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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 26, 2025
The Many Tails of Comet G3 ATLAS
Why does this comet have so many tails? C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) has developed several long and intricate tails visible from Earth's southern hemisphere over the past two weeks.
Many observers reported seeing the impressive comet without any optical aid above the western horizon just after sunset. At least six different tails appear in the featured image captured five days ago from the dark skies above Paranal Observatory in Chile. One possible cause for the multiple tails is dust and gas being expelled from the comet's rotating nucleus. The outward push of the Sun's complex solar wind may also play a role. The huge iceberg-like nucleus of Comet ATLAS appears to have broken up near its closest approach to the Sun two weeks ago. Unfortunately, Comet ATLAS and its tails are expected to fade significantly over the coming weeks.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
NASA bringing asteroid hunters to Sundance
5:31 am Sun Jan 26, 2025
NASA is heading to the Sundance Film Festival for the first time for a panel about a new documentary.
The NASA-produced film Planetary Defenders is about the Planetary Defense Coordination Office.
The organization was featured in Netflix's too-real-to-be-funny Don't Look Up and is tasked with identifying and tracking near-Earth objects.
While asteroids or comets striking the Earth is a popular science fiction trope, the risk is real, and scientists say it is not a matter of "if" but "when."
Dr. Vishnu Reddy, a Professor of Planetary Science at the University of Arizona, points out that "The dinosaurs went extinct because they didn't have a space program.
We do have one." The documentary will be available on NASA's streaming platform, NASA Plus, in April 2025.
Side note: The Planetary Defense Coordination Office has a fantastic logo.
The motto "Hic Servare Diem" means "Here to Save the Day." Mighty Mouse would approve.
https://boingboing.net/2025/01/26/nasa-bringing-asteroid-hunters-to-sundance.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIjuBrPlxTU
Crazy NASA video shows what a plane crash looks like from the inside of the aircraft
January 25, 2025
Flying on a commercial airliner is significantly safer than going for a casual drive in your sensible sedan or SUV.
However, a plane crash is typically a much more violent, inhospitable environment than the average car accident.
Incidentally, a shocking NASA archive video shows just how chaotic and horrifying the interior of an airplane can be during a crash.
In the mid-1980s, an airliner crashed in the Mojave Desert. However, this was no accident. It was a deliberate crash experiment to research and test safety technologies to improve the survivability of a plane crash.
NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chose a fully-loaded Boeing 720 for the experiment.
While the 720 doesn’t fly anymore, it shares a similar formula with many modern airplanes. For instance, the Boeing 720 is a narrow-body four-engine airliner with two engines on each wing, not unlike the popular 737 airframe of today.
NASA and the FAA took four years to plan the crash. On the day of the experiment, they sent the airliner up with a small twin-engine chase aircraft.
The Boeing 720 approached the ground without landing gear. Interior camera footage captured the pilot test dummy flailing back and forth in the seat.
In the passenger compartment, test dummies shook in tandem with the aircraft’s movements.
The left-side wing and engines made contact with the ground before the rest of the aircraft. Consequently, the wounded aircraft rotated counter-clockwise as it skipped across the sandy surface.
However, the No. 3 engine burst into flames after contacting the ground, creating a massive fuel-fed plume of smoke and fire.
On the inside of the violent plane crash, flames swept from the right-hand side of the cockpit’s forward windows over the nose of the aircraft.
Terrifyingly, flames entered the passenger compartment as the dummies bounced in their seats.
If the sheer shock and violence of the impact weren’t enough, the explosive nature of the crash looked less than survivable.
Jet fuel burns much, much hotter than the gasoline you pump into your car. Incidentally, an immolating fuel load in a large airplane is an inhospitable environment.
Fortunately, the date reported contributed to “several key changes in fuel mixtures, cabin equipment, and cockpit technologies.”
Check out the video of the dramatic crash experiment below!
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/crazy-nasa-video-shows-plane-crash-from-inside/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcRyVEFDgGM
Case of woman who vanished 19 years ago gets new breakthrough after eerie NASA-enhanced footage is released
17:29 25 Jan 2025 GMT
A distraught father has appealed for anyone to come forward with information about his daughter who vanished almost 20 years ago.
