'Strong signal' stirs interest in hunt for alien life
http://phys.org/news/2016-08-strong-alien-life.html

A "strong signal" detected by a radio telescope in Russia that is scanning the heavens
for signs of extraterrestrial life has stirred interest among the scientific community.

"No one is claiming that this is the work of an extraterrestrial civilization, but it is certainly worth further study,"
said Paul Gilster, author of the Centauri Dreams website which covers peer-reviewed research on deep space exploration.
The signal from the direction of a HD164595, a star about 95 light-years from Earth.
The star is known to have at least one planet, and may have more.
The observation is being made public now, but was actually detected last year by the RATAN-600 radio telescope in
Zelenchukskaya, Russia, he said.
Experts say it is far too early to know what the signal means or where, precisely,it came from.

Juno completes closest Pass of Jupiter ahead of Orbital Trim Maneuver – Juno
http://spaceflight101.com/.../juno-completes-closest-pass-of-jupiter-ahead-of-orbital-trim-maneuver/

Milky Way Had a Blowout Bash 6 Million Years Ago2016-20 | www.cfa.harvard.edu/
https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2016-20
The center of the Milky Way galaxy is currently a quiet place where a supermassive black hole slumbers, only occasionally slurping small sips of hydrogen gas.
But it wasn't always this way. A new study shows that 6 million years ago, when the first human ancestors known as hominins walked the Earth, our galaxy's core
blazed forth furiously. The evidence for this active phase came from a search for the galaxy's missing mass.

Measurements show that the Milky Way galaxy weighs about 1-2 trillion times as much as our Sun. About five-sixths of that is in the form of invisible and mysterious
dark matter. The remaining one-sixth of our galaxy's heft, or 150-300 billion solar masses, is normal matter. However, if you count up all the stars, gas and dust
we can see, you only find about 65 billion solar masses. The rest of the normal matter - stuff made of neutrons, protons, and electrons - seems to be missing.

Surge in the Ring
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/pia20496/surge-in-the-ring
An ethereal, glowing spot appears on Saturn's B ring in this view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. There is nothing particular about that place in
the rings that produces the glowing effect -- instead, it is an example of an "opposition surge" making that area on the rings appear extra bright.

An opposition surge occurs when the Sun is directly behind the observer looking toward the rings. The particular geometry of this observation makes
the point in the rings appear much, much brighter than would otherwise be expected.

Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake in Italy : Airbus Defence and Space
http://www.intelligence-airbusds.com/en/7330-magnitude-62-earthquake-in-italy
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the centre of the Italian peninsular on 24th August. The mountain village of
Pescara del Tronto was almost completely destroyed in just a few seconds. The town of Amatrice is a pile of rubble.

Hours after discovery, asteroid swept by | Space | EarthSky
http://earthsky.org/space/asteroid-2016-qa2-august-27-28-2016
Asteroid 2016 QA2 was twice as big as the space rock that entered over Russia in 2013, b
reaking windows in 6 Russian cities. It passed safely Saturday night.

Rosetta - Comet 67P
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp2P4ht2WNM

New Evidence of Planet 9 Existence! Universe Sandbox 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w41dRcRGxw

Is it aliens? Big radio blip sparks SETI interest
http://www.geekwire.com/2016/signal-seti-interest-hd164595/

Breakthrough Initiatives Launch Highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9pqgqhVrgk

SOHO LASCO C3 field of view on Saturday:

Russia first to test clean pulse-detonation rocket engine (VIDEO) — RT News
https://www.rt.com/news/357337-new-rocket-engine-test/

Future of space travel: Russia first to successfully test clean pulse-detonation rocket engine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7rsMWONIiY

Juno crossed Jupiter's equatorial plane at Mach 160 today, in 2 hours from pole to pole.

Known terrestrial meteor impact sites in (only) the last 4500 years.

You may well have heard the popular definition of a black hole. A black hole is an object whose gravity is so strong
that not even light can escape. The definition is correct, but it does not give a good picture of why light cannot escape.
http://jila.colorado.edu/~ajsh/insidebh/waterfall.html

Space radar show how the Aug 24 Italy Earthquake changed Earth's shape.
Space in Images - 2016 - 08 - Italy earthquake displacement
http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/08/Italy_earthquake_displacement

Langtang crater on Mars has a name inspired by a village in Nepal.
Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Langtang on Mars
http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15484

JONY: Jak bude chvilka, podívám se, ale nejdřív zkouknu přednášku, dík za tip!
Dnes už to nestihnu, zkusím to poč. týdne.

Doporučili byste mi něco k tématu "vesmírné struktury největších rozměrů" (viz přednáška níže), co by bylo +/- aktuální plus nebylo by utrpění se tím prokousat. Tahle přednáška mne hrozně zklamala, ne že by nebyla nezajímavá, ale způsob prezentace mi přišel docela jako utrpení.


Vesmírné struktury největších rozměrů
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYwDLGYtwpw

NASA FISO Presentation: The Deep Space Network - The Next 50 Years - SpaceRef
http://spaceref.com/...s/nasa/nasa-fiso-presentation-the-deep-space-network---the-next-50-years.html
Now available is the August 10, 2016 NASA Future In-Space Operations (FISO) telecon material.
The speaker was Leslie Deutsch (NASA JPL) who discussed "The Deep Space Network - The Next 50 Years."

Opportunities and Obstacles for Life on Proxima b | PALE RED DOT
https://palereddot.org/opportunities-and-obstacles-for-life-on-proxima-b/
The discovery of Proxima b is the biggest exoplanet discovery since the discovery of exoplanets. The planet is not much bigger than Earth
and resides in the “habitable zone” of the Sun’s nearest stellar neighbor. This planet may represent humanity’s best chance to search for
life among the stars. But is Proxima b habitable? Is it inhabited? These questions are impossible to answer at this time because we know
so little about the planet. However, we can extrapolate from the worlds of our Solar System, as well as employ theoretical models of
galactic, stellar, and planetary evolution, to piece together realistic scenarios for Proxima b’s history. The possibilities are varied and
depend on phenomena usually studied by scientists in fields that are considered distinct, but an integrated perspective — an astrobiological
perspective — can provide a realistic assessment of the possibility that life could have arisen and survived on the closest exoplanet.