Since telescopes let us look back in time, shouldn’t we be able to see all the way back to the very beginning of time itself? To the moment of the Big Bang?
Jul 7th: Why Can’t We See The Big Bang?
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Jul 6th: Things Can Only Get Bigger
Why did the Universe inflate? Why does the Universe expand? More with @CheapAstro as they enlarges upon enlargement
Jul 5th: Several Kepler Planets Turn Out to be Small Stars
Using updated stellar measurements based on new data from the Gaia mission, three (and possibly four) Kepler exoplanets are actually small stars, but it’s unlikely new calculations will reveal many more such issues.
Jul 4th: Is the Universe a Giant Black Hole?
Why didn’t the big bang collapse in a singularity? What would a universe-sized black hole be like? Now that I think about it, do we live inside a giant black hole already?
Jul 3rd: Prepping for the Moon
We’re going back to the Moon. In the next few years humans will set foot on the Moon again, ideally this time to stay. What needs to be done to prepare the way back to the Moon?
Jul 2nd: Returnee & Martian Asteroid Hunters
After being lost for ten years, the asteroid 2010 WC9 was re-discovered when it came very close to Earth & the life of an asteroid hunter on Mars will be interesting and exciting.
Jul 1st: How Old is the Earth?
Have you ever wondered how old the Earth is? How early scientists tried to get an answer for this puzzling problem? And how modern science has finally given us an answer by looking at meteorites? More at #365DaysOfAstro
Jun 30th: Interview with Dr Kathy Thornton
@AwesomeAstroPOd chat to Dr Kathy Thornton, nuclear physicist turned NASA astronaut who went on to fly on four Space Shuttle missions about her life as an astronaut, the Hubble fix and that fateful day in mission-control on Columbia’s last re-entry.
Jun 29th: Objects to Observe in the July 2023 Night Sky
Lets check out what’s up in July sky as @ActualAstronomy talk about watching the Planets Mars, Venus, Mercury and our Moon in the evening sky as well as other sights to see in the July Night Sky.
Jun 28th: Apollo-Soyuz & Space Shuttle Astronaut, Vance Brand
Vance Brand member of crew trained to fly on cancelled Apollo 18 Moon Mission & member of Skylab rescue crew mission, later flew on historic on the Apollo-Soyuz Mission with the Soviet Union & Commanded 3 Space Shuttle Mission