Stsci lectures Feb 2024 update

I have been catching up on these lectures as they are fascinating. The LISA talk was also good as it gave a lot of background information as to the science behind this. Exciting times to come, even though it may be a decade before the mission is launched in to space.

So far I have watched:-

• A Tapestry of Gravity: LISA and the Future of Gravitational Wave Astronomy
• Webb Space Telescope: The First Year of Science

Links

• STSCI
• JWST
• LIGO
• LISA

Tags

#STSCI,#JWST,#LIGO,#LISA,#Space,#Astronomy,#Research,#Science,#Physics,#Astrophysics

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JWST finds water on Enceladus

Posted to the Fediverse on 30/5/2023. The James Webb Space Telescope has potentially found water on Enceladus, one of the moons of Saturn. This is a great discovery and shows there is water on other planets. You can read original fediverse post via link below.

• Original post

The following graphic was also part of the post, so reproducing here too.

Feel free to discuss further either tag me on fedi @zleap@qoto.org. Or you can start a thread on Science Forums

Sorry, I don't use mainstream social media. This is 2023, the fediverse provides intellectual content.

Tags

#Science,#Astronomy.#JWST,#Saturn,#Moon,#Enceladus,#Water

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James Webb Update 1/9/2022

Latest image from the James Webb Telescope is the first image of a distant world taken by the telescope. The first of many that will hopefully be taken over the coming years.

Links

• https://jwst.nasa.gov/
• First image of a distant world
• JWST.Nasa.gov
• JWST Tracker
• Science Forums

Tags

#NASA #JWST #Telescope #Astronomy,#JamesWebb,#Image,#DistantWorld

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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

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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.

Description

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)

• Emission and Absorption Line Spectra – A Level Physics
• James Webb – First image & Spectra – STSCI Lecture
  • Scientific Computing with Python
  • Data Analysis with Python
• STSCI
• JWST
• I have downloaded and printed the technical specification for the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope and will make this available too.
• Science forums question on spectra and molecules

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.

Links

• Paignton Library
• Sense about Science
• Free Code Camp

Tags

#STEM,#Science,#Space,#JWST,#Activities,#Coding.#Discussions

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