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30d

New Nasa data hints we could be living inside a black hole

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31d

I emailed Neil Tyson Degrasse asking him if lasagna crosses the event horizon of a black hole does it become spaghetti?

#nerlingersjokes #space #deepthoughts #blackholes

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212d

Frankly, it’s depressing how one billionaire can fuck up the night sky for the rest of humanity and our collective ability to try to understand more about the universe.

The new generation of Starlink satellites create even more interference than the old ones.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4dnr8zemgo

#tech #space #starlink #spacex #elonmusk

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19d

NASA Removes Graphic Novels About Women Astronauts Takahe has limited support for this type: See Original Page

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140d

Onwards & Upwards for Perseverance rover.

Judging by the wheel tracks in this roughly processed post-drive tiled-NavCam from Sol 1342, the drive direction to site 62.2066 appears to be close to west-southwest. The updated map and drive data (JSON) are unlikely to be released until after the holiday weekend, so I'll share the drive data and map as soon as they are available.

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

#Mars #Perseverance #MarsRover #NASA #science #Space #Exploration #Solarocks

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138d

as she keeps going up the route leading to the summit, Perseverance sends us new visions of the crater rim and beyond

#Mars Nov. 30, 2024 (Sol 1344)
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

#perseverance #rover #Sol1344 #PerseveranceRover #PicoTurquino #JezeroCrater #JezeroCraterRim #RimCampaign #RimScience #Navcam #photography #space #science #STEM #geology #landscape #Mars2020 #solarocks #Astrodon #news

a stitching of two images captured by the navigation camera of the Mars rover Perseverance, showing, from left to right, the slopes of the rim of Jezero crater, that the rover is currently ascending, the distant wall of the crater rim itself, with a mountain showing up in the background, and the floor of the crater, including its fan-shaped delta region. The Pico Turquino hills can also be spotted in the lower right hand side corner of the picture.

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122d

#Introduction Hi #fediverse ! We’re the European Southern Observatory, and we design, build and operate ground-based telescopes.

One of them is our Extremely Large Telescope, currently under construction in #Chile. It will have a 39 m mirror, and its rotating enclosure will weigh 6100 tonnes, or about 700 mastodons!

We’re looking forward to chatting with all of you about #astronomy

📷 ESO/G. Vecchia

#astrodon #astrophysics #space #science

The giant metal frame of a dome takes up most of the picture frame, contrasting with the brown hills and a thin horizontal line of blue sky in the background. The dome's frame is not yet fully covered in the middle, so the dark brown landscape behind it shows. The big opening in the dome's roof shows the interior, still a construction site with a structure of white beams. In front of the big building is one red crane, taller than the dome.

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110d

Martian Memories

Special-Effects Spirit Silhouetted on "Jibsheet"

Created using a photorealistic model of the rover and a false-color mosaic captured at sunset by its panoramic camera on May 19, 2005 (Sol 489). Credit: NASA/JPL-Solar System Visualization Team

📷 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia03232-special-effects-spirit-silhouetted-on-jibsheet/

#Mars #Spirit #Sol489 #Jibsheet #sunset #GusevCrater #Gusev #crater #rover #SpiritRover #Martian #solarsystem #memories #space #science #history #STEM #astrodon #geology #SpecialFX #FX #visualization #NASA #JPL

A synthetic image of the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover sitting on top of a rock called "Jibsheet" and contemplating a Martian sunset.

