# new horizons (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 7 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover new horizons. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Limits of Understanding Between Species, and the Issue for Interstellar Communication](https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2026/08/14/the-limits-of-understanding-between-species-and-the-issue-for-interstellar-communication/) _2026-08-14 · Paul Gilster · Centauri Dreams_ We ve yet to find any evidence of intelligent life beyond Earth, a puzzling failure given the widespread belief that where habitable planets exist, life will somehow emerge. If we do receive a signal, though, would we be able to understand it? We ve made some progress in piecing together animal communications here on Earth, but figuring \[ \] ## [Astronomen maken de grootste 2D-kaart van het heelal](https://www.kuuke.nl/astronomen-maken-de-grootste-2d-kaart-van-het-heelal/) _2026-08-12 · kuuke · Kuuke's Sterrenbeelden_ Astronomen hebben de grootste tweedimensionale kaart van het heelal ooit gemaakt. Deze geeft een overweldigend nieuw beeld van bijna 4 ## [Chinese Lange Mars 7A explodeert tijdens de lancering](https://www.kuuke.nl/chinese-lange-mars-7a-explodeert-tijdens-de-lancering/) _2026-08-12 · kuuke · Kuuke's Sterrenbeelden_ Dit was de eerste gemelde mislukking van de Lange Mars 7A sinds de mislukte lancering in 2020. Een Chinese raket ## [Zeven naalden en 800.000 hooibergen](https://www.kuuke.nl/zeven-naalden-en-800-000-hooibergen/) _2026-08-11 · kuuke · Kuuke's Sterrenbeelden_ Quasars zijn de helderste objecten in het heelal die continu licht uitstralen. Het zijn de kernen van verre sterrenstelsels waar ## [Webb legt de Eskimo-nevel in infrarood vast](https://www.kuuke.nl/webb-legt-de-eskimo-nevel-in-infrarood-vast/) _2026-08-11 · kuuke · Kuuke's Sterrenbeelden_ Nieuwe infraroodwaarnemingen van de Eskimo-nevel, een bipolaire planetaire nevel in het sterrenbeeld Tweelingen – Gemini, onthullen stofwolken, geïoniseerd gas en ## [Heeft er in het recente verleden vloeibaar stikstof over Pluto gestroomd?](https://www.kuuke.nl/heeft-er-in-het-recente-verleden-vloeibaar-stikstof-over-pluto-gestroomd/) _2026-08-10 · kuuke · Kuuke's Sterrenbeelden_ Planeetonderzoekers die beelden van de New Horizons analyseerden, hebben bewijs gevonden dat er mogelijk nog steeds vloeibare stikstof omhoog sijpelt ## [De meteorenzwerm der Perseïden in 2026](https://www.kuuke.nl/de-meteorenzwerm-der-perseiden-in-2026/) _2026-08-09 · kuuke · Kuuke's Sterrenbeelden_ De Perseïden is een meteorenzwerm die jaarlijks tussen 23 juli en 20 augustus actief is. De Meteorenzwerm is geassocieerd met ## [Inouye zonnetelescoop ontdekt verborgen plasmawervelingen op de Zon](https://www.kuuke.nl/inouye-zonnetelescoop-ontdekt-verborgen-plasmawervelingen-op-de-zon/) _2026-08-08 · kuuke · Kuuke's Sterrenbeelden_ Astronomen hebben met de 4 meter Daniel K. Inouye-zonnetelescoop op Hawaï voor het eerst minuscule plasmawervels op het oppervlak (de ## [Aanstaande hack moet levensduur Voyager 1 verlengen](https://www.kuuke.nl/aanstaande-hack-moet-levensduur-voyager-1-verlengen/) _2026-08-08 · kuuke · Kuuke's Sterrenbeelden_ Na een succesvolle test met Voyager 2 is NASA van plan om de “big bang”-energieomleiding uit te voeren op de ## [The Ones Who Look Outward](https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2026/08/06/the-ones-who-look-outward/) _2026-08-06 · Paul Gilster · Centauri Dreams_ Thinking about a great filter through which a civilization must pass before its survival is assured usually leads to catastrophic scenarios, such as planetary suicide by nuclear war, or climate holocaust (assuming the filter lies ahead of us and not behind). But filters may be more subtle and tied in with epistemology. How does intelligence \[ \] ## [PixelRift — Platforming with Level Editor (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/nB06AldFSogx) _2026-08-06 · **Sponsored**_ Includes a built-in level editor, campaign with elemental heroes, and boss encounters. ## [De