Thanks Tailor for reviving this thread. Very up to date this Planetarium, even Oumuamua is represented here.
This thread reminds me strongly of DW. Hope you are well DW!
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Thanks Tailor for reviving this thread. Very up to date this Planetarium, even Oumuamua is represented here.
This thread reminds me strongly of DW. Hope you are well DW!
Yes, I thought of him as well...
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Just an overwiew:
Top 10 Astronomy News Stories of 2019
Our pick for the biggest astronomy news story of the year is the first-ever image of a black hole “shadow.”
https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astr...-stories-2019/
Just registering the passage of Comet Neowise:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz27yrQTQZU
Beautiful comet... I haven't gone out to see for myself but have seen a number of photos on fb.
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
They spotted another older (or younger?) Milky Way:
"Astronomers spy a Milky Way–like galaxy in very early universe
Astronomers imagine the early universe as a wild and lawless place, with chaotic fledgling galaxies full of swirling gases and frantic star formation. So an image released today comes as a surprise: a young galaxy, spied when the universe was just 10% of its current age, that looks remarkably like our calm and well-ordered Milky Way.
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/08/astronomers-spy-milky-way-galaxy-very-early-universe"
Fixed hot link above: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020...early-universe
"12 billion light-years of space" away... very mature now in real time.
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Thanks for fixing the link, Tailor :). I should have tested it
Registering Nobel 2020 in physics winners for extraordinary discoveries on black holes: Reinhard Genzel, Andrea Ghez and Sir Roger Penrose
2020 Nobel Prize in physics awarded for work on black holes
https://theconversation.com/2020-nob...overies-147614
Meet Sagittarius A the first photographed and videod black hole:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRCD-zx5QFA
Incredible sequence !
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Sent to universe:
Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode
I know ! So cool :)
More stuff from NASA on the Golden Record contents... https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/golden-...on-the-record/
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
I could not open your link. Sometimes I wonder ...Quote:
Originally Posted by tailor STATELY
:boxing_smiley:
Just checked the link... OK in my little corner of the world... must be a regional thing...
Here's a wikipedia link that might be more accessible... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage...%20find%20them.
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor