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#astronomy #Mars

An article published in the journal "Nature Communications" offers new confirmation of the presence of very salty liquid water on Mars underground. https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2022/09/30/new-confirmations-of-the-presence-of-very-salty-liquid-water-in-mars-underground/

#SpaceMission #Roscomos #Expedition67 #SoyuzMS21

#Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev, and Sergey Korsakov returned to Earth on the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft, which landed in Kazakhstan. They spent just over 6 months on the International Space Station, where they arrived on March 18, 2022, as part of Expedition 66.

https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2022/09/29/the-return-of-three-cosmonauts-from-the-international-space-station-marks-the-end-of-expedition-67/

#ScienceFiction #scifi My review of the short story "The Silk Route" by Giti Chandra
https://english.netmassimo.com/2022/09/28/the-silk-route-by-giti-chandra/

#SpaceMission #PlanetaryDefense #DARTMission #NASA #DART #Dimorphos #asteroids

NASA's DART spacecraft crashed into Dimorphos, a small asteroid satellite of Didymos, a larger asteroid.
https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2022/09/27/nasas-dart-spacecraft-crashed-into-the-asteroid-dimorphos/

#ScienceFiction #scifi #Dune

My review of the novel "Heretics of Dune" by Frank Herbert https://english.netmassimo.com/2022/09/26/heretics-of-dune-by-frank-herbert/

#astronomy #JWST #Neptune #Triton

Images of Neptune captured by the James Webb Space Telescope show details of the planet and its rings with a clarity comparable only to those taken in 1989 by NASA's Voyager 2 space probe during a planet flyby. The observations made it possible to capture details of many storms existing in Neptune's atmosphere, including the Great Dark Spot. Webb also photographed Triton and six of the smaller moons.

https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2022/09/23/neptune-its-rings-and-some-of-its-moons-as-seen-by-the-james-webb-space-telescope/

#ScienceFiction #scifi #10thDoctor #TenthDoctor

My review of the "Doctor Who" novel "Ghosts of India" by Mark Morris, featuring the 10th Doctor and Donna Noble
https://english.netmassimo.com/2022/09/22/ghosts-of-india-by-mark-morris/

#SpaceMission #ISS #Expedition67 #NASA #Roscosmos #SoyuzMS22

The Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and after a little more than three hours reached the International Space Station with three new crew members on board.

https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2022/09/21/the-arrival-of-three-new-astronauts-on-the-international-space-station-completes-the-expedition-67-crew/

#astronomy #JWST

The first images of #Mars captured by the James Webb Space Telescope on September 5, 2022, offer views of the planet at different infrared wavelengths and some spectroscopies. https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2022/09/20/the-first-images-of-mars-captured-by-the-james-webb-space-telescope/

#ScienceFiction #scifi #Alastor My review of the novel "Trullion: Alastor 2262" by Jack Vance

https://english.netmassimo.com/2022/09/19/trullion-alastor-2262-by-jack-vance/

#TachyonBeam #astronomy #JezeroCrater

#NASA's Mars Rover Perseverance collected rock samples in an outcrop that was named "Wildcat Ridge" in the Jezero Crater on #Mars. The analyzes show a geological variety that includes a mudstone that contains organic compounds.

https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2022/09/16/the-mars-rover-perseverance-found-organic-compounds-in-jezero-crater-on-mars/

#astronomy #stars #OrionNebula #JWST

New images of the Orion Nebula's inner region captured by the James Webb Space Telescope show new details of a stellar nursery that has already been studied many over time but continues to reveal new objects every time a new instrument is used to study it.

https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2022/09/14/new-details-of-the-orion-nebula-captured-by-the-james-webb-space-telescope/

#ScienceFiction #scifi
My review of the novel "A Trace of Memory" by Keith Laumer
https://english.netmassimo.com/2022/09/12/a-trace-of-memory-by-keith-laumer/

#astronomy #NGC346 #Hubble

Two articles published in "The Astrophysical Journal" report different aspects of a study on NGC 346, an open cluster of #stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, one of the satellite dwarf galaxies of the Milky Way.

https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2022/09/09/the-movement-of-the-stars-in-the-cluster-ngc-346-offers-clues-to-star-formation-in-the-early-universe/

#astronomy #exoplanets #SuperEarths #UltracoolDwarf

An article published in the journal "Astronomy & Astrophysics" reports the identification of two super-Earths in the system of LP 890-9, a star that is tiny even by red dwarf standards.

https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2022/09/08/two-super-earths-discovered-in-the-system-of-the-tiny-star-lp-890-9/

#writers #horror #fantasy

The news arrived of the death of writer Peter Straub, which happened on September 4. According to the information that emerged, his death occurred due to complications that followed a hip fracture.

Read my little homage at https://english.netmassimo.com/2022/09/07/r-i-p-peter-straub/

#astronomy #stars

An article published in the journal "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society" reports a study on the history of #Betelgeuse observations which concludes that 2,000 years ago this star was yellow in color and not red.

Read the details at https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2022/09/06/two-thousand-years-ago-betelgeuse-was-yellow-and-not-red/

#NetMassimo #ScienceFiction #scifi My review of the novel "The Saints of Salvation" by Peter F. Hamilton

https://english.netmassimo.com/2022/09/05/the-saints-of-salvation-by-peter-f-hamilton/

#astronomy An article submitted for peer-review reports the results of the first direct observation of an #exoplanet, a super-Jupiter cataloged as HIP 65426 b, by the James Webb Space Telescope.

https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2022/09/02/hip-65426-b-is-the-first-exoplanet-observed-directly-by-the-james-webb-space-telescope/

#economy #cryptocurrencies #Bitcoin My review of the manual "Don't Invest in Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies, NFTs, the Metaverse, and Web 3, Without This Book: A Guide to Future Investing" by Jaygucc

https://english.netmassimo.com/2022/09/01/dont-invest-in-bitcoin-cryptocurrencies-nfts-the-metaverse-and-web-3-without-this-book-a-guide-to-future-investing-by-jaygucc/