The Cool Science Stuff Thread

Interesting.

Of the two photos, the one on the left is of the MIR open pit diamond mine in Siberia. And the reason I know this for damn sure is that I've stood on at the top of that pit, on the visitor platform. It was everything I could do to not spit into the void.

The one on the right is on the Kola Peninsula.


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Nice shaft, dude.
 
JWST update.........

Telescope reaches its final destination a million miles from Earth



https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/24/world/james-webb-space-telescope-orbit-scn/index.html

(CNN)The James Webb Space Telescope has reached its final destination, almost a month after launch.

Since lifting off from French Guiana on December 25, the telescope has unfurled its tennis court-size sunshield and unfolded a massive gold mirror that will help it study the universe in new ways and peer inside the atmosphere of exoplanets.

The telescope's point of observation is nearly a million miles away from Earth and beyond the moon itself. The space observatory experienced its final burn on Monday to enter this orbit called L2.

"Webb, welcome home!" said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson in a statement. "Congratulations to the team for all of their hard work ensuring Webb's safe arrival at L2 today. We're one step closer to uncovering the mysteries of the universe. And I can't wait to see Webb's first new views of the universe this summer!"
 
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