#space — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.ufofeed.com/284761/uae-launches-satellite-to-help-environmental-protection-work/ UAE launches satellite to help environmental protection work #Space #SpaceScience

#ITByte: #Space-based #DataCenters are proposed facilities in orbit or on the Moon designed to handle data processing and storage, primarily leveraging space-based solar power to reduce the environmental impact of energy-intensive AI computation on Earth.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Data-Centers-in-the-Sky-6912b169af954daf73437bcd

#ITByte: #Space-based #DataCenters are proposed facilities in orbit or on the Moon designed to handle data processing and storage, primarily leveraging space-based solar power to reduce the environmental impact of energy-intensive AI computation on Earth.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Data-Centers-in-the-Sky-6912b169af954daf73437bcd

#OTD August 17 1970, the launch of Soviet Union's Venera 7, first spacecraft to soft* land on another planet and transmit data back to Earth

atmosphere 97% CO₂, pressure 1300 psi, temp 475° C, definitively confirming that humans cannot survive on the surface of Venus

* 59 km/h

#space

#OTD August 17 1970, the launch of Soviet Union's Venera 7, first spacecraft to soft* land on another planet and transmit data back to Earth

atmosphere 97% CO₂, pressure 1300 psi, temp 475° C, definitively confirming that humans cannot survive on the surface of Venus

* 59 km/h

#space

Here's a long but interesting read about Chinese plans to land humans on Mars, versus the American effort.

#Moon #Space #China #NASA

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/07/science/china-us-moon-space-race

Here's a long but interesting read about Chinese plans to land humans on Mars, versus the American effort.

#Moon #Space #China #NASA

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/07/science/china-us-moon-space-race

'Especially Exciting': JWST Finds Water Surviving Surprisingly Close to Our Galaxy's Supermassive Black Hole
- ciscial
https://www.sciencealert.com/especially-exciting-jwst-finds-water-surviving-surprisingly-close-to-our-galaxys-supermassive-black-hole
#Space #MSFTContent

https://www.ufofeed.com/284743/timelapse-from-marina-prol-shot-through-a-solar-telescope-in-galicia-12-8-26/ Timelapse from Marina Prol, shot through a solar telescope in Galicia. (12.8.26) #Astrobiology #Astrophysics #Cosmology #PlanetaryScience #Space #SpaceExploration #SpacePorn

https://www.ufofeed.com/284733/elon-musks-starbase-wants-to-expand-in-south-texas-npr/ Elon Musk’s Starbase wants to expand in south Texas : NPR #Space #SpaceScience

A bit of Pluto
#pluto #nasa #space #astronomy #science #plutopics

A bit of Pluto
#pluto #nasa #space #astronomy #science #plutopics

AI eyes in the sky: new satellites and artificial intelligence are transforming wildfire detection
By Ben Tracy of Climate Central

Hi-tech cameras orbiting Earth and on the ground, along with AI, help firefighters extinguish blazes before they spread

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/17/satellites-ai-wildfire-detection

#Firefighters #Wildfires #Satellites #AIartificialintelligence #Surveillance #Space #Californiawildfires #California #Washingtonstate #Denver #Colorado #Naturaldisasters #WestCoast #USnews #TheGuardian #BenTracyofClimateCentral

AI eyes in the sky: new satellites and artificial intelligence are transforming wildfire detection
By Ben Tracy of Climate Central

Hi-tech cameras orbiting Earth and on the ground, along with AI, help firefighters extinguish blazes before they spread

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/17/satellites-ai-wildfire-detection

#Firefighters #Wildfires #Satellites #AIartificialintelligence #Surveillance #Space #Californiawildfires #California #Washingtonstate #Denver #Colorado #Naturaldisasters #WestCoast #USnews #TheGuardian #BenTracyofClimateCentral

Hubble image of Arp 190, also known as UGC 2320.

An elliptical galaxy, off the frame, to the left, is interacting with the lower spiral galaxy. A large tidal tail extends to the right. A much fainter bridge extends to the left, connecting the two galaxies. The upper spiral may be part of the system, or it may be a foreground object that only appears to overlap.

Credit: ESA, NASA, J. Dalcanton, J. Schmidt
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/geckzilla/47938003673/

#ArpGalaxy #Galaxy #Space #Astronomy

Hubble image of Arp 190, also known as UGC 2320.

