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Comet Makes a Pit Stop Near Jupiter’s Asteroids

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Comet Makes a Pit Stop Near Jupiter's Asteroids NASA's Hubble Space Telescope snapped this image of the young comet P/2019 LD2 as it orbits near Jupiter's captured ancient asteroids, which are called Trojans. The Hubble view reveals a 400,000-mile-long tail of dust and gas flowing from the wayward comet's bright solid nucleus. For the first time, a wayward comet-like object has been spotted near the family of ancient asteroids. After traveling several billion miles toward the Sun, a wayward young comet-like object orbiting among the giant planets has found a temporary parking place along the way. The object has settled near a family of captured ancient asteroids, called Trojans, that are orbiting the Sun alongside Jupiter. This is the first time a comet-like object has been spotted near the Trojan population. Publisher: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Author: https jpl nasa gov Twitter: @nasajpl Reference: (Read more) Visit

IARPA Program Driving New Capabilities to Capture Clearer Images of Satellites Orbiting (Very)

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The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) is developing new scientific approaches to take high-definition-like pictures of geosynchronous satellites from the ground. The goal is to better account for the behavior and movement of these high orbiting objects in space. To address this important need, IARPA and its research team are partnering with leading scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory to build a hypertelescope – a single large telescope made up of seven smaller individual ones. While the effort entails extensive science and engineering, the hypertelescope essentially works by collecting the light from smaller telescopes to produce a single, clearer image. Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Were you following this: JPMorgan Is Reportedly Testing Blockchain or DLT based Payments between Satellites Orbiting Earth Are you stuck somewhere in outer space with utility bills to settle? Then you need not worry, because the

New Mexico homeowners told they can’t connect solar systems | KRQE News 13

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New Mexico homeowners told they can’t connect solar systems | KRQE News 13 NEW MEXICO  (KRQE) – New Mexico has been called a ‘national leader in clean energy,’ with legislation putting the state on a path to renewable energy. However, some homeowners who want to install solar are being told they can’t. “It seems like the system isn’t keeping up with the times, and the technology,” said Dan Monaghan, a New Mexico homeowner. “We bought this house assuming that it was fine for solar, we had no reason to think it wouldn’t be fine for solar,” he added. Publisher: KRQE News 13 Albuquerque - Santa Fe Date: 2021-02-26T05:08:52 00:00 Author: Gabrielle Burkhart Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Quite a lot has been going on: Nasa's solar probe sends stunning image of Venus and its terrain | Hindustan Times The National Aeronautics and Space Agency (Nasa) on Thursday shared unseen pictures of the planet Venus captured by its Parker Solar

Aerospace Engineer Swati Mohan Plays Not My Job On 'Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!' : NPR

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Swati Mohan was the Guidance and Controls Operations Lead on the NASA Mars 2020 Mission, which successfully landed the newest Mars Rover, Perseverance, on February 18. We've invited Mohan to play a game called "Mars is too fars." Three questions about planets here on Earth: Planet Fitness, Planet Hollywood and "Lonely Planet" travel guides. * * * SAGAL: I'm very happy to have you. Congratulations, first of all, on the very cool thing that you did. Were you as excited as everybody else was? Because we were all pretty excited. Publisher: NPR.org Date: 2021-02-27 Twitter: @NPR Reference: (Read more) Visit Source And here's another article: Watch A Rare "Planetary Trio" This Weekend As Saturn, Jupiter, And Mercury Meet In The There won't be another planetary trio in the sky until 2026. Image credit: Vadim Sadovski/Shutterstock.com For most of this year, you'll be able to catch a

Data Doctors: How hackers crack passwords | WTOP

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Think of it as a bank robber stealing the vault and cracking it somewhere else vs. trying to crack open the vault at the bank itself. It's simple math as every combination of letters, numbers and special characters can be tried in milliseconds if there is enough computing power available. As you add additional characters, the time to crack them goes up because each additional character exponentially increases the number of guesses required. Publisher: WTOP Date: 2021-02-26T22:34 00:00 Author: News Traffic Weather Reference: (Read more) Visit Source Not to change the topic here: Hackers Leaked Secret Details of This Military Spy Plane A ransomware gang has reportedly posted details of a Swedish/Canadian airborne early warning and control aircraft on the dark web. The aircraft, known as Globaleye, was compromised after hackers breached Canadian jet manufacturer Bombardier’s cybersecurity. Globaleye is roughly comparable to t

Pilot reports unknown flying ‘object’ in airline audio of close encounter - National |

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An unidentified flying object reportedly whizzed past an American Airlines passenger flight over New Mexico in a close encounter captured in a radio transmission from the pilot. A 15-second audio clip captures the pilot’s excited voice as he tries to make sense of something he spotted above the clouds during the flight. The pilot describes the object as a “cruise missile type of thing” that was “moving really fast.” Publisher: Global News Twitter: @globalnews Reference: (Read more) Visit Source While you're here, how about this: Mysterious lights spotted flashing in Houston sky - ABC7 Los Angeles A number of people posted videos to social media Friday night of mysterious lights in the sky, prompting many viewers to wonder if it was a rocket, meteor or something else. Residents in Southern California were treated to a bright sight Wednesday night, prompting many to take to social media. Resident in the Cam