Mars

"Mars is called the Red Planet because of its red coloring, which comes from the large amount of iron oxide – known on Earth as rust – on the planet’s surface."https://www.astronomy.com/astronomy-for-beginners/20-unusual-space-facts/

City Killing Space Rock

"That city-killing space rock now has even better odds of ruining everyone's day by instantly vaporizing them."https://boingboing-net.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/boingboing.net/2025/02/18/that-city-killing-space-rock-now-has-even-better-odds-of-ruining-everyones-day-by-instantly-vaporizing-them.html/amp?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17399072347916&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2025%2F02%2F18%2Fthat-city-killing-space-rock-now-has-even-better-odds-of-ruining-everyones-day-by-instantly-vaporizing-them.html

Sun loses weight

"The Sun loses a billion kilos per second."https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/facts-about-astronomy-space

Shape of Moon

"The Moon is lemon-shaped."

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/facts-about-astronomy-space

Asteroid 2032

"If you’re like every other earthling, you may want to keep your head down on Dec. 22, 2032."https://time.com/7225374/do-you-need-to-worry-about-asteroid-2024-yr4-hitting-earth/?utm_source=beehiiv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter-the-brief&_bhlid=d3d0ea2c15a73cab2e636c3d2c7fbb3af7a3e5a8

Star Stuff

"All of the rocky and metallic material we stand on, the iron in our blood, the calcium in our teeth, the carbon in our genes were produced billions of years ago in the interior of a red giant star. We are made of star-stuff."Carl Sagan

Electrospay Engine

"An electrospray engine applies an electric field to a conductive liquid, generating a high-speed jet of tiny droplets that can propel a spacecraft. "https://news.mit.edu/2025/mit-engineers-develop-fully-3d-printed-electrospray-engine-0212?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Lunar Trailblazer

"NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer arrived in Florida recently in advance of its launch later this month and has been integrated with a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/how-nasas-lunar-trailblazer-will-make-a-looping-voyage-to-the-moon/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=Latest20250213-Trailblazer

Largest Known Structure

"Astronomers have identified what appears to be the largest confirmed filament in the universe, a structure named “Quipu,” using a combination of X-ray surveys and redshift analysis."https://www.rdworldonline.com/x-ray-surveys-and-redshift-analysis-reveal-quipu-the-universes-largest-known-structure/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Chuck Yeager

"Chuck Yeager (born February 13, 1923, Myra, West Virginia, U.S.—died December 7, 2020, Los Angeles, California) was an American test pilot and U.S. Air Force officer who was the first man to exceed the speed of sound in flight."https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chuck-Yeager

Universal Understanding

"A colossal structure in the distant Universe is defying our understanding of how the Universe evolved."https://www.sciencealert.com/a-giant-structure-in-space-challenges-our-understanding-of-the-universe

Hubble

The Hubble telescope uses a black and white camera to capture pictures. Scientists take color pictures by putting a blue filter in front of the lens and take a picture, then repeat with a red, then green filter. They then combine the 3 images to create a full-color picture.

Hunter Supermoon

"The largest and brightest full moon of 2024 lit up the skies of Earth on Thursday (Oct. 17), with skywatchers across the globe on hand to capture the lunar face in its full glory."https://www.space.com/hunters-moon-supermoon-2024-photos?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

NATIONAL Create A Vacuum Day

NATIONAL CREATE A VACUUM DAY

"National Create A Vacuum Day on February 4th explores spaces void of matter."

https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-create-a-vacuum-day-february-4?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12397338&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

DTU

"A new study by DTU Space researchers has revealed a neutron star that rotates around its axis at an extremely high speed."https://phys.org/news/2024-10-astronomers-fastest-stars-universe.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter#google_vignette

Solar Eclipse

"From its perch on the western wall of Mars’ Jezero Crater, NASA’s Perseverance rover recently spied a “googly eye” peering down from space. The pupil in this celestial gaze is the Martian moon Phobos, and the iris is our Sun."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-perseverance-captures-googly-eye-during-solar-eclipse/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=percy20241030

Columbia Disaster

"On Saturday, February 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it re-entered the atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana, killing all seven astronauts on board. It was the second Space Shuttle mission to end in disaster, after the loss of Challenger and crew in 1986."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster

Alien Message

"A father-daughter team has decoded a mock "alien" message after a year of trying."https://www.livescience.com/space/extraterrestrial-life/father-daughter-team-decodes-alien-signal-from-mars-that-stumped-the-world-for-a-year

Juno

"NASA’s Juno spacecraft has just released stunning images of Jupiter, captured during its 66th flyby of the largest and oldest planet in our solar system."https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/check-out-the-stunning-new-images-of-jupiter-from-nasas-juno-spacecraft-180985417/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Io

"New images from NASA’s Juno spacecraft make Io’s nature clear."https://www.universetoday.com/170655/juno-sees-a-massive-hotspot-of-volcanic-activity-on-io/

