Reymond Aguinaldo
@mondinspace@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is humanity’s farthest emissary, over 15 billion miles (24.8 billion km) from Earth, racing at 38,000 mph (17 km/s). It still carries the Golden Record, a time capsule of Earth’s culture, into the uncharted depths of the cosmos.

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A diagram of the Milky Way galaxy showing its spiral structure and major features, with a specific red line indicating the distance Voyager 1 is projected to travel in one million years. The title text at the top left reads: "The red line shows how far Voyager 1 will travel in 1 million years." The main graphic is a top-down view of the Milky Way. Concentric circles are marked with distances from the center in light-years (ly). The galactic center is marked. Galactic Longitude is indicated around the circumference, starting at the top, increasing counter-clockwise. Several major spiral arms are labeled, and other features shown. The red line, originating near the Sun's location, represents Voyager 1's one-million-year travel distance. It extends only a very short, almost imperceptible distance, visually emphasizing the immensity of the Milky Way compared to the probe's travel over that timeframe.
A diagram of the Milky Way galaxy showing its spiral structure and major features, with a specific red line indicating the distance Voyager 1 is projected to travel in one million years. The title text at the top left reads: "The red line shows how far Voyager 1 will travel in 1 million years." The main graphic is a top-down view of the Milky Way. Concentric circles are marked with distances from the center in light-years (ly). The galactic center is marked. Galactic Longitude is indicated around the circumference, starting at the top, increasing counter-clockwise. Several major spiral arms are labeled, and other features shown. The red line, originating near the Sun's location, represents Voyager 1's one-million-year travel distance. It extends only a very short, almost imperceptible distance, visually emphasizing the immensity of the Milky Way compared to the probe's travel over that timeframe.
A diagram of the Milky Way galaxy showing its spiral structure and major features, with a specific red line indicating the distance Voyager 1 is projected to travel in one million years. The title text at the top left reads: "The red line shows how far Voyager 1 will travel in 1 million years." The main graphic is a top-down view of the Milky Way. Concentric circles are marked with distances from the center in light-years (ly). The galactic center is marked. Galactic Longitude is indicated around the circumference, starting at the top, increasing counter-clockwise. Several major spiral arms are labeled, and other features shown. The red line, originating near the Sun's location, represents Voyager 1's one-million-year travel distance. It extends only a very short, almost imperceptible distance, visually emphasizing the immensity of the Milky Way compared to the probe's travel over that timeframe.
Reymond Aguinaldo
@mondinspace@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

To grasp the vastness of space, Voyager 1 will pass near Gliese 445 in about 40,000 years. Yet even then, it will hardly have traveled across the galaxy. One full orbit of the Milky Way would require over 400 million years—an unimaginable timescale.

Learn more: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/mission-overview/

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Reymond Aguinaldo
@mondinspace@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Crossing into interstellar space in 2012, Voyager 1 marked a milestone in exploration. Yet on a galactic scale, its motion is almost imperceptible. Even after drifting for a million years, it would remain within the Orion Spur, close to its origins.

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Reymond Aguinaldo
@mondinspace@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is humanity’s farthest emissary, over 15 billion miles (24.8 billion km) from Earth, racing at 38,000 mph (17 km/s). It still carries the Golden Record, a time capsule of Earth’s culture, into the uncharted depths of the cosmos.

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#Voyager1#Voyager#GoldenRecord#Science #Astrodon#Space#Universe#Physics#Astrophysics#NASA#MilkyWay#Galaxy

