#astronomers — Public Fediverse posts

When Good #Intentions Go #Toxic: What #Urban #Wildflowers Are Hiding from #Bees : Medium

A better way to turn #2D #Designs into #3D #Models for rapid #Prototyping : MIT

Rare #Stellar #Explosion Gives #Astronomers a Front-Row Seat to a Massive #Star’s #Death : CMU

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When Good #Intentions Go #Toxic: What #Urban #Wildflowers Are Hiding from #Bees : Medium

A better way to turn #2D #Designs into #3D #Models for rapid #Prototyping : MIT

Rare #Stellar #Explosion Gives #Astronomers a Front-Row Seat to a Massive #Star’s #Death : CMU

Latest #KnowledgeLinks

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#Astronomers Have Now #Spotted #Galaxies So Far Away, It Raises #Troubling Questions #yt

https://youtu.be/ZUuQMJ5O3XM

#Astronomers Have Now #Spotted #Galaxies So Far Away, It Raises #Troubling Questions #yt

https://youtu.be/ZUuQMJ5O3XM

Quantum Physics Could Help Us Find Earth 2.0
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=quantum-physics-could-help-us-find-earth-20
<p>When astronomers talk about directly imaging an exoplanet that is orbiting a far away star
#astronomers #exoplanet #quantum #physics

Quantum Physics Could Help Us Find Earth 2.0
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=quantum-physics-could-help-us-find-earth-20
<p>When astronomers talk about directly imaging an exoplanet that is orbiting a far away star
#astronomers #exoplanet #quantum #physics

#Astronomers observe companion star orbiting stellar giant #Betelgeuse

https://ground.news/article/betelgeuse-betelgeuse-astronomers-capture-clearest-image-yet-of-famous-stars-elusive-companion_6d9811?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/27/jodrell-bank-observatory-facing-closure-uk. "Jodrell Bank Observatory, the hub of a world-leading network of #radio #telescopes, is facing closure after #Government #funding for the #facility was slashed. The deep #space #observatory includes the Grade I-listed Lovell #telescope & is prized by #astronomers who study #galaxies, #blackholes, #star formation, #planets beyond the solar system & the afterglow of the #BigBang."

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/27/jodrell-bank-observatory-facing-closure-uk. "Jodrell Bank Observatory, the hub of a world-leading network of #radio #telescopes, is facing closure after #Government #funding for the #facility was slashed. The deep #space #observatory includes the Grade I-listed Lovell #telescope & is prized by #astronomers who study #galaxies, #blackholes, #star formation, #planets beyond the solar system & the afterglow of the #BigBang."

#Sun Undergoing Mysterious Change, Nobody Knows Why
#Astronomers discovered #magnetic activity in Sun is being squeezed into more tightly confined area under isurface, which has implications for #spaceweather forecasts and #heliophysics.
Using new tools, astronomers discovered a weird mismatch in surface and p-mode signals that emerged more than a decade ago and has become especially pronounced in the current epoch, Cycle 25, which began in 2019.
https://www.404media.co/sun-magnetic-activity-changes-study/
https://archive.ph/u92mR

#Sun Undergoing Mysterious Change, Nobody Knows Why
#Astronomers discovered #magnetic activity in Sun is being squeezed into more tightly confined area under isurface, which has implications for #spaceweather forecasts and #heliophysics.
Using new tools, astronomers discovered a weird mismatch in surface and p-mode signals that emerged more than a decade ago and has become especially pronounced in the current epoch, Cycle 25, which began in 2019.
https://www.404media.co/sun-magnetic-activity-changes-study/
https://archive.ph/u92mR

So... is this giving "microscope" to you or....?

Find out our first impressions and how this part of the night sky became #Microscopium on this week's episode: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/microscopium-cosmic-background/

#CosmicBackground #Astronomy #constellations #StarryTime #history #astronomers #stars #IAU #StarCharts

📷 :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscopium#/media/File:Constellation_Microscopium.jpg

So... is this giving "microscope" to you or....?

