Welcome to #SciArtSeptember! For day 1: starry, it’s #astrophysicist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979), who discovered what stars are made of & that hydrogen & helium are the most common elements in the universe.⁠
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Born England, she won a scholarship to Newnham College Cambridge in 1919 where she heard a lecture which changed her life. 🧵1/n
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#linocut #physics #sciart #printmaking #womenInSTEM #astrophysics #astronomer #MastoArt

A little light reading...lol.
Love watching https://www.youtube.com/@DrBecky on YouTube so had to grab a copy of her book to add to my copy of astrophysics/physics books.

#read #astrophysics #astrophysicist #blackholes #blackhole #Astronomy #bookstodon #nonFiction

Tried asking an #astrophysicist, researching the sun, "What would it be like to bite the sun's surface? Dense like Xmas Fruit Cake, or more like pudding?" ... And they muted and blocked me 😭 Inquiring minds want to know!!

Happy birthday to #astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell! In 1967, she was a grad student when she discovered the 1st radio pulsar, a highly magnetized, rotating neutron star that emits a beam of EM radiation. This radiation can only be observed when the star is pointed towards us; so, like the light from a lighthouse, it appears to pulse at a precise frequency. She had been working with her supervisor Hewish & others to construct a radio telescope to #MastoArt #linocut #printmaking #histstm⁠

Hi all! just moved from another instance so an #introduction is in order. I'm half-half a #Geophysicist and #Astrophysicist working at the Royal Observatory of #Belgium. I study the normal modes of fluid planetary cores and stars. I care for social justice and human rights. #Photography and #AstroPhotography are my main hobbies. Follow me for bad takes on #academia and #nature pics.

Happy birthday to #astrophysicist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979), a trailblazer for women in #astronomy who discovered that hydrogen & helium are the most common elements in the universe.⁠
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Born England, she won a scholarship to Newnham College at Cambridge in 1919 where she heard a lecture which changed her life. She wrote, “My world had been so shaken that I experienced something very like a nervous breakdown.”
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#linocut #sciart #printmaking #womenInSTEM #astronomy #MastoArt

New simulations of two black holes #colliding near the speed of light reveal the mysterious physics of what one #astrophysicist calls "one of the most violent events you can imagine in the #universe."
#BlackHoles #Physics #SpaceScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/02/phy02222302.html

#object #discovered 570 BILLION TIMES BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN
#DeceptionBytes discusses the news of the day focusing on the ongoing political scandals from a Christian patriotic perspective. In tonight's broadcast, we take another look at the train #derailment and the ugly truth they are withholding. We also take a look at the fact that an object 570 billion times brighter than the sun has been discovered and is baffling #astrophysicist Other timely and important news items are additionally discussed.

https://www.bitchute.com/video/Gbg6dZfSFKYf/

@apsmith

In the first three words, in the second sentence, you gave the, partially correct, answer.

"We cannot (yet?) know"

In scientific writing - we never make a statement of fact unless it's beyond a reasonable doubt (even then - scientists use suggestive language). Though we can start a sentence by stating that "the following is only speculation".

So, we could say, the "rocket" (the object) *may* go on indefinitely (in an infinitely expansive universe). However, X theory suggests that the rocket may go on until the universe retracts ("the big crunch").

I'd like to hear a #cosmologist #astrophysicist or #TheoreticalPhysicist consider the question *only* within the empirical evidence. For example, without speculation.

This is an interesting puzzle.

1) Observations suggest that the universe is expanding (and its rate of expansion is speeding up). https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/nasa-s-hubble-finds-universe-is-expanding-faster-than-expected/

2) However, the "big bang" suggests that the universe expanded "outwards" from a dense point (a singularity in space). I don't consider time as an ultimate measurement of space (frequency is not the same as the human perception of time. Frequency is timing)

"One of the goals has long been to decide whether the Universe will expand forever, or whether it will someday stop, turn around, and collapse in a "Big Crunch?" https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-powered-the-big-bang

Therefore, there is a contradiction in empirical evidence. Both theories, 1 & 2, are based on predicted, and later observed evidence (e.g., background radiation & galaxies moving apart).

We have a puzzle where all the pieces are not yet known.

Someone should write a book about it!

I'm too busy trying to educate people to not waste the precious time we have left to sustain ecology.

If we don't succeed at that - who gives a #### what the fundamentals of the universe are (nothing will matter)

This is a question for a #cosmologist #astrophysicist #TheoreticalPhysicist or anyone that has thought considerably about the *objective* (scientific background knowledge) nature of the universe.

A thought experiment. Imagine you get in a space rocket. Blast off, etc, etc - you are now traveling in space. Generally, the rocket is heading straight ahead (the direction is irreverent).

However, for this thought experiment to work - we have to go much faster than the speed of light (ignore whether or not - this is impossible or not - for the sake of the thought experiment). Also, let's assume that the rocket has an infinite supply of energy (e.g., solar sails, etc).

The question is - would that rocket keep going on & on for all eternity? Or not?

To reiterate, ignore the mechanical aspects of the rocket, etc. The point of the thought experiment is to consider an object that is perpetually moving at the speed of light, or faster, in a linear direction.

Fundamentally, to answer this, a person will need to understand the fundamental workings of the universe. However, people can speculate. Does the rocket ever reach a final destination? Does the universe?

Image NASA https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/webb-uncovers-young-stars-outbursts-in-carina-nebula

#science #space #nasa #ScienceMastodon #physics #cosmology #Astrophysics

This is a question for a #cosmologist or #astrophysicist - or anyone that has thought considerably about the *objective* nature of the universe.

A thought experiment. Imagine you get in a space rocket. Blast off, etc, etc - you are now traveling in space. Generally, the rocket is heading straight ahead (the direction is irreverent).

