I mean, there are plenty of good deep sky images out there. Try looking at the New General Catalogue (NGC) objects for something that strikes your fancy. Alternatively, you could cruise around in Space Engine and bookmark an interesting galaxy to get screenshots from multiple angles, which is what I usually do. (SE is available on Steam for a reasonable price.). Source: 11 months ago

Computer says yes: https://gravitysimulator.org/ https://spaceengine.org/ Once the mass, velocity, heading of an object is known it becomes easier to track and fine tune parameters meaning time of intersect with earth can be calculated which gives orientation of planet and entry attitude. An exact street addres | sub metre grid reference is a big ask, but the "line of breakup" arcing across a narrow slice of the... - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

Space Engine[1] is another popular one [1] https://spaceengine.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago

This is a bit of a tall order. There are none that I know of; most folks I know who do galaxy maps either make them by hand with their digital paint tools of choice, or utilize the procedurally-generated ones from Space Engine. Up until recently SE had a free (old) version available on the site; you should still be able to find a mirror of it somewhere but I don't know of one personally. Otherwise, SE is available... Source: about 1 year ago

Numbers as overwhelming as these are meaningless to our little minds. Then, do yourself a favor. Download Space Engine and see for yourself what it's like to visually behold the mindblowing immensity we are talking about. Now, take into account Multiverses, and consider the possibility that all those Universes may be fractal-like with n-infinite dimensions. Contemplate that we probably know absolutely nothing... Source: about 1 year ago

I came across https://rocketcrew.space/ posting a few DevOps jobs, but these seem oriented towards the resurgent field of orbital space exploration and industrial startups rather than the hard sciences and associated observational experimentation like cosmology, astronomy and physics, so your suggestion to focus on a field and contact specific researchers is really valuable to me. ADASS also looks like exactly the... Source: 11 months ago

I made a Space industry job board it might help you find other companies to apply to. Https://rocketcrew.space/. Source: about 1 year ago

Hey! Take a look at https://rocketcrew.space/ when you're going to search for an aerospace job. Source: over 1 year ago

If you aren't interested in getting a degree as part of this exchange then your path becomes much more complicated (and probably would take just as long). Barring contacts in said nation who could help setup an interview, you will need to work for a multi-national and then transfer to that country. I would start by researching which companies do the work you're interested in, then apply to work state-side. After... Source: over 1 year ago

If it can help you, I build a Space industry job board, you should be able to find non-military projects to work on. Https://rocketcrew.space/ In addition, there is a page on the site with the salary reports from aerospace professionals to give you an idea of work-life balance. Https://rocketcrew.space/salaries. Source: over 1 year ago