Find out our first impressions and how this part of the night sky became #Microscopium on this week's episode: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/microscopium-cosmic-background/

#CosmicBackground #Astronomy #constellations #StarryTime #history #astronomers #stars #IAU #StarCharts

📷 :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscopium#/media/File:Constellation_Microscopium.jpg

#VeraRubin #Telescope Begins Surveying Our Cosmos, the widest, deepest survey yet of the southern sky.
Telescope will drink in galaxies and stars, creating record of how objects streak, pulse and explode in our solar system and beyond.
#Astronomers expect data, known as Legacy Survey of Space and Time, to revolutionize knowledge of galaxy’s birth, invisible matter permeating cosmos, what shaped the universe into the structure it has today and more.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/science/rubin-telescope.html
https://archive.ph/srQJ9

#VeraRubin #Telescope Begins Surveying Our Cosmos, the widest, deepest survey yet of the southern sky.
Telescope will drink in galaxies and stars, creating record of how objects streak, pulse and explode in our solar system and beyond.
#Astronomers expect data, known as Legacy Survey of Space and Time, to revolutionize knowledge of galaxy’s birth, invisible matter permeating cosmos, what shaped the universe into the structure it has today and more.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/science/rubin-telescope.html
https://archive.ph/srQJ9

Between 1786 and 1797, Caroline Herschel discovered *8* comets!

We should cheer extra loud for Caroline b/c we gotta imagine that her mom probably never did...

To learn more about Caroline (and briefly about her mom) & comets, check out this week's episode here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/asterism-caroline-herschel-and-comets/

#Astronomy #AstroDon #Astronomers #WomenInSTEM #WomenInAstronomy #WomenInScience #History #Comets #Discoveries #cheering #BadMoms

Between 1786 and 1797, Caroline Herschel discovered *8* comets!

We should cheer extra loud for Caroline b/c we gotta imagine that her mom probably never did...

To learn more about Caroline (and briefly about her mom) & comets, check out this week's episode here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/asterism-caroline-herschel-and-comets/

#Astronomy #AstroDon #Astronomers #WomenInSTEM #WomenInAstronomy #WomenInScience #History #Comets #Discoveries #cheering #BadMoms

In this week's episode, we're talking about Caroline Herschel & Comets!

Listen here & see the thread below for links for a deeper dive into the life and accomplishments of Caroline Herschel: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/asterism-caroline-herschel-and-comets/

#comets #Herschel #astronomy #AstroDon #space #science #history #Herstory #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #WomenAstronomers #astronomers #comet #SciComm #podcast

In this week's episode, we're talking about Caroline Herschel & Comets!

Listen here & see the thread below for links for a deeper dive into the life and accomplishments of Caroline Herschel: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/asterism-caroline-herschel-and-comets/

#comets #Herschel #astronomy #AstroDon #space #science #history #Herstory #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #WomenAstronomers #astronomers #comet #SciComm #podcast

#Astronomers find biggest #super_puff planets yet that are lighter than cotton candy

https://ground.news/article/astronomers-find-biggest-super-puff-planets-yet-that-are-lighter-than-cotton-candy_0b0a7b?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share

#Astronomers find biggest #super_puff planets yet that are lighter than cotton candy

https://ground.news/article/astronomers-find-biggest-super-puff-planets-yet-that-are-lighter-than-cotton-candy_0b0a7b?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share

#solstice #astronomy #astronomer #astronomers
Today is the solstice. The longest day in the northern hemisphere, but which is the shortest night? Last night or tonight?
Thank you. 🌞🌓

#solstice #astronomy #astronomer #astronomers
Today is the solstice. The longest day in the northern hemisphere, but which is the shortest night? Last night or tonight?
Thank you. 🌞🌓

Upcoming telescopes could shed light on dark matter – astronomers are looking for these ‘fingerprints’ of the elusive substance
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=upcoming-telescopes-could-shed-light-on-dark-matter-astronomers-are-looking-for-these-fingerprints-of-the-elusive-substance
<p>Scientists study small galaxies to look for hints of dark matter in the universe.</p>
#astronomers #telescopes #upcoming #matter

Gravitational-Wave Detections Surge with Latest Release
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=gravitational-wave-detections-surge-with-latest-release
<p>Astronomers have released the newest list of gravitational-wave detections
#gravitational #astronomers #detections #release

Astronomers have discovered the most distant dormant black hole known to date
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=astronomers-have-discovered-the-most-distant-dormant-black-hole-known-to-date
<p>Astronomers have discovered and estimated the mass of a dormant black hole located about 10 billion
#astronomers #discovered #dormant #distant

