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Behold!
#ENDURANCE
The lost ship of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest
#Shackleton
has been found on the floor of the Weddell Sea. After more than two weeks of searching, the
@Endurance_22
project found the ship on Saturday.
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Hi-res satellite imagery of
#Beirut
explosion. Before and after. (c)
@CNES
2020, Distribution
@AirbusSpace
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Some great capability on display from
@iceyefi
this morning. The European company is now operating sufficient radar satellites in orbit (14) to run a tightly controlled daily ground-track repeat across target scenes, eg
#Fagradalsfjall
#volcano
.
#SAR
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@elonmusk
@NASASpaceflight
I think what we'd appreciate, Elon, is another of your presentations on where you think Starship is right now and how you see things developing. There's an IAC congress in October. You've performed there before; what about another turn?
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This is a big moment for me, personally. I've always considered myself to be a bit of a "water carrier" in science journalism, someone who worked hard to get the facts right without being a star writer. Today, a little sunshine falls on the journeyman. Thank you
@EuroGeosciences
Congratulations to Jonathan Amos (
@BBCAmos
),
@BBCScienceNews
for being awarded the Angela Croome Award.
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Leicester Uni's Jonny Nichols describes the stunning auroras on
#Jupiter
taken by
@NASA_Hubble
in the UV.
#Juno
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Japan's ALOS-2 satellite showed clearly where on the Noto Peninsula the greatest uplift had occurred during Monday's M7.6 quake. Researchers have now visited this area to document the major coastal movements, including at Kaiso port. H/T
@timwright_leeds
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The many colours of
#Mars
.
@MarsCuriosity
has now drilled the surface of the planet 32 times to pull a sample for analysis.
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I love it when your geology 101 turns up on Mars. The great geomorphologist G.K.Gilbert would be tickled pink to see the Kodiak butte in Jezero crater.
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The ship was found at a depth of 3,008m, about 7.5km southwards of the coordinates recorded by
#Endurance
skipper Frank Worsley.
@Endurance_22
used Saab Sabertooth submersibles provided by
@Ocean__Infinity
to make the discovery and conduct the subsequent survey.
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Keep your fingers crossed people, we have a serious anomaly on one of Europe's premier Earth-observation satellites, the radar platform
#Sentinel1B
. It's a power issue. First fix attempt failed. No data since 23 December.
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24.9% - that's the area of ocean floor on Earth that has now been mapped to "modern standards". The new figure was released this morning by Prince Albert of Monaco at the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Assembly.
An additional 5.4 million sq km of new data -…
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The latest imagery coming in from Tongan islands is dispiriting.
#TongaVolcano
#tongatsunami
These images are from the high-resolution Pleiades satellite system
@AirbusSpace
@CNES
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It’s a historic day. I’ve been in the London HQ of the BBC on and off since 1994. Today, it ends. Thanks for the memories.
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This weekend "the impossible satellite" will cease operations. It's exceeded its design life and it's time for the mission to come out of the sky. When they were trying to build the
@esa_aeolus
wind profiler, engineers were told: "Stop! Just give up; you'll never find the…
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Ok! The
@NASAPersevere
image pipeline has been opened. This is the first rear hazcam with the translucent lens cap pushed off to give a much clearer view. And unless I’m mistaken, the high ground poking above the near Horizon is the Jezero delta.
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This is it; this is the moment.
@NASAPersevere
is being instructed to begin the ascent of Hawksbill Gap. "The delta in Jezero Crater is the main astrobiology target of Perseverance," said deputy project scientist, Dr Katie Stack Morgan.
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So now we have it. A full map of the caldera of underwater
#Tonga
#volcano
Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai. And wow is it deep! Its base is 850m below sea-level. Prior to the eruption, the caldera bottom was at a water depth of 150m.
@scronin70
@tongaportal
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There's something about ancient rock art that gives you the goosebumps. Figurative cave painting is now pushed back to at least 45,000 years ago. Many more discoveries are coming from the limestone caves of Sulawesi.