ijle atmosfeer van Pluto begint mogelijk te krimpen](https://www.kuuke.nl/de-ijle-atmosfeer-van-pluto-begint-mogelijk-te-krimpen/) _2026-08-04 · kuuke · Kuuke's Sterrenbeelden_ Volgens een nieuw onderzoek lijkt de ijle atmosfeer van Pluto na jaren van stabiliteit te zijn begonnen met krimpen. De ## [Useful Git Aliases](https://blog.ostermiller.org/git-aliases/) _2026-08-03 · Stephen · Stephen Ostermiller_ Here is a list of useful aliases for git that can be used on the command line. All of them for /etc/gitconfig or ~/.gitconfig \[alias\] a = !git add -A git commit -m ap = '!f(){ git add -A git commit -m \\'$1\\' git push; };f ' b = branch br = \[ \] The post Useful Git Aliases appeared first on Stephen Ostermiller . ## [IRAS 19024+0044 – de Zeesternevel](https://www.kuuke.nl/iras-190240044-de-zeesternevel/) _2026-08-01 · kuuke · Kuuke's Sterrenbeelden_ De Zeesternevel is een grote multipolaire protoplanetaire nevel op een afstand van ongeveer 11.000 lichtjaar in de richting van het ## [New Study: Pluto's Atmosphere: Hazy with Signs of Thinning](https://laurelsplutoblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/new-study-plutos-atmosphere-hazy-with.html) _2026-08-01 · Laurel Kornfeld · LaurelsPlutoBlog_ In this latest study published in the Planetary Science Journal , researchers measure a thinning of Pluto's atmosphere as it recedes from the Sun. Whether the atmosphere completely freezes out as Pluto approaches its aphelion (furthest point from the Sun) in 2114 remains unknown. ## [Detection of a Habitable Zone Planet with an Atmosphere](https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2026/07/29/detection-of-a-habitable-zone-planet-with-an-atmosphere/) _2026-07-29 · Paul Gilster · Centauri Dreams_ If we couldn’t figure out what to call CD-35 2722B b, which I assume is the correct way to refer to the planet-sized object in this red dwarf / brown dwarf/ gas giant system, another planet has a bit of a definitional problem as well. LHS 1140 b is an interesting super-Earth orbiting a red \[ \] ## [Moon or Planet? The Awkward Case of CD-35 2722B](https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2026/07/23/moon-or-planet-the-awkward-case-of-cd-35-2722b/) _2026-07-23 · Paul Gilster · Centauri Dreams_ Problems of definition will long be with us as we take ever closer looks at exoplanets. But they’re suddenly on everyone’s mind because of the detection of what some are calling an ‘exomoon’ in the system CD-35 2722, found in the constellation Columba. The primary in this system is an M-dwarf thought to be 50–200 \[ \] ## [Alan Stern on the Colin McEnroe Show: What's Done Is Done...Or Is It?](https://laurelsplutoblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/alan-stern-on-colin-mcenroe-show-whats.html) _2026-07-23 · Laurel Kornfeld · LaurelsPlutoBlog_ Just days after the 11th anniversary of New Horizons' 2015 Pluto flyby, mission Principal Investigator Alan Stern was interviewed on NPR's Colin McEnroe show on the subject of "making the case for undoing." Stern is the third of three people interviewed--the other two addressed different topics. You can listen to Stern's interview at… ## [New Propulsion Systems for Deep Space Smallsats](https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2026/07/17/new-propulsion-systems-for-deep-space-smallsats/) _2026-07-17 · Paul Gilster · Centauri Dreams_ Building the infrastructure we will need for interstellar exploration requires an imaginative look at today’s technologies as applied to distant targets. Indeed, we can leverage the scientific interest in, say, an orbit around each of the ice giants to explore launch capabilities through beamed energy, but we will also need to consider how we can \[ \] ## [What the Comments Taught Me: A Reply on Self-Replicating Probes](https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2026/07/13/what-the-comments-taught-me-a-reply-on-self-replicating-probes/) _2026-07-13 · Paul Gilster · Centauri Dreams_ Self-replicating probes continue to be a controversial subject, just as they were when Frank Tipler