Cold Atomic Lab

"NASA’s Cold Atom Lab, a first-of-its-kind facility aboard the International Space Station, has taken another step toward revolutionizing how quantum science can be used in space."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-demonstrates-ultra-cool-quantum-sensor-for-first-time-in-space?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nasajpl&utm_content=cal20240813

Cassiopeia Constellation

"In 1181 AD, a bright new star appeared near the Cassiopeia constellation and shone in the sky for six months before vanishing."https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/astrophysicists-solve-mystery-of-last-historical-supernova-from-1181-ad/

Star Image

"Astronomers have captured a "zoomed-in" image of a star outside the Milky Way for the first time. The team brought the vast red supergiant star designated WOH G64 into focus using the Very Large Telescope  Interferometer (VLTI)."https://www.space.com/star-outside-milky-way-wohg64?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Space Launch System

"The Space Launch System rocket that will dispatch four astronauts on the first Moon mission in more than 50 years passed a major milestone Wednesday."https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/11/nasa-begins-assembling-rocket-to-send-astronauts-around-far-side-of-the-moon/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Mini Moon

"Planet Earth is parting company with an asteroid that’s been tagging along as a “mini moon” for the past two months."https://apnews.com/article/earth-mini-moon-adfb22fa82a01d168c1b663acf10eb92

Bennu

"Bennu is a small, near-Earth asteroid that passes relatively close to Earth about every six years."https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/asteroids/101955-bennu/facts/?user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Bennu

"A new analysis of samples from the asteroid Bennu, NASA’s first asteroid sample captured in space and delivered to Earth, reveals that evaporated water left a briny broth where salts and minerals allowed the elemental ingredients of life to intermingle and create more complex structures. The discovery suggests that extraterrestrial brines provided a crucial setting for the development of organic compounds."https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/traces-ancient-brine-discovered-asteroid-bennu-contain-minerals-crucial-life?user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Europa Clipper

"NASA’s Europa Clipper, which launched Oct. 14 on a journey to Jupiter’s moon Europa, is already 13 million miles (20 million kilometers) from Earth."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-europa-clipper-millions-of-miles-down-instruments-deploying/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=clipper20241125

When Black Holes Merge, Spacetime Itself Shivers

"Remember how weird black holes are? It gets weirder. Black holes can merge with one another, and because their gravities are so massive, crazy things happen. When two black holes merge, it can be felt throughout spacetime. Think of spacetime like a sheet pulled tight. Drop something on one side, and it’ll send vibrations out to the other end. This is essentially what happens to the fabric of space when black holes merge. These vibrations are really ripples that we call gravitational waves, and we’ve been able to detect many. Space is strange and incredible. There’s so much more to know, and these facts are just the start. Get out there and start exploring. Be curious. Don’t just look up, but ask questions about what you see. The only way we make scientific progress is if people keep asking two key questions: ‘how? And why?’."

https://www.highpointscientific.com/astronomy-hub/post/astronomy-101/10-astronomy-facts-every-stargazer-should-know

FRBs

"Astronomer Calvin Leung was excited last summer to crunch data from a newly commissioned radio telescope to precisely pinpoint the origin of repeated bursts of intense radio waves — so-called fast radio bursts (FRBs) — emanating from somewhere in the northern constellation Ursa Minor."https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/01/21/astronomers-thought-they-understood-fast-radio-bursts-a-recent-one-calls-that-into-question/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Trump's Stargate

"President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a new $500 billion, private sector investment to build artificial intelligence infrastructure in the US, with Oracle (ORCL), ChatGPT creator OpenAI, and Japanese conglomerate SoftBank (9984.T) among those committing to the joint venture."

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-announces-500-billion-stargate-ai-venture-headed-by-oracle-openai-softbank-212012023.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHAvscpnWfMzyMvZDJ9Pfil7IZ0sr0AlAv97gyinqTxoaHwxQdpaAZBIyn_OVqL32bB3EgppNEKKHpiU2DqAMvpbjtzG0HcC7TRfeyMG3iP7dKSvbvirGRRdO1QebWKxZTOsdSZmMnSl2fPZHvLjKsEhvm4ac5QkHdcwU25xX3R1

Space Is So Empty That If Two Galaxies “collide”, Very Little Would Be Destroyed"

You may have heard that at some point in the future, our galaxy will collide with our nearest neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy. This may conjure images of exploding stars and planetary crashes on a massive scale, but the reality is much more tame. Despite the fact that galaxies are filled with stuff, space is huge. It’s really unbelievably spread out, and that means that there are millions of miles between everything. When the collision happens, it’s very unlikely that objects from one galaxy will strike objects from the other. Instead, they’ll simply meld together into one glorious new galaxy."https://www.highpointscientific.com/astronomy-hub/post/astronomy-101/10-astronomy-facts-every-stargazer-should-know

The Vast Majority Of Matter in the Universe is Invisable

The Vast Majority Of The Matter In The Universe Is Invisible To Us"There’s a lot of stuff in the universe, and all that stuff is helping the universe expand. The problem is, we’ve accounted for all the matter we can see (stars, galaxies, etc.). Yet somehow, all of it doesn’t add up to the amount we need for the expansion we’ve observed. What gives? Scientists have cleverly named this missing matter “dark matter” since we can’t see it, but are pretty sure it has to be there. It should account for about 85% of all the matter in the universe. That’s a lot of matter that’s missing."https://www.highpointscientific.com/astronomy-hub/post/astronomy-101/10-astronomy-facts-every-stargazer-should-know

Primordial Black Holes

"These primordial black holes have been theorized for decades and could even be ever-elusive dark matter, the invisible matter that accounts for 85% of the universe’s total mass."https://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2024/12/primordial-black-holes-may-be-hiding-in-planets-or-even-everyday-objects-here-on-Earth.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Subura Telescope

"The Subaru Telescope in Hawai‘i is adding a new instrument to its arsenal, one that will observe the cosmos through a compound eye."

https://gizmodo.com/subaru-telescopes-insect-like-compound-eye-to-debut-in-february-2000551368?utm_source=gizmodo_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2025-01-18-pm

Proba 3

"India and European space agencies have come together for the launch of Proba-3, the world’s first precision formation flying mission, also known as the Sun mission."https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/isro-to-launch-proba-3-mission-for-esa-tomorrow-what-is-this-sun-mission/articleshow/115918984.cms

V sized Rocket

"Early on Thursday morning, a Saturn V-sized rocket ignited its seven main engines, a prelude to lifting off from Earth."https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/blue-origin-reaches-orbit-on-first-flight-of-its-titanic-new-glenn-rocket/

Wormholes

"Physicists have purportedly created the first-ever wormhole, a kind of tunnel theorized in 1935 by Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen that leads from one place to another by passing into an extra dimension of space."https://www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-create-a-wormhole-using-a-quantum-computer-20221130/

Jeff Bezos First Rocket

"On Thursday morning, at a time when most people in the United States were sleeping, Jeff Bezos’ space company sent its first rocket into orbit."https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/science/bezos-blue-origin-launch.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pk4.XzmT.0ZDnvYTq5EkF&smid=url-share

Black Hole Hiding

"Multiple NASA telescopes recently helped scientists search the sky for supermassive black holes — those up to billions of times heavier than the Sun."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/how-many-black-holes-are-hiding-nasa-study-homes-in-on-answer/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Blue Ghost Lunar

"NASA's Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully launched on Wednesday and is on its way to the moon. Blue Ghost, from Firefly Aerospace, is accompanied by the Tenacious lunar rover from the Japanese company ispace."https://www.cnet.com/science/space/the-blue-ghost-lunar-lander-is-now-headed-to-the-moon-heres-what-to-know/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Cookies

Snapple Real Fact #1937: Cookies were the first food baked in space.

Lost In Space

We are all lost in space, to various degrees. This reality has many aspects which makes it so wonderful and loving to be alive. The people we think that are extremely out of it are more likely in the know than we think.

#BeNoteWorthy

#piccadillyinc

Weighed Galaxy

"For the first time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected and “weighed” a galaxy that not only existed around 600 million years after the big bang, but is also similar to what our Milky Way galaxy’s mass might have been at the same stage of development."https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/found-first-actively-forming-galaxy-as-lightweight-as-young-milky-way/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Sun

"A NASA spacecraft aims to fly closer to the sun than any object sent before."https://apnews.com/article/nasa-parker-probe-sun-corona-69c7041048c12b0741ff54a66118def7?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

NISAR

"The upcoming U.S.-India NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission will observe Earth like no mission before, offering insights about our planet’s ever-changing surface."https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/how-us-indian-nisar-satellite-will-offer-unique-window-on-earth/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=nisar20240106

Panoramic Survey

"Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has detected a new grand-design spiral galaxy as part of the PANORAMIC survey."https://phys.org/news/2024-12-astronomers-ultra-massive-grand-spiral.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter#google_vignette

Houston based Lunar Service

"Houston-based lunar services firm Intuitive Machines ($LUNR) is planning its second lunar landing attempt in February, CEO Steve Altemus said in an earnings call yesterday."https://payloadspace.com/intuitive-machines-targets-february-for-second-moon-landing/

Parker Solar Probe

"NASA's Parker Solar Probe is preparing for its long-anticipated record-setting approach to the surface of the sun."https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/12/23/parker-solar-probe-sun-nasa/77173111007/

ISS

"Between January and March 2022, crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) performed the first archaeological fieldwork in space, the Sampling Quadrangle Assemblages Research Experiment (SQuARE)."https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0304229

Alien Life on Jupiter

"A spacecraft that will hunt for signs of alien life on one of Jupiter’s icy moons has blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida."https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1482xzrge1o?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter