The resonances between Indigenous art and images captured by microscopes
A new exhibition pairs paintings by Indigenous Australian artists with microscopic images captured by scientists. The parallels are intriguing.
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By Earl on 26 Feb 2020 No CommentsAstronomers Discover Class of Strange Objects Near Our Galaxy’s Enormous Black Hole
By Earl on 24 Feb 2020 No Comments
Astronomers Discover Class of Strange Objects Near Our Galaxy’s Enormous Black Hole – W. M. Keck Observatory
The Keck Observatory telescopes on Maunakea in Hawaii, are the world’s largest optical and infrared telescopes. Keck Observatory’s vision is to advance the frontiers of astronomy and share our discoveries with the world.
Source: keckobservatory.org/g-objects-2/
New pattern uncovered in mysterious ‘fast radio bursts’ from deep space
By Earl on 12 Feb 2020 No CommentsNew pattern uncovered in mysterious ‘fast radio bursts’ from deep space
What’s creating these unusual signals? And why does this one repeat itself?
Source: www.livescience.com/mysterious-fast-radio-burst-pattern.html
Is Another Interstellar Visitor Headed Our Way? – Sky & Telescope
By Earl on 12 Sep 2019 No CommentsIs Another Interstellar Visitor Headed Our Way? – Sky & Telescope
An amateur has discovered a comet that might be the second interstellar visitor after ‘Oumuamua — and it’s heading for perihelion late this year.
Source: www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/possible-interstellar-comet-headed-our-way/
Thirty Meter Telescope forges ahead with Canary Islands site – Physics World
By Earl on 09 Aug 2019 No CommentsThirty Meter Telescope forges ahead with Canary Islands site – Physics World
Officials at the protest-hit telescope seek a construction permit for the island of La Palma
Source: physicsworld.com/a/thirty-meter-telescope-forges-ahead-with-canary-islands-site/
What do you call a moon that escapes its planet? A ‘ploonet’
If giant planets in other star systems lose their moons, the freed objects could become “ploonets,” and current telescopes may be able to find them.
Source: www.sciencenews.org/article/moons-escape-their-planets-could-become-ploonets
SpaceX Starlink satellites dazzle but pose big questions for astronomers
By Earl on 30 May 2019 No CommentsSpaceX Starlink satellites dazzle but pose big questions for astronomers
Elon Musk’s new satellite megaconstellation will make it harder to study the sky with ground-based telescopes.
Source: www.cnet.com/news/spacex-starlink-satellites-dazzle-but-pose-big-questions-for-astronomers/
Montage – Image Mosaic Software for Astronomers
Montage is a toolkit for assembling Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) images into custom mosaics. Key features for end users are:
Source: montage.ipac.caltech.edu/
Looks like the Sun, but does it spin like the Sun: measuring differential rotation in 16 Cyg A & B
By Earl on 28 Mar 2019 No CommentsLooks like the Sun, but does it spin like the Sun: measuring differential rotation in 16 Cyg A & B
Looks like the Sun, but does it spin like the Sun: measuring differential rotation in 16 Cyg A & B
The Sun is known to rotate differentially, which plays a large part in our understanding of solar physics. Do we see the same differential rotation in Solar analogues, 16 Cyg A & B?
Why Supersymmetry May Be The Greatest Failed Prediction In Particle Physics History
By Earl on 13 Feb 2019 No CommentsWhy Supersymmetry May Be The Greatest Failed Prediction In Particle Physics History
It was so well-motivated and compelling. But the particles never appeared.
SOFIA Finds Dust Survives Obliteration in Supernova 1987A
SOFIA Finds Dust Survives Obliteration in Supernova 1987A
Cosmic dust, a building block of stars and planets, can form in the wake of a violent stellar explosion called a supernova, according to a new study using the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA. These surprising findings provide clues to an astronomical mystery surrounding cosmic dust.
Source: www.astrowatch.net/2019/02/sofia-finds-dust-survives-obliteration.html?m=1
Inside 3 Mars Meteorites: A Different Path for ‘Building Blocks of Life’?
By Earl on 01 Nov 2018 No CommentsInside 3 Mars Meteorites: A Different Path for ‘Building Blocks of Life’?
New work suggests a battery-like reaction that could have created organic material within Mars meteorites.
Directly measuring the mass of an imaged planet
Extremely accurate measurements of the position of β Pictoris from the Hipparcos and Gaia satellites allow the direct measurement of the mass of the imaged planet β Pic b.
Source: astrobites.org/2018/09/21/directly_measureing_the_mass_of_beta_pic_b/
Mysterious Light Flashes Are Coming from Deep Space, and AI Just Found More of Them
By Earl on 13 Sep 2018 No CommentsMysterious Light Flashes Are Coming from Deep Space, and AI Just Found More of Them
Last year’s mysterious outburst of deep-space light flashes was even more frenzied than previously thought, a new study reports.
Source: www.space.com/41775-breakthrough-listen-fast-radio-bursts.html