#naturecovers — Public Fediverse posts

Beautiful new cover of the Nature journal, for a paper on the ancestry and origin of meteorites

Featuring a cross-sectional view of the interior of a meteorite recovered from the Mackay Glacier icefields.

https://www.nature.com/nature/volumes/634/issues/8034

#meteorites #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #naturecover #covers #naturecovers #science #STEM #meteorite

Nature Journal astronomy covers

1975: Three Hundred Years of Greenwich

https://nature.com/articles/255581a0

#Greenwich #Royal #Observatory #time #space #RCO #England #London #British #GreatBritain #UnitedKingdom #Herstmonceux #Castle #HerstmonceuxCastle #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #naturecover #covers #naturecovers #science #STEM #history #stars #Universe #HistoryOfScience

Awesome 1979 cover of Nature featuring the giant Arecibo radiotelescope in Puerto Rico, with a busy operator in the control room in the foreground.

Feature paper by Taylor, Fowler, and McCulloch on general relativistic effects in binary pulsar PSR1913+16
https://nature.com/articles/27743

#Arecibo #radiotelescope #observatory #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #binary #pulsar #binarypulsar #pulsars #nature #cover #naturecover #covers #naturecovers #relativity #generalrelativity #physics #science #STEM

Here is a special Nature cover for the International #ObserveTheMoon Night!

The first soft X-ray image of the Moon, courtesy of reflected solar X-rays, captured by the ROSAT Satellite. The dark side of the Moon shadows a diffuse cosmic X-ray background.

https://www.nature.com/articles/349583a0

#moon #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #universe #space #science #research #nature #cover #naturecovers #rosat #satellite #xray

Cheers to #OSIRISREx #ToBennuAndBack with this cover by Nature from back in 2019

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/568/issues/7750

#astronomy #astrophysics #nasa #spacecraft #asteroid #asteroids #astrodon #space #science #research #nature #cover #naturecovers

Nature Journal astronomy covers - 1993

Is there life on Earth?

Featuring a paper by Carl Sagan and co-authors on a search for life on the pale blue dot from the Galileo spacecraft, as a control experiment for the search for extraterrestrial life by interplanetary missions.

https://nature.com/articles/365715a0

#carlsagan #earth #palebluedot #life #galileo #spacecraft #nasa #universe #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science #research #nature #cover #naturecovers

Nature Journal astronomy covers

Anatomy of a kilonova (2017) - Aftermath of the merger between two neutron stars, initially observed in the form of the gravitational waves event GW170817.

Art by Aurore Simonnet http://auroresimonnet.com

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/551/issues/7678

#universe #kilonova #neutronstars #stars #gravitationalwaves #ligo #virgo #physics #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #art #coverart #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research

Nature Journal astronomy covers - 1995

A planet in Pegasus?

The feature article reports the discovery of the 1st extrasolar planet orbiting a Sun-like star, 51 Pegasi, by Michel Mayor & Didier Queloz, a discovery that will earn them the Nobel Prize in 2019

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/378/issues/6555

#universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #51pegasi #planet #exoplanet #exoplanets #planethunting #nobel #prize #nobelprize #stars #nature #cover #art #coverart #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research

Nature Journal astronomy covers appreciation post

Weighing a Galaxy (1990)

Featuring the Einstein ring of MG1654+1346, a radio quasar in near-perfect alignment with a foreground elliptical galaxy, which acts as a gravitational lens.

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/344/issues/6261

#universe #galaxies #radio #quasar #einstein #ring #galaxy #galaxies #gravitation #gravitationallens #cosmology #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research

Nature Journal astronomy covers

PLANET SUITE (2017) - Seven potential Earth-like worlds orbiting low-mass star TRAPPIST-1

Cover art: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Robert Hurt (IPAC).

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/542/issues/7642

#universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #trappist #trappist-1 #planet #planets #exoplanet #exoplanets #planethunting #earth #star #stars #nature #cover #art #coverart #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research

Nature Journal astronomy covers

The Search for a Sister Earth (2006) - Designing a telescope to find our next Solar System

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/442/issues/7098

#universe #planet #planets #exoplanet #exoplanets #planethunting #earth #solarsystem #star #stars #simulation #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #art #coverart #covers #naturecovers #space #nwo #newworld #newworlds #telescope #spacetelescope #coronograph #science #research #nasa #jwst

Nature Journal astronomy covers appreciation post

Generating Large-Scale Structure in the Universe (1990)
Also: Probing Io's atmosphere

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/346/issues/6285

Feature article by Melott & Shandarin: https://www.nature.com/articles/346633a0

#cosmology #simulations #darkmatter #gravitation #physics #universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research #galaxies #cosmicweb #voids #filaments

Nature Journal astronomy covers

Jupiter revisited (2018) - Juno mission offers a fresh perspective on the gas giant

Featuring a stunning view of the central cyclone at the planet's north pole and the eight cyclones that encircle it.

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/555/issues/7695

Credit image: NASA/SWRI/JPL/ASI/INAF/IAPS

#universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research #solarsystem #jupiter #cyclone #cyclones #juno #spacecraft #nasa #planet #planets

Astronomy covers of the Nature Journal

Remaking the Moon (2013)

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/504/issues/7478

Featuring a Comment paper "Planetary science: Lunar conspiracies" by Robin Canup and a News & Views article "Shadows cast on Moon's origin" by Tim Elliott and Sarah T. Stewart
https://www.nature.com/articles/504027a
https://www.nature.com/articles/504090a

#universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research #earth #moon #geochemistry

Nature Journal astronomy covers: an appreciation post

SKYFALL (2013) - featuring a simulation of the Chelyabinsk fireball, by Mark Boslough

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/503/issues/7475

The fireball that streaked across the skies above #Chelyabinsk in #Russia on 15 February 2013 is providing #astronomers with a wealth of #information. Two papers in this issue present detailed reconstructions of the Chelyabinsk event.

