Throwback from the spooky season: Halloween is, hands-down, the most beloved season of the year. And we have NASA, ESA, ESO, and others releasing their spooky season images. There will be nebulae cropped with the contrast adjusted just so to reveal witches’ hats, and others rotated to reveal ghosts and maybe – I can hope – a goblin or two.
Today’s Actual Astronomy discuss about some of the best astronomy books from poetry to the Milky Way we cover our favourite books on the astronomical table.
On Earth, we understand how and where earthquakes happen due to the discovery of plate tectonics. Now we have largest recorded seismic event on Mars provided evidence for a different sort of tectonic origin — the release of stress within the Martian crust
Aside from our own solar system, one of the most studied stellar systems lies about 40 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Aquarius. Seven rocky exoplanets orbiting the TRAPPIST-1 star. more about it at #365DaysOfAstro
We’ve sent robots to other worlds but the amount of science we can deploy can’t compare with the vast science labs we have on Earth. That’s why more and more missions are for a sample return.
Some lunar craters are new and that means the Moon being hit by another object. Also Jupiter protecting the Earth. More at #365DaysOfAstro
Today podcast: the Journey Through the Universe staff looks back at the origins of the program, the challenges it has faced, and what their hopes for the next 20 years
Today EVSN look at what tree rings can teach us about past earthquakes, & how well machine learning can identify life, like trees, from carbon-rich materials that were never alive to distant galaxies and spinning black holes. We even take a deep dive into anti-matter.
Today we have Cheap Astronomy podcast about stars. Do other stars have sunspot activity cycles like the Sun does? So why are magnetars magnetic?
Join us for an exclusive SETI Live event, as we take a first look at the next-generation telescope from Unistellar – the ODYSSEY.