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1y

太空吃什么
图书馆借了三本阿波罗11的任务报告回来，里面有两页是他们在太空吃啥。每人的食谱略有差异，但看起来不错嘛，还有Shrimp Cocktail哎！于是就去八了下太空人吃啥。

NASA早的载人航天任务，六十年代初的水星，吃的是牙膏，或者小块的脱水食物，靠宇航员含在嘴里软化。据说非常难吃，宇航员们都很有意见。

到了六十年代中期的双子星任务，已经开始略微好吃点儿了，是冻干食物，加水还原，还是直接拿着袋子吃。

到了阿波罗的时候升级了，冻干食品还有热水用来还原（啊原来之前都是冷水嘛！那得多难吃啊）。菜单看起来不错，一找图片，呃，看起来还是不appertizing，左边那个就是shrimp cocktail，我觉得它就算加水还原我也不想吃。阿波罗计划开始，开始实验用勺子吃有些足够粘度的食物了。

美国的第一个太空站skylab，史上最二的太空站，就必须做到above and beyond了，它上面甚至有个冰箱，宇航员们的生活水平大幅提高（嗯，还有55块肥皂可以洗澡呢）。他们的厨房可以坐下来吃，还有serving tray，全靠食物本身的黏度让它粘在tray和勺子上。

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107d

#HappyNewYear 🎉 Boost your #NewYear resolution with adaptive optics. By deforming a thin flexible mirror a thousand times per second you can correct atmospheric turbulence and get sharp astronomical images!

➡️ https://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/technology/adaptive_optics/

📷 ESO/P. Weilbacher (AIP)

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science

Two telescopic images of the planet Neptune side by side. The left one, labeled "adaptive optics", is very crisp and shows detailed white clouds against the planet's deep blue disc. The right one, labeled "no adaptive optics", shows a blurred disc where no details can be discerned.

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1y

Huzzah! 🥳

We've reached 10,000 followers. Thanks to all the scientists, students, teachers and science nerds who contribute to this community. We just love sharing interesting science news with you.

What would you like to see more of?

#Science #Space #ClimateChange

24% Space news
51% Discoveries
21% Climate change
4% Something else (explain in a reply)

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102d

Need more galaxies in your feed? Of course you do.

Over the break I made @ArpBot, mostly because I thought the name "Arp Bot" was funny.

It posts an image of a galaxy in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies twice a day. Images are from the archives of professional observatories and the original 1966 catalog. I curated the images and wrote the image descriptions and most of the alt text.

Give it a follow!

#Astrodon #space #galaxies

A grainy, black and white vertical image of two spiral galaxies next to each other. The galaxies are nebulous structures with denser arms shaped like spirals that meet at the centre of each galaxy. The galaxy at the bottom of the frame is face-on. The galaxy at the top of the frame is somewhat inclined, and they're almost touching. The image is sprinkled with white dots, which are stars.

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95d

Astronomers have long thought that the upper clouds of Jupiter, which create the planet’s iconic pale brown belts, are made of frozen ammonia.

But the joint efforts between an amateur astronomer with his backyard telescope 🔭 and professional scientists with ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), have now shown that they're actually made of something completely different 😲

Most likely, they are made of ammonium hydrosulphide mixed with smog, although vertical convection can sometimes bring ammonia ice clouds to the top.

Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/videos/potw2502a/?lang

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science

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85d

#Space picks of the day:

(This is a very large category, so I have left out descriptions to keep the thread size manageable)

SPACE PUBLICATIONS & JOURNALS
@OJ_Astro
@skyatnightmag
@Spacecom

RESEARCH INSTITUTES
@mpsgoettingen
@astron

ASTROPHYSICISTS & ASTRONOMERS
@hfalcke
@sundogplanets
@jknodlseder
@mustapipa
@thomasconnor
@leo
@kellylepo
@evilscientistca
@AlexSanterne
@Robminchin
@mmontarges
@timlichtenberg
@eamonn_kerins
@rdrimmel
@astro_jcm
@jwuphysics

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78d

Vera Rubin Was a Pioneering Female Astronomer. Her Federal Bio Now Doesn’t Mention Efforts to Diversify Science.
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The edits to the webpage offer a glimpse into how far the Trump administration will go in refusing to acknowledge today’s inequalities as it purges federal initiatives promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.

https://www.propublica.org/article/vera-rubin-astronomer-dei-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Government #DEI #Science #Astronomy #Space #Trump

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72d

Space Diner (2020). 3D illustration I made based on an original 2D artwork by artist Space Gooose - https://www.artstation.com/spacegooose

#Blender #Blender3D #scifiart #3D #3DArt #space #cats #Art #SciFi #Space #Illustration #DigitalArt

A 3D Sci-Fi diner floating in space. There is an android on the back of the diner smoking a cigarette. A sign on top says "Diner - Coffee Pie Taters." Another sign says "Open 24 hours." Inside the diner there is a table with a cup on it, and a pink cat sitting at the table.

