It’s worth realizing that if the energy from stellar flaring is sufficient to noticeably heat the entire planet, it’s more than enough to “cook its goose.”
Astronomy
At SciTech Daily: Hubble Space Telescope Captures Festive and Free-Floating Scene
The HST reveals more scenes of galactic beauty.
At PopSci.com: With one snapshot, Apollo 17 transformed our vision of Earth forever
Today, we can realize how geographically limited our planet really is–it’s the only place in the solar system that could support our civilization. We can be thankful for how well our needs are met by Earth’s physical design and resources.
Wednesday Night (12/7): See Mars Disappear Behind the Moon
After sunset on Dec. 7th: “Just as Mars reaches its biggest, brightest and best for 26 months it will be occulted—eclipsed—by the full Moon.”
At Science News: Astronomers have found the closest known black hole to Earth
“The closest black hole yet found is just 1,560 light-years from Earth, a new study reports. The black hole, dubbed Gaia BH1, is about 10 times the mass of the sun and orbits a sunlike star.”
At Phys.org: Astronomers find cosmic rays driving galaxy’s winds
“Their new study of the neighboring galaxy M33 indicates that fast-moving cosmic ray electrons can drive winds that blow away the gas needed to form new stars.”
At Live Science: Mysterious ‘ancient heart’ of the Milky Way discovered using Gaia probe
“The protogalaxy is a collection of ancient stars from which the rest of the Milky Way grew.”
At SciTech Daily: Surprising New Features of Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts Defy Current Understanding
“An international team of scientists reveals an evolving, magnetized environment and surprising source location for deep-space fast radio bursts – observations that defy current understanding.”
At SciTech Daily: “Space Treasure” – Webb Captures Its First-Ever Direct Image of a Distant World
“For the first time ever, astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to take a direct image of a planet outside our solar system.”
At Science Daily: Seeing universe’s most massive known star
By harnessing the capabilities of the Gemini South telescope in Chile, astronomers have obtained the sharpest image ever of the star R136a1, the most massive known star in the universe. Their research challenges our understanding of the most massive stars and suggests that they may not be as massive as previously thought. Astronomers have yet Read More…
At Sci.News: Voyagers Mark 45 Years in Space
NASA: “The Voyagers have continued to make amazing discoveries, inspiring a new generation of scientists and engineers.”
At Science News: A new James Webb telescope image reveals a galactic collision’s aftermath
“Bright, dusty spokes connect the inner and outer rings of the Cartwheel Galaxy in [a] new James Webb Space Telescope image, giving fresh insight into rare double-ringed galaxies.”
At Phys.org: This Australian experiment is on the hunt for an elusive particle that could help unlock the mystery of dark matter
“Australian scientists are making strides towards solving one of the greatest mysteries of the universe: the nature of invisible “dark matter.””
At Science News: How James Webb Space Telescope data have already revealed surprises
Astronomer: “We can’t stop ourselves from analyzing this data. It was so exciting.”
The James Webb Space Telescope’s first images are here, and they’re spectacular
“The most powerful telescope in history reveals its debut images.”