APOD - Remembering NEOWISE

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2021 July 31

Remembering NEOWISE
Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horalek / Institute of Physics in Opava

Explanation: It was just last July. If you could see the stars of the Big Dipper, you could find Comet NEOWISE in your evening sky. After sunset denizens of the north could look for the naked-eye comet below the bowl of that famous celestial kitchen utensil and above the northwestern horizon. The comet looked like a fuzzy 'star' with a tail, though probably not so long a tail as in this memorable skyview recorded from the Czech Republic on July 23th, 2020, near the comet's closest approach to planet Earth. Photographs of C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) often did show the comet's broad dust tail and fainter but separate bluish ion tail extending farther than the eye could follow. Skygazers around the world were delighted to witness Comet NEOWISE, surprise visitor from the outer Solar System.

Notable Comet NEOWISE Images 2020: July 31 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24
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New Albums From Prince And Billie Eilish

Plus, we're obsessed with the Olympics too.

View this email online by Marissa Lorusso and Lyndsey McKenna Kara Frame/NPR Do not adjust your sets: This week’s edition of the NPR Music newsletter is an All Sports Considered send. Kidding, but your NPR Music newsletter editors have the Olympics on our minds. And though the time change might be a minor annoyance for those who want to watch spoiler-free, our colleagues in the newsroom are tracking all the events as they happen in Tokyo on our Olympics liveblog.  To celebrate the Tokyo Games, the NPR Classical playlist this week features five Japanese composers you should know. And while we might not be making an Olympic squad anytime soon, your newsletter editors have been known to run a few miles here and there! As any amateur runner knows, nothing powers you through a grueling workout like a good playlist. If you’re looking for the soundtrack to your next weekend long run or early-morning tempo workout, might we suggest our new summer playlist, Sipping and Sprinting? The latest installment of our roséwave playlist series, it features songs by Carly Rae Jepsen, Beyoncé, Drake and more. See you at the finish line! Born to Run,  Marissa Lorusso and Lyndsey McKenna   Newsletter continues after sponsor message New Music This week saw the release of Billie Eilish’s highly anticipated sophomore release, plus a new, long-lost Prince album. Hear about those records (and more) on New Music Friday from All Songs Considered. In 1968, a young Jimi Hendrix recorded two sets by Joni Mitchell, who was playing at a coffeehouse in Ottawa, Canada just days before the release of her debut album. Now, over 50 years later, those legendary and newly unearthed recordings will be released as part of Mitchell’s archives series. Tom Huizenga wrote about the haunting power of one of those tracks — “The Dawntreader” — for #NowPlaying. Lately, Bob Boilen has been noticing a crop of bands that remind him of late-’70s post-punk. This week on All Songs Considered, he plays new songs from a couple of those new bands — Gustaf and Wet Leg — plus a new song by an artist he used to play while directing All Things Considered back in the '90s. Since signing to Top Dawg Entertainment, this century's most celebrated rap label, Isaiah Rashad has released two critically acclaimed projects and twice disappeared from public view due to struggles with substance abuse and his mental health. Now, he’s back with The House Is Burning; he talked to NPR Music about the community of musical collaborators and friends that helped make the record possible. Featuring This summer — after a silent year in which artists were sent grants instead of invitations to perform — Newport Folk Festival was determined to get musicians back on stage in front of an audience, as carefully as possible. NPR Music contributor Hilary Hughes attended the beloved festival to see how it balanced optimism and precaution.  Mach-Hommy’s latest album was released earlier this year and is already being considered one of the year's best; simultaneously, as a member of the Haitian diaspora, he’s watched as a place he cares about deeply has been suffering through a period marked by violence and political turmoil. He spoke to Weekend All Things Considered about what it’s like to hold these disparate thoughts in his head at the same time. When the pandemic paused festivals around the world, the Exit Zero Jazz Festival kept the music going — and Jazz Night in America was there. This week, the team shared three concert highlights from the festival featuring Gabrielle Cavassa, Shemekia Copeland and Pedrito Martinez. By the time Yola burst onto the American music scene with her debut album, she had already spent 20 years in the music industry in her native England. Now, she lives in Nashville, and she's fully ready to claim her spotlight with her sophomore release, Stand For Myself. She spoke to All Things Considered about her process of reclaiming creative independence after years in the music industry. This week, our friends at member station WXPN shared a World Cafe At Home Session from Dawn Richard, live from Studio Mill in New Orleans. Tiny Desk NPR “For the last decade, the world of rap has lived, learned and been liberated while under the influence of Young Thug,” writes our colleague Sidney Madden. So we were thrilled to share a Tiny Desk (home) concert from the Atlanta iconoclast — and even more excited that he used his Tiny Desk debut to usher in his next era, one that he says is meant to represent "authenticity, consciousness and overall purity." Also this week: a Tiny Desk (home) concert full of unfiltered feelings, self-interrogation and wry humor from Anna B Savage, and a performance from the post-punk band shame backed by a compendium of violins, horns and more. One More Thing Wu-Tang is for the … highest bidder Listen to your local NPR station. Visit NPR.org to hear live radio from WUFT 89.1 (edit station). What do you think of today's email? We'd love to hear your thoughts, questions and feedback: nprmusic@npr.org Enjoying this newsletter? Forward to a friend! They can sign up here. Looking for more great content? Check out all of our newsletter offerings — including Books, Pop Culture, Health and more! Need a new playlist? Follow NPR Music on Spotify and Apple Music! You received this message because you're subscribed to NPR Music emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 Unsubscribe  |  Privacy Policy