A 3D Sci-Fi diner floating in space. A sign on top says "Diner - Coffee Pie Taters." Inside the diner there is a table with a cup on it, and a pink cat sitting at the table.

A 3D Sci-Fi diner floating in space. There is an android on the back of the diner smoking a cigarette. A sign says "Open 24 hours."

A 3D Sci-Fi diner floating in space. There is an android on the back of the diner smoking a cigarette. Inside the diner there is a table with a cup on it, and a pink cat sitting at the table. This is a screenshot of the Blender viewport with all textures displayed as gray.

A 2D illustration of a Sci-Fi diner floating in space. There is an android on the back of the diner smoking a cigarette. A sign on top says "Diner - Coffee Pie Taters." Another sign says "Open 24 hours." Inside the diner there is a table with a cup on it, and a pink cat sitting at the table.

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74d

PRESS RELEASE: A research team led by Dr. Sofia Sheikh of the SETI Institute, in collaboration with the Characterizing Atmospheric Technosignatures project and the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center, set out to answer a simple question: If an extraterrestrial civilization existed with technology similar to ours, would they be able to detect Earth and evidence of humanity? If so, what signals would they detect, and from how far away? https://youtu.be/Pdg2x3NP2ds

#science #space #scicomm

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63d

Overdue #Introduction:

Hi, I am one of those computer touchers, located in #Berlin, in my late 20s, and this is my first time on any social media.
I have lots of interests (yes #ADHD), like #Vegan #Cooking, #Photography (often #Pets), anything #Space, #Gaming and #GameDev, recently #3DPrinting, trying to do good, the list goes on.
Really enjoying this online space so far, hope to meet and talk to more awesome people on here.

Also some sample pictures I like (with alt-text, of course).
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A photo of Neo, a young black cat, lying on a bed, full mlem (licking his chops). His striking yellow eyes are looking somewhat to the bottom left corner of the frame.
In front of him there is a screwdriver with a hex bit, next to him a medium size DLSR (though out of focus).
In the background, a scratching post is visible, though very blurry.

A photo of a sunrise on the beach. The sand itself is visible towards the bottom of the image, quickly replaced by the small waves of a calm see. The sun is only a few degrees above the horizon, and has a long reflection across the water. The sky is a radial gradient around the sun, staring from warm oranges and ending in a dark blue. In the right third of the image, a stone pier can be seen on the line of the horizon.

A night-time photo of a rearing disco pegasus illuminated with purple lights.
Yes, you read/heard right, a disco pegasus. A pegasus (horse with wings), covered in tiny mirrors, like a disco ball.
There seems to be a fog machine nearby, because some purple (because of the lights) fog seems to be rising from the ground around the pegasus, giving the whole image a majestic vibe (besides the fact that it is a purple disco pegasus, of course).
Otherwise, there are a few trees illuminated in purple in the background as well. And a box of some sort.
But mainly: Purple Disco Pegasus.

A (night-time) photo of someone standing on a road, wearing a Pikachu Hoodie while holding a progress pride flag with confident posture, back towards the camera. Quite in the background and out of focus, a police-person (german Polizei) is walking roughly away from the camera, relaxed posture. Next to that police-person, a building is illuminated with the telltale blue light of a police siren.
There is lots of colour and contrasts in this picture, but somehow the person standing in the center keeps pulling the focus to themself again.
The police was there out of routine with protests in Germany, clearing the roads of for the march. The photo was, of course, taken and published with permission.