The man has recalled the frustration and horror of learning that his daughter, Jennifer Kesse, had vanished.
Speaking about the last time he spoke to his daughter way back in 2006, Drew Kesse explained everything seemed normal enough.
The then 24-year-old woman had just gotten back a weekend vacation with her boyfriend Rob and his family and returned home to Florida.
She had told her friends and family about how much of a lovely time she had but things took a turn when her parents struggled to get in contact with her.
Speaking to the Mail Online, about how he and his wife, Joyce, responded, he said: ”Since she was 15 and we gave her a phone and a car that was the first time she never answered and it went straight to voicemail.
We immediately knew right then that something was wrong. We took off for Orlando immediately.”
It was January 24, 2006, the morning after those final phone calls to her loved ones, and Jennifer had failed to show up to her job as a finance manager at Central Florida Investments Timeshare Company.
Inside Jennifer’s home everything appeared normal, and it looked like she had gotten ready for her day and left for work.
Her parents called the police and filed a missing person report and began organizing a desperate search for Jennifer.
Two days later, Jennifer's car was found abandoned around one mile away at a different condo complex at Huntington on the Green.
There was no sign of Jennifer or her belongings like her phone purse, Ipod or keys.
Grainy surveillance footage from the complex had captured an individual parking her car there and walking off at around 12pm on the day Jennifer went missing.
A team at NASA was brought in to help, in hopes they could enhance the image enough to give a clear view of the person of interest.
Unfortunately, despite their efforts, it proved unfruitful due to their face being obscured by fencing.
The person of interest is described as being around 5 foot 3 to 5 foot 5 tall with unusually large feet for his height and dressed in workman's clothes.
Jennifer’s father hopes that someone somewhere knows something about his daughter’s disappearance and speaks to the police.
He said: “After 19 years, it's just unfathomable that we don't even have any direction.
"Someone must know who that is [in the footage]. Someone has to know. If you know that person, you would look at that and know who that is. You can look at a picture and go 'oh yeah, that's my cousin, that's my son.
“If you know anything about Jennifer please just go to a lawyer, go to the police if you feel comfortable, or go to a priest if you feel comfortable doing that.”
https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/jennifer-kesse-photo-missing-disappearance-420110-20250125
https://www.earth.com/news/wave-ripples-discovered-mars-surface-indicate-liquid-water-present-4-billion-years-ago/
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adr0010
Clear evidence of liquid water, not just frozen ice, discovered on Mars
01-26-2025
The existence of water on Mars has long been a subject of curiosity and debate. A recently published study presents compelling evidence of ancient “wave ripples” in rocks that were shaped by Martian water and winds billions of years ago.
These ripples, imprinted on the Martian surface, speak to a time when shallow bodies of water were open to the Martian air.
The importance of these ripples cannot be overemphasized as they provide clear evidence of the existence of a standing body of water on Mars approximately 3.7 billion years ago.
This profound discovery paints a picture of a time when the Martian climate was seemingly warm enough to support liquid bodies water, not just frozen ice fields, that were open to the air.
“The shape of the ripples could only have been formed under water that was open to the atmosphere and acted upon by wind,” observed Claire Mondro, a postdoctoral scholar from The California Institute of Technology (CalTech) and the study’s first author.
Dr. Michael Lamb, a geology professor at Caltech, painstakingly created computer models based on these ripples to estimate the size of the ancient Martian lake.
Lamb’s extensive experience in studying sediment, water, and atmosphere interactions on Earth lent credibility to this model.
The ripples, a mere 6 millimeters high and spaced 4 to 5 centimeters apart suggest the existence of a shallow lake, no deeper than about 2 meters (6.5 feet).
Mondro’s observations lend further weight to these inferences. “Extending the length of time that liquid water was present extends the possibilities for microbial habitability later into Mars’s history,” she pointed out.
Discovering that Mars once had liquid water is a game-changer for our understanding of the planet and the broader possibilities of life beyond Earth.
Water is a fundamental ingredient for life as we know it, so finding evidence of past liquid water raises exciting questions about whether Mars could have supported microbial life.
Beyond the search for life, knowing that Mars had liquid water has practical implications for future human missions. Water is a crucial resource for astronauts, not only for drinking but also for producing oxygen and even rocket fuel.
