Observatory News (Various)

[vivian maxine]

Cool new image released yesturday of the Twin Jet Nebula from the Hubble Space Telescope:



Good article:
http://sci.esa.int/hubble/56391-the-win ... -heic1518/

Darby, the article ended too soon. What becomes of this gas? It disperses to the far and wide, I suppose, but what I'm asking is: Is more known about it or does it just become part of the universe's aether - lost to our watching?

If you know a way to find the answer online, I'll be glad to go there. Thanks. I love a mystery (old TV show?) but I want it solved. :-)

[TheVat]

This thread has been neglected, and it's a good spot for quite a range of astronomy news, so I'll give it a nudge here....

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/science/exoplanet-signs-of-life.html

Another exoplanet that appears to be more massive than Earth, so any future astronauts who boldly go will want to consider some serious weight training.

[vivian maxine]

Thanks, Biv. I saw that. They seem quite excited about this one. Would be great to find "intelligent" life. You know what I mean - people we could communicate with.

[TheVat]

And so, after another multi-year silence, another tidbit...

https://www.ucf.edu/news/broken-cable-d ... servatory/

[TheVat]

viewtopic.php?nomobile=1&f=129&t=36059

(sad update on Arecibo, posted by Toucana)

[charon]

Critics point out that it is over 1152 days since Puerto Rico even had a full working electrical supply system.

They should build another one somewhere reliable. It needs to be done!