up the ante on Michael Hart by invoking them as a way of further tightening the tension of the Fermi Paradox. After all, Tipler had discovered an economic edge. Any civilization that wants to colonize the galaxy is going to \[ \] ## [A Metallurgist’s Doubts About Self-Replicating Probes](https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2026/07/10/a-metallurgists-doubts-about-self-replicating-probes/) _2026-07-10 · Paul Gilster · Centauri Dreams_ Frank Tipler jolted the astrophysics community in 1980 when he introduced self-replicating interstellar probes into discussion of the Fermi Paradox. The mathematical model of self-replication came from John von Neumann, and was codified in 1966 (after von Neumann s death) by Arthur Burks in Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata (1966). SF fans will also know of Fred \[ \] ## [One Cloud, Every AI Layer (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/KaL9oV8lJfof) _2026-07-10 · **Sponsored**_ Run agents, inference, and infrastructure on one stack — economics improve as you scale. ## [New Horizons: Pushing Toward the ‘Termination Shock’](https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2026/07/03/new-horizons-pushing-toward-the-termination-shock/) _2026-07-03 · Paul Gilster · Centauri Dreams_ Mission planning for any future star probe will adjust not only for conditions in the interstellar medium but also the Solar System’s outer reaches. Let’s confine ourselves for now to conditions in the outer heliosphere. Currently we have precisely one spacecraft operating here. New Horizons has only reached 65 AU from the Sun, while Voyager \[ \] ## [The Intergalactic Fermi Problem](https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2026/06/24/the-intergalactic-fermi-problem/) _2026-06-24 · Paul Gilster · Centauri Dreams_ The headwaters of the Fermi Paradox channel directly through Michael Hart and Frank Tipler, and it’s a testament to the power of their arguments that this remains true today. It was Hart who in An Explanation for the Absence of Extraterrestrials on Earth (published in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1975) \[ \] ## [HD 39474: A Brown Dwarf Shapes a Planetary System](https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2026/06/19/hd-39474-a-brown-dwarf-shapes-a-planetary-system/) _2026-06-19 · Paul Gilster · Centauri Dreams_ With well over 6,000 exoplanets now confirmed and a continuing flow of data containing new detections, it has been clear for some time that our own Solar System’s model is hardly a template. I enjoy dipping into the bewildering variety of new systems and pondering the contingencies that have led to their architecture. Science fiction \[ \] ## [Will Pluto Become A Planet Again? Today, 1 pm Eastern time, Alan Stern and Mike Brown](https://laurelsplutoblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/will-pluto-become-planet-again-today-1.html) _2026-05-13 · Laurel Kornfeld · LaurelsPlutoBlog_ https://www.youtube.com/live/tIr7RO4qAvU?si=NtpjeX78v\_ME1xjb ## [The Tide Is Turning](https://laurelsplutoblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-tide-is-turning.html) _2026-05-11 · Laurel Kornfeld · LaurelsPlutoBlog_ When longtime supporters of the IAU planet definition publicly come out rethinking their positions on this debate, we can regard their change of view as a sign that the tide is turning in favor of a more inclusive planet definition. Tonight, I could hardly believe what I was reading when a friend and fellow Pluto supporter tweeted me the link to an article by Ethan Siegel, to whom I have… ## [Opposing Pluto's Demotion Does Not Equal "Whining"](https://laurelsplutoblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/opposing-plutos-demotion-does-not-equal.html) _2026-04-29 · Laurel Kornfeld · LaurelsPlutoBlog_ The distant Planet Pluto Adam Frank’s April 28 Forbes column, “ Quit Whining: Pluto’s Not a Planet ” is not just written in a very condescending, patronizing tone. It also includes outdated information and lacks important data based on which