacecraft propulsion."

https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/nasa-spacecraft-captures-1st-photo-of-its-giant-solar-sail-while-tumbling-in-space

Mars Clear View

"NASA has released the clearest view of Mars to date, with blue rocks observed across the planet's landscape."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/science/nasa-releases-clearest-view-mars-blue-rocks-seen-landscape.amp

FIRST CONTACT DAY

"First Contact Day on April 5th commemorates a fictional date in the future when an alien species visits Earth and makes contact with Earthlings for the first time."https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/first-contact-day-april-5?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13087594&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

Mercury Days

"On Mercury a day is twice as long as a year."

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/facts-about-astronomy-space

Parker Space Probe

"On September 30, 2024, the Parker Solar Probe reached its 21st perihelion: its closest approach to the Sun."https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/fastest-spacecraft-break-speed-record/

JWST

"Astronomers have directed NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to examine the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-webb-peers-into-the-extreme-outer-galaxy?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=webb20240912

4 Ametuer astronauts

"Four amateur astronauts are about to venture where no other crew has gone before, orbiting Earth’s polar region to better understand how humans fare in space."https://gizmodo.com/watch-live-as-spacex-launches-private-crew-to-elusive-polar-orbit-2000583050?utm_source=gizmodo_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2025-03-31-pm

Mars Rover

"Nasa’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet."https://theconversation.com/nasas-curiosity-rover-has-found-the-longest-chain-carbon-molecules-yet-on-mars-its-a-significant-finding-in-the-search-for-alien-life-253249?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Gravity

"There is gravity on the International Space Station."https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/facts-about-astronomy-space

Sun Like Stars

"Most Sun-like stars in our galaxy are in multiple star systems."https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/facts-about-astronomy-space

SpaceX Capsule

"A tech billionaire popped out from a SpaceX capsule hundreds of miles above Earth and performed the first private spacewalk Thursday, a high-risk endeavor once reserved for professional astronauts."https://apnews.com/article/spacex-spacewalk-private-polaris-dawn-87d4c78853f0249baf29631bedfac749

Different Dimensions

"When someone mentions "different dimensions," we tend to think of things like parallel universes – alternate realities that exist parallel to our own, but where things work or happened differently."https://phys-org.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/phys.org/news/2014-12-universe-dimensions.amp?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17431847049782&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fphys.org%2Fnews%2F2014-12-universe-dimensions.html

Asteroid that caused Extinction

"The object that smashed into Earth and kick-started the extinction that wiped out almost all dinosaurs 66 million years ago was an asteroid that originally formed beyond the orbit of Jupiter, according to geochemical evidence from the impact site in Chicxulub, Mexico."https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02647-4?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Blue Origin

"Private spaceflight is entering its peak cringe era with the upcoming launch of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, sending a crew that includes a fallen-off pop star and Jeff Bezos’ partner to the edge of space."

https://gizmodo.com/blue-origins-upcoming-launch-is-by-far-the-most-annoying-private-mission-so-far-2000581758?utm_source=gizmodo_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2025-03-27-pm

Aurora Lit Sky

"People living in the northern part of the state will have a chance to watch rockets soar through aurora-lit skies for the next couple of weeks."https://alaskapublic.org/news/alaska-desk/2025-03-24/a-stargazers-dream-for-the-next-2-weeks-nasa-will-be-shooting-rockets-at-the-aurora

Satellite

As of 2025, approximately 10,000 active satellites orbit Earth, marking an unprecedented surge in satellite deployments driven by the exponential growth of space-based technology, satellite communications, and global internet infrastructure. A significant share of these satellites belong to SpaceX’s Starlink constellation, designed to deliver high-speed, low-latency satellite internet worldwide, bridging the digital divide and revolutionizing telecommunications, remote connectivity, and broadband access. However, this rapid expansion has intensified concerns over space debris, orbital congestion, and satellite collision risks, posing a serious challenge to space sustainability, aerospace security, and the longevity of commercial space exploration. With more satellites crowding low Earth orbit (LEO), the probability of catastrophic collisions and fragmentation increases, creating thousands of high-velocity debris particles that threaten critical infrastructure, global positioning systems (GPS), Earth observation satellites, space stations, and future manned space missions. Even millimeter-sized debris traveling at hypersonic speeds can severely damage operational satellites, leading to multi-million-dollar losses and disrupting essential services such as weather forecasting, defense communications, financial transactions, and disaster management. To mitigate these risks, space agencies, defense organizations, and private aerospace companies are investing in advanced debris removal technologies, artificial intelligence-driven space traffic management, and next-generation satellite designs with automated de-orbiting mechanisms. While proactive initiatives such as laser-based debris clearing, autonomous robotic collectors, and AI-powered collision avoidance systems are in development, the rapid escalation of satellite launches underscores the urgent need for international regulatory frameworks, sustainable space policies, and coordinated space governance to ensure the long-term viability of orbital ecosystems and the future of commercial space exploration. The new space age demands cutting-edge solutions that balance technological innovation, economic growth, and environmental responsibility, making space traffic management and orbital sustainability one of the most pressing challenges for the global aerospace industry and emerging space economy.