An elliptical galaxy, off the frame, to the left, is interacting with the lower spiral galaxy. A large tidal tail extends to the right. A much fainter bridge extends to the left, connecting the two galaxies. The upper spiral may be part of the system, or it may be a foreground object that only appears to overlap.

Credit: ESA, NASA, J. Dalcanton, J. Schmidt
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/geckzilla/47938003673/

#ArpGalaxy #Galaxy #Space #Astronomy

Russia expands its Rassvet satellite system for drone control.

Moscow is rapidly building the Rassvet satellite system.

The technology threatens Ukraine and could pose new challenges for Europe in the future.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260816-russia-expands-its-rassvet-satellite-system-for-drone-control?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Rassvet #Russia #Satellites #Drones #Europe #WarInUkraine #Space #Buro1440 #Starlink

Russia expands its Rassvet satellite system for drone control.

Moscow is rapidly building the Rassvet satellite system.

The technology threatens Ukraine and could pose new challenges for Europe in the future.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260816-russia-expands-its-rassvet-satellite-system-for-drone-control?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Rassvet #Russia #Satellites #Drones #Europe #WarInUkraine #Space #Buro1440 #Starlink

AI eyes in the sky: new satellites and artificial intelligence are transforming wildfire detection https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/17/satellites-ai-wildfire-detection #Firefighters #Wildfires #Satellites #AiArtificialIntelligence #Surveillance #Space #CaliforniaWildfires #California #WashingtonState #Denver #Colorado #NaturalDisasters #WestCoast #UsNews

AI eyes in the sky: new satellites and artificial intelligence are transforming wildfire detection https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/17/satellites-ai-wildfire-detection #Firefighters #Wildfires #Satellites #AiArtificialIntelligence #Surveillance #Space #CaliforniaWildfires #California #WashingtonState #Denver #Colorado #NaturalDisasters #WestCoast #UsNews

https://www.ufofeed.com/284721/space-shuttle-endeavours-final-journey/ Space Shuttle Endeavour’s Final Journey #Astrobiology #Astrophysics #Cosmology #PlanetaryScience #Space #SpaceExploration #SpacePorn

Live feed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3HKLzjvKPc
Current location: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=14.4597&mlon=-138.2288&zoom=2

#iss #space #earth #live #nasa #esa #jaxa #csa

Live feed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3HKLzjvKPc
Current location: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=14.4597&mlon=-138.2288&zoom=2

#iss #space #earth #live #nasa #esa #jaxa #csa

2026-08-17 12:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-08-10)

MERCURY
- Distance (km): 185,985,143.81 km (+23,084,349.24 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.24 (+0.15)
- Light travel time: 10 min 20.38 s (+1 min 17.00 s)
- Orbital speed: 58.49 km/s (+0.26 km/s)

Image: Spectacular Color . . . with Better Yet to Come
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

#Mercury #Space #SolarSystem

2026-08-17 12:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-08-10)

MERCURY
- Distance (km): 185,985,143.81 km (+23,084,349.24 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.24 (+0.15)
- Light travel time: 10 min 20.38 s (+1 min 17.00 s)
- Orbital speed: 58.49 km/s (+0.26 km/s)

Image: Spectacular Color . . . with Better Yet to Come
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

#Mercury #Space #SolarSystem

New CNTR Fact Sheet: Strenghtening Space Resilience, Creating Dependencies
Sarah McKee ( @PRIF ) explains how space resilience might be achieved & discusses space systems as critical infrastructure. Read in #openaccess ⬇️
https://www.cntrarmscontrol.org/publications/publication/space-resilience

#space #satellite #criticalinfrastructure #resilience

New CNTR Fact Sheet: Strenghtening Space Resilience, Creating Dependencies
Sarah McKee ( @PRIF ) explains how space resilience might be achieved & discusses space systems as critical infrastructure. Read in #openaccess ⬇️
https://www.cntrarmscontrol.org/publications/publication/space-resilience

#space #satellite #criticalinfrastructure #resilience

https://www.ufofeed.com/284709/vikram-sarabhai-space-quiz-2026-ncert-invites-classes-6-12/ Vikram Sarabhai Space Quiz 2026: NCERT Invites Classes 6-12 #Space #SpaceScience

#TodayInHistory 1936 – Margaret Heafield Hamilton, American computer scientist, is born.

She directed the Software Engineering Division at #MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, where she led the development of the on-board flight software for the #NASA Apollo Guidance Computer for the Apollo program.