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It seems
@NASAWebb
can’t help itself. A candidate galaxy with a redshift of 14 in the ongoing
@ceers_jwst
survey. Corresponds to an age for the Universe of about 280 million years after the BB. It’s been dubbed Maisie’s Galaxy.
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This is a pretty extraordinary photo when you think about it. The Ingenuity
#MarsHelicopter
in flight pictures the
@NASAPersevere
rover in the distance.
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Sensors on
@Bloodhound_LSR
during its 628mph run show that the airflow beneath the car went supersonic. It stripped the paint from an area three meters back from the front wheels.
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Wow! They are every bit as gorgeous as promised. The first images have been released from Europe's new geo weather satellite,
#Meteosat12
Watch the clouds scurry across the Earth. This third-gen satellite should improve forecasting of hazardous conditions.
@ESA_EO
@eumetsat
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Cleaned up video of
@ESA_Webb
@NASAWebb
separating from its Ariane rocket. The imagery was captured by
@RealtraSpace
. Music by
@CHatherley79
. Our last view of Webb.
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OK. So I have a super treat for you. The UK's new polar ship is called the
#RRSSirDavidAttenborough
. What you might not know is that the great man has recorded all the onboard announcements. The voice!
@BAS_News
@CammellLaird
@NERCscience
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Hello, what have we here? The
@RoyalAirForce
are not the only ones who've been checking out
#iceberg
#A68a
. South Georgia's penguins want to know what the situation is, too! How did they get up there? 🐧 Macaroni commandos, presumably.
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Britain is about to pass a significant landmark - at midnight on Wednesday it will have gone two full months without burning coal to generate power. My grandfather, a pit deputy at Lewis Methyr, would be astounded. Times change.
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It is frankly bonkers. The idea that you can hurl an object 470 million km and get it to hit the intended target to within an error of a few hundred metres.
@NASAPersevere
#Mars
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While shiny new rovers grab the limelight, we shouldn't forget there's an old warhorse that continues to do its stuff. Curiosity is currently trundling across "Mont Mercou", a group of rocks on the northern flank of Mt Sharp. Image by
@HiRISE
NASA/JPL/UArizona
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I've just been looking at a high-resolution version of
@capellaspace
's radar image of the stranded
#EVERGIVEN
ship and what struck me is the detail visible not just on the ship but in all the bankside infrastructure. Look for what I assume are pontoons. 50cm SAR imagery 👏👏👏
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Single best thing on the BBC today - The hidden colours inside volcanoes
http://t.co/TaQuTZYcfX
Enjoy
#geologyrocks
http://t.co/CtwuAnEBP6
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.
@planetlabs
has opened its Explorer portal today to allow anyone to download an image map of the world's tropical forests. 64 countries resolved down to the individual tree canopy. Updated monthly. And Norway's paying to make all the data free.
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The super-impressive Nicky Fox becomes
@NASA
’s new head of Science. A
#Hertfordshire
girl, she's still got her British🇬🇧accent, which will be great to hear during all those media briefings she'll now front.
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Remarkable to think the UK now has two career astronauts, a para-astronaut, a reserve astronaut… and a sheep circling the Moon. Heady times indeed. “Go Ewe-k!” 🇬🇧
@shaunthesheep
@esa
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Making a mini-star on Earth. The
@UKAEAofficial
@FusionInCloseUp
#JET
reactor smashes its own world record for fusion energy output.
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I think we should give three cheers to the Wilcock family of
#Winchcombe
. They were determined the
#ukMeteorite
should not go to a dealer, but to the
@NHM_London
...to science. "We're absolutely thrilled... we can be a small part" in this story. 👏👏👏
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When you have a constellation of more than 100 satellites in orbit, as
@planetlabs
does, you maximise your chances of getting a cloud-free opportunity above your target.
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.
@VirginOrbit
’s first mission from UK 🇬🇧 soil will be known as “Start Me Up”. Dust off that Stones track for accompanying music. Preparations will pick up apace this week for what looks to be a November flight.
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Satellite mapping of earthquake faults has become a powerful tool, especially in the era of
@CopernicusEU
#Sentinel1a
. (
#Sentinel1c
cannot get up quick enough!) Smart work here from
@NERC_COMET
- a UK institution making good use of an EU resource!
