The moon landing conspiracy theory seems like old intrigue, but it’s estimated that as many as 10% of Americans still don’t believe we landed on the moon. We consider why the “moon hoax” belief has been difficult to shake on the latest Big Picture Science.
Listen here: https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/skeptic-check-moon-conspiracy
I want to give #Mastodon a proper go this time, but it's hard to connect with people when no-one follows you, and hashtags only get you so far. 😞
So, if you like one of the hashtags below, please consider following me, and if you do, I'll follow you back! Thank you. 💗
#retrocomputing #msdos #windows #vintagecomputing #ai #lego #scifi #amiga #linux #doctorwho #drwho #startrek #starwars #space #uk #lgbtq #3dprinting #woodworking #discworld #reading
PRESS RELEASE:
A new study led by SETI Institute scientist Matija Ćuk suggests Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, formed from a collision between two older moons—and that this event may also be linked to the formation of Saturn’s iconic rings.
Read the full release: https://www.seti.org/news/saturns-moon-titan-could-have-formed-in-a-merger-of-two-old-moons/
Hidden pulsars.
A supermassive black hole.
A new candidate signal.
What’s happening at the heart of the Milky Way?
SETI Live, today at 2:30 pm PST with William J. Welch Postdoctoral Fellow Karen Perez.
Join us and bring your questions!
WATCH LIVE: https://youtube.com/live/YMUeG5Mbngs
In a recent SETI Live conversation, science communicator Dr. Moiya McTier spoke with Dr. Berta Margalef-Bentabol, Dr. Lingyu Wang, and Antonio la Marca from the Space Research Organization Netherlands (SRON) to discuss two Euclid studies that address different aspects of a long-standing astrophysical hypothesis: that galaxy mergers play a central role in triggering the most powerful phases of black hole activity, known as active galactic nuclei.
Learn more: https://www.seti.org/news/when-galaxies-collide-euclid-reveals-what-triggers-active-black-holes/
After Two SpaceX Explosions, U.K. Officials Ask FAA to Change Starship Flight Plans
—
Facing a significant increase in the number of SpaceX launches, British officials detailed their concerns about the safety of Turks and Caicos and other Caribbean territories after debris from an earlier failed launch littered beaches and roads.
https://www.propublica.org/article/spacex-starship-explosions-uk-turks-caicos-faa-launches?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #SpaceX #Starship #UK #Britain #ElonMusk #Musk #FAA #Aviation #Space
#PPOD: Jupiter’s south pole, as seen by NASA’s Juno spacecraft from an altitude of 52,000 kilometers. The oval features are cyclones, up to 1,000 kilometers in diameter. Multiple images taken with the JunoCam instrument on three separate orbits were combined to show all areas in daylight, enhanced color, and stereographic projection. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Betsy Asher Hall/Gervasio Robles
I recently visited the ALMA observatory in Chile. While I was poking around the telescopes, ALMA researchers released amazing new views of planet-forming disks around young stars.
These are the most detailed images yet of new solar systems being born.
https://public.nrao.edu/news/exoalma/ #space #science #tech #nature
📣 On Saturday 21 June, it's going to be a very busy night in Göttingen - the Night of Science! This channel is going to be equally busy, with a daily countdown giving you previews of activities you'll find at our location. These posts will predominantly be in German.
If this is a bit too verbose for you, you can mute or filter the hashtag #ndwgoecountdown to not see the daily countdown posts.
#ndwgoe #ndwgoecountdown #ndwgoemps #goettingen #mpsgoettingen #space
In 1950, A Shockingly Dark Sci-Fi Adventure Tried To Predict The Space Race
Rocketship X-M, quickie ripoff of Destination Moon. Astronauts discover Martian civilization destroyed by nuclear war, leaving behind mutant cavemen. Many science flubs. Even more numerous sexist remarks. Still, better than expected, enhanced with special effects shots added in the 1970s.
#RocketshipXM #ProfessorK #ChristianSciFi #space #secretscifinetwork @books @bookstodon @religion
Do photons wear out? An astrophysicist explains light’s ability to travel vast cosmic distances without losing energy.
