Cornwall Rocket Launch 9/1/2023 Update
Further to the previous post on this, the orbiter plane took off as planned, and the first stage of the rocket was fine. Due to a technical “anomaly “issue with stage 2, the rocket was lost and failed to reach low orbit and deliver the payload.
Investigations in to what went wrong have started.
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Documentary Series: JPL and the Space Age
This was posted to Mastodon, I am sharing the link to a series on the JPL and the space age
Interesting series and hopefully there should be more episodes coming up
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A new supercomputer simulation animates the evolution of the universe
The infant universe transforms from a featureless landscape to an intricate web in a new supercomputer simulation of the cosmos’s formative years.
An animation from the simulation shows our universe changing from a smooth, cold gas cloud to the lumpy scattering of galaxies and stars that we see today. It’s the most complete, detailed and accurate reproduction of the universe’s evolution yet produced, researchers report in the November Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Another step forward in our understanding of the Universe.
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Possible Wormhole detection method
Another article posted to Mastodon, this time on the detection of wormholes. I think the idea they could be masquerading as black holes actually makes some sense. I seem to remember one theory that a worm hole was two black holes connected together.
Scientists in Bulgaria may have figured out how to detect wormholes
Turns out they might be masquerading as black holes
A team of researchers at the University of Sofia in Bulgaria may have figured out a novel method for detecting wormholes — assuming, of course, they exist at all.
I have also included a link to science forums to start a conversation on there too.
There isn't any maths in the article, which is just as well as some of the maths for this stuff looks mindbogglingly complicated.
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Paignton Library STEM Group – October 2022
The October STEM group meeting will be taking place on Saturday 8/10/2022.
Harding is looking at doing a talk / discussion on
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Paignton Library STEM Group – September 2022
The library has Cancelled this event due to the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II.
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Paignton Library STEM Group – September 2022
The September STEM group meeting will be taking place on Saturday 10/9/2022.
There is a post on the STEM Group blog with further details.
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Paignton Library STEM Group – August 2022 Writeup
The August STEM group meeting took place on Saturday 13/8/2022. It was a quiet meeting but fairly productive.
I partly set up a monitor / keyboard and mouse as I was expecting 2 attendees to come along for help with a Raspberry Pi. They didn't make it so we just carried on with the other planned activities.
We watched the August Space Telescope Science Institute public lecture ( recording ) and had an interesting discussion around this, which also led to a discussion on photography and infra red and UV filtering. Harding also offered a talk on Space and time, which we will discuss further and agree for a later date.
Prior to the meeting starting, and with help from Loic at the library, we set up a tablet with the Lego WeDo 2.0 and got this working. So this is another activity for both Code Club and a future STEM Group meeting.
The next two Code Club will take place on the 20th August and 3rd September, while the next STEM group meeting will be on 10th September. So hopefully more of the same.
#STEM,#Science,#Space,#JWST,#Activities,#Coding.#Discussions
Paignton Library STEM Group – August 2022
The August STEM group meeting will take place on Saturday 13/8/2022. As with previous events, this will be a mix of Science, Technology, and Engineering subjects along with discussions and a look at projects brought along to the event.
We will be watching the August Space Telescope Science Institute public lecture ( recording )
Note : I have now fixed the issue with low volume, so we can now turn the sound up to level where people can hear any audio clearly.
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Speaker: Alexandra Lockwood (Space Telescope Science Institute)
The Webb Space Telescope has recently showcased its spectacular first images and is now ready to do incredible science! It has been a long road to get here, including meticulous planning, exacting execution, and an amazing amount of teamwork! Join Dr. Alex Lockwood as she talks about the journey from launch to commissioning, explores details of the first images and spectra, and helps us understand the awesome scientific potential of NASA's newest great observatory.
Recorded live on Tuesday, August 2, 2022.
Preceding this I have found a short video to explain emission and absorption spectra,
I have linked some courses on FreeCodeCamp, that are partially related to data analysis and use of Python in Science.
Schedule (talk / video stream)
The plan is to watch video, then have a discussion around this.
Schedule (projects stream)
As we are a bring you own projects group, then attendees can bring what they are working on, or perhaps carry on with what they are doing at Code Club for example.
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August STSCI Lecture
The next space telescope science institute lecture is on the 2nd August. The topic of this is Webb's First Look: Images and Spectra from NASA's Newest Great Observatory
We will also be watching this lecture as part of the August STEM Group meeting on Saturday 13th August.
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Speaker: Alexandra Lockwood (Space Telescope Science Institute)
The Webb Space Telescope has recently showcased its spectacular first images and is now ready to do incredible science! It has been a long road to get here, including meticulous planning, exacting execution, and an amazing amount of teamwork! Join Dr. Alex Lockwood as she talks about the journey from launch to commissioning, explores details of the first images and spectra, and helps us understand the awesome scientific potential of NASA's newest great observatory.
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#Science,#Space,#JWST,STSCI,#Astronomy