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Detection of an old volcano on the Moon ( lemmy.world )

Edit: my bad I messed up the link

Astronomers Surprised By a Distant Black Hole Roaring Back to Life ( gizmodo.com )

Black holes often sit at the centers of galaxies, where they can gorge themselves on the superheated material that falls into their abyssal event horizons. Now, a team of astronomers have observed the beginning of one such meal.

The gravitational wave background of the universe has been heard for the 1st time ( www.space.com )

Webb Images/Science 2023 ( www.flickr.com )

NASA’s album of images and renditions so far from JWST for 2023. Great for wallpapers, screens savers, posters, or just about anything.

Mind-Melting Facts About the Sun ( www.jpl.nasa.gov )

Another great article and infographic from our JPL friends. Hope you enjoy!

The Solar Wind Across Our Solar System ( www.jpl.nasa.gov )

Great article and infographic about solar winds from our friends at JPL

The 44 Closest Stars and How They Compare to our Sun - Visual Capitalist ( www.visualcapitalist.com )

A great Sun comparison diagram that’s both informative and kinda retro.

Animation: Visualizing the Gravitational Pull of the Planets ( www.visualcapitalist.com )

Another great visualization and the effects of gravity on each planet. Fun stuff!

Webb Detects Most Distant Active Supermassive Black Hole to Date ( www.nasa.gov )

Researchers have discovered the most distant active supermassive black hole to date with the James Webb Space Telescope. The galaxy, CEERS 1019, existed just over 570 million years after the big bang, and its black hole is less massive than any other yet identified in the early universe. Not only that, they’ve easily “shaken...

Virgin Galactic’s first commercial space flight safely lands ( www.aljazeera.com )

Animation: Using Planets to Visualize the Speed of Light ( www.visualcapitalist.com )

Cool visualization of light speed using planetary scales.

The Celestial Zoo: A Map of 200+ Objects in our Universe ( www.visualcapitalist.com )

Massive map of bodies in the universe. Visit Pablo Carlos Budassi’s website for official posteres, pablocarlosbudassi.com/…/the-celestial-zoo-celest…. Not affiliated with the website or Pablo Budassi.

Who doesn't want a huge map of Mars! ( www.visualcapitalist.com )

A Logarithmic Map of the Entire Observable Universe ( www.visualcapitalist.com )

Since so many seemed to like the content of the universe post, I’ll post some more. I love these big diagrams and posters. I’m in no way affiliated with the site, but love how they present topics in large, easy to understand visuals. Hope you all like them too.

Webb Locates Dust Reservoirs in Two Supernovae ( www.nasa.gov )

Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have made major strides in confirming the source of dust in early galaxies. Observations of two Type II supernovae, Supernova 2004et (SN 2004et) and Supernova 2017eaw (SN 2017eaw), have revealed large amounts of dust within the ejecta of each of these objects. The mass found...

Scientists beam solar power to Earth from space for 1st time ever ( www.space.com )

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1073201...

All the Contents of the Universe, in One Graphic ( www.visualcapitalist.com )

Nice visual breakdown of the estimated content of the universe from Visual Capital’s website.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Completes 16th Close Approach to the Sun ( blogs.nasa.gov )

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe accomplished a milestone on June 27, 2023 – its 16th orbit of the Sun. This included a close approach to the Sun (known as perihelion) on June 22, 2023, where the spacecraft came within 5.3 million miles of the solar surface while moving at 364,610 miles per hour. The spacecraft emerged from the...

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