New Cloud-Detecting Method Will Help Astronomers Characterize Exoplanets
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=new-cloud-detecting-method-will-help-astronomers-characterize-exoplanets
<p>Astronomers have developed a technique that allows them to detect cloud cycles on distant
#astronomers #exoplanets #detecting #mornings

Astronomers Uncover Statistical Evidence for Recoiling Supermassive Black Holes
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=astronomers-uncover-statistical-evidence-for-recoiling-supermassive-black-holes
<p>Galactic collisions are events of breathtaking proportions
#supermassive #astronomers #statistical #eventually

Wow! 😍 💫

#NgātiRangi unveils #StarCompass to teach next generation of #astronomers

By Moana Ellis, Monday, June 1, 2026

"A traditional #Māori star compass built to teach the next generation how to read the skies and live by the stars has been unveiled at a #NgātiRangi kura in #Ohakune.

"The whana tongitongi Te Tatau o Rongonui, a traditional star compass or kāpehu whetū used across Polynesia as a forecasting and navigation tool, was opened at dawn on Thursday at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngāti Rangi.

"The project was led by Ngāti Rangi celestial researchers Riwaru Tihema and Rauroha Brown and designed according to traditional Ngāti Rangi narratives and astronomical knowledge."

Read more:
https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/06/02/ngati-rangi-unveils-star-compass-to-teach-next-generation-of-astronomers/

#TraditionalKnowledge #Aotearoa #AstronomicalKnowledge #Astronomy

Wow! 😍 💫

#NgātiRangi unveils #StarCompass to teach next generation of #astronomers

By Moana Ellis, Monday, June 1, 2026

"A traditional #Māori star compass built to teach the next generation how to read the skies and live by the stars has been unveiled at a #NgātiRangi kura in #Ohakune.

"The whana tongitongi Te Tatau o Rongonui, a traditional star compass or kāpehu whetū used across Polynesia as a forecasting and navigation tool, was opened at dawn on Thursday at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngāti Rangi.

"The project was led by Ngāti Rangi celestial researchers Riwaru Tihema and Rauroha Brown and designed according to traditional Ngāti Rangi narratives and astronomical knowledge."

Read more:
https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/06/02/ngati-rangi-unveils-star-compass-to-teach-next-generation-of-astronomers/

#TraditionalKnowledge #Aotearoa #AstronomicalKnowledge #Astronomy

How do you study an invisible exoplanet? Astronomers discover planetary 'fingerprints' in the rings around stars
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=how-do-you-study-an-invisible-exoplanet-astronomers-discover-planetary-fingerprints-in-the-rings-around-stars
Key insight: <p>How do you weigh a planet you can&#039;t see
#astronomers #invisible #exoplanet #rings

Astronomers discover a 'lost world' of black hole mergers: 'It's the astronomical equivalent of uncovering an ancient civilization'
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=astronomers-discover-a-lost-world-of-black-hole-mergers-its-the-astronomical-equivalent-of-uncovering-an-ancient-civilization
<p>This could change our understanding of how the cosmic titans collide.</p>
#astronomical #astronomers #discover #mergers

Astronomers discover a 'lost world' of black hole mergers: 'It's the astronomical equivalent of uncovering an ancient civilization'
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=astronomers-discover-a-lost-world-of-black-hole-mergers-its-the-astronomical-equivalent-of-uncovering-an-ancient-civilization
<p>This could change our understanding of how the cosmic titans collide.</p>
#astronomical #astronomers #discover #mergers

Astronomers finally solve Saturn’s decades-long spin mystery
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=astronomers-finally-solve-saturns-decades-long-spin-mystery
<p>A decades-old mystery about Saturn has finally been solved thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope
#astronomers #finally #decades #mystery

A New Model Helps Astronomers Study How Merging Black Holes Ring
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=a-new-model-helps-astronomers-study-how-merging-black-holes-ring
<p>A new statistical model reveals more details about the ringdown period of merging black holes.</p>
#astronomers #merging #model #black

