June 2021 News and Research
Hi everyone
Please find attached this month’s newsletters, starcharts and some of the highlights.
With Juno taking a stunning close up view of Ganymede I have included two interesting papers on the Moon, there is also a link to volcanism on Europa to.
While on the subject of Moons there is an interesting look at Exo Moons some of these could be large worlds in the habitable zone.
There is an interesting look at the possibilities of life on sub Neptune and super earth Planets which I need to read.
The article on the Polar dinosaurs in Alaska was interesting.
Again these are a whole range of interesting news items out this month some of my favourite are below.
Winter has arrived here this week in Wellington and were back into Covid Level 2 here hopefully the restrictions end this Monday, things In Sydney and Fiji look concerning and the Auz travel bubble has been paused again too.
Cheers Edwin
Research papers
Stellar winds and planetary atmospheres
https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.11243
Tidally Induced Magmatic Pulses on the Oceanic Floor of Jupiter's Moon Europa
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2020GL090077?a=
The Drake Equation at 60
https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.03984
The brittle boulders of dwarf planet Ceres
https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.11841
Survival of exomoons around exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.12040
a Benchmark System of Small Planets for Future Atmospheric Characterization
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.00685
On the stability of planetary orbits in binary star systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.01753
Evidence for a sublimated water atmosphere on Ganymede
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.03570
The Geographic Distribution of Dense-phase O2 on Ganymede
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.10565
An analytic solution for evaluating the magnetic field induced from an arbitrary, asymmetric ocean world
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.10878
The Total Solar Irradiance variability in the Evolutionary Timescale
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.03657
Strategies for Maximizing Detection Rate in Radio SETI
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.06594
Possibilities for an Aerial Biosphere in Temperate Sub Neptune-Sized Exoplanet Atmospheres
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.07729
Searching for ET Near White Dwarfs
https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.00673
Model for a Bioinspired Aerial-aquatic Spacecraft on Titan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.09411
Polarization of Light Reflected from Exoplanets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.09434
The Fermi Paradox and the Aurora Effect
https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.04450
The Occurrence-weighted Median Planets Discovered by Transit Surveys
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.09725
Non-detection of Helium in the upper atmospheres of TRAPPIST-1b, e and f
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.11444
Complex Water Ice Mixtures on NII Nereid
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.12084
Nesting at extreme polar latitudes by non-avian dinosaurs
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)00739-9
A short scan of Maori journeys to Antarctica
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03036758.2021.1917633
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Interesting News items
Europa’s Interior May Be Hot Enough to Fuel Seafloor Volcanoes
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/europas-interior-may-be-hot-enough-to-fuel-seafloor-volcanoes
Interesting research
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/hikurangi-subduction-zone-why-mysterious-slow-quakes-could-be-key-to-next-event
Seafloor Volcanoes on Europa?
https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2021/05/27/seafloor-volcanoes-on-europa/
Yes it was amazing to have spent an evening with Seth Shostak
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/audio/2018798628/scientists-sense-they-are-getting-closer-to-discovering-aliens
James in The Wairarapa
https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/300326088/camerons-love-letter-to-new-zealand
Yes it been a mild winter so far
https://twitter.com/NiwaWeather/status/1403940194148139009
Moas Ark
https://sciblogs.co.nz/from-past-to-present/2021/06/17/moas-ark-or-flypaper-of-the-pacific-new-zealands-place-in-the-biology-of-the-pacific/
Interactive Galileo exhibition opening at Canterbury Museum
https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/125481648/handson-science-interactive-galileo-exhibition-opening-at-canterbury-museum
Interesting
http://astrobiology.com/2021/06/the-earth-has-a-pulse.html
NZ space
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018800194/new-zealand-s-soaring-space-industry
An interesting look at venus
http://spaceref.com/venus/pack-ice-tectonics-reveal-venus-geological-secrets.html
Continent of Zealandia older than previously thought, study finds
https://www.gns.cri.nz/Home/News-and-Events/Media-Releases-and-News/Continent-of-Zealandia-older-than-previously-thought-study-finds-18-05-2021
Scientists hail stunning 'Dragon Man' discovery
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-57432104
New object from Oort cloud
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/giant-oort-cloud-comet-lights-up-in-the-outer-solar-system/
Space Weather News for June 23, 2021
https://spaceweather.com
https://www.spaceweatheralerts.com
HUGE COMET DISCOVERY: Astronomers have discovered a comet so big, it might actually be a minor planet. The object, named 2014 UN271, is falling toward the sun for a "close approach" outside the orbit of Saturn in early 2031. Promising signs of outgassing have already been detected. Full story @ Spaceweather.com.
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