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News re. #JWST:
The team has decided to delay tensioning of the sunshield to tomorrow (January 3), to give themselves more time to better understand how the observatory is actually behaving in space, and to allow the tensioning motors to reach optimum temperatures.
Left: Tropical Storm #Isaias at 6:51 pm EST today, seen by @NOAA's GOES-16 satellite.
Right: Storms on Jupiter seen by @NASAJuno and processed by Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran (@_TheSeaning)
Note that the ENTIRE scene on the left fits inside the white box on the right.
Eh, planetary ring people... is this comic by @ZachWeiner true??
https://t.co/RrTE8ivEFT
Your periodic reminder that there is a giant, swirling vortex at Saturn's north pole that's about 1,600 km across and it will kill you if it can.
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/Kevin M. Gill (@kevinmgill)
Good news, everyone!
The July 4th deadline for Decadal Survey white papers has been pushed back!
Science-focused white papers are now due: 07/15
Mission concept white papers: 08/15
All others (state of the profession, infrastructure, etc.): 09/15
Thank you, @theNASciences!
Jupiter, as seen by @NASAJuno about a week ago, and processed by @kevinmgill.
Look at those swirling clouds, storm after storm, those endless bands of clouds—folks, Jupiter is BEAUTIFUL
Now things get *really* interesting—Catherine Johnson (@UBC) et al. have measured #Mars' magnetic field at the landing site, finding that it's *ten times* stronger than predicted, consistent with an ancient dynamo as strong as Earth's field today!!
https://t.co/Twi0fRHdFh
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Folks—
Heading home from the #BackyardExoplanets meeting, I'm thinking a lot about #Venus—the #exoplanet just next door—and of these images of the night side of Venus...
...that show the ultra-hot surface GLOWING through the clouds
😮😍