#astronomers — Public Fediverse posts

🚀🪐 "Sky Map 2000" tries to be a celestial guide but ends up as a cosmic mess of options and settings that even a seasoned astronomer would find dizzying. 🌌🤯 With its endless menus and never-ending list of features, you'd think navigating the stars required a PhD in astrophysics—or perhaps just a degree in patience. 📜🔭
https://skymap2000.com/ #SkyMap2000 #Astronomers #CosmicMess #NavigationChallenges #CelestialGuide #HackerNews #ngated

Things in the Universe that make you go Hmmmm!

Astronomers spot a new object. It appears to be a star as big as our solar system emitting 100 billion times more energy than any known star can physically produce?

Is this a "black hole star" MIT astronomers are asking .... Scientists indicate the most likely explanation for this strange new red dot is that it is a mashup of a black hole and a star. https://phys.org/news/2026-08-black-hole-star-astronomers-brand.html
#Astrophysics #MIT #Astronomy #Universe #Stars #BlackHoles #BlackHoleStar #NASA #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #JWST #SpaceTelescope #Astronomers

Astronomers discover a possible ‘black hole star’ in the early Universe, with a supermassive black hole hidden inside dense gas
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=astronomers-discover-a-possible-black-hole-star-in-the-early-universe-with-a-supermassive-black-hole-hidden-inside-dense-gas
<p>Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery of an extraordinary object from the early Universe
#supermassive #astronomers #universe #discover

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

https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks

#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

#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."

#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

#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

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

#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. 🌞🌓

Rare meteorite proves our solar system almost had an extra planet

A rare meteorite discovered in the Sahara Desert proves that our solar system almost had at least one…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #Astronomers #AU #Australia #EarthandPlanetaryScienceLetters #meteorite #NWA #Science #SolarSystem
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/713773/

Rare meteorite proves our solar system almost had an extra planet

A rare meteorite discovered in the Sahara Desert proves that our solar system almost had at least one…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #Astronomers #AU #Australia #EarthandPlanetaryScienceLetters #meteorite #NWA #Science #SolarSystem
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/713773/

Rare meteorite proves our solar system almost had an extra planet

A rare meteorite discovered in the Sahara Desert proves that our solar system almost had at least one…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #astronomers #EarthandPlanetaryScienceLetters #Meteorite #NWA #Science #solarsystem
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/682979/

Rare meteorite proves our solar system almost had an extra planet

A rare meteorite discovered in the Sahara Desert proves that our solar system almost had at least one…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #astronomers #EarthandPlanetaryScienceLetters #Meteorite #NWA #Science #solarsystem
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/682979/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/517449/ Rare meteorite proves our solar system almost had an extra planet #Astronomers #EarthAndPlanetaryScienceLetters #Éire #IE #Ireland #meteorite #NWA #Science #SolarSystem #Space

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

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

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

Latest #KnowledgeLinks

https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks

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

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 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

#Astronomers Spot the Earliest Confirmed #BlackHole at #CosmicDawn

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronomers-spot-the-earliest-confirmed-black-hole-at-cosmic-dawn

Carnegie Scientists Share How the Giant Magellan Will Change Astronomy

https://carnegiescience.edu/carnegie-scientists-share-how-giant-magellan-will-change-astronomy

#carnegie #science #GiantMagellan #GiantMagellanTelescope #GMT #telescope #LasCampanas #LCO #observatory #Chile #Atacama #desert #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #astronomers #universe #planets #exoplanets #astrobiology #biosignatures #stars #clusters #galaxies #darkmatter #solarsystem #STEM

#Astronomers envision huge crater-filling radio dishes 📡 and arrays of antennas hundreds of kilometers 📏 across.
#SpaceAgencies and companies ⚒️ are planning fleets of #Moon-orbiting #satellites 🛰️ to help rovers navigate on the surface and to relay their data 📶 to #Earth. But even if satellites avoid key frequencies or switch off as they fly above #telescopes 🔭, unintended #emissions from onboard #electronics could be detectable https://www.science.org/content/article/moon-s-scientifically-important-sites-could-be-lost-forever-mining-rush

#MoonMining #SpaceScience

https://physics.aps.org/articles/v16/152
"#Astronomers Need to Rename the #MagellanicClouds" an opinion piece by Mia de los Reyes

I'm in favor because that name is there solely to glorify somebody from a perspective of a flawed set of values. Directly quoting: "Names reflect community values. Naming objects, buildings, and places after people has long been a way for society to honor individuals for their discoveries, their accomplishments, or the values they symbolize. Magellan made no #astronomical discoveries, and for many, he continues to be a symbol of imperialist and anti-Indigenous violence."

I see the complication of old texts becoming obsolete and I would be completely comfortable telling newcomers that e.g. "Yes, it used to be named after a murderous #colonialist but we then realized it was a bad idea and the confusion that currently exists now serves as a reminder to care for one another."

#astronomy #decolonization