#SpaceTechnology #SatelliteCommunications #OrbitalSustainability #SpaceEconomy #SatelliteInternet #Starlink #SpaceDebris #AerospaceInnovation #FutureOfConnectivity #SpaceSecurity #LEOSatellites #CommercialSpaceExploration #AIInSpace #SpaceGovernance #NextGenSatellites #HypersonicThreats #SpacePolicy #TechForGood

Big Bang Heat

"Heat from the Big Bang is still around today."https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/facts-about-astronomy-space

Moon

"The Moon is getting farther away every year."https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/facts-about-astronomy-space

More to Flowers

"NASA research is revealing there’s more to flowers than meets the human eye."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-takes-to-the-air-to-study-wildflowers/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=wildflowers20250324

Days

"Our days are getting longer."

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/facts-about-astronomy-space

ISS

"This ISS National Lab Research Announcement (NLRA) is issued in collaboration with NASA’s Biological and Physical Sciences (BPS) division and seeks proposals for flight projects that utilize the unique space environment to address challenges that hinder progress in preventing, diagnosing, and treating some of the most challenging diseases of our time, such as cancer."https://www.issnationallab.org/research-on-the-iss/solicitations/nlra2024-9/?utm_source=edm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ii24&utm_content=8-15

Elon Musk

"SpaceX founder Elon Musk says that the first of his company's Starship spacecraft will set off for Mars in two years and the first crewed missions will follow in 2028."https://newatlas.com/space/elon-musk-mars-starships/?utm_source=New+Atlas+Subscribers&utm_campaign=7c5d962ae5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_09_10_12_32&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-7c5d962ae5-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

Space archaeogist

"Imagine archaeologists excavating an old cave where they believed they'd see primitive ape-like ancestors and instead found a fossil almost indistinguishable from a modern human."

https://mashable.com/article/oldest-evolved-galaxy-rebels-25

NATIONAL NEAR MISS DAY

NATIONAL NEAR MISS DAY"From a national view, each day many of us face a near miss here and there. March 23rd commemorates the day the entire Earth faced a near miss when a massive asteroid (4581 Asclepius) nearly hit us in 1989."https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-near-miss-day-march-23?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12954828&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

Martian Rover

"While working its usual Martian shift, the rover stumbled upon, rather drove over, a rock and cracked it wide open, revealing a sight never before seen on Mars – a dazzling display of yellow sulfur crystals."https://www.earth.com/news/mars-curiosity-rover-finds-sulfur-crystals-martian-rock-hints-at-possible-life/#google_vignette

Dark Matter

"In a new study, MIT physicists propose that if most of the dark matter in the universe is made up of microscopic primordial black holes — an idea first proposed in the 1970s — then these gravitational dwarfs should zoom through our solar system at least once per decade."https://news.mit.edu/2024/mars-wobble-could-be-dark-matter-mit-study-finds-0917?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Astronaut

Snapple Real Fact #1879: The word astronaut comes from the Ancient Greek words "Astro" ("star") and "naut" ("sailor"), so it literally means "star sailor."

Venus

"Venus spins backwards."

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/facts-about-astronomy-space

Food

"Astronauts embarking on long-haul journeys in deep space can’t pack all the calories they will need in the form of freeze-dried food."https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/science/asteroids-food-space.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PU4.4Mup.kJJhUympMfM2&smid=url-share

Astronomers challenge Universe Beginning

"A galaxy that shouldn’t exist is challenging astronomers’ understanding of how these enormous stellar structures grow in the early Universe."

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/jwst-7329?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

JADES GS z140

"Two different teams of astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant known galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0."

