>>24974621

TYB

>>24975126

just found this channel recently

neat video

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

August 26, 2026

JWST Images The Lion's Head Nebula

Are we looking at the future of our Sun? The James Webb Space Telescope captured today’s composite image of the Lion’s Head Nebula (NGC 2392) with its NIRCam and MIRI instruments. The Lion’s Head Nebula is the remnant of a Sun-like star. This star was unable to sustain the nuclear fusion in its core needed to remain stable. It began to shed layers of gas and dust into space, forming this planetary nebula. A hot stellar core, called a white dwarf, is left behind within the lion’s nose. Do not boop this nose! Intense radiation from the white dwarf is ionizing the gas as it expands, creating the irregular bubble that makes up the lion’s face. Dust clumps that have survived the white dwarf’s radiation and a cloud of ionized gas make up the lion’s mane. This new and more detailed view of the nebula will help humanity learn more about how the gas and dust interact with each other and the white dwarf radiation.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa0bSGEpu2o

Solar Storm on the Way, Proton Storm Heat | S0 News and frens

Aug.26.2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJXEOI00VoY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSH9d3EoJ2Q (Global Crisis: The Planet Is in Turmoil: What Happened in One Week)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5DS7Tv2_-A (MrMBB333: Thing are about to get REAL interesting!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdxrTNKOSHo (Stefan Burns: Everything Is Going Crazy Across The Pacific…)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GB_Qn64FMA (dutchsinse: 8/26/2026 LARGE 54,000ft Volcanic Blast next to Earthquake Warned Area Major Movement underway)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuQ4D1qK_fM (Mr Weatherman: Tropical Disturbance heads West toward the Caribbean…)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkiu5fgj5E8 (On the Pulse with Silki: F3 Tornado IN FRANCE leaves Villages devastated, this was impossible just yesterday)

• solar

https://www.spaceweather.gov/news/geomagnetic-storm-watches-aug-27-28

https://www.space.com/stargazing/auroras/sun-fires-powerful-m6-9-solar-flare-and-cme-toward-earth-could-it-boost-northern-lights-chances-this-week

https://mycharisma.com/news/powerful-solar-flare-could-ignite-northern-lights-as-lunar-eclipse-unfolds/

• wildfires

https://www.cap.news/p/civil-air-patrol-responds-to-washington-wildfires

https://calmatters.org/newsletter/newsom-wildfire-relief-legislature/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/50-000-wildfires-hit-us-130101375.html

https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/flathead-national-forest-crews-respond-to-11-lightning-caused-wildfires

https://www.2news.com/news/fire/20-lightning-sparked-wildfires-across-northern-nevada/video_139de796-080e-5a9b-97f4-ad07c642864e.html

https://weather.com/2026/08/26/forecast/regional/burning-man-weather-forecast-smoke-wildfires-heat-thunderstorms

https://www.kivitv.com/news/lighting-caused-wildhorse-tuana-gulch-wildfires-grow-21000-and-3200-acres

https://dailydispatch.com/fire-news/utah/three-utah-wildfires-surpass-4000-acres-combined-as-crews-work-containment/

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/north-texas-ross-fire-grows-to-80000-acres-12-contained-evacuations-underway

https://www.eureporter.co/world/serbia/2026/08/26/eu-sends-urgent-support-to-serbia-as-wildfires-intensify/

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/26/authorities-in-greece-issue-code-red-wildfire-alert-for-ionian-islands

• storms and floods

https://www.weatherbug.com/news/Winds-and-Hail-Fall-Across-Central-US

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/heat-drought-continue-fueling-wildfire-risk-from-texas-to-california-and-washington/1926665

https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/news/noaa-teams-three-companies-advance-satellite-technology-tracking-severe-weather

https://www.wlky.com/article/president-trump-approves-major-disaster-declaration-for-indiana-after-severe-storms/73527152

https://abc7chicago.com/post/gary-indiana-power-outage-update-nipsco-expects-have-restored-nw-tuesday-night/19732271/

https://www.rvtravel.com/national-parks-face-closures-rockfall-flooding-wildfires/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/centuries-ago-europeans-plagued-constant-flooding-16-major-events-killed-thousands-over-course-three-years-180989378/

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• hurricanes and frens

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/08/26/trump-approves-emergency-declaration-hawaii-county-after-hurricane-lala/

https://weather.com/2026/08/26/storms/hurricane/hurricane-season-maps-tracker-atlantic-pacific

https://weather.com/2026/08/26/storms/hurricane/atlantic-tropical-development-possible-dolly

https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/atlantic-hurricane-season-comes-alive-with-a-tropical-threat-emerging/1926066

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2026/08/26/atlantic-storm-to-be-named-dolly/91464090007/

