Pallab Ghosh
speaker
40 appearances
6 recordings
1 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 13 Aug
Pallab Ghosh’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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enough to watch the total eclipse saw all they could have hoped for and more.
The last sliver of sunlight disappeared as the moon covered the sun's bright disk.
A flash.
a diamond ring in the sky, and then totality.
The sun's shimmering atmosphere, normally hidden, but now, for a minute and three quarters, revealed in all its glory.
We could see bright red triangles at the edges.
These were nuclear explosions many times the size of the Earth.
Oh, my goodness!
I have literally got goosebumps.
It's not just from the cold, it's about the spectacle that I've just witnessed.
This reminds us of what it is to be human, that we are a small planet in a vast cosmos and we're seeing the sun in its beautiful hidden form.
Amazing.
On the ground, there was awe and sheer delight from those who witnessed the sight.
It ended as it began, a diamond ring, a flash, and then the moon and the sun went their separate ways, leaving those who saw this spectacular cosmic show with an unforgettable experience.
Delight from the mission control team as confirmation came that the uncrewed spacecraft was stable and upright. The first image it sent back shows a rocky pockmarked terrain. The golden lunar lander is about the size of a hippopotamus and carries 10 scientific instruments.
Dr Nikki Fox of NASA said that the mission would provide vital knowledge about the layer of dust on the moon's surface, which is called regolith.
Until today, just one private sector spacecraft had successfully touched down on the Moon. That was a landing last year of a craft built by Texas company Intuitive Machines, which will be attempting a second landing in a few days' time.
And there are likely to be many more private sector missions to the lunar surface as firms across the world build up the expertise and capability to support NASA's plans for a long-term human presence on the Moon.
For weeks, we've been able to see as many as six planets in the night sky. Now this planetary parade has reached its climax, with Mercury also coming into view, completing the full set of the other planets in our solar system. Among the stargazers catching a glimpse is Professor Catherine Haymans, who's Scotland's Astronomer Royal.
Dr Robert Massey of the Royal Astronomical Society explains where to look in the sky this evening to spot the planets.
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