#asteroid #fireball #astronomy #astrodon #nature #cover #naturecovers #space #science #universe

An intriguing cover for this 2003 issue of Nature, featuring a dodecahedral space topology and this question:

Is this the shape of the Universe?

☑️ The research paper: https://nature.com/articles/nature01944
☑️ A News & Views article: https://nature.com/articles/425566a
☑️ The full issue: https://www.nature.com/nature/volumes/425/issues/6958

#universe #cosmology #topology #curvature #cmb #wmap #bigbang #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research

Check out this jaw-dropping cover of the Nature Journal published in 2011

Europa's Great Lakes - Watery origins for surface chaos on Jupiter's icy moon

Credit image: Britney E. Schmidt & Deadpixel VFX/Jackson School of Geosciences/UTIG/Vetlesen Foundation/NASA.

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/479/issues/7374

#universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research #solarsystem #europa #geology #chaos #geomorphology #jupiter #moon #satellite #galileo #spacecraft

Nature Journal astronomy covers: an appreciation post

Nova Fireball (2022)

Cover image by Annika Kreikenbohm

☑️ paper "X-ray detection of a nova in the fireball phase": https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04635-y
☑️ News & Views article "Chance discovery sheds light on exploding stars": https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01255-4
☑️ full issue https://nature.com/nature/volumes/605/issues/7909

#universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #space #cosmos #science #research #nova #star #stars #serendipity #discovery #erosita

A spectacular image of Sputnik Planum on Pluto, captured by the New Horizons spacecraft, makes the cover of this 2016 issue of the Nature Journal

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/534/issues/7605

📷 NASA/Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab./Southwest Research Inst. Image composition and processing by P. Schenk & P. Engebretson.

#nasa #newhorizons #spacecraft #pluto #sputnikplanum #universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research

A vintage cover of the Nature Journal, straight out of the eighties

Hydrogen in galaxies (1986) - featuring the southern spiral galaxy M83. The observations were made with the Very Large Array telescope.

https://www.nature.com/nature/volumes/319/issues/6051

#universe #galaxies #messier83 #cosmology #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research #vla #verylargearray #radiotelescope #nrao

Nature Journal astronomy covers appreciation post

Triton's capture (2006) - How Neptune gained a moon from a passing binary

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/441/issues/7090

Beside the research paper associated to this cover, this issue of Nature also features a News & Views article "Interplanetary kidnap" by Alessandro Morbidelli.

#universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research #planets #planet #moon #moons #satellite #satellites #neptune #triton

With Enceladus making the headlines for the detection, in data taken by the Cassini spacecraft Cosmic Dust Analyzer, of phosphates originating in its subsurface ocean, let's enjoy this 2015 Nature cover featuring some simulated eruptions from fractures in the moon's surface.

https://www.nature.com/nature/volumes/521/issues/7550

#enceladus #saturn #cassini #spacecraft #life #astronomy #astrobiology #astrophysics #space #science #research #universe #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #astrodon

A very nice Nature cover featuring the CHIME radiotelescope

Space and CHIME (2019) - on the observations of fast radio bursts

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/566/issues/7743

#universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research #cosmology #chime #telescope #radiotelescope #frbs #galaxies

Nature Journal astronomy covers appreciation post

Ice Streams on Mars (1981) - featuring a Viking Orbiter image of Kasei Vallis

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/290/issues/5809

#universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research #planets #planet #mars #viking #orbiter #vikingorbiter #nasa #solarsystem

Nature Journal astronomy covers appreciation post

Six New Worlds (2011)

NASA's Kepler mission has hit the jackpot with the discovery of a six-planet system orbiting a Sun-like star now named Kepler-11
https://nature.com/nature/volumes/470/issues/7332

#universe #exoplanets #exoworlds #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research #nasa #kepler #nasakepler

The End of Cold Dark Matter?

Amazing Nature cover 32 years ago with quite a provocative question !

The full issue: https://nature.com/nature/volumes/349/issues/6304
The paper: https://nature.com/articles/349032a0
News & Views article: https://www.nature.com/articles/349014a0

#cosmology #darkmatter #universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research #galaxies #iras #cosmography #history

Nature astro covers appreciation post

Along for the ride (2011) - The Trojan asteroid that shares Earth's orbit

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/475/issues/7357

#universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research #solarsystem #trojan #asteroid #lagrange #lagrangepoint #lagrangepointL4 #orbit #orbits #nasa #wise #nasawise #mission #neowise #spacecraft

Nature astro covers appreciation post

Cosmic Order (2013) - A corotating plane of dwarf galaxies orbits the Andromeda galaxy, the Milky Way's twin

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/493/issues/7430

#universe #cosmology #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research #andromeda #m31 #galaxy #milkyway #satellite #galaxies

Nature astro covers appreciation post

Geology of Europa (1981)

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/289/issues/5793

#universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research #solarsystem #europa #geology #jupiter #moon #satellite #voyager2 #mission #spacecraft #nasa #jpl

Nature astro covers appreciation post

Leaving the Heliosphere (2008) - Voyager 2 reports back

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/454/issues/7200

#universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research #solarsystem #heliosphere #voyager #voyager2 #mission #spacecraft #nasa #jpl