Space

T-20 minutes until the landing of Shenzhou 16, returning three taikonauts from the Tiangong space station.

Landing thread for the mission has been posted over on c/spaceflight: https://sh.itjust.works/post/8224085

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Europe, Asia, and Africa have the best view of this partial lunar eclipse, but the northeastern U.S. will still see the final, penumbral stages.

In this video Anton Petrov talks about the ultimate logarithmic graph ever made - the one showing us everything in the universe. It discusses a recent publication "All objects and some questions" from Am. J. Phys. 91, 819–825 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0150209

The Keck II telescope in Hawaii is the first to see the infrared glow on Uranus, caused by hydrogen molecules in the atmosphere becoming excited.

T-25 minutes until the launch of Shenzhou 17, launching three taikonauts to the Tiangong space station.

Launch thread for the mission has been posted over on c/spaceflight: https://sh.itjust.works/post/7915919

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It has shone down upon the dinosaurs, inspired the greatest poets, and been explored by intrepid astronauts. But despite its enduring presence, quite when the moon came into being has remained a matter of debate. Now researchers say they have the answer, revealing the Earth’s satellite is 40m years older than previously thought.

Scientists made their discovery by studying crystals within lunar dust that was brought back in 1972 as part of the Apollo 17 mission – the last time astronauts set foot on the moon.