A diagram of the Milky Way galaxy showing its spiral structure and major features, with a specific red line indicating the distance Voyager 1 is projected to travel in one million years. The title text at the top left reads: "The red line shows how far Voyager 1 will travel in 1 million years." The main graphic is a top-down view of the Milky Way. Concentric circles are marked with distances from the center in light-years (ly). The galactic center is marked. Galactic Longitude is indicated around the circumference, starting at the top, increasing counter-clockwise. Several major spiral arms are labeled, and other features shown. The red line, originating near the Sun's location, represents Voyager 1's one-million-year travel distance. It extends only a very short, almost imperceptible distance, visually emphasizing the immensity of the Milky Way compared to the probe's travel over that timeframe.
A diagram of the Milky Way galaxy showing its spiral structure and major features, with a specific red line indicating the distance Voyager 1 is projected to travel in one million years. The title text at the top left reads: "The red line shows how far Voyager 1 will travel in 1 million years." The main graphic is a top-down view of the Milky Way. Concentric circles are marked with distances from the center in light-years (ly). The galactic center is marked. Galactic Longitude is indicated around the circumference, starting at the top, increasing counter-clockwise. Several major spiral arms are labeled, and other features shown. The red line, originating near the Sun's location, represents Voyager 1's one-million-year travel distance. It extends only a very short, almost imperceptible distance, visually emphasizing the immensity of the Milky Way compared to the probe's travel over that timeframe.
A diagram of the Milky Way galaxy showing its spiral structure and major features, with a specific red line indicating the distance Voyager 1 is projected to travel in one million years. The title text at the top left reads: "The red line shows how far Voyager 1 will travel in 1 million years." The main graphic is a top-down view of the Milky Way. Concentric circles are marked with distances from the center in light-years (ly). The galactic center is marked. Galactic Longitude is indicated around the circumference, starting at the top, increasing counter-clockwise. Several major spiral arms are labeled, and other features shown. The red line, originating near the Sun's location, represents Voyager 1's one-million-year travel distance. It extends only a very short, almost imperceptible distance, visually emphasizing the immensity of the Milky Way compared to the probe's travel over that timeframe.
jbz
@jbz@indieweb.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

🌏 It's Official: NASA Is Giving Up on Climate Change Science

"All the climate science and all of the other priorities that the last administration had at NASA we’re going to move aside, and all of the science that we do is going to be directed towards exploration, which is the mission of NASA," he said. "That’s why we have NASA — is to explore, not to do all of these Earth sciences."

https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-giving-up-climate-change-science

#science #nasa #climate
Rich Stein (he/him)
@RunRichRun@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

If you can't measure it, it must not exist. Truly a concerted effort to spread ignorance and return to the Dark Ages:

"Destroying the spacecraft, however, will hamstring climate research for decades..."
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-08-19/trump-wants-nasa-to-burn-a-crucial-satellite-to-cinders-killing-research-into-climate-change
#ClimateCrisis#NASA #ignorance
Rich Stein (he/him)
@RunRichRun@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

If you can't measure it, it must not exist. Truly a concerted effort to spread ignorance and return to the Dark Ages:

"Destroying the spacecraft, however, will hamstring climate research for decades..."
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-08-19/trump-wants-nasa-to-burn-a-crucial-satellite-to-cinders-killing-research-into-climate-change
#ClimateCrisis#NASA #ignorance
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

The Trump administration’s push for a lunar nuclear reactor by 2030 highlights both the technological ambition and the steep challenges facing small modular reactors, which remain slow to deploy even on Earth. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/13/world/the-nuclear-moonshot-is-on-earth/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #moon #nasa #donaldtrump #fissionsurfacepowerspaceexplorationtechnologies #orspacex #nuscalepower #nuclearregulatorycommission

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Reymond Aguinaldo
@mondinspace@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

From blurry to breathtaking: Comparing three views of the Carina Nebula. La Silla, Hubble, and James Webb show this cosmic landscape in ever greater clarity, illustrating how advances in telescope technology are transforming our vision of the universe and revealing its hidden structures.

#CarinaNebula#Nebulae#Nebula#Astronomy#Science#Space #Astrodon#NASA#ESA#ESO#Hubble#Webb#JWST#LaSilla#SpaceTelescopes#Observatories

