The Stellar Survey for July 13 - 19
The Stellar Survey for July 13 - 19
Check out these newly-released photos of a galaxy far, far away! It’s been dubbed “The Penguin and the Egg”, for reasons that will soon become obvious.
The odds of finding alien life just got worse (sigh) thanks to the work of these geophysicists. | Who knew so much depended on everything else in order to survive? Buddhists, that’s who.
But! Who says we give up? This new technology is set to “revolutionize the search for alien life”. | One can always look up at the sky and hope!
The ice caps are melting. This means more water at both the North and South Poles, which slows the Earth’s rotation, which changes the shape of the Earth as it spins—making it fatter in the middle. | And this is making our days longer, infinitesimal bit by infinitesimal bit.
Twenty-five years years of exoplanet hunting hasn’t yet revealed Earth 2.0. | But fear not! Space is veeerrrrrrry big. | Here’s a look at what’s gone down in the last twenty-five years of exoplanet hunting.
Scientists have witnessed a dormant supermassive black hole roar to life. | Cue the Hans Zimmer soundtrack!
As the ISS enters its golden years (sniff), let’s look ahead to the next twenty-five years of private space stations. | The billionaire’s playground will now extend to space! What fun.
It’s been twenty-five years of Space.com! | Here are some of the greatest space discoveries of the last quarter century.
Supermassive black holes provide “hearts and lungs” so that galaxies can live longer. | They do this by blowing out jets of gas and radiation that impact the stars in a galaxy, slowing star formation and keeping them from burning out too fast. Isn’t the universe amazing?
What would happen if we could move at the speed of light? | Which is to say: like A-Train, only faster.
Garbage: it’s no longer just an Earth problem. | Much like billionaires.
On that note: did you know that the Apollo astronauts left ninety-six bags of poop and other detritus on the Moon? I did not! | Something something you think you can just leave your shit everywhere something something.
And finally: catch this month’s full moon this Sunday, July 21! | Although it will be at its height on Sunday, it will still appear full on Saturday July 20, which is timed perfectly with the 55th anniversary of the moon landing (aka, that time when we littered in a cosmic kind of way).
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