She coined the term "software engineering", stating, "I began to use the term 'software engineering' to distinguish it from hardware and other kinds of engineering."

#computerscience #space #software

#TodayInHistory 1936 – Margaret Heafield Hamilton, American computer scientist, is born.

She directed the Software Engineering Division at #MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, where she led the development of the on-board flight software for the #NASA Apollo Guidance Computer for the Apollo program.

She coined the term "software engineering", stating, "I began to use the term 'software engineering' to distinguish it from hardware and other kinds of engineering."

#computerscience #space #software

"SPACE: THE BILLIONAIRES’ PLAYGROUND"
https://newint.org/science-and-technology/2026/space-billionaires-playground

"Whether it’s in the form of Mars colonies, asteroid mining, space tourism, or Moon bases, their visions are nothing but a bankrupt utopia that promises to line their pockets and leave Earth in ruins." #space

"SPACE: THE BILLIONAIRES’ PLAYGROUND"
https://newint.org/science-and-technology/2026/space-billionaires-playground

"Whether it’s in the form of Mars colonies, asteroid mining, space tourism, or Moon bases, their visions are nothing but a bankrupt utopia that promises to line their pockets and leave Earth in ruins." #space

https://www.ufofeed.com/284695/space-the-billionaires-playground-as-tycoons-like-elon-musk-attempt-to-seize-space-for-profit-the-earth-is-being-trashed-writes-astronomer-lucian-walkowicz/ Space: the billionaires’ playground /// As tycoons like Elon Musk attempt to seize space for profit, the Earth is being trashed, writes astronomer Lucian Walkowicz. #Astrobiology #Astrophysics #Cosmology #PlanetaryScience #Space #SpaceExploration

https://www.ufofeed.com/284693/rockets-launch-almost-every-day-in-the-us-heres-why-a-surge-in-the-next-decade-is-expected/ Rockets launch almost every day in the US. Here’s why a surge in the next decade is expected #Astrobiology #Astrophysics #Cosmology #PlanetaryScience #Space #SpaceExploration

https://www.ufofeed.com/284689/multilayer-sun-image/ Multilayer Sun image #Astrobiology #Astrophysics #Cosmology #PlanetaryScience #Space #SpaceExploration #SpacePorn

Name: Kepler-1656 c
A giant planet composed mainly of gas.
Distance from Earth: 606 light-years
Year discovered: 2022
Discovered by: W. M. Keck Observatory
Planet mass: 126 Earths
Orbital period: 1919.00 day(s)

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/exo/#/planet/Kepler-1656_c

#space #exoplanets

Name: Kepler-1656 c
A giant planet composed mainly of gas.
Distance from Earth: 606 light-years
Year discovered: 2022
Discovered by: W. M. Keck Observatory
Planet mass: 126 Earths
Orbital period: 1919.00 day(s)

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/exo/#/planet/Kepler-1656_c

#space #exoplanets

https://www.ufofeed.com/284681/billionaire-founder-agrees-with-elon-musk-sam-altman-and-jeff-bezos-we-will-work-in-space/ Billionaire founder agrees with Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Jeff Bezos: We will work in space #Space #SpaceScience

https://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/gif/

#TheSun #space #astronomy #ESA #NASA

What is Hubble observing?

Target: WAVEHITM, WAVELINE, WDFS2317-29
Target Category: Calibration
Research Program: GoldSpec: Absolute Flux Calibration Stars for the Hubble/Webb/Roman Multi-Mission Era

https://spacetelescopelive.org/hubble?obsId=01M004XZ0GT4NJRRCVHP9XRYE9

#hubble #space #astronomy #telescope

A bit of Pluto
#pluto #nasa #space #astronomy #science #plutopics

A bit of Pluto
#pluto #nasa #space #astronomy #science #plutopics

Bright Galaxy NGC 2903
Credits: R. JayGaBany, Cosmotography.com
#nature #space #astrophotography

Bright Galaxy NGC 2903
Credits: R. JayGaBany, Cosmotography.com
#nature #space #astrophotography

2026 August 18

Perseids from Perseus
* Image Credit & Copyright: Jakub Kuřák
https://www.instagram.com/jakubkurak/