many planetary scientists consider Pluto and all dwarf planets to be a subclass of full planets. Words matter, and the words Frank uses are unprofessional,… ## [To NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman: Please Grant Kaela's Request](https://laurelsplutoblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/to-nasa-administrator-jared-isaacman.html) _2026-04-09 · Laurel Kornfeld · LaurelsPlutoBlog_ Twitter is currently buzzing with news of a 10-year-old girl named Kaela who has written to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman urging Pluto’s planetary reinstatement. Kaela, who was born 10 years after the controversial and wrongful IAU demotion of Pluto, is correct, and I wholeheartedly second her request. I have tweeted Isaacman myself asking his support for this. Her request is noteworthy not… ## [Pluto Discovered 96 Years Ago Today](https://laurelsplutoblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/pluto-discovered-96-years-ago-today.html) _2026-02-18 · Laurel Kornfeld · LaurelsPlutoBlog_ Today is International Pluto Day, marking the discovery of planet Pluto by Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory 96 years ago, on February 18, 1930. It is a day to celebrate all things Pluto, a planet whose understanding has eluded people for nearly a century. When first discovered, Pluto’s planethood was questioned because telescopes of the time could not resolve it into a disk. Later, when it… ## [I Heart Pluto Festival Returns to Lowell Observatory this Weekend](https://laurelsplutoblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/i-heart-pluto-festival-returns-to.html) _2026-02-13 · Laurel Kornfeld · LaurelsPlutoBlog_ This weekend kicks off Lowell Observatory’s annual celebration of Pluto’s 1930 discovery by Clyde Tombaugh with its annual I Heart Pluto celebration. The celebration actually began last night, with a Beer Unveiling and Astronomy on Tap where this year’s Pluto-themed beer was unveiled. Tonight, there will be a Pluto Pub Crawl throughout Flagstaff, Arizona, where participants can enjoy custom-made… ## [New Horizons Saved as Congress Reverses NASA Cuts](https://laurelsplutoblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-horizons-saved-as-congress-reverses.html) _2026-01-19 · Laurel Kornfeld · LaurelsPlutoBlog_ The New Year begins with some good news for New Horizons and for many other NASA missions. The US House and Senate have passed a bill that rejects the cuts to NASA first proposed in June by the White House and instead approved $24.4 billion for NASA this year, of which $7.25 billion will go to the agency’s Science Mission Directorate. New Horizons will continue to be funded, as will all but one… ## [Watch Chovy Code Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0UFcUhFnmOdw) _2026-01-19 · **Sponsored**_ Join live coding streams with real-time collaborative screen sharing, open source and free. ## [Winter Solstice: Together at the Dark of the Year](https://laurelsplutoblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/winter-solstice-together-at-dark-of-year.html) _2025-12-21 · Laurel Kornfeld · LaurelsPlutoBlog_ “Even the darkest night will end, and the Sun will rise.” ~ Victor Hugo, Les Miserables For me personally, the Winter Solstice is the most sacred day of the entire year, as it is the day the growing darkness (in the Northern Hemisphere) is halted, the day the Sun appears to pause at its lowest point before embarking on a new orbital path and bringing the lengthening of the days. Far back into… ## [Nineteen Years Later, the Pluto Resistance Continues](https://laurelsplutoblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/nineteen-years-later-pluto-resistance.html) _2025-08-24 · Laurel Kornfeld · LaurelsPlutoBlog_ Nineteen years. That is how much time has passed since the controversial IAU vote in 2006. Planetary science has been in a long-term stalemate over the issue of planet definition. The IAU refuses to re-open the debate based on new information, including that returned by New Horizons. At the same