Robert Lea @RobertLea@qoto.org

Astronomers have identified several stars that are the missing links in the evolution of systems with colliding neutron stars the create #kilonova explosions that forged the gold in the ring on your finger. #Space #astronomers #science https://www.space.com/stripped-stars-missing-link-kilonova-explosions

This one is particularly exciting! Using the #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope astronomers have traced one of the brightest Gamma Ray bursts back to the colliding neutron stars that launched it. #space #astronomy #kilonova #neutronstar https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-kilonova-neutron-stars

The #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope failed to detect a thick atmosphere around the 2nd #exoplanet of the #Trappist system, but is that such a bad thing? Astronomer Sebastian Zieba from the Max Planck Institute of Astronomy explained to me & @AdvSciNews why he isn’t disappointed. #space #astronomy #scicomm https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/lack-of-thick-atmosphere-for-trappist-1c-shows-jwst-is-ready-to-hunt-for-signs-of-life/

By now you’ve heard about the @NANOGrav discovery of background #gravitationalwaves you might be wondering why this is an exciting breakthrough. I spoke to Scott Ransom & Thomas Hertog for @SPACEdotcom to hear through the noise. #space #astronomy #physics https://www.space.com/gravitational-waves-astronomers-why-so-excited

A new way to test #Einstein… and it’s about time. Time distortion could be used to test general relativity. #space #physics #astronomy #scicomm #science https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/quantum-physics/distortions-in-space-time-could-put-einsteins-theory-of-relativity-to-the-ultimate-test

Talk about close escapes! A newly discovered giant #exoplanet avoided become a meal for its red giant star! #space #astronomy #scicomm https://www.space.com/forbidden-planet-escapes-dying-star