Tinker & Swag

06/02/2023

The hunt continues for exoplanets that might contain liquid water and are considered habitable. The latest is closer than most at only 31 lightyears away.

06/02/2023

"Last morning I captured a photo of the comet that's been all over the news lately. The tail looks remarkably different than it did during last week's capture. These objects are incredibly fascinating to observe as they near the sun"

Credit: Andrew McCarthy

29/01/2023

Thanks to Christian Dionne Photographie for making his post sharable! This recently discovered comet has an orbital period of FIFTY THOUSAND YEARS! Yes folks, you won't see it here again for countless generations (well, to be exact, one could count the generations in 50,000 years if one wanted to 😁). Hook up with your local astronomy club for opportunities or help in seeing the treasures in our night sky.

21/01/2023

Never gets old! 😃

: Solar System Scale

The scale sizes of the planets lined up in order, left to right, from inner to outer planets as compared to the Sun, which is about 1.4 million km wide. (Using a filtered photo taken of the Sun on Jan. 18, 2023, with several active sunspot regions.)

Credit: J. Major

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10/01/2023

A fitting discovery for the tenth-year anniversary of Curiosity on Mars 🤩👏

Scientists believe to have discovered a massive cache of precious gemstones on the surface of Mars. No, we're not talking about diamonds — according to a study published last month in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets by a team of Arizona State University and NASA-affiliated researchers...

25/12/2022

Peace on Earth 🕊

27/11/2022

This flyer is a bit old but still worth looking at. Goto telescopes are much easier to use today.

17/11/2022

15/11/2022

Live prep with launch of Artemis I planned for 1:07 AM tonight EST
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02/09/2022

No need to rush out and buy a telescope if you're new to stargazing. This telescope lending program might be near you! It's the perfect way to test the waters and familiarize yourself with astronomy. We love it!

The Concept

02/09/2022

THIS is a BIG DEAL! Just imagine what scientists are about to learn from this event. 😃 There's always something interesting to look at, study, discover in Space. Bring parts of this beautiful, exciting world to your kids on a regular basis.

The weird behavior of a galaxy around a billion light-years away suggests that it might contain one of the most highly anticipated events in modern astronomy.

01/09/2022

MOXIE is doing its job, surviving the flight to Mars with Perseverance and producing oxygen! Up to 100 minutes' worth of breathable oxygen so far. 'Space, the final frontier' is in full swing. 😀

The growing list of “firsts” for Perseverance, NASA’s newest six-wheeled robot on the Martian surface, includes converting some of the Red Planet’s thin, carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere into oxygen.

30/07/2022

Amazing how so much information is at our fingertips today. Anyone with access to the Internet can track the re-entry path of this rocket and watch for the fireball(s) as it plunges into our atmosphere.

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30/06/2022

Our book, Into the WOODS is on a flash sale!
Have fun outdoors and enjoy with your kids this weekend! 🤩

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30/05/2022

As you party and picnic, wind your way on a little road trip, camp in nature, or go boating on the lake- whatever you are doing- take a moment to remember that today has been set aside as a day in memory of those who lost their lives fighting for our country and our freedom.

19/04/2022

There's always someone somewhere thinking about things like this. 😃
Just for fun, try taking two little mirrors and placing strands of human hair between them just to get and idea of the precision that's required in shaping the surface of the mirrors and the surface of the mineral.

A special form of light made using an ancient Namibian gemstone could be the key to new light-based quantum computers, which could solve long-held scientific mysteries, according to new research led by the University of St Andrews.

11/04/2022

This is how quickly a meteor traveling at 52 THOUSAND MPH can impact Earth. This one made it all the way to just 34 miles above the surface. Let's do all we can to protect our delicate atmosphere, since we rely on it to protect and sustain us.

According to NASA meteor watch: “Analysis of their reports indicate that the meteor was first sighted 53 miles above the southwest Wisconsin town of G**s Mill, moving to the northwest at 52,000 miles per hour. It managed to travel 78 miles through the upper atmosphere, finally disintegrating 34 miles above St. Charles, in the state of Minnesota.”