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It's not every day you can announce the discovery of thousands of new mountains on Earth!
http://t.co/jFn0F0omhI
http://t.co/kcilmyW17e
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It's about to get very busy at Mars. First to arrive: Nasa's
@MAVEN2Mars
, and then
@isro
MOM
http://t.co/l6vGBuHS5s
http://t.co/gkPQzjJLU6
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Good morning from the deck of the
#RRSSirDavidAttenborough
, which is in
#Greenwich
to mark
#COP26
and to feature in the
#IceWorldsGreenwich
exhibition.
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#HotSat1
, the "thermometer in the sky" 🌡️🛰️, is now acquiring high-resolution thermal maps of the built and natural environment. Here, the heat signature of a locomotive 🚂 is seen moving through the night in
#Chicago
. "Cool" stuff.
@satellitevu
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#MH370
search:
http://t.co/A9yYgyr2Zb
"There are volcanoes down there we've found which were unknown before"
#Fugro
http://t.co/FHbUud38ps
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Imagine how "spectacular" UK science would be if it received the sort of funding our major international competitors now invest. Sir Paul Nurse at this morning's
@CommonsSTC
hearing on UKGov R&D plans ahead of next week's budget/CSR.
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The
@esa_ExoMars
rover is no more. Meet the
#RosalindFranklin
rover - the new name for the
@ESA
@roscosmos
mission too Mars to search for life.
@AirbusSpace
#ExoMars
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Extraordinary video here of lava falling into a swimming pool.
La lengua de lava del proceso eruptivo de La Palma arrasa con todo a su paso en su camino hacia el mar.
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Behold the behemoth! A lot of hard work from the
@ehtelescope
team over the past five years to produce this historic image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the core of our galaxy.
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We now have VIDEO of that
@RoyalAirForce
reconnaissance flight over
#iceberg
#A68a
. There are some mighty fissures, and the sea around the berg is littered with bits and bobs. Watchout South Georgia! 🦭🐧 Read more:
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So, you know how
@Space_Forge
were always a little coy when talking about how they'd get materials manufactured in orbit down to Earth? They've now given us a little peek behind the scenes of their stealthy works. Introducing the Pridwen heatshield! 🏴
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Jaw-dropping bathymetry retrieved from around
#AnakKrakatau
. Huge blocks of rock, some 90m high, now litter the seabed. This is the material that formed the volcano's southwest flank and collapsed into the ocean.
#AGU19
@BritGeoSurvey
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We will be using
@iceyefi
satellite data in our
@BBCWorld
News coverage today. The radar imagery really underlines the scale of the flooding. Truly awful conditions for people to have to endure. Whatever you're doing today, spare a thought for them.
#HurricaneDorian
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Here are the full Pleiades images of HT-HH before and after. We got a glimpse of the change yesterday from the Sentinel-1 radar data but the "after" optical view from today, albeit partially cloud obscured, underscores it all.
#TongaVolcano
#tongatsunami
@AirbusSpace
@CNES
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The whole image I have is half a gig and shows a vast swathe of Beirut, but the thing that caught my just across from the site of the blast is the ship that has been turned over.
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OMG. Behold! The main mirror of
@NASAWebbTelescp
seen in all its glory for the first time!
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@AirbusSpace
France has been lined up to build the Earth Return Orbiter (ERO). This is the satellite that brings Mars rock samples collected by
@NASAPersevere
back to Earth in 2031. Here's the official Airbus artist's impression.
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25 years ago, science couldn't answer the question: is Antarctica melting? It can now - definitively. And thanks in large part to
@ESA_EO
satellites, it's even possible to say very precisely where, when and how.
@Scripps_Ocean
@BAS_News
@NatureGeosci
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The pictures of
#RRSSirDavidAttenborough
in the Antarctic are bonkers beautiful. The ship conducted ice trials in January to prove it meet the design specifications. The folks at
@CammellLaird
built a very fine ship. ❄️
@BAS_News
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A truly astonishing fossil site in North Dakota.
