NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

Dec 3, 2023

Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano

These people are not in danger. What is coming down from the left is just the Moon, far in the distance. Luna appears so large here because she is being photographed through a telescopic lens. What is moving is mostly the Earth, whose spin causes the Moon to slowly disappear behind Mount Teide, a volcano in the Canary Islands off the northwest coast of Africa. The people pictured are 16 kilometers away and many are facing the camera because they are watching the Sun rise behind the photographer. It is not a coincidence that a full moon rises just when the Sun sets because the Sun is always on the opposite side of the sky from a full moon. The featured video was made in 2018 during the full Milk Moon. The video is not time-lapse – this was really how fast the Moon was setting.

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

UFO Researcher: Peru 'Aliens' Are 'Unknown Species'

Friday, 01 December 2023 12:19 PM EST

The researcher who presented mummified remains from Peru to Mexico's Congress as evidence of "nonhuman" aliens on Earth now claims that tests confirm these remains contain DNA that is "not from any known species."

José Jaime Maussan, a Mexican journalist and UFO researcher, presented the mummified remains to Mexico's Congress in September claiming at the time that testing showed that "these specimens are not part of our terrestrial evolution."

In testimony before the Mexican Congress this week, Maussan claimed that further tests show that 30% of the remains' DNA is "not from any known species," and he brought three Mexican researchers who testified that the remains were "authentic."

Maussan said: "This is the first time extraterrestrial life has been presented in this manner. We have a clear example of nonhuman specimens unrelated to any known species on our planet. The public has the right to know about nonhuman technology and beings. This reality unites humanity rather than dividing us. We are not alone in this vast universe; we should embrace this truth."

He added: "These specimens do not belong to our terrestrial evolution. They were not creatures discovered after a UFO crash. Instead, they were found in diatom mines and later transformed into fossilized mummies."

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ufo-aliens-peru/2023/12/01/id/1144422/

SpaceX Starlink Mission

Dec 2, 2023

On Saturday, December 2 at 11:00 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

This was the sixth flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER, and now four Starlink missions.

https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=sl-6-31