Astronomy Picture of the Day

                         Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our
 fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a
                           professional astronomer.

                                2018 November 4
                                      [2]
                  Flying Saucer Crash Lands in Utah Desert
   Image Credit: USAF 388th [3]  Range Sqd., Genesis Mission [4] , NASA [5]

Explanation: A flying saucer from outer space crash-landed in the Utah desert
after being tracked by radar and chased by helicopters. The year was 2004, and
no space aliens [6]  were involved. The saucer, pictured here [7] , was the
Genesis [8] sample return capsule, part of a human-made robot Genesis [9]
spaceship launched [10]  in 2001 by NASA itself to study the Sun. The
unexpectedly hard landing [11] at over 300 kilometers per hour occurred
because the parachutes did not open as planned. The Genesis mission [12]  had
been orbiting the Sun [13]  collecting solar wind [14]  particles that are
usually deflected away by Earth's magnetic field [15] . Despite the crash
landing, many return samples remained in good enough condition to analyze. So
far, Genesis [16] -related discoveries include new details about the
composition [17]  of the Sun [18]  and how the abundance of some types of
elements differ across the Solar System [19] . These results have provided
intriguing clues [20]  into details of how the Sun and planets formed [21]
billions of years ago.

                       Tomorrow's picture: old blue eye

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Site notes:
  [1] archivepix.html
  [2] image/1811/GenesisImpact_nasa_800.jpg
  [3] https://www.388fw.acc.af.mil/
  [4] https://genesismission.jpl.nasa.gov/
  [5] https://www.nasa.gov/
  [6] http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/S/SFafter1940.html
  [7]
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/genesis/multimedia/genesisrecov090804-2.html
  [8] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5q60jDs2Jg
  [9] https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=635
  [10] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kf9S27Yh1A
  [11] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1avDhBcwzI
  [12] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_(spacecraft)
  [13] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/in-depth/
  [14] ap970217.html
  [15]
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/84266/measuring-earths-magnetism
  [16] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_(spacecraft)
  [17] http://genesismission.jpl.nasa.gov/gm2/news/features/closer.htm
  [18] ap180926.html
  [19] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/genesis/media/genesis20110623.html
  [20] http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015NatGe...8..515F
  [21] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/our-solar-system/in-depth/
  [22] ap181103.html
  [23] archivepix.html
  [24] lib/apsubmit2015.html
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  [33] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  [34] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  [35] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
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