[#Stardust] Stardust forms in the hot regions of the atmospheres of #carbon-rich mature #stars. How does this happen? To find out, researchers from the @CNRS_INSU and the CSIC are conducting experimental simulations using the #StarDust machine they designed. In particular, they have recreated #nanograins of silicon carbide—an important component of stardust...

More info: https://www.irap.omp.eu/en/2026/05/how-laboratory-astrophysics-can-help-us-understanding-the-formation-of-stardust-the-case-of-silicon-carbide/

NOIRLab image of the week

Stars Sweep Through the Sky Over Gemini South

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/H. Stockebrand

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2620a/

#NOIRLab #GeminiSouth #stars #startrails #Gemini #telescope #astronomy #astrodon #photography #astrophotography

Nice #tune. Rachel Price #singing "Stairway To The #Stars". 🌟 🤩 ⭐️ open.spotify.com/artist/2bvMI...
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The Milky Way core, reflected in the River Murray below, rising over moonlit limestone cliffs.

#nature #stars #milkyway #space #astro #astrophotography #murray #rivermurray #murrayriver #southaustralia

Verlobter von Ralf Schumacher: Großer Vorteil, dass wir nicht dieselbe Sprache sprechen

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://kurier.at/stars/verlobter-von-ralf-schumacher-findet-sprachbarriere-nuetzlich-fuer-harmonie/403161786

Krebsbehandlung für künstliche Befruchtung unterbrochen: Minogues Kampf, Mutter zu werden

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://kurier.at/stars/kylie-minogue-krebsbehandlung-fuer-kuenstliche-befruchtung-unterbrochen/403161793

La luna e poi ancora lei e una stella, ieri sera dal terrazzino. Stasera la seconda verrebbe meglio, perché a quest'ora la luna, quella stella e altre due sono molto vicine, ma non mi va di tirare fuori cavalletto e macchina ora.

#moon #stars

See the narrow gap in the plotted temperature-luminosity diagram corresponding to the stellar properties of our nearest #stars?

It is a narrow region where stars are not allowed, because there is a transition between stars with thin radiative outer layers and those that are fully convective.

It was a surprise to be able to obtain such subtle astrophysical information by simply looking at a sample of stars with accurately characterised properties.

#astronomy #astrophysics
https://aasnova.org/2018/07/11/3796/