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48d

A high-ranking NASA official warned his employees to “use discretion” in public when displaying badges or emblems that identify them as federal workers — part of an effort, the agency says, to protect its staff amid “stories of possible harassment.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/nasa-official-warns-staff-trump-harassment-federal-workers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #NASA #Space #Government #USPolitics #Trump

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35d

Here it is: The first clear image of an eclipse of the Sun by the Earth, taken from the surface of the Moon.

This is what last night's lunar eclipse looked like from the Blue Ghost lander's perspective on the Moon. Amazing!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/fireflyspace/54386246629/in/dateposted/ #space #science #art #tech

Blue Ghost got her first diamond ring -- light from the Sun streaming from behind the Earth. Captured at our landing site in the Moon’s Mare Crisium around 3:30 am CDT, the photo shows the sun about to emerge from totality behind Earth.

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33d

“In everyone’s pocket right now is a computer far more powerful than the one we flew on Voyager. I don’t mean your cell phone — I mean the key fob that unlocks your car.”

— Rich Terrile, JPL scientist and member of the Voyager imaging team

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27d

Cat's Eye Nebula NGC 6543 as seen by ESA Euclid Space Telescope

Full size 3K & full info: https://flic.kr/p/2qTiGsj
Credit: ESA/Euclid/EuclidConsortium/NASA/NAOJ/AndreaLuck CC BY

Latest data release available on: https//eas.esac.esa.int/sas
Mission: ESA Euclid
Instruments: VIS and NIS
Product Type: MER Mosaic
Release Q1 R1
Filters: HSC G (Subaru Telescope), VIS, NIR H, NIR J, NIR Y

#Space #Astronomy #Euclid #ESA #Astrodon #Nebula

$This image presents a stunning deep space view centered on the Cat’s Eye Nebula, with intricate structures and vibrant colors. The nebula itself glows in an ethereal blue and violet hue, surrounded by delicate, symmetrical, and concentric gaseous layers that form its iconic shape. The surrounding space is filled with an intricate web of faint reddish and brownish wisps on the outer region surrounding the nebula. Bright stars with distinct diffraction spikes punctuate the scene, adding depth and contrast to the dark, star speckled background. Numerous galaxies are also visible in the background. The image showcases a great balance between sharp details in the nebula's core and the softer, ghostly tendrils of interstellar gas beyond.$

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PRESS RELEASE: https://www.seti.org/press-release/pinball-world-asteroids-mudball-meteorite-avoided-collisions
In the Pinball World of Asteroids, a Mudball Meteorite Avoided Collisions

In April 2019, rare primitive meteorites fell near the town of Aguas Zarcas in northern Costa Rica. In an article published online in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, an international team of researchers describe the circumstances of the fall and show that mudball meteorites are not necessarily weak.

#space #science #scicomm

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Ring Nebula as seen by JWST Space Telescope

Full size & more info: https://flic.kr/p/2qW1yL1
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/AndreaLuck CC BY

Target: Ring Nebula, NGC6720
Distance: 2,300 light-years
Date: 2022-08-04 / 2022-08-08
Instruments: NIRCam, MIRI
Filters: F770W, F560W, F335M, F300M, F212N, F162M
Colours Assigned: B/W, Red, Orange, Green, Cyan, Blue
PI: Michael Barlow
PI Institution: University College London
Proposal ID: 1558

#JWST #Astronomy #Space #Astrodon

$A glowing, circular nebula with a bright, textured outer ring that fades into a dark background filled with stars. The center of the ring is a smooth, teal-blue area with faint, cloudy structures and small bright points. The ring itself appears reddish-orange with intricate filaments extending outward like wispy tendrils. Surrounding the nebula, the dark space is scattered with bright white stars, some with distinct diffraction spikes.$

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This proposal essentially ends U.S. leadership and dominance in space research and space-based astronomy.

"NASA’s science budget could be cut nearly in half under an early version of President Donald Trump’s budget proposal to Congress, a move that would terminate billions of dollars’ worth of ongoing and future missions."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/04/11/nasa-science-budget-cuts-trump/

#UnitedStates #NASA #Research #Space

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