APOD - Mimas in Saturnlight

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2021 July 30

Mimas in Saturnlight
Image Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA

Explanation: Peering from the shadows, the Saturn-facing hemisphere of Mimas lies in near darkness alongside a dramatic sunlit crescent. The mosaic was captured near the Cassini spacecraft's final close approach on January 30, 2017. Cassini's camera was pointed in a nearly sunward direction only 45,000 kilometers from Mimas. The result is one of the highest resolution views of the icy, crater-pocked, 400 kilometer diameter moon. An enhanced version better reveals the Saturn-facing hemisphere of the synchronously rotating moon lit by sunlight reflected from Saturn itself. To see it, slide your cursor over the image (or follow this link). Other Cassini images of Mimas include the small moon's large and ominous Herschel Crater.

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APOD - The Tulip and Cygnus X-1

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2021 July 29

The Tulip and Cygnus X-1
Image Credit & Copyright: Carlos Uriarte

Explanation: This tall telescopic field of view looks out along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy toward the nebula rich constellation Cygnus the Swan. Popularly called the Tulip Nebula, the brightest glowing cloud of interstellar gas and dust above center is also found in the 1959 catalog by astronomer Stewart Sharpless as Sh2-101. Nearly 70 light-years across the complex and beautiful Tulip Nebula blossoms about 8,000 light-years away, shown in a Hubble palette image that maps the glow of the nebula's sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen ions into red, green, and blue colors. Ultraviolet radiation from young energetic stars at the edge of the Cygnus OB3 association, including O star HDE 227018, ionizes the atoms and powers the emission from the Tulip Nebula. Also in the field of view is microquasar Cygnus X-1, one of the strongest X-ray sources in planet Earth's sky. Driven by powerful jets from a black hole accretion disk, its fainter bluish curved shock front is only just visible though, directly above the cosmic Tulip's petals near the top of the frame.

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Sunisa Lee Claims Olympic Gold And Shows U.S. Gymnastics Has More Than 1 Superstar

This competition was initially defined by who wasn't competing. U.S. star Simone Biles, the greatest gymnast of all time and the heavy favorite to win, pulled out to take care of her mental health.

Sunisa Lee Claims Olympic Gold And Shows U.S. Gymnastics Has More Than 1 Superstar This competition was initially defined by who wasn't competing. U.S. star Simone Biles, the greatest gymnast of all time and the heavy favorite to win, pulled out to take care of her mental health. Read More You received this message because you're subscribed to Breaking News Alerts emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 Unsubscribe  |  Privacy Policy