@DrPhilManning
tells me: "If you truly wanted to understand the last days of the
#dinosaurs
, this is it."
#Chicxulub
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We are go! The first orbital launch from UK soil is targeted for Monday night.
#LauncherOne
Rocket drop may occur just after midnight, just southwest of the Irish counties of Kerry and Cork.
#CosmicGirl
#StartMeUp
@SpaceCornwall
@spacegovuk
@VirginOrbit
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A little more detail on the visibility of
#CrewDragon
this evening in the UK, assuming the launch goes ahead. ISS comes over first (at the time of launch), followed by the capsule about 25 mins later. ISS will be closer to the horizon. Info from www.heavens-above
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A blue whale makes fun of a TV presenter
http://t.co/ftWbvkIJIF
@BBCEarth
Just don't work with animals!
http://t.co/NUalN3DDfT
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Well, I guess that means tears of joy. I think we just bagged comet.
@Philae2014
checks now ongoing but it appears to be alive on the comet.
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That's a heck of a lot of ash.
#TaalVocano
viewed "before" and "after" by Spot 7 satellite.
@AirbusSpace
@CNES
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This is damn neat.
@ETH
Zurich is using a telecoms fibre optic cable on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula to monitor seismic activity from the current magmatic intrusion. The cable senses tiny strains. And there's live data on YouTube 😱 Red stripes = tremors
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Wheels up!
@solarimpulse
plane makes inaugural flight
http://t.co/nWsamivn4g
Watch the video:
http://t.co/uXqGWxaemt
http://t.co/cDUBUiHMsM
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A privilege to spend time with Steve Etches
@TEC_Kimmeridge
. The Dorset fossil collector has just bagged an extraordinary discovery - the complete skull of a Jurassic pliosaur. Coverage across the day on
@BBCNews
and an
#Attenborough
special at New Year.
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I’m not sure this is the right inspiration vehicle. An
@orbexspace
Prime model or a
@ReactionEngines
mock-up would have been a better “show and tell” than a replica of this failed vehicle.
Blast off! 🚀
We’re in Southampton for the launch of our
#SpaceForEveryone
tour. 🚀
Come to West Bargate to learn more about space careers and stand next to a 72ft replica of a rocket!
Learn more about the tour 👉
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Behold! The finished
#RosalindFranklin
rover. A nine-month assembly but more than a decade of development by teams across Europe
@esa
, Russia
@roscosmos
and the USA
@NASA
as part of the
@ESA_ExoMars
project. Great photo
@MaxA_Photo
!
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"You can see a porthole that is Shackleton's cabin. At that moment, you really do feel the breath of the great man upon the back of your neck," says Mensun Bound
@Endurance_22
marine archaeologist
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Pollution has no borders. This is how nitrogen dioxide moves across Europe. Animation produced by
@CopernicusECMWF
(CAMS).
@VHPeuch
: "The amount of satellite and in-situ data that we get has no equivalent."
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The
@CopernicusEU
satellite Sentinel-1B is still not responding to treatment. The power failure that knocked it offline in December affects the C-band radar antenna in both the main and back-up chains. It's very unusual for both power unit chains to go down at the same time.
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Some more of those final views of
@ESA_Webb
@NASAWebb
just prior to, and during, encapsulation on Saturday. 📸 M. Pedoussaut and S. Corvaja.
@Arianespace
held a launch dress rehearsal yesterday. Flight readiness review planned for tomorrow.
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Simply stunning. 😍 First image of Mars from
@HopeMarsMission
. Olympus Mons is down there. So much more of this to come. MBRSC/UAE Space Agency
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There is a limited window for the UK to grab the advantage here. We’ve been talking about a
#spaceport
for the best part of a decade. It’s now or never.
#FIA18
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And here's proof. An image from Elysium Planitia. If it looks a bit scruffy it's because the translucent lens cover is still on. A lot of dust kicked up.
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This model of the
#Chicxulub
#crater
formation covers less than 10 mins. Look at the km scale. Colossal doesn't begin to describe it
#Exp364
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