Astronomers Observe the Most Chemically Primitive Galaxy in the Early Universe
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=astronomers-observe-the-most-chemically-primitive-galaxy-in-the-early-universe
<p>An international team led by Associate Professor Kimihiko Nakajima of Kanazawa University has captured
#astronomers #chemically #primitive #universe

#Astronomers receive #laser #signal from an object 8 billion light-years from #Earth

https://www.patreon.com/posts/astronomers-from-159145681

Webb just clocked nearly 9,000 young star clusters and found the biggest ones break from their birth clouds in 5 million years, a timing clue that could reshape how astronomers model galaxies growing up
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=webb-just-clocked-nearly-9000-young-star-clusters-and-found-the-biggest-ones-break-from-their-birth-clouds-in-5-million-years-a-timing-clue-that-could-reshape-how-astronomers-model-galaxies-growing-up
<p>The James Webb Space Telescope has given astronomers a sharper look at how young star clusters escape
#astronomers #clusters #clocked #young

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📢 Astronomers have discovered 15 new pulsars in a globular cluster near Earth - Notebookcheck

🔗 https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMivAFBVV95cUxPNmRqNkZWcjFyc3NOZzFpbE1YcWQ2OGJMcUVIbWZudlM3U1NHdXg2Nzhfdmlmby14Rk1kVXVQU1BuNVJMd0lWRWRtems1bkJ4SGRRN1A3dzduUm9EOVNBWjNUdUY0ejU1WXV1YUVIZHFMRHlIaFpGVTJ4Nk9wMS1vNlZmTW56b1VzLWQzVk1yZGtvVFVQZjR6SDgzQS1SVVExTV9GUTZOYmptU2xhQTJaNFZZbjM2VVVha0x6TQ?oc=5

#Astronomers #Earth #Notebookcheck #GlobalFeed #News #EN

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Webb Discovers One of the Universe's First Galaxies
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=webb-discovers-one-of-the-universes-first-galaxies
<p>Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified an ultra-faint galaxy seen just 800
#astronomers #discovers #universe #galaxies

Astronomers Find New Circumbinary "Tatooine-like" Planet Candidates
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=astronomers-find-new-circumbinary-tatooine-like-planet-candidates
<p>There&#039;s a distinct category of exoworlds out there that orbit two stars
#circumbinary #astronomers #candidates #tatooine

What's Feeding Our Supermassive Black Hole?
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=whats-feeding-our-supermassive-black-hole
<p>Astronomers have identified the likely source of gas that flows into the maw of the Milky Way’s
#supermassive #astronomers #identified #feeding

Why did interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS puzzle astronomers? #science
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=why-did-interstellar-comet-3iatlas-puzzle-astronomers-science
<p>Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS and the “alien” chemistry problem Astronomers studying comet 3I/ATLAS
#interstellar #astronomers #science #puzzle

The #DarkAge of #Science : Medium

#Astronomers #Puzzle over early origins of #Mysterious ‘#RedMonster’ #Galaxy : Sci Am

If #AI Can #Model #Cells, #Science Can Deliver #Cures : Time

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Completing my latest edition of portraits of #astronomers Cecilia Payne-Gaposhkin (1900-1979) who discovered the most common elements in our sun, the stars and in fact the universe at large in her brilliant doctoral thesis. Regular matter is mostly hydrogen and helium.

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/708302399

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #womenInSTEM #mastoArt

As we wave farewell to our episode on Maria Mitchell & sunspots, here's an image of the crater named after Maria on the moon!

Stay tuned tomorrow for a new episode on the #astronomy and Cosmic Background of the #constellation Camelopardalis!

📷 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_%28crater%29#/media/File:Crater_Mitchell.jpg

#moon #sunspots #sun #crater #astronomers #WomenInSTEM #history #WomensHistory #Space #science #SolarSystem #podcast #astrophotography

Who's this badass at the telescope???

