🚀 Theoretical astrophysicist Peter Coles has bridged to the Fediverse!
On Bsky, Peter shares their thoughts and insights into the complex world of astrophysics (as well as the odd joke here and there). You can follow them here: @telescoper.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
Now we get to welcome another bridged space expert to the Newsmast Space Community, and the @space Feed!
A Crack in Everything: How Black Holes Came in From the Cold and Took Cosmic Centre Stage by Marcus Chown, 2024
As a journalist, Marcus Chown interviews many of the scientists who made the key discoveries, and, as a former physicist, he translates the most esoteric of science into everyday language. The result is a uniquely engaging page-turner that tells one of the great untold stories in modern science.
#ESAEuclid has started its 2nd de-icing campaign, which in total will last only about a week.
Water molecules 💦 that are inside the instrument cavity from before launch will likely remain there throughout the mission - they freeze 🧊 , but change places over time. We don't want them on mirrors, so once in a while we warm up a mirror 🔥 to sublimate the ice away.
Finally, after months of work, the #ESAEuclid Early Release Observation images, data, first science results, and #Euclid mission reference papers have been released. You can read more in our blog post, which has links to the papers, the press releases, and everything else:
StratoCat is an independent source of historical data and current news on the development of stratospheric balloons for scientific research, aerospace and military applications, and commercial exploitation of near space. Online since 2005. Based on Buenos Aires, Argentina
The website publishes a newsletter called "World Balloon News".
The Dawn of a Mindful Universe: A Manifesto for Humanity's Future by Marcelo Gleiser
An award-winning astronomer and physicist’s spellbinding and urgent call for a new Enlightenment and the recognition of the preciousness of life using reason and curiosity—the foundations of science—to study, nurture, and ultimately preserve humanity as we face the existential crisis of climate change.
The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience by Adam Frank & Marcelo Gleiser & Evan Thompson
In The Blind Spot, astrophysicist Adam Frank, theoretical physicist Marcelo Gleiser, and philosopher Evan Thompson call for a revolutionary scientific worldview, where science includes—rather than ignores or tries not to see—humanity’s lived experience as an inescapable part of our search for objective truth.
The Unity of the Universe 1959 by Dennis William Sciama
Does the universe consist of independent objects, or is it a single unit? Are some of its features accidental, or can they all be explained in theoretical terms? This accessible book on cosmology addresses profound questions about the universe, and it offers elegant answers in simple, straightforward terms.
Elementary Cosmology: From Aristotle's Universe to the Big Bang and Beyond by James J. Kolata
Cosmology is the study of the origin, size, and evolution of the entire universe. Every culture has developed a cosmology, whether it be based on religious, philosophical, or scientific principles. In this book, the evolution of the scientific understanding of the Universe in Western tradition is traced from the early Greek philosophers to the most modern 21st c. view.