Three vertically stacked astronomical photographs compare the same section of The Carina Nebula (catalogued as NGC 3372), each labeled with the telescope or observatory that captured it. Top: Labeled "La Silla Observatory," the nebula appears in muted brownish-orange tones, with many stars visible but slightly blurred. A red rectangle highlights a small protruding formation at the nebula’s edge, and a zoomed-in circular inset to the right shows this area with low detail and a soft, hazy outline. Middle: Labeled "Hubble Telescope," the nebula displays more vivid colors, including blues, purples, and reds. The same protruding formation is highlighted by a red rectangle, and the zoomed-in inset shows more distinct edges and texture compared to the La Silla image. Bottom: Labeled "James Webb," the nebula appears in sharper detail with golden-brown ridges against a deep blue star-filled background. The same protrusion is marked with a red rectangle, and the zoomed-in inset shows the most clarity, revealing fine structure and a greater number of small stars in the background. Sources: NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope; Hubble Space Telescope; ESO La Silla Observatory
Three vertically stacked astronomical photographs compare the same section of The Carina Nebula (catalogued as NGC 3372), each labeled with the telescope or observatory that captured it. Top: Labeled "La Silla Observatory," the nebula appears in muted brownish-orange tones, with many stars visible but slightly blurred. A red rectangle highlights a small protruding formation at the nebula’s edge, and a zoomed-in circular inset to the right shows this area with low detail and a soft, hazy outline. Middle: Labeled "Hubble Telescope," the nebula displays more vivid colors, including blues, purples, and reds. The same protruding formation is highlighted by a red rectangle, and the zoomed-in inset shows more distinct edges and texture compared to the La Silla image. Bottom: Labeled "James Webb," the nebula appears in sharper detail with golden-brown ridges against a deep blue star-filled background. The same protrusion is marked with a red rectangle, and the zoomed-in inset shows the most clarity, revealing fine structure and a greater number of small stars in the background. Sources: NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope; Hubble Space Telescope; ESO La Silla Observatory
Three vertically stacked astronomical photographs compare the same section of The Carina Nebula (catalogued as NGC 3372), each labeled with the telescope or observatory that captured it. Top: Labeled "La Silla Observatory," the nebula appears in muted brownish-orange tones, with many stars visible but slightly blurred. A red rectangle highlights a small protruding formation at the nebula’s edge, and a zoomed-in circular inset to the right shows this area with low detail and a soft, hazy outline. Middle: Labeled "Hubble Telescope," the nebula displays more vivid colors, including blues, purples, and reds. The same protruding formation is highlighted by a red rectangle, and the zoomed-in inset shows more distinct edges and texture compared to the La Silla image. Bottom: Labeled "James Webb," the nebula appears in sharper detail with golden-brown ridges against a deep blue star-filled background. The same protrusion is marked with a red rectangle, and the zoomed-in inset shows the most clarity, revealing fine structure and a greater number of small stars in the background. Sources: NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope; Hubble Space Telescope; ESO La Silla Observatory
Reymond Aguinaldo
@mondinspace@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

From blurry to breathtaking: Comparing three views of the Carina Nebula. La Silla, Hubble, and James Webb show this cosmic landscape in ever greater clarity, illustrating how advances in telescope technology are transforming our vision of the universe and revealing its hidden structures.

#CarinaNebula#Nebulae#Nebula#Astronomy#Science#Space #Astrodon#NASA#ESA#ESO#Hubble#Webb#JWST#LaSilla#SpaceTelescopes#Observatories

