NASA comes out with its own spooky Halloween playlist made from sounds heard in space

While Alien reminds us that no one can hear us scream in space, that doesn’t mean it’s bereft of strange sounds. And we get to hear what radio bursts, solar wind, electromagnetic pulses, charged particle bursts, and the like sound like courtesy of NASA. The space agency compiled a SoundCloud playlist with over 20 different space sounds, including plasma waves, “the roar of Jupiter,” Saturn’s radio emissions, and many more. You can read explanations for some of the sounds in this link.

NASA opens new image and video library with copyright-free content

If you want to indulge your inner space nerd, NASA has given you the next best thing: a searchable image and video library with copyright-free content. These public images can be used for whatever purpose you want. And there are a lot of those—over 140,000 images, videos, and audio files, in fact. The site will let you embed content on your own site and the images come in multiple resolutions for you to choose what you want to download. Searching is easy on the site. You can opt to just look for images, videos, audio files, or a mix of the three.

Source: Mashable

Take a look at Apollo 11’s source code on GitHub

This isn’t the first time Apollo 11’s source code has appeared online. Google’s hosted it a few years ago. But to make it easier to look for it, the code is now up on Github. Former NASA intern Chris Garry put up all the Apollo Guidance Computer source code on the site to see how NASA was able to make that mission to the Moon.

It isn’t even all serious business as Reddit users have noticed things like the line 666 of the lunar landing turns up a “numero mysterioso.” Also in the code is a reference to radio DJ Magnificent Montague’s classic “burn, baby, burn.” Having the code up on GitHub will give it access to a whole new audience, which may or may not affect development in the future.

Source: Engadget

NASA gives everyone access to data from an Earth-mapping spacecraft

NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team

If you’ve been studying the Earth’s surface or are just curious about what’s happening on the planet’s surface. NASA and the Japanese government are giving access to data from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument for free. Before anyone interested in using the data had to pay if you were interested in more than the basic topographical maps. Now, 16 years’ worth of near-infrared elevation and thermal data are available for everyone to use and see.

Source: NASA | Via: Engadget