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These Canadian rocks may be the oldest on Earth

Jenny Winder she/her @ladyastrojenny.bsky.social · Jun 27

These Canadian rocks may be the oldest on Earth

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Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada.

Discovery of 'mini halo' points to how the early universe was formed

Jenny Winder she/her @ladyastrojenny.bsky.social · Jun 27

Discovery of 'mini halo' points to how the early universe was formed

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Astronomers have uncovered a vast cloud of energetic particles—a "mini halo"—surrounding one of the most distant galaxy clusters ever observed, marking a major step forward in understanding the hidden...

Hear the World’s Oldest Instrument, the “Neanderthal Flute,” Dating Back Over 43,000 Years

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Jenny Winder she/her @ladyastrojenny.bsky.social · Jun 27

Hear the World’s Oldest Instrument, the “Neanderthal Flute,” Dating Back Over 43,000 Years

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Several years ago, we brought you a transcription and a couple of audio interpretations of the oldest known song in the world, discovered in the ancient Syrian city of Ugarit and dating back to the 14...

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Jenny Winder she/her @ladyastrojenny.bsky.social · Jun 27

Rethinking the Big Bang
The largest map of the universe reveals giants at the birth of the universe

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Rethinking the Big Bang

The largest map of the universe reveals giants at the birth of the universe

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Ask Ethan: What puzzles can the Vera Rubin Observatory help solve?

Jenny Winder she/her @ladyastrojenny.bsky.social · Jun 27

What puzzles can the Vera Rubin Observatory help solve?
In just its first 10 hours of observations, the Vera Rubin observatory discovered more than 2000 new asteroids. What else will it teach us?

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In just its first 10 hours of observations, the Vera Rubin observatory discovered more than 2000 new asteroids. What else will it teach us?

NASA James Webb Space Telescope latest images

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Jenny Winder she/her @ladyastrojenny.bsky.social · Jun 27

NASA James Webb Space Telescope's latest images

See the latest full colour images to be released by the JWST.

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See the latest and newest full colour images of space, galaxies and nebulae captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.

You've never seen the Andromeda Galaxy like this before. Multiple telescopes produce new view of our spiral neighbour | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Jenny Winder she/her @ladyastrojenny.bsky.social · Jun 27

You've never seen the Andromeda Galaxy like this before. Multiple telescopes produce new view of our spiral neighbour

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Image of the Andromeda Galaxy in multiple wavelengths, produced by multiple space telescopes and ground-based observatories.

Webb sees Einstein ring forming around an elliptical galaxy | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

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Jenny Winder she/her @ladyastrojenny.bsky.social · Jun 27

Think this is a single galaxy? Think again. It's a strange quirk of spacetime predicted by Einstein

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Webb sees Einstein ring forming around an elliptical galaxy belonging to a galaxy cluster known as SMACSJ0028.2-7537.

Scientists have discovered Mars isn't round. And they're not sure why | BBC Science Focus Magazine

Jenny Winder she/her @ladyastrojenny.bsky.social · Jun 27

Scientists have discovered Mars isn't round. And they're not sure why

It might have something to do with a missing, ancient moon named Nerio

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A missing, ancient moon named Nerio may have warped Mars into a shape similar to a rugby ball, until it was destroyed or removed.

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A magnetically levitated particle enables researchers to search for ultralight dark matter

Jenny Winder she/her @ladyastrojenny.bsky.social · Jun 26

A magnetically levitated particle enables researchers to search for ultralight dark matter

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Dark matter, although not visible, is believed to make up most of the total mass of the universe. One theory suggests that ultralight dark matter behaves like a continuous wave, which could exert rhyt...

New theoretical framework reveals hidden complexity in black hole ringdown signals

Jenny Winder she/her @ladyastrojenny.bsky.social · Jun 26

New theoretical framework reveals hidden complexity in black hole ringdown signals

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In a recently published paper in Physical Review Letters, scientists propose a comprehensive theoretical framework indicating that gravitational wave signals from black hole mergers are more complex t...

