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Webb telescope spots CO2 in an exoplanet’s atmosphere.

1 September 2022 grant 0

Science News has a report from space that’s not as cool as finding an oxygen-rich alien planet, but almost. It’s a planet that the James Webb Space Telescope discovered has … Read the rest “Webb telescope spots CO2 in an exoplanet’s atmosphere.”

Scientific illustration of Proxima Centauri, or rather, a chorizo published as a star photo to illustrate that people trust social media too much.

Science Art: Photo de Proxima du Centaure, l’étoile la plus proche du Soleil…, Etienne Klein, 2022.

7 August 2022 grant 0

Maybe you saw this image on Twitter with a blurb like:

Photo de Proxima du Centaure, l’étoile la plus proche du Soleil, située à 4,2 année-lumière de nous.
Elle a été prise par le JWST.
Ce niveau

… Read the rest “Science Art: Photo de Proxima du Centaure, l’étoile la plus proche du Soleil…, Etienne Klein, 2022.”
Scientific illustration of saturn's rings sending meteors into the sun to cause sunspots (a theory since disproved).

Science Art: Fig 61, A Voyage in Space, “Fragments from the Rings Falling into the Sun,” 1915.

10 July 2022 grant 0

This is an illustration of a defunct theory. The idea being put forward explains sunspots as the impacts of meteors, which come from the rings of Saturn but are knocked out at regular intervals… Read the rest “Science Art: Fig 61, A Voyage in Space, “Fragments from the Rings Falling into the Sun,” 1915.”

Scientific illustration of the "goldilocks zone" of the Milky Way, an area where habitable planets - or, in this case, habitable solar systems - can form.

Science Art: The galactic habitable zone of the Milky Way, as predicted by Lineweaver et al (2004), NASA/Caltech 2013.

3 July 2022 grant 0

Solar systems have a “goldilocks zone” where planets capable of sustaining life forms similar to ours can form. Well, galaxies might also have a goldilocks zone where habitable… Read the rest “Science Art: The galactic habitable zone of the Milky Way, as predicted by Lineweaver et al (2004), NASA/Caltech 2013.”

Scientific illustration of a star spinning

Science Art: Artist’s concept of the fastest rotating star (VFTS 102), by NASA/ESA and G. Bacon (STScI).

6 June 2022 grant 0

This is a star spinning at 2 million kilometers per hour – so fast, it has made itself into its own twirling skirt, its own hula hoop, its own dervish robe.

As the European Space Agency… Read the rest “Science Art: Artist’s concept of the fastest rotating star (VFTS 102), by NASA/ESA and G. Bacon (STScI).”

SONG: Like Lava Made of Water

24 April 2022 grant 0

SONG: “Like Lava Made of Water”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Science 17 Apr 2022, “Icy Volcanos on Pluto Could Be Sign of Underground Ocean,” as used in the post Pluto… Read the rest “SONG: Like Lava Made of Water”

Spotting the farthest star: Earendel.

2 April 2022 grant 0

Science Daily shares news from NASA/Goddard that Hubble, the space telescope supposedly surpassed by the new Webb telescope, has now identified the farthest star (and thus longest-ago… Read the rest “Spotting the farthest star: Earendel.”

Scientific illustration of objects outside our galaxy sending radio waves into our galaxy.

Science Art: CSIRO’s ASKAP telescope continues to detect new FRBs…, 2020

27 March 2022 grant 0

This is an image of a thing that happens that is both very fast and also invisible. The colorful blocks are representations of “fast radio bursts” (FRBs) which are sudden surges… Read the rest “Science Art: CSIRO’s ASKAP telescope continues to detect new FRBs…, 2020”

Scientific illustration of the Hubble Space Telescope being loaded into the gleaming VPF.

Science Art: The Hubble Space Telescope is lifted into the workstands…, 1990

27 February 2022 grant 0

There’s a new space telescope getting ready to do its thing now, but here’s a look back to when the last one was brand new. It’s a NASA image hosted by the San Diego Air and… Read the rest “Science Art: The Hubble Space Telescope is lifted into the workstands…, 1990”

Programming computers to find Antarctic meteorites.

30 January 2022 grant 0

Science magazine explains how that big southerly continent has become the best place to find meteorites, and how those ancient fallen rocks offer priceless clues to the history of the solar… Read the rest “Programming computers to find Antarctic meteorites.”

Something in space is getting really bright three times an hour.

28 January 2022 grant 0

Science Daily reports on a deep space mystery that the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research is trying to figure out – namely, what this thing is that, for one minute in… Read the rest “Something in space is getting really bright three times an hour.”

Scientific illustration of the path of a comet showing the direction of a comet's tail

Science Art: Section of a Comet’s Path, 1933

16 January 2022 grant 0

This illustration, from Natural History Magazine, shows the way the comet of 1843 (or Comet 1843, if you prefer) reached its closest point to the sun, perihelion, over 10 hours – and… Read the rest “Science Art: Section of a Comet’s Path, 1933”

Scientific illustration from the 1600s showing comet orbits and distances from the Sun.

Science Art: Comet observations from Libra astronomica, y philosophica by Carlos de Siguenza y Gongora, 1690.

27 December 2021 grant 0

I can’t make out exactly what this is illustrating. My Spanish is barely good enough to tell, in section 309 of Carlos de Siguenza y Gongora’s Libra astronomica, y philosophica… Read the rest “Science Art: Comet observations from Libra astronomica, y philosophica by Carlos de Siguenza y Gongora, 1690.”

SONG: Fast Blue Optical Transients

24 December 2021 grant 0

SONG: “Fast Blue Optical Transients”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Science News 13 Dec 2021, “The cosmic ‘Cow’ may have produced a new neutron star or black hole,”… Read the rest “SONG: Fast Blue Optical Transients”

Bright and really heavy: What “The Cow” caused in deep space.

17 December 2021 grant 0

Science News shares an explanation for an intense puzzle that’s had astronomers searching for solutions since June 2018. Now, astrophysicist DJ Pasham and his team believe “The… Read the rest “Bright and really heavy: What “The Cow” caused in deep space.”

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