This is the barred spiral galaxy IC 486 complete w an AGN! It's located in the #constellation #Gemini & imaged here with #hubble

We learned about some about other neat #astromony in the constellation Gemini & all about the dude bro #mythology of the #twins in our season 1 episode here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/gemini-the-twins/

🔗 : https://esahubble.org/images/potm2603a/

#ESA #NASA #Astrophotography #space #science #zodiac

Formally known as a star, get to know Supernova SN 2024ggi, which was captured by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) pointed its Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile just moments after it went supernova.

Researchers confirmed the initial blast is olive-shaped. (the image below is an artistic representation) https://gizmodo.com/this-is-what-a-star-looks-like-just-26-hours-after-it-explodes-2000684424 #Space #Stars #SuperNova #SN2024ggi #ESO #VLT #Astromony

Well if the next 4 years are a worry, how about the next 10 to the 100? Would you like the heat death, the big rip or the Big Crunch? https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/01/not-just-heat-death-here-are-five-ways-the-universe-could-end/

I loved this article!

#astromony #physics

«Schwarze Löcher sind eine Beleidigung!»
Heino Falcke und seinem Team gelang 2019 das erste Foto eines schwarzen Lochs. Der Astrophysiker spricht im Tagesgespräch über seinen Drang, den Weltraum stets tiefer zu erforschen und über seine Demut zu akzeptieren, dass gewisse Geheimnisse bleiben.
Moderation: Simone Hulliger
#srf1 #tagesgespräch

https://www.srf.ch/audio/tagesgespraech/heino-falcke-schwarze-loecher-sind-eine-beleidigung?id=12614663

#Astromomie #Astrodon #astromony #schwarzesloch #radio #interview

#theguardian reports that "Astronomers detect 'waterworld with a boiling ocean' in deep space".

No they didn't, "Astronomers detect 'waterworld with boiling ocean' orbiting a star".

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/mar/08/astronomers-detect-waterworld-with-a-boiling-ocean-in-deep-space

The article even points out the planet is tidally locked to its star so it's not like the paper didn't have access to the right information.

Deep space is not synonymous with far away.

#astromony #pedantic

Astronomers have detected a rare and extremely high-energy #particle falling to Earth.

"It could be defects in the structure of spacetime, colliding cosmic strings. I mean, I’m just spitballing crazy ideas that people are coming up" says Prof #JohnBelz, co-author of the paper :)

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/nov/24/amaterasu-extremely-high-energy-particle-detected-falling-to-earth?fbclid=IwAR07ElQC3rsRlN-nmyUB6aI34J1WnHA-B1GrgzaXA6t7O3UwsKTDTADqPGs

#astromony #physics