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2026/08/25/breaking-news/2-tropical-storms-churn-in-east-pacific-as-active-hurricane-season-continues/

https://www.nomadlawyer.org/typhoon-saudel-743-flight-cancellations-4668-delays-tokyo-asian-hubs-2026

https://www.firstpost.com/world/china-braces-for-heavy-rain-as-typhoon-narra-hits-hainan-saudel-approaches-east-coast-14040869.html

https://borneobulletin.com.bn/rare-four-typhoon-cluster-puts-china-on-alert/

• tornadoes

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2026/08/26/in-the-streets-of-pomas-devastated-by-a-tornado-it-was-like-bombs-were-dropped-on-our-heads_6756852_114.html

• earthquakes

https://www.ntd.com/usgs-14-significant-earthquakes-673-over-magnitude-4-5-recorded-worldwide-in-30-days_1168511.html

https://cedarnews.net/newstasks/950681/magnitude-5-earthquake-strikes-ende-indonesia/

https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/nature_and_travel/2026/08/26/earthquake_swarm_over_200_earthquakes_recorded/

https://intent.press/en/news/society/2026/two-consecutive-earthquakes-were-recorded-near-crimea/

https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/nepal-flash-floods-earthquake-triggered-avalanche-likely-cause-of-tragedy-that-claimed-16-lives

https://english.ratopati.com/story/76491/government-says-landslides-after-earthquake-cause-severe-flooding-in-bhotekoshi

• volcanoes

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/325619/20260826/kilauea-erupts-first-time-since-hurricane-lala-battered-hawaii-volcanoes.htm

https://news.az/news/massive-volcanic-eruption-in-vanuatu-raises-tsunami-concerns

• dailys

https://schumannresonance.today/

https://www.weather.gov/

https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn

https://www.americanforests.org/wildfire-map/

https://www.tornadohq.com/

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes-volcanoes/news/330113/Volcano-earthquake-report-for-Wednesday-26-Aug-2026.html

https://www.spaceweather.gov/

https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=26&month=08&year=2026

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https://subarutelescope.org/en/results/2026/08/24/3750.html

https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/a-comet-photobombed-a-powerful-telescope-and-revealed-something-astronomers-rarely-see/

https://academic.oup.com/pasj/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/pasj/psag088

other space objects

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-comet-220p-mcnaught-encore.html

https://astrobiology.com/2026/08/24/the-inbound-gas-and-dust-evolution-of-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-from-optical-spectroscopy-and-multi-band-photometry/

https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2026/08/geologists-research-earns-out-of-this-world-recognition/

https://www.lavozdelanzarote.com/en/canary-islands/observed-from-the-canary-islands-an-asteroid-that-passed-grazing-earth-in-mid-august_245621_102.html

Subaru Telescope Archive Data Reveal Unexpected Surface Properties of a Comet

Last updated: August 24, 2026

Comets are natural "time capsules," preserving ice and dust from the birth of the Solar System 4.6 billion years ago. Yet the solid nucleus of a comet is rarely observed directly, because it is normally hidden by a cloud of gas and dust known as a coma.

A research team including scientists from the University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kyoto Sangyo University, and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan discovered a nearly dormant, coma-free comet in publicly available archival data from the Subaru Telescope's Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC).

These observations enabled the first precise ground-based measurement of the reflectance properties of a cometary nucleus, providing new insights into how comets differ from asteroids and how they have evolved over time.

Why Are Cometary Nuclei Important?

Comets are small bodies composed primarily of ice and dust. They are thought to have formed in the outer Solar System and remained largely unchanged since the early days of the Solar System. Asteroids, by contrast, are rocky bodies found mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

Comets and asteroids were once regarded as completely different types of objects. However, recent observations have blurred the distinction, with the discovery of water-bearing asteroids and cometary nuclei containing minerals similar to those found on asteroids.

Determining whether the surfaces of cometary nuclei are truly similar to those of asteroids—or fundamentally different—is an important step toward understanding how the bodies in our Solar System formed and how they have evolved over billions of years.

Why Are Cometary Nuclei Difficult to Observe?

Studying cometary nuclei directly is, however, extremely challenging.

A cometary nucleus can be observed directly only when the comet is far enough from the Sun that its ice remains frozen and no coma forms. At such distances, comets are extremely faint—only very large-aperture telescopes can detect them.

In addition, investigating the surface properties of a cometary nucleus requires observations made under a special viewing geometry known as opposition, in which the observer views the comet with the Sun almost directly behind them (Figure 2).

Near opposition, the object appears brighter than usual, and the way its brightness changes provides clues to the properties of the particles covering its surface (Note 1). Opportunities to observe a comet under such favorable conditions are extremely rare.

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A Chance Discovery in the Subaru Telescope Archive

The research team has been conducting a systematic search of publicly available archival data from the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) Subaru Strategic Program (HSC-SSP) to identify Solar System objects serendipitously captured in the images.

During this search, they discovered Comet 28P/Neujmin at a distance of more than 10 astronomical units from the Sun—farther than from the Sun to Saturn—in a dormant state with no visible coma (Figure 1).

Remarkably, the comet had been observed under nearly ideal conditions, close to opposition, where the Sun, the comet, and the Earth were almost perfectly aligned.

