The new center, the Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference, aims to unite astronomers’ voices against mega-constellations.
🛰 The International Astronomer’s Union (IAU) founded a new center to fight against mega-constellations. Considering that the star system is ~4.25 light-years away (~23.5 trillion miles), count me impressed. The researchers detected it by measuring its gravitational impact on its star, which moved the star a mere 40 centimeters per second. Amazingly, the exoplanet is about a quarter the size of Earth and orbits its star every 5.12 days. 🪐 A new exoplanet has been discovered around our closest star system, Proxima Centauri. NASA added JWST to their interactive, 3D web tool, NASA’s Eyes !!! Don’t mind me, I’m geeking out only a little. Where Is Webb has all the details on mirror alignment if you find yourself intrigued.įun fact. (I personally think the selfie is more for the optics from the global audience, but I’m also not a scientist.) Interestingly, the camera being used to calibrate the mirrors, NIRCam, is operating far above its optimal temperature, even though it’s currently a balmy -360F / -218C. The JWST team also captured a “selfie” of the telescope to visually aid in aligning the mirrors you can see the image near the bottom of the news article. Impressively, the image of 18 stars is actually an image stitched together from separate images from all 18 mirrors the larger image is over 2 billion pixels (yes, again, billion with a “B”).ĭigging deeper. Over the next month or so, JWST will align each of its mirrors so the star becomes more focused and ends up in the same place in the camera. Earlier this week, NASA released the first image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and it contained one star seen 18 times, once for each of its mirrors. The idea of automating farming while 1) eliminating the use of pesticides, 2) reducing resources required to produce the food, and 3) doing so closer to population centers is *chef’s kiss*. Having grown up surrounded by family farms in rural Wisconsin, I’ve always been fascinated by farming tech. Second, investment hints at what is to come in the near future from the companies receiving funds. First, it allows us to understand where investors feel safe investing their money in hopes of a return. Understanding investing is important for two key reasons (among many others). Yes, I know I’m going a bit heavy into investing so far in this newsletter, but I promise it’s a feature and not a bug. Notably, 2022 is starting off strong, with Green Labs raising $140 million and Plenty raising $400m (and starting a partnership with Walmart in California), among many other rounds.ĭigging deeper.
Indoor farming includes vertical farming startups I’ve talked about in the past, like Infarm and Little Leaf Farms, as well as what I like to call “automated greenhouses”. According to an analysis from PitchBook, indoor farming startups raised $1.6 billion (yes, billion with a “B”) in 2021.
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