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pomarede, 2 months ago to Cameras

See the sundial and color swatches of Perseverance in Stereo3D, like if you were on board the #rover. Just let your eyes' line of sight be parallel (not cross-eyed) with left eye in front of left image and right eye in front of right image.

More insights on the sundial and other hidden gems riding aboard #Perseverance: https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/jpl/5-hidden-gems-are-riding-aboard-nasas-perseverance-rover/

A more technical description of the calibration targets for the Mastcam-Z #cameras: https://mastcamz.asu.edu/mars-in-full-color

#mars #space #astrodon #stereo #3D #sundial

pomarede, 2 months ago to Cosmology

Physics Today covers appreciation post

A Rule for the Cosmos (2017)

Feature article by Will J. Percival on Baryon Acoustic Oscillations as a Cosmological Ruler
https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.3789

#cosmology #physics #physicstoday #cover #covers #BAO #baryon #acoustic #oscillations #galaxies #darkenergy #acousticwaves #waves #universe #origin #telescopes #leptons #baryons #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #science #STEM

pomarede, 2 months ago to random

A selection of eclipses that made the cover of Nature and Science Magazine

Partial eclipse of the sun, New York, 2 October 1959. The picture was taken over Manhattan

https://www.science.org/toc/science/130/3383

#eclipse

pomarede, 2 months ago to photography

Concorde + Solar Eclipse = stunning shot

© Nature 1975

#eclipse #concorde #photography

pomarede, 2 months ago to random

Folks are waiting for the Eclipse

© Nature 1973

#eclipse

pomarede, 2 months ago to Cosmology

8 million views for the Laniakea video!

➡️ watch the Nature video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rENyyRwxpHo
➡️ read the research paper: https://nature.com/articles/nature13674
➡️ read Nature's news story: https://nature.com/articles/nature.2014.15819

#laniakea #cosmology #supercluster #galaxies #LaniakeaSupercluster #map #universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #space #science #research #nature #news #video #STEM

pomarede, 2 months ago to space

Ingenuity at Valinor Hills

image acquired by Perseverance on April 4, 2024 (Sol 1110).
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

#ingenuity #perseverance #ValinorHills #mars #nasa #jpl #caltech #space #astron #rover #photography

pomarede, 2 months ago to Cosmology

First Results from DESI Make the Most Precise Measurement of Our Expanding Universe

Researchers have used the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument to make the largest 3D map of our universe and world-leading measurements of dark energy, the mysterious cause of its accelerating expansion

https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/04/04/desi-first-results-make-most-precise-measurement-of-expanding-universe/

#DESI #cosmology #universe #darkenergy #BAO #baryon #acoustic #oscillations #galaxies #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #science #research #STEM #space #news

pomarede, 2 months ago to Cosmology

Cool video of baryon acoustic oscillations in 3D and how they act as a cosmic ruler for measuring dark energy, just released by Berkeley Lab

https://youtu.be/hoOyOAAj4iY?si=vfnScOcjNGgCHQ9P

#cosmology #universe #darkenergy #BAO #baryon #acoustic #oscillations #galaxies #video #3D #youtube #Berkeley #BerkeleyNationalLab #astronomy #astrophysics #astron #science #research #STEM #space

pomarede, 2 months ago to random

... in case you missed it

Scatophobic Dark Matter
by Gerald Xavier Gilbert-Thorple and Jôsé Jesus Jesus
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.00690

pomarede, 2 months ago to Astronomy

Here's an astronomy quiz, published in 1955 in the Worlds of IF Science Fiction pulp magazine.

Check out its free reissue in webzine format: https://worldsofifmagazine.com/webzine-reissues

(answers to the quiz below)

#WorldsofIF #worldsofifmagazine #astronomy #quiz #scifi #science #sciencefiction #pulp #magazine #pulpmagazine #astrophysics #astrodon #science #STEM #knowledge #game #games

pomarede, 2 months ago to Cosmology

in the #arXiv

SN H0pe: The First Measurement of H0 from a Multiply-Imaged Type Ia Supernova, Discovered by JWST

by Massimo Pascale and co-authors
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.18902

Their result agrees with other local universe measurements, increasing evidence of the Hubble tension.

#HubbleTension #Cosmology #HubbleConstant #SNH0pe #supernova #astronomy #astrophysics #astron #science #research #STEM #news #JWST

pomarede, 2 months ago to Astronomy

The Darkest Galaxy? Discovery of the Faintest Milky Way Satellite

https://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/en/news/DarkGalaxy/

📷 Hidden in this deep sky image (left) is a truly miniscule group of stars (right), bound together by their own gravity (and maybe even dark matter!), in orbit around the Milky Way Credit: CFHT/S. Gwyn (right) / S. Smith (left).

#DarkGalaxy #dark #galaxy #MilkyWay #satellite #stars #darkmatter #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #space #science #research #STEM #news #CFHT #CFH #telescope #MaunaKea

pomarede, 2 months ago to Geology

Rubin Crater

a crater of the Moon has been officially named in honor of astronomer Vera Rubin

It is located in the lunar south polar region of high research and exploration interest.

https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/16273
Credit infographics: USGS Astrogeology

#VeraRubin #RubinCrater #crater #Moon #TheMoon #geology #astrogeology #USGS #news #astronomy #astrodon #space #science #STEM #astronomer

pomarede, 2 months ago to Astronomy

A new image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration has uncovered strong and organized magnetic fields spiraling from the edge of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*).

https://eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/astronomers-unveil-strong-magnetic-fields-spiraling-edge-milky-way%E2%80%99s-central-black-hole

#blackhole #SgrA #SMBH #SagittariusA #EHT #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #physics #science #research #STEM #image #news

pomarede, 1 year ago to space

Nature astro covers appreciation post

Sands of Titan (2015)

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/517/issues/7532

#universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research #planets #planet #moon #moons #satellite #satellites #saturn #titan #cassini #spacecraft