#astronomers — Public Fediverse posts

Astronomers Catch Black Hole Spewing Matter After Feeding
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=astronomers-catch-black-hole-spewing-matter-after-feeding
<p>Black holes are some of the most awe-inspiring and mysterious celestial objects in the universe
#astronomers #spewing #feeding #matter

The First Breath of Another World
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=the-first-breath-of-another-world
<p>Astronomers have detected an atmosphere around a rocky planet in another star&#039;s habitable zone for
#astronomers #atmosphere #detected #another

First Atmosphere Detected on a Terrestrial World
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=first-atmosphere-detected-on-a-terrestrial-world
<p>A team of astronomers have discovered helium escaping from a rocky planet
#terrestrial #astronomers #atmosphere #detected

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

Astronomers believe they've detected an atmosphere around a tiny, icy world beyond Pluto
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=astronomers-believe-theyve-detected-an-atmosphere-around-a-tiny-icy-world-beyond-pluto
<p>Just 300 miles or so across, this mini Pluto is thought to be the solar system&#039;s smallest object.</p>
#astronomers #atmosphere #detected #believe

Astronomers believe they've detected an atmosphere around a tiny, icy world beyond Pluto
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=astronomers-believe-theyve-detected-an-atmosphere-around-a-tiny-icy-world-beyond-pluto
<p>Just 300 miles or so across, this mini Pluto is thought to be the solar system&#039;s smallest object.</p>
#astronomers #atmosphere #detected #believe

A double cosmic explosion could be the first known ‘#superkilonova’
The blast may have come from a collision of tiny #neutronstars forged in a #supernova
#Astronomers have spotted a distant #star that seems to have exploded twice. U.S.-based Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, or #LIGO, and the Virgo detector in Italy detected ripples in spacetime coming from a pair of neutron stars merging about 1.8 billion light-years away.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/double-explosion-by-star-superkilonova
https://archive.ph/fZfZp

Through a cosmic lens: Hubble and #JWST reveal a stunning Einstein ring: https://zorz.it/BKLSV

#SoumyadeepMukherjee #SpacePhotography #astronomers #HubbleSpaceTelescope #EllipticalGalaxy #SpiralGalaxy #CosmicLens #MilkyWay #EinsteinRing

Through a cosmic lens: Hubble and #JWST reveal a stunning Einstein ring: https://zorz.it/BKLSV

#SoumyadeepMukherjee #SpacePhotography #astronomers #HubbleSpaceTelescope #EllipticalGalaxy #SpiralGalaxy #CosmicLens #MilkyWay #EinsteinRing

Through a cosmic lens: Hubble and #JWST reveal a stunning Einstein ring: https://zorz.it/BKLSV

#SoumyadeepMukherjee #SpacePhotography #astronomers #HubbleSpaceTelescope #EllipticalGalaxy #SpiralGalaxy #CosmicLens #MilkyWay #EinsteinRing

#Astronomers Uncover Possibly the Largest #BlackHole: It ‘Bends Light Into a Giant #EinsteinRing’ - Good News Network

https://ground.news/article/giant-black-hole-discovered-possibly-the-most-massive-ever?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share

#Astronomers Uncover Possibly the Largest #BlackHole: It ‘Bends Light Into a Giant #EinsteinRing’ - Good News Network

https://ground.news/article/giant-black-hole-discovered-possibly-the-most-massive-ever?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share

#Astronomers Uncover Possibly the Largest #BlackHole: It ‘Bends Light Into a Giant #EinsteinRing’ - Good News Network

https://ground.news/article/giant-black-hole-discovered-possibly-the-most-massive-ever?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share

#Astronomers Uncover Possibly the Largest #BlackHole: It ‘Bends Light Into a Giant #EinsteinRing’ - Good News Network

https://ground.news/article/giant-black-hole-discovered-possibly-the-most-massive-ever?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share

#Astronomers Uncover Possibly the Largest #BlackHole: It ‘Bends Light Into a Giant #EinsteinRing’ - Good News Network

https://ground.news/article/giant-black-hole-discovered-possibly-the-most-massive-ever?utm_source=mobile-app&utm_medium=newsroom-share

#Astronomers Were Looking for a #Planet, but They Didn't Expect This One

https://www.inverse.com/science/astronomers-discover-epsilon-indi-ab-planet-jwst

The #EpsilonIndi #starsystem is already pretty weird, but this surprising new planet just made it even weirder.

To this end, they collected almost 300 hours of observational data to map the distribution of molecular gas in the #Whirlpool #Galaxy.
With this study, the #astronomers want to investigate the processes by which #stars form in the various zones of this galaxy. They also want to learn something about the mechanisms that produce stars in a similar way in the #Milky Way 2/2

#BBC 📆 2021 In 📆 1992, two #astronomers 🔭 discovered the #KuiperBelt. In 📆 2016, two professors of #PlanetaryScience at #Caltech proposed a massive #planet 🪐, between five and 10 times the size of #Earth 🌏. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210216-the-massive-planet-scientists-cant-find

"At the moment the only game in town for finding #PlanetNine is the Subaru #Telescope 🔭" 🗺️ https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=Subaru+Telescope&layer=Esri+Satellite

The Vera Rubin #Observatory 🔭 will start searching for long period #comets ☄️ coming from the #OortCloud when it is completed 📆 2023. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210618-the-solar-systems-icy-shell-contaminated-by-other-stars 🗺️ https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=Vera+Rubin+Observatory&layer=Esri+Satellite

#OortCloud #comet up to 230 miles wide, traveling 1 #AU per year passing by in 📆 2031 “#Comets ☄️are like #cats, you never know what they’re going to do.” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/giant-comet-oort-cloud-will-pass-sun-2031-180978048

Pictures : :cc_zero: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA17046_-_Voyager_1_Goes_Interstellar.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA-PathsOfSpaceProbesThroughTheKuiperBelt-20190105.jpg, Halley's #comet :ccby: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Halley%27s_Comet_animation.gif