Why, it's Maria Mitchell! Despite not having a college degree herself, she was a professor of Astronomy at Vassar College (and was the first woman astronomy prof. in the US 🔭)

Learn more about Maria Mitchell on our latest podcast episode: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/asterism-maria-mitchell-and-sunspots/

📷 :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Mitchell#/media/File:Maria_Mitchell_in_the_Vassar_College_Observatory,_Vassar_College,_June_1878.jpg

#astronomy #astronomers #WomenInSTEM #History #Herstory #MariaMitchell #space #science #historical #photograph #telescope #WomenInScience #NotableWomen

Astronomers Witness the Awesome Power of a Black Hole's "Dancing Jets"
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=astronomers-witness-the-awesome-power-of-a-black-holes-dancing-jets
<p>New Curtin University-led research has used a radio telescope that spans the Earth to snap images that
#astronomers #witness #awesome #dancing

#Astronomers have discovered 🔭 an object with a diameter of about 500 km that has an atmosphere and is located about 37 #AU from the Sun https://www.reuters.com/science/atmosphere-detected-celestial-body-solar-systems-far-reaches-2026-05-04

#Astronomy #SolarSystem #backyard

#Astronomers believe they’ve detected an #atmosphere around a tiny, icy world #beyondPluto

https://ground.news/article/astronomers-believe-theyve-detected-an-atmosphere-around-a-tiny-icy-world-beyond-pluto?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share

Here's a photograph of Maria Mitchell (seated) in the observatory of Vassar College with her student Mary Watson Whitney (standing).

To learn more about "America's First Woman Astronomer," check out this week's #podcast episode: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/asterism-maria-mitchell-and-sunspots/

The thread below will also have some links to find out more about Maria's incredible life & accomplishments

📷 :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Mitchell#/media/File:Mitchell_Maria_telescope.jpg

#History #STEM #WomeInSTEM #astronomy #Astrodon #astronomers #women #space #science #telescope

in my 4 decades of online life, i go where these people go:
#astronomers especially #NASA
#infosec & #hackers
#scientists especially epidemiologists, especially² #COVID19 #researchers
#lawyers
#DIY & #FLOSS
#bike riders
#musicians and #DJs cuz they’re curators by default
#photographers
#gardeners
#LGBTQIA+ esp trans folks
#disability activists
#sexWorkers
#metereology & #climate activists
#historians
#foodies

these people not only know what's newsworthy. they’re often the news.
🧵…

A strange ‘chirp’ in a brilliant stellar blast points to a #magnetar
About a billion light-years away, an extraordinary stellar explosion lit up in the night sky. The blast, detected December 12, 2024, was some 30 times the brightness of a typical #supernova, putting it in a rare group of superluminous #supernovas. Now, #astronomers believe they know what made the explosion so bright — an extreme type of star called a magnetar.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/superluminous-supernova-magnetar
https://archive.ph/6SP5s

For #TransDayOfVisibilty (and all days), let's celebrate the accomplishments of #transgender #astronomers & #astrophysicists, learn more about some of the brilliant #trans folks working in #astronomy at the links below:

Dr. Megan Pickett: https://astrobites.org/2025/06/27/megan-pickett-interview/

Jessica Mink: https://aas.org/comms/sgma/sgma-interviews-jessica-mink

Dr. Eliot Halley Vrijmoet: https://astrobites.org/2025/06/06/eliot-vrijmoet-interview

Wichahpi King: https://astrobites.org/2025/06/20/wichahpi-king-interview/

Dr. JJ/Jan Eldridge: https://500queerscientists.com/jj-eldridge/

Dr. Rebecca Oppenheimer: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/opinion/transgender-today/stories/rebecca-oppenheimer

Please feel free to share profiles of #trans astronomers and astrophysicists in the comments!

📷 :https://www.vanderbiltmuseum.org/portfolio/pride/

#trans #TransgenderDayOfVisibility #TDOV

A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth
#Science #AI #SpaceX #Starlink #NightSky #Astronomy #Environment #SpaceDebris #LightPollution #ClimateImpact #Satellite #SpaceIndustry #EarthOrbit #Astronomers #Pollution
https://the-14.com/a-million-new-spacex-satellites-will-destroy-the-night-sky-for-everyone-on-earth/

Giving a talk tonight for my #astronomical society

How many #astronomers do you know who are cool enough to rock #tattoos, 12 #piercings and a leather suit?

#leather suit by Higgs Leathers
Shirt by RSVLTS - #Disney Fantasia "Night on Bald Mountain" 75th anniversary

For more information about the society visit https://msas.org.uk

The full talk will be broadcast on nomenloony.tv very soon.

My degree is in astrophysics by the way. Yes. I'm that nerd