~orbitalindex | Issue No. 278 (53)

can cause Single Event Effects (SEEs), including Single Event Upsets (SEUs, aka bit flips) and Single Event Latch Ups (SELs) in MOSFETs.

common radiation mitigation techniques such as error-correcting codes (ECC) and triple modular redundancy (TMR) are also used by the mission to manage SEUs and hardware degradation

An icy exoplanet in its star’s habitable zone (where liquid water could occur) may also have a nitrogen-rich atmosphere, according to tentative JWST data

This is the seventh large structure discovered in the universe that contradicts the idea that the cosmos is smooth on the largest scales. If these structures are real, then it's definitely food for thought for cosmologists and the accepted thinking on how the universe has evolved over time.

the Radcliffe Wave, a 9,000-light-year-long wave-shaped chain of gas in our galactic neighborhood, is also moving in a wave-like way

galactic rotation curves seem to remain flat over distances that call into question our theories of dark matter

SpaceX had a Starlink launch fail during an upper-stage relight, deploying 20 Starlink satellites into a 135 km orbit

Deployed Starlink satellites were losing ~5 km of altitude per orbit due to atmospheric drag. Despite firing their electric propulsion at maximum thrust, it is assumed they will not be able to raise their orbit quickly enough and will re-enter and burn up in the near future.