The Space Thread

[Zeedox]

The star was found to contain a magnetic field of 43,000 gauss. For context, the Earth has a magnetic field — which allows compasses to function and birds to navigate — that measures about 0.5 gauss.

Holy supermagnet Batman

 

[Gomez Adams]

Yeah.

My first thought though was: surely, that level of magnetic field could be used to generate endless amounts of power.

An advanced civilization could set up camp there for several billion years.

 

[Zeedox]

Interstellar Trains!

 

[Gomez Adams]

That is wicked bad!

 

[Gomez Adams]

Things just keep getting worse for Russia.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/20/world/luna-25-spacecraft-moon-collision-intl/index.html

 

[Zeedox]

Heard late afternoon that they were trying things and woke up to the crash.

 

[Gomez Adams]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1693236039094079590

 

[Gomez Adams]

Simply amazing.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1694102983120760917

 

[Zeedox]

Congratulations India!

https://www.reddit.com/r/IndiaTrending/comments/15z367h

 

[Gomez Adams]

Wow. That is so cool.

 

[Gomez Adams]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1695055769924743243

 

[Zeedox]

Hop Maneuver successful!

India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander successfully 'hops' on the moon

India's moon landing was a milestone in space exploration, as no country - the US, China, or Russia - had managed to reach the moon's south pole before.

news.sky.com