Various astronomy news

[WKFO]

Have you seen the "unprocessed" images of Neptune by HST? It's a lot less blue than most of us thought it was, and turns out most Neptune photos that we used to see were enhanced contrast images:
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3761

(You don't have to read the entire thing (though I suggest it), but do look at image captions.)

[impaktor]

"China's Moon atlas is the most detailed ever made
The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe doubles the resolution of Apollo-era maps and will support the space ambitions of China and other countries."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01223-0

[impaktor]

"Code, data, and instructions to map constellations from around the world [using HYG database]"
https://github.com/eleanorlutz/worldsta ... s_of_space

[Vermillion]

It’s been a long time coming, but it feels like we’re close to having the first colony on Mars. What do you think about that?

I’m pretty skeptical. Even if they manage to send settlers there, won’t they face problems from the radiation?

Btw it’s funny because they were talking about this and recruiting volunteers back when I was in high school! People have probably changed their minds about it many times since then.