The Taylor Star-wall street workbook: July 2023

Thursday, July 20, 2023

Data Sonification: Tycho's Supernova Remnant

Chandra X-ray Observatory provided data for the different elements found in the Remnant,such as iron,silicon and sulfur.The Hubble Space Telescope observed the field of stars outside the Remnant.Sophisticated sound engineering converted the data into sounds.

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Blastoff! Rocket Lab launches NASA Starling satellites, booster parachutes down

NASA's Starling mission tests a new technology,CubeSat swarms.It consists of four CubeSats and evaluates their navigational ability and possibilities for atmospheric research.In this test,the swarm,using Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy,takes ionospheric density measurements from Low Earth Orbit with its dual band GPS receivers.The ionosphere is a layer of the atmosphere that grows or shrinks based on solar activity and contains both solar and cosmic radiation. Rocket Lab USA Inc (RKLB)

Monday, July 17, 2023

Euclid | Launch to ‘L2’

The Euclid spacecraft was launched recently on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.Its mission is to study dark matter and dark energy,which comprise 95% of the universe's mass.Remember Einstein's calculation E=MC2,Energy equals Mass times the square of the constant,the speed of light.So it keeps the Earth,Moon and Sun behind it in order to make long exposure observations of dark matter and dark energy without interference.The radius of its orbit around L-2,Lagrange point 2,varies from 400,000 to 800,000 kilometres.