If remnants of ancient water sources or ice deposits exist on Mars, they could be tapped into to support long-term human habitation and exploration.
These marvelous ripples went unnoticed until NASA’s Curiosity rover documented them in 2022 during its expedition across the Gale Crater region of Mars, a region that was once home to wind-blown dunes.
A nearby band of rock, the Amapari Marker Band, hinted at the existence of another lake, approximately 6.5 feet (2 meters) deep, that formed slightly later in Mars’s history than the previous one.
“The discovery of wave ripples is an important advance for Mars paleoclimate science,” noted John Grotzinger, the Harold Brown Professor of Geology at Caltech.
“The Curiosity rover discovered evidence for long-lived ancient lakes in 2014, and now, 10 years later, Curiosity has discovered ancient lakes that were free of ice, offering an important insight into the planet’s early climate,” added Grotzinger, a former project scientist for Curiosity’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission.
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It seems we are just scratching the surface of understanding the red planet’s past, and with each discovery, we inch closer to unraveling the mysteries of Mars and its potential for supporting life.
The discovery of these ancient ripples offers a crucial glimpse into Mars’s climate history, providing scientists with valuable data to reconstruct the environmental conditions that existed billions of years ago.
These marvelous ripples went unnoticed until NASA’s Curiosity rover documented them in 2022 during its expedition across the Gale Crater region of Mars, a region that was once home to wind-blown dunes.
The presence of liquid water suggests that Mars once had a significantly thicker atmosphere that was capable of sustaining warmer temperatures.
Over time, the planet’s climate underwent drastic changes, leading to the loss of surface water and the thinning of its atmosphere.
Understanding these transitions is key to determining how long Mars could have supported habitable conditions and whether it might have once harbored microbial life.
Scientists believe that further exploration of ripple formations could shed light on the duration and stability of these ancient lakes, helping to piece together the timeline of Mars’ environmental shifts.
The findings from Curiosity’s observations could play a pivotal role in shaping the objectives of upcoming Mars missions.
Future rovers and landers, equipped with more advanced instruments, may focus on analyzing ripple formations in greater detail, searching for chemical signatures that indicate past life-supporting conditions.
The Perseverance rover, currently exploring Jezero Crater, has already been tasked with collecting samples that might contain traces of ancient microbial activity.
These efforts align with NASA’s long-term goal of bringing Martian samples back to Earth for comprehensive laboratory analysis.
The ripple evidence on Mars is also encouraging for future crewed missions, as understanding past water sources could help identify potential locations for human exploration and resource utilization.
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Strange cosmic explosion changes what we know about space
01-26-2025
The recent detection of a cosmic explosion by the Einstein Probe is stirring excitement among space watchers everywhere.
Early last year, the probe’s Wide-field X-ray Telescope spotted a mysterious X-ray burst that defies the usual patterns.
The strange event lasted over 15 minutes before fading from view. Astronomers suspect it could reshape theories on how these cosmic blasts begin.
Yuan Liu is an expert in the National Astronomical Observatories at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAO, CAS) and first author on a new paper describing the observation.
“It was really good to see the algorithm working fine for this event,” explained Liu, who also designed the onboard software that flagged this outburst.
Experts have identified the source of the explosion as a fast X-ray transient. It is tagged EP240315a and seems to be tied to a gamma-ray burst designated GRB 240315C.
Such intense flares are best known for releasing enormous energy across multiple wavelengths. Researchers are excited about the chance to match X-ray data with radio signals and figure out if standard models still hold.
Roughly an hour after the X-ray peak, observers in South Africa recorded matching visible light. Additional instruments in Hawaii and Chile confirmed a redshift that places this explosion about 12.5 billion light-years away.
This distance indicates that the blast happened when our cosmos was far younger. According to the research team, it is a rare glimpse of primordial processes that shaped early star formation.
The team collaborated with Roberto Ricci, University of Rome Tor Vergata, to investigate the outburst in radio wavelengths. The experts uncovered signs of a relativistic jet consistent with typical bursts from massive star collapse.
“Combining the power of X-ray and radio observations hands us a new way to explore these ancient explosions even without detecting their gamma rays,” said Roberto. This multi-wavelength approach is a strong clue to the burst’s overall energy release.
