Happy birthday, August babies! Your month has 2 birthstones, peridot and sardonyx. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/august-birthstone-sardonyx-peridot…
Tag: the ring
Astronomers ponder Odd Radio Circles in space
Scientists in Australia have discovered a strange new phenomenon in deep space – “Odd Radio Circles” – that appear in radio telescope images as mysterious circles or rings. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/astronomers-ponder-odd-radio-circles-in-space…
This day in 2013: The Day the Earth Smiled
Today is the anniversary of The Day the Earth Smiled, the 3rd-ever image of Earth from the outer solar system, taken by the great Cassini spacecraft on July 19, 2013. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/the-day-earth-smiled-2013-cassini-image-of-earth-moon-planets…
‘Astonishing discovery’ of massive prehistoric circle near Stonehenge
An ancient circle of deep trenches has been found near Stonehenge. Scientists say the newly discovery site offers insights into the lives of people who lived in the area 4,500 years ago. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/discovery-massive-prehistoric-circle-trenches-near-stonehenge…
Did ancient Mars have rings?
A new study of Mars’ smallest moon Deimos, by scientists from the SETI Institute and Purdue University, suggests that the planet used to have rings a few billion years ago. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/did-ancient-mars-have-rings-deimos…
A beloved exoplanet turns to dust
Fomalhaut b was thought to be one of the few exoplanets photographed so far, but new observations from the Hubble Space Telescope show it’s really an expanding dust cloud. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/fomalhaut-b-not-an-exoplanet-instead-a-dust-cloud…
The lost continent of Zealandia hides clues to the Ring of Fire’s birth
The lost continent of Zealandia underwent changes as subduction began around the western Pacific. Source: https://www.livescience.com/zealandia-tied-to-ring-of-fire.html
Is Amazon Responding to Employee Concerns About ‘Ring’ Privacy?
“The deployment of connected home security cameras that allow footage to be queried centrally are simply not compatible with a free society,” wrote Amazon software developer Max Eliaser (as part of last week’s Medium post from “Amazon Employees For Climate Justice.”) “The privacy issues are not fixable with regulation and there is no balance that can be struck. Ring should be…
New view of Milky Way’s center
The SOFIA flying telescope has captured a new panoramic image of the center of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. The image shows a region more than 600 light-years across, revealing unprecedented details within the center’s dense swirls of gas and dust. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/new-image-milky-way-center-sofia-video…
GMRT discovers a gigantic ring of hydrogen gas around a distant galaxy
A team of astronomers at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) in Pune, India have discovered a mysterious ring of hydrogen gas around a distant galaxy, using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). The ring is much bigger than the galaxy it surrounds and has a diameter of about 380,000 light-years (about 4 times that of our Milky Way). Source:…