Hear Alan Watts’s 1960s Prediction That Automation Will Necessitate a Universal Basic Income

Jenny Winder she/her @ladyastrojenny.bsky.social · Jun 26

Hear Alan Watts’s 1960s Prediction That Automation Will Necessitate a Universal Basic Income

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One of the most propulsive forces in our social and economic lives is the rate at which emerging technology transforms every sphere of human labor.

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Jenny Winder she/her @ladyastrojenny.bsky.social · Jun 26

The mystery of Mercury’s missing meteorites – and how we may have finally found some

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The mystery of Mercury’s missing meteorites – and how we may have finally found some

Meteorites may be the only practical way to study Mercury’s surface directly.

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Jenny Winder she/her @ladyastrojenny.bsky.social · Jun 26

Busting the top 5 myths about the Big Bang
For over 50 years, it’s been the scientifically accepted theory describing the origin of the Universe. It’s time we all learned its truths.

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Busting the top 5 myths about the Big Bang

For over 50 years, it’s been the scientifically accepted theory describing the origin of the Universe. It’s time we all learned its truths.

Webb's discovery of exoplanet TWA 7 b | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

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Jenny Winder she/her @ladyastrojenny.bsky.social · Jun 26

Webb may have found its first exoplanet. Saturn-mass world seen sculpting the region around nearby star

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Young Jupiter was twice as big as it is today | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Jenny Winder she/her @ladyastrojenny.bsky.social · Jun 26

Young Jupiter was so big, you could fit 8,000 Earths inside it. Science winds the clock back on our biggest planet

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Young Jupiter was so big, you could fit 8,000 Earths inside it. Science winds the clock back on our biggest planet

Why David Deutsch believes good explanations are the antidote to bad philosophy | Aeon Videos

Jenny Winder she/her @ladyastrojenny.bsky.social · Jun 25

Why David Deutsch believes good explanations are the antidote to bad philosophy

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What’s the difference between a good explanation and a bad one? A physicist argues this is the key to all human progress

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Jenny Winder she/her @ladyastrojenny.bsky.social · Jun 25

The “quantum long game”
A meditation on quantum physics, creative endurance, and the unseen forces that shape what lasts.

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The “quantum long game”

A meditation on quantum physics, creative endurance, and the unseen forces that shape what lasts — in business and in life.

JWST discovers how we're able to see the Universe at all

Jenny Winder she/her @ladyastrojenny.bsky.social · Jun 25

JWST discovers how we’re able to see the Universe at all
For hundreds of millions of years, a cosmic fog blocked all signs of starlight. At last, JWST found the galaxies that cleared that fog away.

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For hundreds of millions of years, a cosmic fog blocked all signs of starlight. At last, JWST found the galaxies that cleared that fog away.

NASA scientist interview on alien life in our Solar System | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Jenny Winder she/her @ladyastrojenny.bsky.social · Jun 25

If we're looking for life beyond Earth, NASA scientist says these are the best places to look in our Solar System

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NASA's Bonnie Buratti on the search for alien life on the frozen moons of our Solar System, and why Europa is one of the best places to look.

Euclid mission finds treasure trove of dwarf galaxies | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Jenny Winder she/her @ladyastrojenny.bsky.social · Jun 25

"We’re witnessing a fascinating period in a galaxy’s life". Euclid mission finds treasure trove of dwarf galaxies

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Astronomers found 2,600 low-mass, low-surface-brightness, faint dwarf galaxies from data released by the Euclid space mission.

Super-resolution imaging reveals the first step of planet formation after star birth

Jenny Winder she/her @ladyastrojenny.bsky.social · Jun 24

Super-resolution imaging reveals the first step of planet formation after star birth

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Identifying the formation period of planetary systems, such as our solar system, could be the beginning of the journey to discover the origin of life. The key to this is the unique substructures found...