Astronomie
Evenementen
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False vacuum decay via bubble formation in ferromagnetic superfluids – publication
Article about an intriguing idea behind what's known as False Vacuum Decay - something that may have created our universe but also something that can one day destroy it as well.
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GJ 9827d / NASA’s Hubble Finds Water Vapor in Small Exoplanet’s Atmosphere – publication
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope observed the smallest exoplanet where water vapor has been detected in the atmosphere.
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Ground penetrating radar observations of the contact between the western delta and the crater floor of Jezero crater, Mars – publication
The delta deposits in Jezero crater contain sedimentary records of potentially habitable conditions on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover is exploring the Jezero western delta with a suite of instruments that include the RIMFAX ground penetrating radar, which provides continuous subsurface images that probe up to 20 meters below the rover.
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Babelsberger Sternennächte : Die Sonne als Chronometer physikalischer Prozesse (TV webcast)
Die Babelsberger Sternennächte finden online statt, in der Regel gibt es immer am 3. Donnerstag im Monat einen neuen Vortrag einer Wissenschaftlerin oder eines Wissenschaftlers des AIP, der ab 20 Uhr auf dem YouTube-Kanal von Urknall, Weltall und das Leben ausgestrahlt wird.
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J0529-4351 : Brightest and fastest-growing: astronomers identify record-breaking quasar / The accretion of a solar mass per day by a 17-billion solar mass black hole – publication
Using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have characterised a bright quasar, finding it to be not only the brightest of its kind, but also the most luminous object ever observed.
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Nova-C-missie, IM-1 met lander Odysseus – landing
De eerste Nova-C-missie, IM-1 met lander Odysseus, is op 15 februari 2024 met een Falcon 9 gelanceerd en was op 22 februari 2024
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ISS accupakket stort mogelijk neer op Aarde
Volgens het Duitse Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe zal er een afgedankt accupakket van het Internationale Ruimtestation (ISS) zal naar verwachting de atmosfeer binnenkomen en (deels) opbranden, mogelijk kunnen brokstukken in Midden-Europa terechtkomen.
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World Contact Day 2024
World Contact Day was first declared in March 1953 by an organization called the International Flying Saucer Bureau (IFSB), as a day on which all IFSB members would attempt to send a telepathic message into space.
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First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results VII / VIII – publication
After delivering the first images of the event horizon surrounding the Milky Way's supermassive black hole (Sgr A*), the Event Horizon Telescope has taken an even deeper look.
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Meteorenzwerm κ-Serpentiden in april 2024
De meteorenzwerm κ-Serpentiden bereikt op vrijdag 5 april 2024, rond 10 uur, zijn maximum. Zelfs wanneer de radiant in het zenit zou staan, zouden er van deze zwerm naar verwachting gemiddeld slechts zo'n 4 meteoren per uur vallen.
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Totale Zonsverduistering op 8 april / Total Solar Eclipse (TV webcast)
De totale zonsverduistering van maandag 8 april 2024 zal zich in een lange strook op het vasteland voortbewegen over de landen Mexico, Verenigde Staten en Canada.
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The Sky at Night – Space Rock Return (TV BBC Four)
The Sky at Night is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. The show had the