NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

Feb 6 2023

In the Heart of the Rosette Nebula

In the heart of the Rosette Nebula lies a bright cluster of stars that lights up the nebula. The stars of NGC 2244 formed from the surrounding gas only a few million years ago. The featured image taken in mid-January using multiple exposures and very specific colors of Sulfur (shaded red), Hydrogen (green), and Oxygen (blue), captures the central region in tremendous detail. A hot wind of particles streams away from the cluster stars and contributes to an already complex menagerie of gas and dust filaments while slowly evacuating the cluster center. The Rosette Nebula's center measures about 50 light-years across, lies about 5,200 light-years away, and is visible with binoculars towards the constellation of the Unicorn (Monoceros).

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

FBI arrests 2 in alleged attempt to attack Baltimore power grid, 'lay this city to waste'

Updated: February 6, 2023 - 11:55am

The FBI has captured two people, whom the agency describes as "racially or ethnically motivated" extremists, before they could attack Baltimore's power grid, officials said Monday.

The suspects were taken into custody last week, one in Maryland and the other in Florida, according to NBC News.

Attacks on the power grids in the U.S. emerged in December 2022.

First there was the shootings at two electrical substations in North Carolina in early December, which was followed by attacks at four electricity substations on Christmas weekend near Tacoma, Washington, NBC also reports.

CBS News has identified on those in custody as Brandon Russell, an alleged neo-Nazi leader from Orlando, Florida.

The FBI says it has a recording of the other suspect, Sarah Beth Clendaniel, telling an informant about the attack, "It would lay this city to waste."

https://truthsocial.com/@jsolomonreports/posts/109818865007110318

https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/fbi-arrests-2-alleged-attempt-attack-baltimore-power-grid-plot-radically

Protestors meet with Space Force general in ‘good first step’ to addressing fuel spill

Feb. 5, 2023 at 9:54 PM PST

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A protest by Native Hawaiian activists on Haleakala turned into a meeting Sunday with a U.S. Space Force general.

On Sunday morning, around 40 activists met with the head of U.S Space Force operations in Hawaii about the spill of 700 gallons of diesel fuel at a Haleakala military complex.

The meeting came after Maui Mayor Richard Bissen told the military to work with local stewardship groups in the clean-up efforts.

It all started as a protest by the group Kako’o Haleakala, which works to protect the area.

They say around 9 a.m., Brig. Gen. Anthony Mastalir took them to the site of the spill and answered questions. The group says they asked Mastalir to have a cultural monitor at the site at all times during clean-up efforts and says he agreed to it.

They say the general also promised transparency and an open line of communication at all times.

“We are very concerned at the inability of the military to mitigate effectively and timely this issue,” said Kahele Dukelow, with Kako’o Haleakala.

“This recent spill of diesel fuel and we will continue to provide guidance, input and challenge the way that they are managing the mountain and challenge the existence of the industrial complex that exists there.”

A prayer was also offered at the site of the spill.

Kako’o Haleakala is calling the meeting a good “first step” and appreciates the nearly three hours military officials spent with them.

But the group says they will continue to put pressure on the military to make sure they’re transparent and keep their promises.

The military plans to hold a press conference on Monday with more information on what caused the spill and how it plans to clean it up.

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/02/06/protestors-meet-with-space-force-general-good-first-step-addressing-fuel-spill/

CLOSE ENCOUNTER RAF plane in ‘near miss’ with ‘hollow-centred UFO’, investigation finds

Updated: 16:46, 6 Feb 2023

AN aircraft almost collided with an "unknown object" shaped like a doughnut over the North East, an investigation has revealed.

Crew members aboard an RAF Atlas were out on a training exercise when they spotted the item with a hollow centre at high altitude.

It shot past the right side of the plane before passing the windows of the flight deck, just a few feet from the wing tip.

The crew, who had been flying over Currock Hill in Tyne and Wear at 1pm on November 16, described it as circular with a hollow centre, like a doughnut.

It was believed to be a kind of drone.

An investigation by the UK Airprox Board detailed how it was dark in colour and 2ft or 3ft in diameter.

The probe determined that "providence had played a major part in the incident and/or a definite risk of collision had existed".

The board found that at points there had been a distance of less than 1ft between the four-engine aircraft and the object.

A report read: "The Atlas pilot reports they had just completed instrument approach training at Newcastle and were climbing out to route towards Humberside.

"After the last approach, they had been cleared to climb ahead to FL90.

"During the climb, they received radar vectors from Newcastle ATC before being cleared on navigation to Humberside.

"During one of the radar vectors, in a left turn passing through about south at FL75, one of the crew members on the flight deck alerted the rest of the crew to a drone that was ahead and just to the right of the nose.

"Other crew members then saw the object as it passed quickly down the right-hand side.

"There was no time for the crew to react."

The "circular drone" was assessed to have passed level with the flight deck windows and "a few" feet from the wing tip.

"The incident was reported to Newcastle Air Traffic Control. It was noted that, had the aircraft not been in a turn at the time, there would have been a very high chance of collision with the drone," it concluded.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/21294919/raf-atlas-aircraft-unknown-object-collision/

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