Three vertically stacked astronomical photographs compare the same section of The Carina Nebula (catalogued as NGC 3372), each labeled with the telescope or observatory that captured it. Top: Labeled "La Silla Observatory," the nebula appears in muted brownish-orange tones, with many stars visible but slightly blurred. A red rectangle highlights a small protruding formation at the nebula’s edge, and a zoomed-in circular inset to the right shows this area with low detail and a soft, hazy outline. Middle: Labeled "Hubble Telescope," the nebula displays more vivid colors, including blues, purples, and reds. The same protruding formation is highlighted by a red rectangle, and the zoomed-in inset shows more distinct edges and texture compared to the La Silla image. Bottom: Labeled "James Webb," the nebula appears in sharper detail with golden-brown ridges against a deep blue star-filled background. The same protrusion is marked with a red rectangle, and the zoomed-in inset shows the most clarity, revealing fine structure and a greater number of small stars in the background. Sources: NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope; Hubble Space Telescope; ESO La Silla Observatory
Three vertically stacked astronomical photographs compare the same section of The Carina Nebula (catalogued as NGC 3372), each labeled with the telescope or observatory that captured it. Top: Labeled "La Silla Observatory," the nebula appears in muted brownish-orange tones, with many stars visible but slightly blurred. A red rectangle highlights a small protruding formation at the nebula’s edge, and a zoomed-in circular inset to the right shows this area with low detail and a soft, hazy outline. Middle: Labeled "Hubble Telescope," the nebula displays more vivid colors, including blues, purples, and reds. The same protruding formation is highlighted by a red rectangle, and the zoomed-in inset shows more distinct edges and texture compared to the La Silla image. Bottom: Labeled "James Webb," the nebula appears in sharper detail with golden-brown ridges against a deep blue star-filled background. The same protrusion is marked with a red rectangle, and the zoomed-in inset shows the most clarity, revealing fine structure and a greater number of small stars in the background. Sources: NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope; Hubble Space Telescope; ESO La Silla Observatory
Three vertically stacked astronomical photographs compare the same section of The Carina Nebula (catalogued as NGC 3372), each labeled with the telescope or observatory that captured it. Top: Labeled "La Silla Observatory," the nebula appears in muted brownish-orange tones, with many stars visible but slightly blurred. A red rectangle highlights a small protruding formation at the nebula’s edge, and a zoomed-in circular inset to the right shows this area with low detail and a soft, hazy outline. Middle: Labeled "Hubble Telescope," the nebula displays more vivid colors, including blues, purples, and reds. The same protruding formation is highlighted by a red rectangle, and the zoomed-in inset shows more distinct edges and texture compared to the La Silla image. Bottom: Labeled "James Webb," the nebula appears in sharper detail with golden-brown ridges against a deep blue star-filled background. The same protrusion is marked with a red rectangle, and the zoomed-in inset shows the most clarity, revealing fine structure and a greater number of small stars in the background. Sources: NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope; Hubble Space Telescope; ESO La Silla Observatory
Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️
@AstroHawk@spacey.space  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

"NASA takes a trip to Seattle area to thank suppliers for work on the next moonshot" by GeekWire / @alanboyle - Astronaut Woody Hoburg visited Artemis suppliers in Seattle to thank them on behalf of NASA for their hard work. Also a pep talk and media event. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/nasa-trip-redmond-artemis-aerojet-l3harris/#NASA#Artemis#Moon #space#PNW

article overview screenshot GeekWire NASA takes a trip to Seattle area to thank suppliers for work on the next moonshot by Alan Boyle on August 11, 2025 at 7:54 pm [photo] NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg faces the TV cameras at L3Harris’ Aerojet Rocketdyne facility in Redmond, Wash. An R-4D-11 thruster and a decontamination oven are off to his left. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) REDMOND, Wash. — The first crewed flight around the moon in more than 50 years is still months away, but NASA is already saying thank you to L3Harris Technologies’ Aerojet Rocketdyne segment and other suppliers who are making the trip possible. [...]
article overview screenshot GeekWire NASA takes a trip to Seattle area to thank suppliers for work on the next moonshot by Alan Boyle on August 11, 2025 at 7:54 pm [photo] NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg faces the TV cameras at L3Harris’ Aerojet Rocketdyne facility in Redmond, Wash. An R-4D-11 thruster and a decontamination oven are off to his left. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) REDMOND, Wash. — The first crewed flight around the moon in more than 50 years is still months away, but NASA is already saying thank you to L3Harris Technologies’ Aerojet Rocketdyne segment and other suppliers who are making the trip possible. [...]
article overview screenshot GeekWire NASA takes a trip to Seattle area to thank suppliers for work on the next moonshot by Alan Boyle on August 11, 2025 at 7:54 pm [photo] NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg faces the TV cameras at L3Harris’ Aerojet Rocketdyne facility in Redmond, Wash. An R-4D-11 thruster and a decontamination oven are off to his left. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) REDMOND, Wash. — The first crewed flight around the moon in more than 50 years is still months away, but NASA is already saying thank you to L3Harris Technologies’ Aerojet Rocketdyne segment and other suppliers who are making the trip possible. [...]
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed Apollo 13 mission that nearly ended in disaster but became an inspirational saga of survival, has died at the age of 97. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/09/world/science-health/lovell-obituary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #nasa #us #jimlovell #space #obituary
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

After nearly five months onboard the International Space Station, an international crew of five astronauts — including Japan's Takuya Onishi — began their descent back down to Earth on a SpaceX capsule Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/09/japan/science-health/iss-astronauts-return-earth/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #iss #nasa #space