This enabled the team to make the first clear ground-based detection of the opposition brightening of a cometary nucleus (Figure 3, left).

The discovery was made possible by the Subaru Telescope's 8.2-meter primary mirror, capable of detecting such a faint and distant cometary nucleus, together with HSC's exceptionally wide field of view, which allowed the comet to appear serendipitously in observations taken for a different scientific purpose.

A Comet That Looks Like an Asteroid—But Behaves Differently

The analysis showed that the surface color of Comet 28P/Neujmin closely resembles that of dark, reddish asteroids. These asteroids have very low reflectance and are thought to be rich in water-bearing materials. This result is consistent with previous studies.

However, when the researchers examined how the comet's brightness changed near opposition, they found an unexpected difference. These dark asteroids generally exhibit only a modest increase in brightness when viewed near opposition.

In contrast, Comet 28P/Neujmin showed a much stronger brightening, comparable to that of high-reflectance asteroid types (Figure 3, right).

The Scientific Value of Archival Data

This study demonstrates how the combination of the Subaru Telescope's large aperture, HSC's wide field of view, and the publicly available HSC-SSP data archive can lead to unexpected discoveries, even for Solar System objects that were not the original targets of the observations.

Dr. Takafumi Ootsubo (University of Occupational and Environmental Health), lead author of the paper, comments, "The same archive likely contains many more Solar System objects waiting to be found.

By applying the same observational approach to many more comets in the future, we hope to uncover how the surface structures of cometary nuclei have evolved over time, ultimately providing new insights into how Solar System bodies formed and evolved into the objects we see today."

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>>24975530

>coincidences

those left the buidling years ago, haven't seen em since

>>24975573

>Tim Curry and Dolly Parton dead at 80 wtf

There's a hot Titty Curry joke in there somewhere.

Is it Wilderness Girls Wednesday?

Expedition 75 Wraps Up Third August Spacewalk, Preps for September Spacewalk

August 26, 2026 12:46PM

The Expedition 75 crew members spent Wednesday cleaning up and relaxing the day after a spacewalk to install a high-speed antenna outside the International Space Station.

The orbital residents are now turning their attention to another spacewalk in September. Meanwhile, the crew on Monday also continued a variety of human research to protect crew health.

Flight engineers Anil Menon of NASA and Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) wrapped up a six-hour and 30-minute spacewalk on Tuesday after completing the installation of a high-speed space-to-ground antenna.

On Wednesday, the duo joined station commander Jessica Meir and flight engineer Jack Hathway, both NASA astronauts, and cleaned up the Quest airlock, refilled spacesuit water tanks, and recharged suit batteries.

All four astronauts called down to mission specialists for a post-spacewalk conference and set some time aside to relax after Tuesday’s spacewalking and robotics activities.

The next spacewalk is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 1, when Adenot and Meir will exit the orbital outpost for about six hours and 30 minutes of high-altitude maintenance.

The duo will replace a visiting spacecraft navigational aid, install jumper cables for data-relay systems, prepare the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer for future upgrades, and replace a high-definition camera.

At the start of his shift on Wednesday, Menon filled out a questionnaire documenting his stress level and emotions then collected his saliva and hair samples.

The samples will be analyzed on Earth for stress-related hormones and immune markers. The research activities are part of the RelaxPro investigation exploring mindfulness and relaxation techniques during a long-term spaceflight.

Meir also assisted Menon as he collected, processed, and analyzed his blood sample for the Venus Flow investigation that is exploring circulatory system health risks during a long-duration space mission.

Next, Meir checked out the operation of components inside a fluorescence microscope.

After her battery charging tasks, Adenot guided Menon during an eye exam and imaged his retina, cornea, and lens as doctors on the ground monitored in real-time to detect potential space-caused vision issues.

Hathaway began his shift inside the Harmony module setting up the medical imaging gear for the eye exam then powering it down and stowing it at the end of the day. In between, he inspected a research incubator then swapped out ammonia detection tubes.

Roscosmos flight engineer Pyotr Dubrov finished a 24-hour heart rate monitoring session on Wednesday after maintenance on the Vozdukh carbon dioxide removal device.

Roscosmos flight engineer Anna Kikina uninstalled automated, multi-wavelength Earth imagery gear that photographed Asia-Pacific landmarks during the crew’s sleep shift.

Afterward, she attached sensors to herself to measure her cardiac activity while working and sleeping over a 24-hour period. Roscosmos flight engineer Andrey Fedyaev shift inside the Zarya module replacing electronic components with upgrades.

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/08/26/expedition-75-wraps-up-third-august-spacewalk-preps-for-september-spacewalk/

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/08/25/nasa-esa-spacewalkers-finish-installing-high-speed-antenna/

https://x.com/Space_Station/status/2092328228945826287

https://x.com/esa/status/2092336794519965959

https://x.com/esa/status/2092327197591703628

https://x.com/astro_Pettit/status/2092030958954217636

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