Anna Richards @MsHouseMD@qoto.org

Not all astronomical are dripping with gorgeousity, yet they can still contain amazing and wonderful information in them.

Like, evidence for the existence of an intermediate-mass black hole, one of the biggest goals of modern astronomy.

https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/middleweight-black-hole-finally-revealed-maaaaybe

"Our "fingerprints" are all over climate change, research on warming ocean temperatures finds" by Matthew Rozsa for Salon

https://www.salon.com/2024/03/21/our-fingerprints-are-all-over-climate-change-research-on-warming-ocean-temperatures-finds/

For the past nine months, mean land and sea surface temperatures have overshot previous records each month by up to 0.2 °C — a huge margin at the planetary scale.

A general warming trend is expected because of rising greenhouse-gas emissions, but this sudden heat spike greatly exceeds predictions made by statistical #climate models.

#planet #habitability #Earth
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00816-z

The exceptionally luminous #galaxy GN-z11 existed when the #universe was only about 430 million years old.

Astronomers studying it with #JWST found clear evidence that the galaxy is hosting a central, supermassive black hole that is rapidly accreting matter, the most distant active supermassive black hole spotted.

They also found a gaseous clump of #helium in the halo surrounding GN-z11. The lack of elements beyond helium suggests that this clump must be pristine.

https://phys.org/news/2024-03-webb-secrets-primeval-galaxy.html

Middle kiddo did a thing with a pumpkin. It's pretty dang cool, and I thought @neilhimself might like it, too. Happy Fall/Halloween/apocalypse, everyone!

Seeing our world right now, where so many people are hurting, words can provide comfort sometimes, as well as do some good:

'What you need to be warm'
"This book of poetry is about our right to feel safe, whoever we are and wherever we are from. It is about holding out a hand to welcome those who find themselves far from home.

Sales of every copy of the book – including all author proceeds – help support the work of UNHCR."

Written by @neilhimself
https://www.unhcr.org/about-unhcr/our-partners/prominent-supporters/what-you-need-to-be-warm

#ChemicalsGlow as a #Meteor Disintegrates
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230724.html

#APOD

Coming to Mastodon from Twitter feels like busting in the door loudly brandishing a half drunk bottle of tequila and finding everyone sitting in horrified silence holding cups of tea and academic papers

really digging #Twitter 's new look

Artist Ralph McQuarrie was born #OTD in 1929. He is probably best know as the primary concept artist for the Star Wars movies, but he also did work for Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, and E.T., and he won an Academy Award for his work on Cocoon.

Image: Ralph McQuarrie

New optics blog post! So, what is “structured light?”https://skullsinthestars.com/2023/05/27/so-what-is-structured-light/

Recent observations suggest our solar system has a second Kuiper Belt -- a group of objects orbiting in the cold, dim reaches far beyond Pluto.
NASA's New Horizons probe will pass through it over the next decade!
https://spaceref.com/science-and-exploration/second-kuiper-belt-new-horizons-headed/ #space #NASA #nature

Not everything we see online is true.

Before hitting the share button, practice a thorough check. These crucial questions will guide you:

✔️ WHO is behind it?
✔️ WHAT is the source?
✔️ WHERE did it come from?
✔️ WHY are you sharing it?
✔️ WHEN was it published?

Together, we will triumph over #misinformation, one click at a time.

#FactsMatter #EUvsDisinfo #PledgetoPause

Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2023-04-geochemical-analyses-stone-artifacts-reveal.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://phys.org/news/2023-04-geochemical-analyses-stone-artifacts-reveal.html

Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com: http://nitter.platypush.tech/physorg_com/status/1649480131268714510#m

Geochemical analyses of stone artifacts reveal long-distance voyaging among Pacific Islands during the last millennium @ScienceAdvances https://phys.org/news/2023-04-geochemical-analyses-stone-artifacts-reveal.html

Happy Easter! 🐰🐣🌷

While we might paint easter eggs in all kinds of colours, let’s keep our lifestyle green! 💚

#EUClimateAction

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUClimateAction/status/1644973427063771138

They may be microscopic, but their ability to sequester carbon is phenomenal. We are talking phytoplankton – and scientists working on a project funded by ESA are assessing different aspects of the role that these tiny plants play in the ocean carbon…
Untangling the ocean biological carbon pump