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Funny, I just saw a click bait headline about this. Trying to remember, it was something like "Probe takes pictures of strange metal object in orbit". Like the headline was hinting at it being a UFO or something. 🤣
@Lionduck the OP (that's me! ) was fully aware that as Buddhists and seekers we would not necessarily consider Space to be the final frontier. But the OP decided to go with the Star Trek thing anyway
In other news, professional and amateur astronomers are waiting for a star in the Corona Borealis constellation (the "Northern Crown") to dramatically increase in magnitude (brightness) sometime this year. Currently, T Corona Borealis (the star) is not visible with the naked eye, but once it bursts, it should be clearly visible and bright for weeks if not months. Corona Borealis (the constellation) is easily seen during the evening in summer time due to its striking shape, even if all of its stars are a bit dim so probably not visible from cities.
A nice project for anyone interested to follow along and witness this spectacle would be to sketch (with pencil and paper) or photograph (with any photo thingy that has a "B" setting and can thus do exposures of say 20 seconds) the Corona Borealis constellation first now and then again when the star goes nova. The "extra" star is the star that went nova.
How to find the dim Corona Borealis constellation?
Everyone knows how to find the Big Dipper. Starting from the Big Dipper, we first go "Arc to Arcturus" - which is finding the brightest star in the constellation Bootes.
Once we know where Arcturus is, and the general orientation of the constellation Bootes, then we easily find the constellation Corona Borealis because it looks like a semicircle/crown of equally bright but dim stars.
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Fun story about the mishaps of Japan’s mission to Venus
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/05/our-only-mission-at-venus-may-have-just-gone-dark/
China’s Chang’e probe is seemingly doing its job rather well. Welcome to space exploration.
https://www.extremetech.com/science/chinas-change-6-probe-lifts-off-from-far-side-of-moon-with-sample-and-returns
ooh. Hope it's cheese...
Awesome photographs of the Sun.
https://www.extremetech.com/science/incredible-photos-detail-suns-fuzzy-surface
Interesting piece on space debris at Ars Technica.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/08/there-are-2000-plus-dead-rockets-in-orbit-heres-a-rare-view-of-one-of-them/
Funny, I just saw a click bait headline about this. Trying to remember, it was something like "Probe takes pictures of strange metal object in orbit". Like the headline was hinting at it being a UFO or something. 🤣
Whenever I hear or read, "Space, the final frontier", I am always reminded that space goes outward and inward.
Also "Star Treck", but...oh well.
Peace to all
@Lionduck the OP (that's me!
) was fully aware that as Buddhists and seekers we would not necessarily consider Space to be the final frontier. But the OP decided to go with the Star Trek thing anyway 
In other news, professional and amateur astronomers are waiting for a star in the Corona Borealis constellation (the "Northern Crown") to dramatically increase in magnitude (brightness) sometime this year. Currently, T Corona Borealis (the star) is not visible with the naked eye, but once it bursts, it should be clearly visible and bright for weeks if not months. Corona Borealis (the constellation) is easily seen during the evening in summer time due to its striking shape, even if all of its stars are a bit dim so probably not visible from cities.
A nice project for anyone interested to follow along and witness this spectacle would be to sketch (with pencil and paper) or photograph (with any photo thingy that has a "B" setting and can thus do exposures of say 20 seconds) the Corona Borealis constellation first now and then again when the star goes nova. The "extra" star is the star that went nova.
https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/marshall/nasa-global-astronomers-await-rare-nova-explosion/
How to find the dim Corona Borealis constellation?
Everyone knows how to find the Big Dipper. Starting from the Big Dipper, we first go "Arc to Arcturus" - which is finding the brightest star in the constellation Bootes.
Once we know where Arcturus is, and the general orientation of the constellation Bootes, then we easily find the constellation Corona Borealis because it looks like a semicircle/crown of equally bright but dim stars.
Happy hunting!