Corey S. Powell

coreyspowell.bsky.social

10 August 2026 05:59

The most amazing thing I saw this past week: Extreme-resolution images that show the surface of the Sun more clearly than ever before. For the first time, they reveal rippling "shear" waves where zones of solar plasma blow past each other at different velocities. 🔭🧪 nso.edu/press-releas...

gocosmik.bsky.social

05 August 2026 06:10

That Starlink train sighting checks out — a batch of satellites in the same orbital plane look like a string of lights before they spread out over a few days. gocosmik.com can show you exactly when the next train passes over your area.

ESO

eso.org

18 May 2026 07:07

The mirror is on its way! One of the mirrors of our VLT is slowly transported downhill to a special facility a couple of kilometres away at basecamp. This process is repeated for all VLT mirrors every 18 months. Here's why: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2620a/ 🔭 🧪 📷 L. Sbordone/ESO

Lorenz Adlung

lorenzadlung.com

26 March 2026 10:23

Zu Urzeiten waren Insekten deutlich größer (Libellen mit 70 cm Spannweite). Über 30 Jahre lang dachte man, heute werden sie nicht mehr so groß, weil es weniger Sauerstoff in der Atmosphäre gibt. Ein neues Nature-Paper stellt diese Hypothese infrage: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪

Markus Pössel

mpoessel.de

23 February 2026 19:36

Abendliche Astronomie und, ähm, Wasserkunde gefällig? Wir sind auf Sendung! 🧪