• Fluxgate magnetometer daily cycle of earth's magnetic field.

    Updated: 2024-07-31 18:23:15
    , . Site Home Blog Home Recent Images Equipment Sharpless Software Fluxgate magnetometer daily cycle of earth's magnetic . field Category : magnetometer Posted by : Tom How I've started looking at creating an average of the diurnal cycle of the Earth's magnetic field as detected by my FGM-3h fluxgate magnetometer linked up to the Arduino mega in my Earth Magnetic field . Observatory There are a great deal of problems with this due to different errors in the readings , so to start with I've simply taken the average reading on each day . I've used this to calculate the variance from the average at each 5 minute interval during each day , and then averaged all these . together This doesn't get a nice result of the diurnal magnetometer reading cycle so I've excluded everything outside one

  • Real-time UK fluxgate magnetometer data page now up: Earth Magnetic field observatory

    Updated: 2024-07-31 18:23:15
    Earlier in the summer I purchased an FGM-3h fluxgate magnetometer and rigged it up to the Arduino and a database on the website. Finally I've got around to doing a proper page for it - so click here to see the live magnetometer data. UK Live real-time magnetometer data The page allows you select a date period for the data. The magnetometer data allows you to see the changes in the Earth's magnet field during the day caused by the diurnal cycle of the field and more random stuff caused by solar flares etc.

  • DSLR Astrophotography progressing

    Updated: 2024-07-31 18:23:15
    Slowly getting the hang of this DSLR astro imaging lark. Lesson from last night: Remember to charge the batteries for the camera!! I'm using 6 x AA rechargeable batteries to run the camera, but I think i forgot to charge them because they ran flat around 12:30 this morning. I didn't change them because I was asleep in bed at the time!! Anyhow, here is what you can do with a Canon 350d and an 8 inch Newtonian telescope in about 10 mins...A part of the M31 Galaxy...

  • 6 Exoplanets in our Universe That Could Support Life Other Than Earth

    Updated: 2024-07-31 16:00:00
    Could we support life somewhere else in our universe? Researchers have identified some exoplanets that are promising.

  • How NASA Is Adapting To An Aging Hubble Telescope

    Updated: 2024-07-31 13:00:00
    As the iconic telescope faces more malfunctions, NASA is adjusting its operating system — and forgoing a repair mission.

  • How to SUPPPPRESS Light From a Star That Is Ten Billion Times Brighter Than Its Habitable Exoplanet

    Updated: 2024-07-31 11:17:56
    Skip to content Universe Today Space and astronomy news Menu Videos Newsletter Podcast Contact Us Support Us Log in This artist†s concept features one of multiple initial possible design options for NASA†s Habitable Worlds Observatory . Credits : NASA†s Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab Posted on July 31, 2024 July 31, 2024 by Andy Tomaswick How to SUPPPPRESS Light From a Star That Is Ten Billion Times Brighter Than Its Habitable Exoplanet Searching for Earth 2.0 has been an obsession of almost all exoplanet hunters since the discipline’s dawn a few decades ago . Since then , they’ve had plenty of technological breakthroughs help them in their quest , but so far , none of them have been capable of providing the clear-cut image needed to prove the existence of an

  • Space Debris From Every Angle

    Updated: 2024-07-31 02:28:38
    Near-Earth space is an orbiting junkyard of space debris. Everything from old rocket parts and pieces of dead satellites to cameras and tools floats in orbit. None of it serves a useful function any longer, but it does threaten other spacecraft. In fact, some missions have been damaged by this orbital debris and the problem … Continue reading "Space Debris From Every Angle" The post Space Debris From Every Angle appeared first on Universe Today.

  • No Merger Needed: A Rotating Ring of Gas Creates A Hyperluminous Galaxy

    Updated: 2024-07-30 20:00:14
    : Skip to content Universe Today Space and astronomy news Menu Videos Newsletter Podcast Contact Us Support Us Log in This is a distant Hyper Luminous Infrared Galaxy named PJ0116-24. These galaxies experience rapid star formation that astronomers think is triggered by mergers . But this one suggests otherwise . Warm gas is shown in red and cold gas is shown in blue . Image Credit : PJ0116-24 Posted on July 30, 2024 July 30, 2024 by Evan Gough No Merger Needed : A Rotating Ring of Gas Creates A Hyperluminous Galaxy Some galaxies experience rapid star formation hundreds or even thousands of times greater than the Milky Way . Astronomers think that mergers are behind these special galaxies , which were more abundant in the earlier Universe . But new results suggest no mergers are needed .

  • The curious case of the supermassive black hole

    Updated: 2024-07-30 07:00:00
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  • Finally! Astronomers Find the Missing Link Between Stellar and Supermassive Black Holes

    Updated: 2024-07-30 00:34:22
    Skip to content Universe Today Space and astronomy news Menu Videos Newsletter Podcast Contact Us Support Us Log in Image of a black hole candidate , and potential intermediate-mass black hole IMBH within the globular cluster known as Omega Centauri . Credit : ESA Hubble NASA , M . Häberle Posted on July 30, 2024 July 30, 2024 by Laurence Tognetti Finally Astronomers Find the Missing Link Between Stellar and Supermassive Black Holes While black holes are known as the most destructive objects in the universe , their evolution is largely shrouded in mystery . This is because while astronomers are familiar with supermassive black holes that exist at the center of galaxies like our own and black holes whose masses are less than 100 times the size of our Sun , the notion of intermediate-mass

  • Watch an Inflatable Habitat Burst in Super Slo-Mo

    Updated: 2024-07-30 00:14:40
    Skip to content Universe Today Space and astronomy news Menu Videos Newsletter Podcast Contact Us Support Us Log in Image of Sierra Space's full-scale Large Integrated Flexible Environment LIFE® on the test stand at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center . Credit : Sierra Space Posted on July 30, 2024 July 30, 2024 by Laurence Tognetti Watch an Inflatable Habitat Burst in Super Slo-Mo Ae inflatable habitats the future of human space exploration This is what the space-tech company , Sierra Space , hopes to achieve as they recently conducted a successful Ultimate Burst Pressure test on June 18 with its Large Integrated Flexible Environment LIFE® technology at NASA†s Marshall Space Flight Center . The goal of these tests is to inflate the test article until it explodes while ascertaining if

  • Space Telescope Begins To Reveal the Secrets of Exoplanet Atmospheres

    Updated: 2024-07-25 17:15:00
    The James Webb Space Telescope is slowly gathering evidence that a nearby exoplanet has an Earth-like atmosphere and liquid water.

  • The fate of the most powerful X-ray telescope is in doubt

    Updated: 2024-07-23 20:59:23
    NASA's budget proposal would basically axe the most powerful X-ray telescope in the world, and astronomers are scrambling to save it.

  • How Solar Flare Predictions Can Safeguard Future Moon Missions

    Updated: 2024-07-23 18:00:00
    Thanks to Earth's atmosphere, solar flares can appear as beautiful aurorae.

  • Artemis May be a Steppingstone to Mars, and other Missions to the Red Planet

    Updated: 2024-07-23 13:00:00
    What are the latest updates on NASA’s Mars research? Learn what rovers are still exploring the red planet and how Artemis will help us travel further from the moon.

  • Astronomers are scrambling to save the world's most powerful X-ray space telescope

    Updated: 2024-07-23 10:00:00
    NASA is facing a tight budget and wants to wrap up the Chandra X-ray Observatory, but astronomers don't want to see the 25-year-old X-ray space telescope mission go.

  • Outer space changes you, literally. Here's what it does to the human body

    Updated: 2024-07-23 07:00:06
    Lower gravity. Higher radiation. No ER access. These are just a few of the challenges that humans face in outer space. Emily and Regina talk to a NASA astronaut (and astronaut scientist) about the impact of spaceflight on the human body. Plus, we learn about telomeres (hint: They change in space)!Check out more of our series on space: https://www.npr.org/spacecampInterested in more space science? Email us at shortwave@npr.org.

  • This mysterious energy is everywhere. Scientists still don't know what it is

    Updated: 2024-07-16 07:00:00
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