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-oxygen-distant-galaxy.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4#google_vignette

ISS

"Astronauts on NASA’s ninth rotational SpaceX crew mission (Crew-9) splashed down off the Florida coast yesterday evening, ending their months-long science expedition onboard the International Space Station (ISSInternational Space Station)."https://issnationallab.org/press-releases/nasas-spacex-crew-9-returns-science/

Exoplanet

"It started as another exoplanet in a group labeled “ordinary.” No one expected that a world, once thought to be a mini-Neptune, would reveal traits of a super-Venus and change how we see certain planetary types."https://www.earth.com/news/new-planet-named-enaiposha-is-unlike-anything-in-our-solar-system/

Origins of the Universe

"Nasa has taken another giant leap in the search for the origins of the universe – launching its newest space telescope on a mission to explore the building blocks of existence."

https://theweek.com/science/spherex-nasas-cutting-edge-telescope-searching-for-the-origins-of-life?refid=EFF2FAA5F59D095C8A2D444422552040&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=afternoon_newsletter_20250317&utm_source=afternoon_newsletter

Odyssey in Space

"Two long-delayed Starliner astronauts, Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita Williams, returned to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Tuesday, finally closing out a repeatedly extended 286-day odyssey in space."https://www.cbsnews.com/news/crew-9-astronauts-return-earth/?user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Moon

"There are better maps of the Moon’s surface than of the bottom of Earth’s ocean."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/next-generation-water-satellite-maps-seafloor-from-space/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=swot20250319

Starlink

"Starlink is the name of a satellite network developed by the private spaceflight company SpaceX to provide low-cost internet to remote locations."https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellites.html?user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Dragon Freedom Lands

"SpaceX is poised to land its Crew Dragon Freedom from the International Space Station with the two crewmates who launched on it and two astronauts who arrived at the space station last June on Boeing's Starliner, which landed uncrewed without 

them."

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/international-space-station/what-time-are-nasas-starliner-astronauts-landing-with-spacexs-crew-9-today?utm_term=1E9CE68B-BB7D-4199-A76E-9D014B1CA562&lrh=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&utm_campaign=58E4DE65-C57F-4CD3-9A5A-609994E2C5A9&utm_medium=email&utm_content=B53A7367-8878-4CF4-9C55-14F2756B897A&utm_source=SmartBrief

Black Holes

"Black holes give off light."https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/facts-about-astronomy-space

Launches to Study Earth

"Under the nighttime California sky, NASA’s EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 11:43 p.m. PDT on March 14."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-ezie-launches-on-mission-to-study-earths-electrojets/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=Latest20250317

Moon

"The Moon illusion baffled the great philosophers of ancient Greece and the most brilliant minds of the Scientific Revolution – and it continues to defy a solid explanation."https://www.iflscience.com/we-still-havent-solved-the-moon-illusion-after-thousands-of-years-75940?utm_source=The+IFLScience+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e5de86469f-ICYMI-18-09-24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c13f3c4e60-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&goal=0_3aa1738e2a-e5de86469f-272567312&mc_cid=e5de86469f&mc_eid=561ee916fc

Water

"Vast amounts of water have been found in space."https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/facts-about-astronomy-space

Universe

"If the universe is anything, it should be fun."

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Andromeda with Nakid eye

"If you can spot the Andromeda Galaxy with your naked eyes, you can see something 14.7 billion billion miles away."https://www.astronomy.com/astronomy-for-beginners/20-unusual-space-facts/

Hubble Space Telescope

"NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a cosmic bullseye!"https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-investigates-galaxy-with-nine-rings/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Black Hole

"A black hole is created when big stars explode. Its gravitational force is so strong that nothing can escape from it – luckily the closest black hole is about 10,000 light-years from Earth."https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/science/space/universe-facts/

Global Sea Level Rise

"Global sea level rose faster than expected in 2024, mostly because of ocean water expanding as it warms, or thermal expansion."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-analysis-shows-unexpected-amount-of-sea-level-rise-in-2024/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=sealevel20250313

NISAR

"When it launches this year, the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite will provide a powerful data stream that could help farmers in the U.S. and around the world."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-isro-mission-will-map-farmland-from-planting-to-harvest/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=Latest20250312-NISAR

SpaceX

"SpaceX and NASA are set for the launch of the agency’s newest space telescope and solar research mission."https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/03/spherex-punch-launch/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Supermassive Blackhole

"Astronomers have found what appears to be the closest supermassive black hole outside of our own Milky Way galaxy."

https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/supermassive-black-hole-likely-lurking-in-milky-way-galaxys-nearest-neighbor?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

SPHEREx

"In a little over a day, NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope is slated to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 

rocket."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/cosmic-mapmaker-nasas-spherex-space-telescope-ready-to-launch/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=spherex20250307

Tetrafluoride

"What is the molecular geometry of sulfur tetrafluoride? Which layer of the Sun is thickest? What is the average of the first 10 prime numbers?"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/university-high-knows-the-answers-at-nasa-jpl-regional-science-bowl/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=sciencebowl20250303

NASA Space Observatory

"A new NASA space observatory is scheduled to launch into orbit this week on a lofty mission to map more than 450 million galaxies."https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/nasa-spherex-space-observatory-launch-map-galaxies-universe-rcna190877?user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Electrojets

"High above Earth’s poles, intense electrical currents called electrojets flow through the upper atmosphere when auroras glow in the sky."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-ezie-launching-to-study-magnetic-fingerprints-of-earths-aurora/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=ezie20250225

UY Scuti

"5 billion Suns could fit in UY Scuti, one of the biggest known stars."https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/facts-about-astronomy-space

Brian May

Queen guitarist Brian May is an astrophysicist and member of the NASA team that interprets data from Pluto.

2024 YR4

"NASA astronomers have been continuing to monitor the trajectory of asteroid 2024 YR4. The initial calculations suggested a 1.3% probability of an Earth impact event, which temporarily increased to 3.1% as more data came in. However, and with a sigh of relief, recent analysis brings encouraging news: the Earth impact probability has decreased significantly to 0.28%, though calculations now show a 1% chance of lunar impact. Observations will continue with the James Webb Space Telescope so stay tuned."

https://www.universetoday.com/171047/nasa-downgrades-the-risk-of-2024-yr4-to-below-1/#google_vignette

Wildfires in California

"The January wildfires in California devastated local habitats and communities."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-uses-new-technology-to-understand-california-wildfires/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=tech20250228

Atmosphere of Mars

"The current atmosphere of Mars is too cold and thin to support liquid water, an essential ingredient for life, on its surface for lengthy periods."https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/nasa-new-study-on-why-mars-is-red-supports-potentially-habitable-past/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Mars

"Mars may once have hosted a warm, ocean-bearing environment, according to new data collected by a rover that explored an area believed to be an ancient shoreline."

https://www.earth.com/news/mars-had-ancient-beaches-shorelines-similar-to-earth/?user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Smells of the Milky Way

"Milky Way smells of rum, raspberries and booze."https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/facts-about-astronomy-space

Uranus is the coldest

"Uranus is the coldest planet in the Solar System."

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/facts-about-astronomy-space

Universe dazzle mankind

“From then on, he was convinced that the universe dazzle mankind with volcanic eruptions, but had it’s own secret way of communicating with the select few people like Andrew who looked at reality as though it were a strip of wallpaper covering something else.”

Map of Time 

p. 32

Mercury

"Perhaps you’ve seen the news headlines admonishing sky watchers to ‘See All Naked Eye Planets…at Once!’ in January. While this was basically true, it was also missing one key player: Mercury."https://www.universetoday.com/170716/mercury-completes-the-planetary-parade-at-dusk/#google_vignette

Mars

"Mars is called the Red Planet because of its red coloring, which comes from the large amount of iron oxide – known on Earth as rust – on the planet’s surface."https://www.astronomy.com/astronomy-for-beginners/20-unusual-space-facts/

City Killing Space Rock

"That city-killing space rock now has even better odds of ruining everyone's day by instantly vaporizing them."https://boingboing-net.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/boingboing.net/2025/02/18/that-city-killing-space-rock-now-has-even-better-odds-of-ruining-everyones-day-by-instantly-vaporizing-them.html/amp?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17399072347916&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2025%2F02%2F18%2Fthat-city-killing-space-rock-now-has-even-better-odds-of-ruining-everyones-day-by-instantly-vaporizing-them.html

Sun loses Weight

"The Sun loses a billion kilos per second."https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/facts-about-astronomy-space

Shape of Moon

"The Moon is lemon-shaped."

