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Exciting Updates From M87 Galaxy and Its Iconic Blackhole
[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about updates from the icon M 87 galaxy and its blackhole Links: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10… https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10… https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10… Jets: • M87 Black Hole Je… SgrA* image: • History … Continue reading
Northern lights dazzle in parts of UK overnight | BBC News
Normally rare in southern parts of the UK, the aurora made an appearance for the second time in a month. By Simon King BBC Weather Sky gazers were treated to “one of the best displays of aurora” on Thursday night. … Continue reading
We owe everything to Earth’s tilt | Sasha Sagan
Rituals come not only from religion but from the way Earth spins around the Sun. ❍ Subscribe to The Well on YouTube: https://bit.ly/welcometothewell ❍ Up next: Michio Kaku: Is God a mathematician? https://youtu.be/Kfq50Vs2gG4 Many of humanity’s cultural traditions are based … Continue reading
The Square Kilometre Array’s complex combination of cattle, culture and cosmology | ABC Australia
[…] The $3 billion Square Kilometre Array is an internationally backed big-science project with a brief to build the world’s largest radio telescope. It will be built in two locations, one part in South Africa, and the other in the … Continue reading
JWST’s plan to avoid micrometeorites, and Artemis 1 arrives at the Moon! | Night Sky News Nov 22
In this month’s Night Sky News we chat about how to spot the Moon occulting Mars, the beginnings of the Artemis 1 mission, the latest JWST updates including its new plan to avoid micrometeorites, and a new study on the … Continue reading
JWST’s successor: The Carl Sagan Observatory – a 12 METRE optical telescope searching for exo-Earth
Big thank you to Matt Mountain (STSci, AURA) who recently gave a lecture in Oxford on his experience leading the planning and development of JWST and who touched on the Carl Sagan observatory in his talk. #jwst #alienlife #carlsagan Hammel … Continue reading
Why Does The Universe Look Like This?
[…] Researched and Written by Jon Farrow Narrated and Edited by David Kelly Animations by Jero Squartini https://www.fiverr.com/share/0v7Kjv Laniakea animation by Alperaym Incredible thumbnail art by Ettore Mazza, the GOAT: https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazz… Huge thanks to Daniel Pomarède for the use of … Continue reading
Strange Ripple Structures Found at the Edge of the Solar System
[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about new discoveries about the shape of the heliosphere and strange new discoveries from the edge of the solar system Links: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4155… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliosp… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interst… http://ibex.swri.edu/ … Continue reading