Explanation:
This was a good year for the Perseids meteor shower. A key reason was the Moon was absent from lighting up Earth's night sky so that more meteors were visible than usual. Where was the Moon? It was busy visiting the Sun. Near the Perseids peak, the Moon moved directly in front of the Sun and created a total solar eclipse visible from Greenland and Spain. The Perseids occur when the Earth collides with a stream of Sun-orbiting debris cast off by Comet Swift-Tuttle. Perseid meteors, although typically only the size of a sand grain, tend to be fast and bright because Swift-Tuttle's debris orbits the Sun in a direction partly opposite Earth's orbital motion. In the featured image compilation accumulated over several nights from Jizerka in the Czech Republic, the Perseids meteor streaks can be traced back to a single location on the sky -- its radiant in Perseus.
https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/meteors-meteorites/perseids/
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220612.html
https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/whats-up-august-2026-skywatching-tips-from-nasa/
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240812.html
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170920.html
https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/eclipse-snap/en/
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260814.html
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260813.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseids
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240811.html
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240808.html
https://www.whoi.edu/ocean-learning-hub/ocean-facts/how-is-beach-sand-created/
https://science.nasa.gov/sun/
https://static.vecteezy.com/system/resources/thumbnails/072/246/507/small/two-playful-puppies-having-fun-in-a-sunny-garden-showcasing-their-energy-and-joy-together-photo.jpeg
https://www.instagram.com/p/DcDiPkTO_me/
https://youtu.be/we1CzbCIdRQ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiant_(meteor_shower)
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250812.html

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260818.html

#space #perseids #astrophotography #photography #science #astronomy #nature #NASA #education #apod

If you are interested in such things: there will be a spacewalk tomorrow, Tuesday 18 August (ESA's Sophie Adenot and NASA's Anil Menon) and ESA will have a livestream directly from the ISS:

▶️ https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Watch_Sophie_Adenot_s_spacewalk_live

Airlock exit expected at 12:35 GMT/14:35, the stream will start earlier.

[edit: Sorry, mistake - it's tomorrow! Originally said "today", now corrected.]

#ESA #Space #ISS

Live feed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3HKLzjvKPc
Current location: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=9.8430&mlon=83.1101&zoom=2

#iss #space #earth #live #nasa #esa #jaxa #csa

🦢 🦅 AND ANOTHER THING …

… I imaged overnight is this mosaic. It stretches from the sagittarius star cloud at the top to Sharpless 54 (in Serpens) at the bottom.

The in-between bit is what it was about; the nebulae birds. The one on top is the Swan (or Omega) nebula (messier 17) and the one at the bottom is the Eagle nebula (messier 16).

Both are star forming regions, where hot young things irradiate their environment, making it glow pink.

This mosaic is a combination of 380 x 30 second exposures, processed on the :seestar_s30:

#space #astrophotography #Astrodon #seestar

↗️ NEXT LAUNCH:

🛰️ Mission: Flight 2
🚀 Launcher: Zhuque-3
🕒 Scheduled for: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 23:35:00 UTC 
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🏗️ Launch Provider: LandSpace → [3 launches this year]
🌍 Launch Site: Launch Area 96B at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China 🇨🇳

📡 Mission Description:
Second test launch of LandSpace’s ZQ-3 rocket. Payload identities are TBD.

#space #launch #spacelaunch

SPACE · SpaceX launches two rockets 38 minutes apart, a record

One rocket lifted off from Florida, the next from California, beating SpaceX's own record by 27 minutes.

Read the rest at: https://thedailyfathom.com/space/2026-08-17/

#Space #SpaceX #Falcon9 #Globalstar #TheDailyFathom

A giant made of many 📡

These are just a few of the 66 antennas that make up the international observatory ALMA, in which ESO is a partner.

They work together rather than as separate telescopes, allowing astronomers to study some of the coldest material in the Universe — including clouds of gas and dust where stars are born and discs where planets take shape — in great detail.

Find out how: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2633a/

📷 A. Russell/ESO

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science

WHERE IS MAJOR TOM?
34/2026

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
- Crew: 7
- Docked vehicles: 5
-- Harmony zenith: Crew Dragon Freedom
-- Unity nadir: Cygnus CRS NG-24 (S.S. Steven R. Nagel)
-- Poisk zenith: Progress MS-33
-- Zvezda aft: Progress MS-34
-- Prichal nadir: Soyuz MS-29

TIANGONG SPACE STATION
- Crew: 3
- Docked vehicles: 2
-- Tianhe nadir: Shenzhou 23
-- Tianhe aft: Tianzhou-10

🖼️ NASA

#Space #SpaceStation