time, a large number of planetary scientists are using the geophysical planet definition and ignoring… ## [Pluto's Hazes and Charon's Geology: Notes from the July Conference](https://laurelsplutoblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/plutos-hazes-and-charons-geology-notes.html) _2025-08-16 · Laurel Kornfeld · LaurelsPlutoBlog_ The conference “ Progress inUnderstanding the Pluto System: Ten Years Since Flyby ” covered a wide range of topics regarding Pluto, Charon, other KBOs, ocean worlds, and more. With apologies for the delay in this entry, I will focus now on two of these topics: Pluto’s atmospheric hazes and Charon’s geology and history. Launched in late 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observed Pluto’s… ## [Pluto and Charon Geophysics and Climate: Notes from the Conference](https://laurelsplutoblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/pluto-and-charon-geophysics-and-climate.html) _2025-07-22 · Laurel Kornfeld · LaurelsPlutoBlog_ “ Progress in Understanding thePluto System: Ten Years after Flyby ” was a focused, informative conference in which scientists spent four-and-a-half days discussing Pluto in detail, comparing it with other, similar solar system bodies, and celebrating the milestone 10 th anniversary of the 2015 New Horizons flyby. Alan Stern, New Horizons principal investigator, opened the conference by describing… ## [Progress in Understanding the Pluto System: Ten Years After Flyby](https://laurelsplutoblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/progress-in-understanding-pluto-system.html) _2025-07-14 · Laurel Kornfeld · LaurelsPlutoBlog_ It is almost impossible to believe, but tomorrow marks the 10 th anniversary of New Horizons’ historic Pluto flyby. To commemorate the anniversary and reflect on what has been learned about Pluto in the decade that has passed, the Universities Space Research Association’s (USRA) Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) is holding a weeklong conference titled “Progress in Understanding the Pluto System:… ## [Photo Journey: Golden Hour ☀️](https://richnardo.substack.com/p/photo-journey-golden-hour) _2025-07-08 · Rich Nardo · Hey Nardo: Photo Journeys_ Because my birthday last week feels like a good reason to reflect on new beginnings. ## [Oppose cuts to NASA missions: Call your representatives and senators now](https://laurelsplutoblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/oppose-cuts-to-nasa-missions-call-your.html) _2025-06-30 · Laurel Kornfeld · LaurelsPlutoBlog_ This image shows NASA missions that are cancelled in this bill The proposed US budget reconciliation bill, which many of us refer to as the Big Ugly Bill, is a huge disaster for NASA and its space programs, including New Horizons, and anyone who values our space program must do everything in our power to make sure it does not pass. Well known for its disastrous proposed cuts to Medicaid, , SNAP,… ## [Photo Journey: Take Life By The Horns (...Or Antlers)](https://richnardo.substack.com/p/photo-journey-take-life-by-the-horns) _2025-06-10 · Rich Nardo · Hey Nardo: Photo Journeys_ A look at five photos I’ve taken of confident ungulates—and what they can teach us about presence, purpose, and growth. ## [Scientists Make Groundbreaking Discovery about Pluto's Formation](https://laurelsplutoblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/scientists-make-groundbreaking.html) _2025-05-08 · Laurel Kornfeld · LaurelsPlutoBlog_ This sounds similar to the formation theory for Arrokoth. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-make-groundbreaking-discovery-about-pluto-s-formation/ar-AA1Em10J?ocid=nl\_article\_link ## [Dvorak-Qwerty Layout for Ergodox EZ Keyboard](https://blog.ostermiller.org/ergodox-dvorak-qwerty/) _2025-05-05 · Stephen · Stephen Ostermiller_ I've been using a Dvorak keyboard layout for close to 30 years. Ever since I started, I've relied on software to remap the keys on standard keyboards. Linux is my preferred operating system and it supports Dvorak extremely well. It even has Dvorak layouts that change back to Qwerty when you press the modifier keys \[ \] The post Dvorak-Qwerty Layout for Ergodox EZ Keyboard appeared first on Stephen… ## [Photo Journey: Meet Me At...](https://richnardo.substack.com/p/photo-journey-meet-me-at) _2025-04-15 · Rich Nardo · Hey Nardo: Photo Journeys_ We used to say, “Meet me at…” when we were kids. These are the places I’ve found later in life—but wish we’d known to gather at back then. ## [Photo Journey: Choose To Be A Light (Part 2)](https://richnardo.substack.com/p/photo-journey-choose-to-be-a-light-ea3) _2025-03-10 · Rich Nardo · Hey Nardo: Photo Journeys_ A photo journey of lighthouses that reminds us of the importance of turning the light within. ## [Pluto at 95](https://laurelsplutoblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/pluto-at-95.html) _2025-02-18 · Laurel Kornfeld · LaurelsPlutoBlog_ Happy International Pluto Day! Ninety-five years ago today, on February 18, 1930, 24-year-old Clyde Tombaugh discovered Planet Pluto while blinking between photographic plates of the sky taken on two separate nights in January of that year. The goal was to find anything that moved against the background stars between nights. That object would not be a star but a planet within our solar system. The… ## [I Heart Pluto Festival at Lowell Observatory This Weekend](https://laurelsplutoblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/i-heart-pluto-festival-at-lowell.html) _2025-02-14 · Laurel Kornfeld · LaurelsPlutoBlog_ Lowell Observatory’s annual I Heart Pluto festival is back, celebrating the 95 th anniversary of Pluto’s discovery on February 18, 1930. This year’s celebration, held in Flagstaff, Arizona, features a Pluto Pub Crawl with Pluto-themed drinks and talks with Lowell astronomers; various science talks including a keynote Night of Discovery featuring Alan Stern, David Levy, and Adam Nimoy, son of Star… ## [Photo Journey: Sunrise Gratitude🌅🙏](https://richnardo.substack.com/p/photo-journey-sunrise-gratitude) _2025-02-04 · Rich Nardo · Hey Nardo: Photo Journeys_ Embracing life's blessings through the beauty of sunrises I've been fortunate enough to photograph! ## [Photo Journey: Follow The Signs](https://richnardo.substack.com/p/photo-journey-follow-the-signs) _2025-01-07 · Rich Nardo · Hey Nardo: Photo Journeys_ A photo journey of messages nature has shared with me that I believe are worth carrying into the new year! ## [Presentation Recordings of February 2024 Planet Characterization Workshop](https://laurelsplutoblog.blogspot.com/2024/12/presentation-recordings-of-february.html) _2024-12-31 · Laurel Kornfeld · LaurelsPlutoBlog_ Documents from and recordings of all presentations at the Lunar and Planetary Institute's Planet Characterization Conference, held in February 2024, are available for reading and viewing here . My presentation on February 21 was one of several under the heading, "The Impact of Taxonomy on Public Perception of Science and Our Universe: Advantages and Pitfalls. All the presentations are worth… ## [Winter Solstice](https://laurelsplutoblog.blogspot.com/2024/12/winter-solstice.html) _2024-12-21 · Laurel Kornfeld · LaurelsPlutoBlog_ “It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards, return again.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Sometimes described as “the most wonderful time of the year,” December has its own special magic. While some religions celebrate miracles occurring at this time, the Winter Solstice, a scientific event, brings miracles and magic as well. In an… ## [⛰️ Photo Journey: Be A Rock⛰](https://richnardo.substack.com/p/photo-journey-be-a-rock) _2024-11-12 · Rich Nardo · Hey Nardo: Photo Journeys_ A photography journey about strength under pressure and the lessons we can learn from rocks in these challenging times. ## [Photo Journey: Choose To Be A Light (Part 1)](https://richnardo.substack.com/p/photo-journey-choose-to-be-a-light) _2024-10-22 · Rich Nardo · Hey Nardo: Photo Journeys_ Exploring the impact of being a beacon of positivity for those around you through lighthouse photography