Ja’far ibn Muḥammad Abū Ma’shar wrote a book – and published it in Venice. It was the place to be, and to see the sky, in the 1500s. He was famous. A star … Read the rest “Science Art: Albumasar De magnis coniunctionibus, 1515”
Astronomers are marking the 30th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope with a “ portrait of a firestorm of starbirth in a neighboring galaxy” –… Read the rest “Science Art: Cosmic Reef, by the Hubble Space Telescope”
SONG: “In the Sounding Deep”.
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SOURCE: Scientific American, April 2020, “Undersea Telescopes Scan the Sky from Below,” as used in the post “… Read the rest “SONG: In the Sounding Deep”
Scientific American has some suggestions for your self-isolation. There are a few ways you can help researchers out without ever leaving home:
… Read the rest “Bored with hanging out at home? Count some penguins (or spot some galaxies) for science.”“I think where we can tap into people’s enthusiasm
Scientific American has more on how some astronomers are using the ocean itself to scan the skies:
… Read the rest “Telescopes deep under the sea are revealing secrets of deep space.”Suspended near the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea off France and Italy, 126 football-sized
Science News reports that astronomers have found the dark edge of the Milky Way – the unlit mass of dark matter spinning beyond the bright stars – and have determined that our… Read the rest “Our galaxy is bigger than we’d thought.”
From 1675 until his death in 1719, John Flamsteed worked at the newly built Greenwich Observatory, charting the stars in the sky. He was England’s first Astronomer… Read the rest “Science Art: Hemisphere Austral, XVIII from Atlas Coelestis, by John Flamsteed, 1729.”
Science News checks back on the big star that suddenly went dim (as regular readers here will remember) a couple of months ago, prompting some speculation that we were about to see a massive… Read the rest “Betelgeuse was maybe just dusty, not dying.”
Scientific American introduces us to a a couple of black holes named Spikey:
… Read the rest “They found a merging pair of black holes. And they named the formation “Spikey.””In 2017 astrophysicists Daniel D’Orazio and Rosanne Di Stefano detailed how a pair of soon to merge supermassive
SONG: “Under Orion’s Arms”.
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SOURCE: SPACE.com, 3 January 2020, “Will Bright Star Betelgeuse Finally Explode? A Look at the Dimming Red Giant… Read the rest “SONG: Under Orion’s Arms”
Something’s going on up there. SPACE.com actually says it’s a good idea to watch the skies “just in case” Betelgeuse is about to blow up:
… Read the rest “So Orion’s shoulder might be about to explode.”Betelgeuse, a reddish
LiveScience was among the outlets breathlessly describing our close encounter with a giant speeding space-rock that took us all by surprise:
… Read the rest “Last Thursday, a “city-killer” asteroid buzzed by Earth, and we had no clue it was coming.”Ranging in size from 187 to 427 feet (57 to 130
Galileo drew pictures of the moon – pictures that included imperfections on the surface. The moon, he observed, had texture. Hills and valleys. Craters.… Read the rest “Science Art: Galileo’s Moon Phases, 1616.”
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An image of the summer sky (in the Northern Hemisphere) by William Peck, F.R.A.S., from his book, The constellations and how to find them; 13 maps, showing the position … Read the rest “Science Art: Map IX: The Constellations of June and July by William Peck.”
Wired reveals a new way to look at the stuff life relies on – and gives a reason why it could be a lot more common in outer space than we’ve thought. Water, under the right circumstances,… Read the rest “Weird water might exist across the universe – as a supersolid.”
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