Several sightings of a fireball meteor were reported over Wisconsin on Saturday, including sightings as far east as Michigan.

10/04/2022

Always pretty cool when you catch science happening 🤩
Thank you, Kotter Photography, for sharing this fun capture. 😃

26/03/2022

Other solar systems coming along nicely as the star's disc of matter continues to go through its changes. Does anyone wonder why the images got brighter if there was a big cloud of dust born of planetesimal collisions? Wouldn't you think the light of the star would be less if obstructed with so much dust and debris?

Astronomers hope that studying the aftermath of a deep space collision can help use better understand how our galaxy formed.

26/03/2022

As we are about to return to the moon via the Artemis mission, NASA scientists are opening the final sample of surface material gathered during the Apollo 17 mission some 50 years ago.

13/03/2022

Find your local Astronomy Club and get lots of cool information, like this! 😃
Thanks to Jim Todd of Rose City Astronomers in Oregon for the fun post.

IT'S MARCH, "IN LIKE A LION AND OUT LIKE A LAMB"

From our club president, JIM TODD
"The month of March is always thought of as coming "in like a lion" and going "out like a lamb." It's a phrase passed down from generation to generation. But where did it come from? Many scholars trace the phrase back to the early U.S. settlers. Without fancy radar equipment, these hunters, gatherers and farmers relied on keen weather observations to forecast the weather. Often times, as they observed, early March was marked by biting cold and winter storms. The month begins with a lion's roar. But, by the end of the month, the weather can often be warm, spring-like and docile. Kind of like a gentle lamb.

Still, the origin of the March Lion & Lamb can be traced even further back, to ancient times and those who watched the stars. You see, March begins as the Constellation Leo is crossing toward the meridian. Leo is the Lion. As Leo marches away, the Constellation Aries begins to rise toward the end of the month. Aries is the ram: What many lambs will become someday! So, based on the stars, March "comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb." Yes, folklore can be fun!"

18/02/2022

Happening today folks!

It’s been one busy year for NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover! Join us in the Mars Yard at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as we celebrate the one-year anniversar...

31/01/2022

A bit of fun on a clear night. Use the Big Dipper to find the North Star, Polaris. Notice the direction of the Milky Way band, and look for Orion to get a great start.

28/12/2021

NASA makes it easy to follow our telescopes and space probes. Keep up with the James Webb here:
https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html

'WhereIsWebb' shows the status of Webb on its journey to L2 orbit. The page constantly updates as Webb travels, deploys, and cools to operating temperature. The most recently completed deployment step for Webb is displayed along a timeline that also indicates the major deployment phases. Note that t...

02/12/2021

It's no surprise that we love a good story about comets! 😍

The comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein (BB) – the largest our telescopes have ever spotted – is on a journey from the outer reaches of our Solar System that will see it flying relatively close to Saturn's orbit. Now, a new analysis of the data we've c

23/11/2021

Interesting video on the steps necessary to bring samples back from the Perseverance Rover. At least, at this point in time. 😃

"Hypotheses are flying!" as scientists work out how the olivine got there.

13/10/2021

Captain Kirk goes to SPACE!

13/10/2021

A variable signal aligned to the direction of the galactic center is tantalizing scientists. Astronomers have discovered unusual signals coming from the direction of the Milky Way’s center. The radio waves fit no currently understood pattern of variable radio source and could suggest a new class

03/10/2021

Not quite since the age of the dinosaurs but 3.5 million years ago is still quite a bit of time since it last came this way...just sayin' 😃

The gargantuan Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet will strafe Saturn's orbit in 2031. Scientists are stoked.

19/09/2021

Last year, XENON1T, the world's most sensitive dark matter detector, seemed to deliver a hit. Not of dark matter, but something else. Perhaps neutrinos, perhaps solar axions, perhaps radioactive pollution in the detector.