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Lyndie Chiou @lyndie.bsky.social · 2d

Proven: strange patterns in the prime numbers that require chaos to understand. And a way to beat a 200 year old prime-hypothesis. My latest for Scientific American!

www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...

#Science #ScienceNews #Research #stem #ScienceWriting #Math #Discovery #BigIdeas 👩🏾‍🔬🧪

Fractal Chaos Discovered in Prime Numbers

Mathematicians have found a new way to predict how prime numbers behave

www.scientificamerican.com

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Lyndie Chiou @lyndie.bsky.social · 2d

Fractal Chaos Discovered in Prime Numbers

Mathematicians have found a new way to predict how prime numbers behave

www.scientificamerican.com

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Lyndie Chiou @lyndie.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks!

Lyndie Chiou @lyndie.bsky.social · 3d

It's one of the "smart telescopes". There are many options, but I have a Vespera Pro.

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Lyndie Chiou @lyndie.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks!

Lyndie Chiou @lyndie.bsky.social · 3d

The Ghost of Cassiopeia nebula. Cassiopeia (the bright star) is an Ethiopian queen in Greek mythology. Her star illuminates nearby dust clouds, imparting a ghostly, ethereal appearance.

Image credit: my tiny telescope (about 4 hours of light collecting).

#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾‍🔬

A nebula with red and blue colors faintly glows in the light of a very bright star.

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Lyndie Chiou @lyndie.bsky.social · 10d

Giant tulip!

Lyndie Chiou @lyndie.bsky.social · 11d

Happy observing! This is a Vaonis Vespera Pro. Looking forward to seeing your results.

Lyndie Chiou @lyndie.bsky.social · 11d

We wouldn't know -- the speed of light is the fastest that information can travel.

Lyndie Chiou @lyndie.bsky.social · 12d

It's not an unscientific thought! There are several serious conferences every year devoted to the topic of finding life outside of Earth.

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Lyndie Chiou @lyndie.bsky.social · 12d

Love Star Trek. This is the closest I'll ever get to exploring "strange new worlds"!

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Lyndie Chiou @lyndie.bsky.social · 12d

Also, it's worth noting that Andromeda is a huge galaxy -- 6 moons wide in the sky! So that, plus the long exposure time, and post processing using astro software, is why it looks so nice here.

Lyndie Chiou @lyndie.bsky.social · 12d

Vaonis Vespera Pro -- but lots of options out there!

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Lyndie Chiou @lyndie.bsky.social · 12d

Vaonis Vespera Pro + PixInsight. But I haven't tried them all, so I can't say whether I made the best choice! There are certainly lots of options.

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Lyndie Chiou @lyndie.bsky.social · 13d

The Andromeda Galaxy, courtesy my tiny smart telescope. This galaxy is *very* close, only 2.5 million light years away. If someone in Andromeda is looking back at us right now (and can resolve Earth) they're watching early humans!

15 hours of 20s photos stacked

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A detailed nearly edge-on image of a galaxy with a bright core and circular lanes of dark dust.

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Lyndie Chiou @lyndie.bsky.social · Aug 26

Excellent! ❤️

Lyndie Chiou @lyndie.bsky.social · Aug 25

When you have a moment -- take a look at this math story involving butterflies, fractals, Douglas Hofstadter, and patterns in irrational energy potentials! My latest for Quanta.
www.quantamagazine.org/ten-martini-...

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‘Ten Martini’ Proof Uses Number Theory to Explain Quantum Fractals | Quanta Magazine

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, connects quantum mechanics to infinitely intricate mathematical structures.

www.quantamagazine.org

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Lyndie Chiou @lyndie.bsky.social · Aug 25

Not according to our current understanding of black holes. That idea comes up every now and again, but no one has made a truly convincing explanation. Most likely the contrary rotations came from one galaxy absorbing another.