The Euclid telescope, just launched today, will be able to observe galaxies out to 10 billion light-years. Here's the largest map I could find (1 billion light years) that includes the Milky Way, Laniakea, the Shapley supercluster, the Perseus–Pisces supercluster, and the South Pole Wall....
A pulsar timing array found evidence of gravitational waves, but the results don't exactly match predictions. This opens the possibility of evidence for new physics...
Hello to the SLIM moon mission and the Aditya solar mission.
OSIRIS-REx delivered its asteroid sample and has been re-tasked as OSIRIS-APEx to study the asteroid Apophis.
(Credit Olaf Frohn)
India has launched its Chandrayaan-3 mission, which aims to explore the south pole of the moon by rover, completing a scientific mission that was first attempted in 2019 but ended in catastrophic failure due to a software glitch...
Is anyone in this sub or instance a remote worker? I have been one first partially and then completely for a few years now and I began to think as a kinda of solarpunk way of live that has the potential to propel humanity to a more decentralized and sustainable way of life, specially since I plan to move to a smaller town...
Largest map of the universe I could find
The Euclid telescope, just launched today, will be able to observe galaxies out to 10 billion light-years. Here's the largest map I could find (1 billion light years) that includes the Milky Way, Laniakea, the Shapley supercluster, the Perseus–Pisces supercluster, and the South Pole Wall....
JWST Has Now Captured All 4 Giant Planets
Two big announcements about neutrinos and gravitational waves on the same day
IceCube and NANOGrav will be making announcements tomorrow, July 29th....
Grand jury charges Trump in 2020 election probe (www.nbcnews.com)
Trump has been charged by the Department of Justice with the following four counts:...
Chemistry of Fireworks
Google search is over (mastodon.social)
Via @rodhilton...
New type of gravitational waves detected! Are they from new physics? (www.youtube.com)
A pulsar timing array found evidence of gravitational waves, but the results don't exactly match predictions. This opens the possibility of evidence for new physics...
Scientists sound the alarm as the world reaches 2-degree warming limit for the first time
NASA Cassini Data Reveals Building Block for Life in Enceladus’ Ocean (www.nasa.gov)
Phosphorus, a key chemical element for many biological processes, has been found for the first time in an ocean beyond Earth.
Hottest day in 125,000 years
Biden's new "American Climate Corps" aims to enlist 20,000 young people (www.axios.com)
The White House is cobbling together a program under existing powers to bring young people into low-carbon energy and climate resilience jobs.
Solar System missions as of October 2023
In all 50 states, it's now cheaper to fill up with electricity than gasoline (www.washingtonpost.com)
India's Chandrayaan-3 launches to explore moon's water-rich south pole (www.newscientist.com)
India has launched its Chandrayaan-3 mission, which aims to explore the south pole of the moon by rover, completing a scientific mission that was first attempted in 2019 but ended in catastrophic failure due to a software glitch...
Solarpunk Wants To Change the World. Should We Take It Seriously? - Can an (overly) optimistic science fiction genre help inspire a new generation of Leftists? (antoniomelonio.substack.com)
Can an (overly) optimistic science fiction genre help inspire a new generation of Leftists?
Russia's Luna-25 crashes into moon after orbit maneuver (spacenews.com)
Russia’s Luna-25 mission ended in failure after crashing into the moon, space agency Roscosmos has announced.
Solarpunk Remote Employees
Is anyone in this sub or instance a remote worker? I have been one first partially and then completely for a few years now and I began to think as a kinda of solarpunk way of live that has the potential to propel humanity to a more decentralized and sustainable way of life, specially since I plan to move to a smaller town...
Friday Climate Strike
Chandrayaan-3's rover is rolling out
How ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Brought Its Delightful Musical Episode to Life: ‘You’re Like, Wait, Spock Is Singing Now?!’ (variety.com)