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/facts-about-astronomy-space

Asteroid 2032

"If you’re like every other earthling, you may want to keep your head down on Dec. 22, 2032."https://time.com/7225374/do-you-need-to-worry-about-asteroid-2024-yr4-hitting-earth/?utm_source=beehiiv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter-the-brief&_bhlid=d3d0ea2c15a73cab2e636c3d2c7fbb3af7a3e5a8

Star stuff

"All of the rocky and metallic material we stand on, the iron in our blood, the calcium in our teeth, the carbon in our genes were produced billions of years ago in the interior of a red giant star. We are made of star-stuff."

Carl Sagan

Electrospay Engine

"An electrospray engine applies an electric field to a conductive liquid, generating a high-speed jet of tiny droplets that can propel a spacecraft. "https://news.mit.edu/2025/mit-engineers-develop-fully-3d-printed-electrospray-engine-0212?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Lunar Trailblazer

"NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer arrived in Florida recently in advance of its launch later this month and has been integrated with a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/how-nasas-lunar-trailblazer-will-make-a-looping-voyage-to-the-moon/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=Latest20250213-Trailblazer

Largest Known Structure

"Astronomers have identified what appears to be the largest confirmed filament in the universe, a structure named “Quipu,” using a combination of X-ray surveys and redshift analysis."https://www.rdworldonline.com/x-ray-surveys-and-redshift-analysis-reveal-quipu-the-universes-largest-known-structure/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Chuck Yeager

"Chuck Yeager (born February 13, 1923, Myra, West Virginia, U.S.—died December 7, 2020, Los Angeles, California) was an American test pilot and U.S. Air Force officer who was the first man to exceed the speed of sound in flight."https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chuck-Yeager

Universal Understanding

"A colossal structure in the distant Universe is defying our understanding of how the Universe evolved."https://www.sciencealert.com/a-giant-structure-in-space-challenges-our-understanding-of-the-universe

Hubble

The Hubble telescope uses a black and white camera to capture pictures. Scientists take color pictures by putting a blue filter in front of the lens and take a picture, then repeat with a red, then green filter. They then combine the 3 images to create a full-color picture.

Hunter Supermoon

"The largest and brightest full moon of 2024 lit up the skies of Earth on Thursday (Oct. 17), with skywatchers across the globe on hand to capture the lunar face in its full glory."https://www.space.com/hunters-moon-supermoon-2024-photos?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

NATIONAL CREATE A VACUUM DAY

NATIONAL CREATE A VACUUM DAY

"National Create A Vacuum Day on February 4th explores spaces void of matter."

https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-create-a-vacuum-day-february-4?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12397338&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

DTU

"A new study by DTU Space researchers has revealed a neutron star that rotates around its axis at an extremely high speed."https://phys.org/news/2024-10-astronomers-fastest-stars-universe.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter#google_vignette

Solar Eclipse

"From its perch on the western wall of Mars’ Jezero Crater, NASA’s Perseverance rover recently spied a “googly eye” peering down from space. The pupil in this celestial gaze is the Martian moon Phobos, and the iris is our Sun."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-perseverance-captures-googly-eye-during-solar-eclipse/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=percy20241030

Columbia Disaster

"On Saturday, February 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it re-entered the atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana, killing all seven astronauts on board. It was the second Space Shuttle mission to end in disaster, after the loss of Challenger and crew in 1986."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster

Alien message

"A father-daughter team has decoded a mock "alien" message after a year of trying."https://www.livescience.com/space/extraterrestrial-life/father-daughter-team-decodes-alien-signal-from-mars-that-stumped-the-world-for-a-year

Juno

"NASA’s Juno spacecraft has just released stunning images of Jupiter, captured during its 66th flyby of the largest and oldest planet in our solar system."https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/check-out-the-stunning-new-images-of-jupiter-from-nasas-juno-spacecraft-180985417/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Io

"New images from NASA’s Juno spacecraft make Io’s nature clear."https://www.universetoday.com/170655/juno-sees-a-massive-hotspot-of-volcanic-activity-on-io/

Cold Atomic Lab

"NASA’s Cold Atom Lab, a first-of-its-kind facility aboard the International Space Station, has taken another step toward revolutionizing how quantum science can be used in space."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-demonstrates-ultra-cool-quantum-sensor-for-first-time-in-space?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=cal20240813

