Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

Anyone seen this

shorturl.at/diuJ8

Article on how Starlink and similar projects pose a threat to Optical Astronomy as well as potentially radio Astronomy

#astronomy #optical #radio #threat #starlink #clusters #satellites

Are planets with oceans common in the galaxy? It's likely, NASA scientists find

https://phys.org/news/2020-06-planets-oceans-common-galaxy-nasa.html

#astronomy #space #planets #exoplanets #oceans #physics #chemistry

Scientists Determined That Titan Is Drifting Away From Saturn Hundred Times Faster Than Their Estimation

https://www.educationaltechs.com/2020/06/titan-is-drifting-away-from-saturn.html

#science #astronomy #space #saturn #titan #moons #education

Picture "https://openclipart.org/detail/261274/saturn"

Hubble Provides Holistic View of Stars Gone Haywire
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As nuclear fusion engines, most stars live placid lives for hundreds of millions to billions of years. But near the end of their lives they can turn into crazy whirligigs, puffing off shells and jets of hot gas. Astronomers have employed Hubble's full range of imaging capabilities to dissect such crazy fireworks happening in two nearby young planetary nebulas. NGC 6303 is dubbed the Butterfly Nebula because of its wing-like appearance. In addition, NGC 7027 resembles a jewel bug, an insect with a brilliantly colorful metallic shell.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/hubble-provides-holistic-view-of-stars-gone-haywire

Some truly stunning pictures here, not bad for something built in 1986 and launched a few years later. Hubble still going strong in 2020.

#astronomy #photo #hubble #space #telescope #star #death #cloud #matter #stars

Detecting Exoplanets and Asteroids: First Citizen Science Successes for Backyard Astronomy

https://unistellaroptics.com/detecting-exoplanets-and-asteroids-first-citizen-science-successes-for-backyard-astronomy/

Great stuff,

#citizen,#science,#astronomy,#exoplanets.