You only die twice:
Recent theoretical models suggested that some stars could destroy themselves in two, successive supernova explosions. Now we have direct visual evidence that such doubled stellar deaths really happen.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2511/ #space #astronomy #science #nature
Just discovered:
Teleios
Ancient Greek for "perfection"
A massive spherical bubble, 11, 46, or 157 light-years across (they aren't sure yet)
Could be from a white dwarf slurping up a companion star, exceeding a mass limit, and exploding
In our Milky Way, not an ORCS (Odd Radio Circles at intergalactic distances)
Discovered by Miroslav Filipović and team of Western Sydney University using the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP)
https://www.sciencealert.com/mysteriously-perfect-sphere-spotted-in-space-by-astronomers
Lunar landers and 'Transporter' tankers: Blue Origin unveils its blueprint for the moon
While Musk and Starship explode, Bezos self-funds Moon ships. New Glenn heavy booster has put first payload into orbit. Blue Origin can quietly come from behind in Space Race 2.0.
@books @bookstodon @religion #ChristianSciFi #ProfessorK #amwritingsf #secretscifinetwork #sciencefiction #space #BlueOrigin #SpaceX #Musk #Bezos
A new atomic clock in space could help us measure elevations on Earth.
@technologyreview reports: "The European Space Agency’s ACES mission could ultimately pave the way for a global network of atomic clocks that make these measurements far more accurate."
Subscription may be required: https://flip.it/dbCEJp
Woah! Really cool new videos from the Goode Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory show timelapse adaptive optics views of the Sun's corona. This one is of a solar prominence being shaped by the Sun’s magnetism.
I like the choice to color hydrogen-alpha light pink.
You should check out all of the videos (the Sun is so fluffy!):
https://nso.edu/press-release/new-adaptive-optics-shows-stunning-details-of-our-stars-atmosphere/
An object called 2017 OF201 is shaking up our ideas about the outer zone of our solar system.
It follows an extreme, 25,000-year orbit.
It may be one of a hundred or so similar bodies filling a seemingly vacant region.
And its existence casts doubt on searches for Planet 9.
https://www.ias.edu/news/extreme-cousin-pluto-possible-dwarf-planet-discovered-solar-systems-edge #space #science #nature #astronomy
A Magnífico Photography composition of the Cosmos superbly captured
NGC 1365 Spiral Galaxy
#PPOD: JWST's NIRCam captured this picture of the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. JWST identified carbon dioxide on the icy surface of Europa, which likely originated in the moon’s subsurface ocean. This discovery has important implications for the potential habitability of Europa’s ocean. The moon appears blue primarily because it is brighter at shorter infrared wavelengths. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, G. Villanueva (NASA/GSFC), S. Trumbo (Cornell Univ.), A. Pagan (STScI)
#PNW #Washington #NLC #Clouds #Night #WaWx #Nature #Photo #PhotoOfTheDay #Astronomy #Space #SpaceWeather #Science #sciencemastodon
"Mission Meowssible: Commander Whiskers reporting from the Meowdule. 🚀🐾 For all cat lovers who believe the sky isn’t the limit — it’s just the beginning."
📣https://rafaelsalazar.com/featured/mission-meowssible-rafael-salazar.html
#Cats #astronaut #Humor #modern #pop #quirky #sci-fi, #space, #feline #Caturday #fediverse #fediart #mastodon #mastoart #fedigiftshop #BuyIntoArt #RafaelSalazar #RafaelSalazarArt #artmatters #fineartamerica #flipboard #catsonmastodon @Flipboard
PRESS RELEASE: https://www.seti.org/press-release/unusual-stellar-nurseries-near-our-galaxys-center-puzzle-scientists
New research led by Dr. James De Buizer at the SETI Institute and Dr. Wanggi Lim at IPAC at Caltech revealed that, although the central part of our Galaxy has a much higher density of star-forming material than the rest of the Milky Way, in the Galactic Center, the current rate of formation of massive stars (those larger than 8 times the mass of our Sun) appears to be lower compared to the rest of the Galaxy.