Cassiopeia Constellation

"In 1181 AD, a bright new star appeared near the Cassiopeia constellation and shone in the sky for six months before vanishing."https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/astrophysicists-solve-mystery-of-last-historical-supernova-from-1181-ad/

Star Image

"Astronomers have captured a "zoomed-in" image of a star outside the Milky Way for the first time. The team brought the vast red supergiant star designated WOH G64 into focus using the Very Large Telescope  Interferometer (VLTI)."https://www.space.com/star-outside-milky-way-wohg64?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Space Launch System

"The Space Launch System rocket that will dispatch four astronauts on the first Moon mission in more than 50 years passed a major milestone Wednesday."https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/11/nasa-begins-assembling-rocket-to-send-astronauts-around-far-side-of-the-moon/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Mini Moon

"Planet Earth is parting company with an asteroid that’s been tagging along as a “mini moon” for the past two months."https://apnews.com/article/earth-mini-moon-adfb22fa82a01d168c1b663acf10eb92

Bennu

"Bennu is a small, near-Earth asteroid that passes relatively close to Earth about every six years."https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/asteroids/101955-bennu/facts/?user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Bennu

"A new analysis of samples from the asteroid Bennu, NASA’s first asteroid sample captured in space and delivered to Earth, reveals that evaporated water left a briny broth where salts and minerals allowed the elemental ingredients of life to intermingle and create more complex structures. The discovery suggests that extraterrestrial brines provided a crucial setting for the development of organic compounds."https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/traces-ancient-brine-discovered-asteroid-bennu-contain-minerals-crucial-life?user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Europa Clipper

"NASA’s Europa Clipper, which launched Oct. 14 on a journey to Jupiter’s moon Europa, is already 13 million miles (20 million kilometers) from Earth."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-europa-clipper-millions-of-miles-down-instruments-deploying/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=clipper20241125

When Blackholes merge Spacetime Shivers

"Remember how weird black holes are? It gets weirder. Black holes can merge with one another, and because their gravities are so massive, crazy things happen. When two black holes merge, it can be felt throughout spacetime. Think of spacetime like a sheet pulled tight. Drop something on one side, and it’ll send vibrations out to the other end. This is essentially what happens to the fabric of space when black holes merge. These vibrations are really ripples that we call gravitational waves, and we’ve been able to detect many. Space is strange and incredible. There’s so much more to know, and these facts are just the start. Get out there and start exploring. Be curious. Don’t just look up, but ask questions about what you see. The only way we make scientific progress is if people keep asking two key questions: ‘how? And why?’."

https://www.highpointscientific.com/astronomy-hub/post/astronomy-101/10-astronomy-facts-every-stargazer-should-know

FRBs

"Astronomer Calvin Leung was excited last summer to crunch data from a newly commissioned radio telescope to precisely pinpoint the origin of repeated bursts of intense radio waves — so-called fast radio bursts (FRBs) — emanating from somewhere in the northern constellation Ursa Minor."https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/01/21/astronomers-thought-they-understood-fast-radio-bursts-a-recent-one-calls-that-into-question/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Trump's Stargate

"President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a new $500 billion, private sector investment to build artificial intelligence infrastructure in the US, with Oracle (ORCL), ChatGPT creator OpenAI, and Japanese conglomerate SoftBank (9984.T) among those committing to the joint venture."

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-announces-500-billion-stargate-ai-venture-headed-by-oracle-openai-softbank-212012023.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHAvscpnWfMzyMvZDJ9Pfil7IZ0sr0AlAv97gyinqTxoaHwxQdpaAZBIyn_OVqL32bB3EgppNEKKHpiU2DqAMvpbjtzG0HcC7TRfeyMG3iP7dKSvbvirGRRdO1QebWKxZTOsdSZmMnSl2fPZHvLjKsEhvm4ac5QkHdcwU25xX3R1

The Vast Majority Of Matter in the Universe is Invisible

The Vast Majority Of The Matter In The Universe Is Invisible To Us"There’s a lot of stuff in the universe, and all that stuff is helping the universe expand. The problem is, we’ve accounted for all the matter we can see (stars, galaxies, etc.). Yet somehow, all of it doesn’t add up to the amount we need for the expansion we’ve observed. What gives? Scientists have cleverly named this missing matter “dark matter” since we can’t see it, but are pretty sure it has to be there. It should account for about 85% of all the matter in the universe. That’s a lot of matter that’s missing."https://www.highpointscientific.com/astronomy-hub/post/astronomy-101/10-astronomy-facts-every-stargazer-should-know

