1. Space News Update - February 7, 2017 - In the News Departments
Story 1:
A Black Hole’s Record Breaking Lunch
Story 2:
Mysterious White Dwarf Pulsar Discovered
Story 3: Curiosity Rover Sharpens Paradox of Ancient Mars
Departments
The Night Sky
ISS Sighting Opportunities Space Calendar
NASA-TV Highlights
Food for Thought
Space Image of the Week

2. A Black Hole’s Record Breaking Lunch
In this computer graphic, NASA's Voyager 1 probe, moving toward upper left, nears the edge of the sun's influence, flying through a region of space dominated by a "magnetic highway" that helps mediate the flow of particles into and out of the solar system. The region includes particles from the sun's southern hemisphere that have been forced northward by the pressure of the interstellar wind. Voyager 1 is expected to cross the boundary into interstellar space sometime within the next few years if not sooner. (Credit: NASA)

3. Mysterious White Dwarf Pulsar Discovered

4. Curiosity Rover Sharpens Paradox of Ancient Mars

5. The Night Sky Tuesday, February 7
• After dark look due east, not very high, for twinkly Regulus. Extending upper left from it is the Sickle of Leo, a backward question mark. "Leo announces spring," goes an old saying. Actually, Leo showing up in the evening announces the cold, messy back half of winter. Come spring, Leo will already be high.
Wednesday, February 8
• This evening, the Moon shines on the segment of the Winter Hexagon between Pollux and Procyon.
Thursday, February 9
• Look above the Moon now for Pollux and Castor (Pollux is the lower and brighter of the two, tinted orange). A similar distance right or upper right of the Moon is Procyon.
Friday, February 10
• Full Moon (exactly so at 7:33 p.m. EST). A very deep penumbral eclipse of the Moon is visible around sunset or early evening from most of the Americas; map and details. And see the February Sky & Telescope, page 48.
Look for Regulus 6° or 7° to the Moon's lower left as darkness comes on for North America. By midnight, Regulus is directly to the Moon's left.
Sky & Telescope

6. ISS Sighting Opportunities
ISS For Denver:
Date
Visible
Max Height
Appears
Disappears
Tue Feb 7, 6:29 PM
1 min
10°
10° above N
10° above NNE
Wed Feb 8, 7:13 PM
< 1 min
13°
11° above NNW
13° above N
Thu Feb 9, 6:20 PM
2 min
12°
Fri Feb 10, 7:04 PM
21°
21° above N
Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information

7. NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Time Zone)
1 p.m., Tuesday, February 7 - ISS Expedition 50 Interviews with the CBS Evening News and WFTV-TV, Orlando, Fla. and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson of NASA (starts at 1:20 p.m.) (all channels)
12 p.m., Thursday, February 9 - ISS Expedition 50 In-Flight Educational Event with the Weslaco Independent School District, Weslaco, Texas and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson of NASA (starts at 12:05 p.m.) (all channels)
Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website

8. Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar
Feb 07 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Pan, Janus & Methone
Feb 07 - [Feb 05] Comet P/2017 B4 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (1.823 AU)
Feb 07 - Comet 50P/Arend Closest Approach To Earth (2.498 AU)
Feb 07 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 BQ6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.017 AU)
Feb 07 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 BU Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)
Feb 07 - [Feb 04] Aten Asteroid 2017 BV93 Near-Earth Flyby (0.041 AU)
Feb 07 - Apollo Asteroid 2015 BN509 Near-Earth Flyby (0.042 AU)
Feb 07 - Amor Asteroid 2017 BF29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)
Feb 07 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 YN1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU)
Feb 07 - Apollo Asteroid Beowolf Closest Approach To Earth (1.096 AU)
Feb 07 - Asteroid 4798 Mercator Closest Approach To Earth (1.315 AU)
Feb 07 - Asteroid 1001 Gaussia Closest Approach To Earth (2.258 AU)
Feb 07 - Asteroid Dondavis Closest Approach To Earth (2.653 AU)
Feb th Anniversary (1977), Soyuz 24 Launch (Final launch to Salyut 5 Space Station)
Feb 07 - Al Worden's 85th Birthday (1932)
Feb 08 - Comet 73P-AB/Schwassmann-Wachmann Perihelion (0.977 AU)
Feb 08 - [Feb 05] Comet P/2017 B4 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (1.823 AU)
Feb 08 - Comet P/2015 X1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (2.737 AU)
Feb 08 - Comet 321P/SOHO Closest Approach To Earth (2.849 AU)
Feb 08 - Comet C/2015 X7 (ATLAS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.192 AU)
Feb 08 - Comet 284P/McNaught At Opposition (3.725 AU
Feb 08 - Asteroid 21 Lutetia Occults TYC  (11.9 Magnitude Star) & 2UCAC  (12.5 Magnitude Star)
Feb 08 - Asteroid 4140 Branham Occults HIP 89470 (6.1 Magnitude Star)
Feb 08 - [Feb 04] Apollo Asteroid 2017 BM93 Near-Earth Flyby (0.009 AU)
Feb 08 - Aten Asteroid 2017 BM3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.032 AU)
Feb 08 - Apollo Asteroid 2016 YJ4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.045 AU)
Feb 08 - Apollo Asteroid (1994 CC) (2 Moons) Closest Approach To Earth (1.248 AU)
Feb 08 - Asteroid Anitasohus Closest Approach To Earth (1.478 AU)
Feb 08 - Asteroid 2099 Opik Closest Approach To Earth (1.764 AU)
Feb 08 - Asteroid 8283 Edinburgh Closest Approach To Earth (1.944 AU)
Feb 08 - Asteroid 2104 Toronto Closest Approach To Earth (1.975 AU)
JPL Space Calendar

9. Space Calendar JPL Space Calendar
Feb 08 - Asteroid Baton Rouge Closest Approach To Earth (3.251 AU)
Feb th Anniversay (1992), Ulysses, Jupiter Flyby
Feb 09 - NROL-79 Atlas 5 Launch
Feb 09 - Comet 73P-AX/Schwassmann-Wachmann Closest Approach To Earth (1.623 AU)
Feb 09 - Comet 170P/Christensen At Opposition (3.769 AU)
Feb 09 - Comet P/2012 K3 (Gibbs) At Opposition (3.900 AU)
Feb 09 - Comet C/2016 A1 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (4.807 AU)
Feb 09 - Comet C/2015 D3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (7.382 AU)
Feb 09 - Comet C/2014 B1 (Schwartz) At Opposition (8.665 AU)
Feb 09 - Apollo Asteroid 2017 BP30 Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU)
Feb 09 - Asteroid 203 Pompeja Closest Approach To Earth (1.759 AU)
Feb 09 - Asteroid 4047 Chang'E Closest Approach To Earth (2.129 AU)
Feb 10 - Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak At Opposition (0.339 AU)
Feb 10 - Comet C/2016 J2 (Denneau) At Opposition (3.343 AU)
Feb 10 - Asteroid 21 Lutetia Occults TYC  (12.3 Magnitude Star)
Feb 10 - Aten Asteroid 2014 DV110 Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU)
Feb 10 - Asteroid 6471 Collins Closest Approach To Earth (1.146 AU)
Feb 10 - Asteroid 5891 Gehrig Closest Approach To Earth (1.430 AU)
Feb th Anniversary (1907), August Kopff's Discovery of Asteroid 624 Hecktor (Largest Jupiter Trojan)
JPL Space Calendar

10. Queen Elizabeth Prize Honors Digital Imaging Pioneers
Food for Thought
Queen Elizabeth Prize Honors Digital Imaging Pioneers
JPL research into imaging technology helped to revolutionize digital cameras in the 1990s, eventually paving the way for smaller devices like phone cameras and GoPros. 
CMOS technology, which grew out of space imaging research at JPL, has made dental X-rays safer, cheaper and easier to process.

11. Space Image of the Week
The Porpoise Galaxy from Hubble   Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble, HLA; Reprocessing & Copyright: Raul Villaverde