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This Planet is Only Half Covered in Lava
There are a lot of weird exoplanets out there, like 55 Cancri e (aka Janssen), which is probably half covered in lava. But the half that’s covered in lava might not be quite the half you’re thinking of. Hosted by: … Continue reading
Astronomy Photographer of the Year: Huge plasma arc wins | BBC News
Winning images of the amazing parts of our Universe go on display in London. Andromeda, Unexpected – Winner in the Galaxies category and Overall Winner A photo of a huge plasma arc next to the Andromeda Galaxy has won … Continue reading
Has JWST found supermassive DARK MATTER stars?
[…] A research paper was published this month that claims to have found evidence for the existence of supermassive dark stars in the early Universe using JWST data. A clump of gas powered by dark matter annihilation which can grow … Continue reading
The Great Attractor
No matter where you are, you are always moving. The Earth orbits the sun, and the sun moves round the galaxy. But what is it that makes the galaxy move? That is going to be our topic today. Everything in … Continue reading
Gravitational Waves | Cosmic Symphony
Thanks to the efforts of the U.S. National Science Foundation’s NANOGrav Physics Frontiers Center a new milestone in gravitational wave detection can be revealed. […]
The Euclid Space Telescope: tackling dark matter and dark energy mysteries
[…] My previous video on what JWST will observe next year: • The plan for JWST… My previous video on the evidence for dark matter – • All the evidence … 00:00 – Introduction 00:15 – Launch and orbit 00:52 … Continue reading
After 3 Years of Hiatus, LIGO Is Finally Back! New Era For Gravitational Waves
[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about newly begun search for gravitational waves with LIGO and several other observatories Links: https://gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/… https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.03606 https://theconversation.com/gravitati… https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/image/li… https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/33813 https://www.nature.com/articles/d4158… https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10… #ligo #gravitationalwaves #universe […]
65,000 yrs – the great history of Australian Aboriginal Astronomy | Kirsten Banks | TEDxYouth@Sydney
Emus can’t fly, but there’s an Emu in the sky. People have been looking up to the stars for a long time, but for how long? Explore a different perspective of the night sky and learn about the great history … Continue reading
JWST’s “too massive” galaxy problem solved?! | A non-universal IMF
[…] Remember those overmassive galaxies that JWST found that people claimed proved “the big bang never happened?” when in reality it was just that we couldn’t explain how they’d got so big? Well, turns out those galaxies probably aren’t that … Continue reading
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