Primordial Black Holes

"These primordial black holes have been theorized for decades and could even be ever-elusive dark matter, the invisible matter that accounts for 85% of the universe’s total mass."https://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2024/12/primordial-black-holes-may-be-hiding-in-planets-or-even-everyday-objects-here-on-Earth.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Subaru Telescope

"The Subaru Telescope in Hawai‘i is adding a new instrument to its arsenal, one that will observe the cosmos through a compound eye."

https://gizmodo.com/subaru-telescopes-insect-like-compound-eye-to-debut-in-february-2000551368?utm_source=gizmodo_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2025-01-18-pm

Proba 3

"India and European space agencies have come together for the launch of Proba-3, the world’s first precision formation flying mission, also known as the Sun mission."https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/isro-to-launch-proba-3-mission-for-esa-tomorrow-what-is-this-sun-mission/articleshow/115918984.cms

V sized Rocket

"Early on Thursday morning, a Saturn V-sized rocket ignited its seven main engines, a prelude to lifting off from Earth."https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/blue-origin-reaches-orbit-on-first-flight-of-its-titanic-new-glenn-rocket/

Wormholes

"Physicists have purportedly created the first-ever wormhole, a kind of tunnel theorized in 1935 by Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen that leads from one place to another by passing into an extra dimension of space."https://www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-create-a-wormhole-using-a-quantum-computer-20221130/

Jeff Bezo's First Rocket

"On Thursday morning, at a time when most people in the United States were sleeping, Jeff Bezos’ space company sent its first rocket into orbit."https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/science/bezos-blue-origin-launch.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pk4.XzmT.0ZDnvYTq5EkF&smid=url-share

Black Hole Hiding

"Multiple NASA telescopes recently helped scientists search the sky for supermassive black holes — those up to billions of times heavier than the Sun."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/how-many-black-holes-are-hiding-nasa-study-homes-in-on-answer/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Blue Ghost Lunar

"NASA's Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully launched on Wednesday and is on its way to the moon. Blue Ghost, from Firefly Aerospace, is accompanied by the Tenacious lunar rover from the Japanese company ispace."https://www.cnet.com/science/space/the-blue-ghost-lunar-lander-is-now-headed-to-the-moon-heres-what-to-know/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Cookies

Snapple Real Fact #1937: Cookies were the first food baked in space.

Lost In Space

We are all lost in space, to various degrees. This reality has many aspects which makes it so wonderful and loving to be alive. The people we think that are extremely out of it are more likely in the know than we think.

#BeNoteWorthy

#piccadillyinc

Weighed Galexy

"For the first time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected and “weighed” a galaxy that not only existed around 600 million years after the big bang, but is also similar to what our Milky Way galaxy’s mass might have been at the same stage of development."https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/found-first-actively-forming-galaxy-as-lightweight-as-young-milky-way/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Sun

"A NASA spacecraft aims to fly closer to the sun than any object sent before."https://apnews.com/article/nasa-parker-probe-sun-corona-69c7041048c12b0741ff54a66118def7?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

NISAR

"The upcoming U.S.-India NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission will observe Earth like no mission before, offering insights about our planet’s ever-changing surface."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/how-us-indian-nisar-satellite-will-offer-unique-window-on-earth/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=nisar20240106

Panoramic Survey

"Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has detected a new grand-design spiral galaxy as part of the PANORAMIC survey."https://phys.org/news/2024-12-astronomers-ultra-massive-grand-spiral.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter#google_vignette

Houston Based Lunar Service

"Houston-based lunar services firm Intuitive Machines ($LUNR) is planning its second lunar landing attempt in February, CEO Steve Altemus said in an earnings call yesterday."https://payloadspace.com/intuitive-machines-targets-february-for-second-moon-landing/

Parker Solar Probe

"NASA's Parker Solar Probe is preparing for its long-anticipated record-setting approach to the surface of the sun."https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/12/23/parker-solar-probe-sun-nasa/77173111007/

ISS

"Between January and March 2022, crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) performed the first archaeological fieldwork in space, the Sampling Quadrangle Assemblages Research Experiment (SQuARE)."https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0304229

Alien Life on Jupiter

"A spacecraft that will hunt for signs of alien life on one of Jupiter’s icy moons has blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida."https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1482xzrge1o?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter