And you thought the
ended in the year 2011.
Then what is up with
X-37B?
By for Space.com
The U.S. Air Force's unmanned X-37B space plane has flown four
clandestine missions to date, carrying secret payloads on long-duration
flights in Earth orbit. The robotic vehicle resembles NASA's famous space shuttle
but is much smaller. The X-37B is about 29 feet (8.8 meters) long and
9.5 feet (2.9 m) tall, with a wingspan just less than 15 feet (4.6 m).
At launch, it weighs 11,000 lbs. (4,990 kilograms).
A massive glowing "rogue" planetary-mass object has been discovered, surprising scientists with not only its size, but also the fact it's not orbiting a star. The object, named SIMP
J01365663+0933473, has a magnetic field more than 200 times stronger
than Jupiter’s and is nearly 13 times the size of the gas giant. At its
size, it's right between the size of a planet and a failed star, so
scientists will need to study it further to determine exactly what it
is. “This object is right at the boundary between a planet
and a brown dwarf, or ‘failed star,’ and is giving us some surprises
that can potentially help us understand magnetic processes on both stars
and planets,” said Caltech graduate student Melodie Kao, who led the
study, in a statement. The study's findings have been published in the Astrophysical Journal.
Fireworks. So passé, right? That could well be
the thinking of one Japanese start-up, which is developing shooting
stars on demand, and plans to put on the world's first artificial meteor shower in early 2020.Tokyo-based ALE has created micro-satellites that release tiny orbs
that glow brightly when they enter the atmosphere, simulating the
dazzling spectacle
of a meteor shower. The chemicals involved are apparently a
closely-guarded secret, but each satellite is able to carry 400 balls --
enough for 20-30 meteor events -- which can be tinkered with to produce
multi-colored "stars". Each star will burn for several seconds before
being completely burned up, long before they're close enough to Earth to
pose any danger.The first satellite will hitch a ride into space
via a rocket launched by Japan's space agency in March 2019, while the
second will be launched in mid-2019 on a private sector rocket. The
company is also looking at the possibility of using existing non-operational satellites to create "giant" shooting stars.
I am not sure we need
Artificial Shooting Stars
but,
This is,
What I Have Been Reading Of Late,
Jim Hauenstein,
And,
Once I blazed across the sky, leaving trails of flame. I fell to earth, and here I lie - A Shooting Star”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -
That is my story and I am sticking to it!
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