“Such a long delay has never been previously observed,” noted Hui Sun, a scientist at the Einstein Probe Science Center. EP240315a arrived hundreds of seconds before its corresponding gamma-ray signal.
This difference complicates standard ideas about what triggers the blasts. Researchers are weighing new explanations for how the burst engine might fire up in stages.
“This tells us something really new and maybe we have to rethink the models we have for gamma-ray bursts,” said Weimin Yuan, Einstein Probe’s principal investigator.
He pointed to the extended soft X-ray glow as a clue to unexpected activity in the source.
Scientists say more bursts are needed to confirm whether EP240315a is a one-off or part of a pattern. They hope these puzzling signals might show that gamma-ray bursts go through previously unseen phases.
“This is just the starting point and really demonstrates the potential of Einstein Probe to detect cosmic explosions from the early Universe,” said Weimin.
The probe’s wide field of view is expected to reveal more events in the distant corners of space.
“As soon as we opened the eyes of Einstein Probe to the sky, it found interesting new phenomena.
That’s pretty good and should mean that there are a lot more interesting discoveries to come,” noted Erik Kuulkers of the European Space Agency.
Einstein Probe is a joint project led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, partnering with the European Space Agency and other institutions.
The orobe was launched from China’s Xichang site on January 9, 2024 with instruments ready to scan for uncharted X-ray outbursts.
The Follow-up X-ray Telescope locks onto sources flagged by its wide-view partner. This two-part approach helps scientists gather quick signals and then take a deeper look without missing fleeting moments.
High-redshift detections can reveal how stars and galaxies formed under extreme conditions. Fresh data from future telescopes may confirm patterns or highlight even more surprises.
A few of these explosions could help astronomers piece together the puzzle of early cosmic history. They also hope to refine ideas about massive star endings and black hole birth.
Scientists remain intrigued by the bursts that appear more energetic at different stages. They are hopeful that more in-depth studies will confirm whether we need to revamp long-held assumptions.
Experts hope new detections will truly clarify massive star endings. The observations might reshape how we view ancient cosmic events.
https://www.earth.com/news/ancient-cosmic-explosion-changes-what-we-know-about-space/
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ad8b3f
Kimbal Musk meets Rome mayor to discuss Jubilee drone show
26 Jan, 2025
Musk's meeting with Gualtieri follows visit to Palazzo Chigi.
Kimbal Musk, the younger brother of tech billionaire Elon Musk, reportedly visited Rome's mayor on Saturday to discuss staging a drone show for the Vatican's Jubilee Year.
Musk's visit to Rome city hall came the day after he met Italian premier Giorgia Meloni at Palazzo Chigi where he also had talks with culture minister Alessandro Giuli and met deputy premier Matteo Salvini.
Musk, 52, was accompanied to the mayor's office by Andrea Stroppa, Elon Musk's representative in Italy, and Veronica Berti, the wife of Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, both of whom joined the cowboy hat-wearing entrepreneur on his visit to government buildings on Friday.
The reason for meeting Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri, according to news agency Adnkronos, was to propose a music and light show in the sky over Rome in honour of Jubilee Year 2025.
The proposal is set to be presented shortly to the Vatican, which will have the final say on the project, according to Italian news reports.
Musk, who sits on the board of his brother's Tesla electric car company, is the owner of the Nova Sky Stories company which has a fleet of 9,000 state-of-the-art drones capable of creating spectacular light shows.
Musk's presence in Palazzo Chigi on Friday sparked much debate among Italian opposition politicians who demanded to know full details of the visit.
Culture minister Giuli remained tight-lipped however, telling reporters that the pair had discussed "only beautiful things" and that it was too early to say anything more.
https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/kimbal-musk-rome-jubilee-drone-show.html
Army Foils Drug Smuggling Attempt Using Drone On Western Frontier
1/25/2025 11:18:27 PM
(MENAFN- Jordan Times) AMMAN - The Southern Military Zone on Friday thwarted a drug smuggling attempt involving a drone along the western frontier within its area of responsibility.
The Border Guards, in cooperation with military security agencies and the Anti-Narcotics Department, applied the rules of engagement after detecting and tracking the drone and brought it down inside Jordanian territory, according to a military source from the General Command of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab army (JAF).
An army statement stressed that JAF remains committed to utilising its various capabilities and resources to prevent all forms of infiltration and smuggling, ensuring the security and stability of the Kingdom.
According to a recent statement to The Jordan Times, the Military Media Directorate said that there has been a noticeable shift in smuggling activities towards the southern borders of the Kingdom.
“The reasons behind this shift are multifaceted, rooted in a combination of rigorous security measures, regional instability, and the ingenuity of the criminal networks involved in drug trafficking,” the directorate added.
“In response to this evolving threat, the JAF has deployed a combination of high-tech solutions and strategic military initiatives, including the use of advanced surveillance technologies such as drones and satellite systems to monitor remote border areas, allowing the military to detect smuggling attempts in real-time.”
https://menafn.com/1109129178/Army-Foils-Drug-Smuggling-Attempt-Using-Drone-On-Western-Frontier
Ukrainian Drones Slam Russian Oil Refinery, Sparking Inferno – Again
January 26, 2025, 11:02 am
Ukrainian drones attacked the Ryazan Oil Refinery on the night of Jan. 26, the second time in three days, causing a large-scale fire, according to media accounts.
Kyiv also hit the a Russian forward command post located near the village of Korenevo, Kursk Oblast, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that 15 Ukrainian drones were destroyed by air defense systems – eight over the Ryazan region, six over the Kursk region, and one over the Belgorod region, in Russia.
Overnight, the governor of Ryazan Oblast, Pavel Malkov, reported on the drone attack.
Russian telegram channels, citing eyewitnesses, claim that the Ryazan refinery was again the target of the attack. The ASTRA telegram channel reported that the refinery was likely on fire after the attack.
ASTRA geolocated the footage of the fire, which has been distributed in local media and chat rooms.
It assessed that the fire was indeed filmed in Ryazan, in the area of the plant, but given the previous attack on the same facility on the night of Jan. 23-24, it is hard to confirm the date of filming.
The Telegram channel VChK-OGPU writes that the Ryazan refinery has been cordoned off, and a large number of fire engines are arriving at the plant.
Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council, confirmed the strike on the refinery in his Telegram channel, writing:
“The Ryazan refinery is doing its job. This is fuel for military equipment and not only.”
Temporary restrictions on the arrival and departure of aircraft are reported to have been introduced early Sunday morning at the airports of Izhevsk and Kazan, a representative of Rosaviatsia said in a telegram.
The airports suspended flights “for the safety of civilian aircraft flights.”
The restrictions were lifted at the Kazan airport at 7 a.m. local time, and the Izhevsk airport was opened half an hour later.
On the night Jan. 23-24 of Russian authorities reported that more than 120 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV – drones) were launched against several Russian regions overnight on.
It was reported by Russian media that the strikes resulted in damage to industrial, oil, and energy facilities, as well as disrupting airport operations.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/46068
https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/ukraine-drones-russia/2025/01/26/id/1196540/
https://x.com/KyivPost/status/1883405177446969786
https://t.me/vchkogpu/54325
https://t.me/astrapress/73220
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Oslo police arrest five Poles over drone ban violation near Intelligence base
26.01.2025, 07:54
Norwegian police have arrested five Polish nationals for allegedly operating drones in a restricted area near the headquarters of the Norwegian counterintelligence agency, officials said on Sunday.
The individuals are accused of violating a flight ban around the Kolsås military base, located on the outskirts of Oslo.
The facility houses the Norwegian Security Service (NSM), which oversees counterintelligence and cybersecurity, as well as NATO units supporting air operations in Northern Europe.
Police said they had deployed significant resources, including ahelicopter, to locate the drone operators. Following their detention, the suspects were taken into temporary custody.
"The scope of charges will be determined after reviewing the recordings we have secured.
At this point, it is difficult to estimate how extensive it will be," said Sven Christian Maximillian Lie from Oslo police's operational command.
The Polish Embassy in Oslo stated it had no official information about the arrests.
https://tvpworld.com/84707504/five-poles-arrested-for-drone-use-near-norwegian-intelligence-base