However, for this thought experiment to work - we have to go much faster than the speed of light (ignore whether or not - this is impossible or not - for the sake of the thought experiment). Also, let's assume that the rocket has an infinite supply of energy (e.g., solar sails, etc).

The question is - would that rocket keep going on & on for all eternity? Or not?

To reiterate, ignore the mechanical aspects of the rocket, etc. The point of the thought experiment is to consider an object that is perpetually moving at the speed of light, or faster, in a linear direction.

Fundamentally, to answer this, a person will need to understand the fundamental workings of the universe. However, people can speculate. Does the rocket ever reach a final destination? Does the universe?

Image NASA https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/webb-uncovers-young-stars-outbursts-in-carina-nebula

#cosmology #astrophysicist

This is a question for a #cosmologist or #astrophysicist - or anyone that has thought considerably about the *objective* nature of the universe.

A thought experiment. Imagine you get in a space rocket. Blast off, etc, etc - you are now traveling in space. Generally, the rocket is heading straight ahead (the direction is irreverent).

However, for this thought experiment to work - we have to go much faster than the speed of light (ignore whether or not - this is impossible or not - for the sake of the thought experiment). Also, let's assume that the rocket has an infinite supply of energy (e.g., solar sails, etc).

The question is - would that rocket keep going on & on for all eternity? Or not?

To reiterate, ignore the mechanical aspects of the rocket, etc. The point of the thought experiment is to consider an object that is perpetually moving at the speed of light, or faster, in a linear direction.

Fundamentally, to answer this, a person will need to understand the fundamental workings of the universe. Does the rocket ever reach a final destination? Does the universe?

Image NASA https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/webb-uncovers-young-stars-outbursts-in-carina-nebula

#cosmology #astrophysicist

This a question for a #cosmologist or #astrophysicist - or anyone that has thought considerably about the *objective* nature of the universe.

A thought experiment. Imagine you get in a space rocket. Blast off, etc, etc - you are now traveling in space. Generally, the rocket is heading straight ahead (the direction is irreverent).

However, for this thought experiment to work - we have to go much faster than the speed of light (ignore whether or not this is impossible or not - for the sake of the thought experiment). Also, let's assume that the rocket has an infinite supply of energy (e.g., solar sails, etc).

The question is - would that rocket keep going on & on for all eternity? Or not?

To reiterate, ignore the mechanical aspects of the rocket, etc. The point of the thought experiment is to consider an object that is perpetually moving at the speed of light, or faster, in a linear direction.

Fundamentally, to answer this, a person will need to understand the fundamental workings of the universe. Does the rocket ever reach a final destination? Does the universe?

Image NASA https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/webb-uncovers-young-stars-outbursts-in-carina-nebula

#cosmology #astrophysicist

This a question for a #cosmologist or #astrophysicist - or anyone that has thought considerably about the *objective* nature of the universe.

A thought experiment. Imagine you get in a space rocket. Blast off, etc, etc - you are now traveling in space. Generally, the rocket is heading straight ahead (the direction is irreverent).

However, for this thought experiment to work - we have to go much faster than the speed of light (ignore whether or not this is impossible or not - for the sake of the thought experiment). Also, let's assume that the rocket has an infinite supply of energy (e.g., solar sails, etc).

The question is - would that rocket keep going on & on for all eternity? Or not?

To reiterate, ignore the mechanical aspects of the rocket, etc. The point of the thought experiment is to consider an object that is perpetually moving at the speed of light, or faster, in a linear direction.

Fundamentally, to answer this, a person will need to understand the fundamental workings of the universe. Does the rocket ever reach a final destination? Does the universe?

#cosmology #astrophysicist

StarTalk
Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains Why We Have a New Year's Ball Drop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XhRjh4CLtw

#StarTalk #NeilDeGrasseTyson #ChuckNice #Astrophysicist #BallDrop #Equator #GeekPhone #Greenwich #harbor #harbour #Holyday #Latitude #Learn #Longitude #Month #Moon #Navigaion #NewYear #NewYork #NorthStar #Ocean #Orbit #Paris #Pole #Port #PrimeMeridian #Ritual #Rotation #Sky #Sun #TimeKeeping #TimesSquare #TimeZones #TransitTelescope #Watch #WatchMan

Looking rather silly and tired in my beading glasses.

These are pieces I made for Frank Drake, the #astrophysicist who designed the message originally.

He just recently passed away but many of you will recognize him as the guy who wrote the Drake Equation.

original artwork so please give Spotted Elk Studios credit, if sharing, thanks :-)

#beadwork

Join #NASA #Hubble #astrophysicist @KenAstro as he takes us inside the iconic Hubble image of the Carina Nebula's Mystic Mountain!

#astronomy #Astrodon #astrophotography #nebula

https://youtu.be/LE9imV35q7w

Is there an #Astrophysicist in the house/toots?
We are interested in putting together a space explainer cartoon series and would love some help

Hoping that someday #NeilDegrasseTyson will migrate over to the #Fediverse 🤞🏾 #blackfriday #blackmastadon #blackjoy #astrophysicist #science

🚨‼️CALLING ALL #ASTROPHYSICISTS ‼️🚨
do you crave the sweet, gratifying publicity that only a semi-obscure internet #radio show could bring?
then GOOD NEWS!
host gef is seeking an #astrophysicist to talk “reflection about #astronomy and #meditation” on their show ‘evolution Revolution’ on #aNONradio / #anonradiodotnet.
you can find gef’s work here, as well as show archives: https://gef.ink/noise.html
boosts & mentions are appreciated!
DM me for more info. not blasting out gef’s email 🤓