Nice read on fine structure constant. space.com/fine-structure…

The #IAUworkinggroup IAU-WiA newsletter is now online. You can view the 5th edition here: ow.ly/cHOb50ItI78

Andrea Ghez telling us during Black Hole PIRE webinar how her first proposals were turned down and it’s hard work to convince everyone that new ideas will work. Never give up!

Hubble has established an extraordinary new benchmark: detecting the light of a star⭐️ that existed within the first billion years after the universe's birth in the big bang—the farthest individual star ever seen to date! (1/7) 🧵

2⃣ Origin Story 🔵Why started this research? 🔵What were the major motivations behind this research? 🔵What was the source of inspiration behind this thesis/research? 🔵What was the process behind the research questions you selected? #vivadayiscoming #VIVAquestions

What would it be like to visit a distant planet? Light that has passed through the planet's atmosphere holds clues. Astronomers read the rainbow of light to discover the unique story of each planet. #FindARainbowDay #ReadingTheRainbow 🌈

An image of a planet being born

The arrival fallacy is the illusion that joy lies at a destination ahead. Achieving a goal is not like walking through a portal. You don’t magically become happier when you graduate, get promoted, or win an award. The best way to improve your well-being is to change your path.

Scientists estimate there are tens of millions of black holes dotted around our galaxy, but so far we’ve only found a few dozen. Most of those are in orbit with a star, and this video shows 22 systems studied by our missions! More: go.nasa.gov/3s5X6Oc #BlackHoleWeek⚫

This kind of thing is extremely my jam

Black Hole Image coming up! The Event Horizon Telescope Event Horizon 'Scope is releasing the image of our Galactic Centre Black Hole at 1830 IST. You can follow it live at eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/event-hor… or eso.org/public/announc…

Them: where do you see yourself in 5 years? Me: still looking at dog pics.

Y’all.. if you haven’t yet, take one minute to travel from the Earth to the Center of our Galaxy with this amazing video. Produced by John Dickie, original music by my ultra talented friend ⁦@parityflux⁩ John Krikawa, narrated by Carolyn Raithel. youtu.be/ILGJWN12S3o

SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS ❓ What do you want to know about the technology involved in imaging Sgr A*? Reply to this post or send them to [email protected]. Next week we'll answer in a live Q&A with some of the scientists and researchers behind the new #SgrA* image! 🌀

"Algebra" simply does not mean what you think it means

The event was locally hosted by Mr. Souvik Roy Souvik Roy, a senior research scholar at CESSI, IISER Kolkata Center of Excellence in Space Sciences India. sakshi gupta Remruati_pachuau SayantanRC Dibyendu Nandi ASI Public Outreach and Education Committee ISRO 🚀

CESSI Center of Excellence in Space Sciences India outreach team trying its best to satiate the curious young minds. 🛰️ 🚀 Remruati_pachuau sakshi gupta Souvik Roy Dibyendu Nandi ASI Public Outreach and Education Committee IISER Kolkata

“Out of the cradle onto the dry land here it is standing: atoms with consciousness; matter with curiosity. Stands at the sea wonders at wondering: I a universe of atoms an atom in the universe.”~ Richard Feynman #Corfuisland #Paleokastrista

//CESSI SPACE WEATHER BULLETIN//18 DECEMBER 2023//SUMMARY: MODERATE SPACE WEATHER CONDITIONS// Active regions 13521, 13523 and 13524 have been flagged as flare productive by the CESSI ML/AI algorithm.