Joe Klemmer3d ago
Astrophysicists strike black gold with treasure trove of gravitational wave detections | Phys.org
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-ligovirgokagra-precision-gravitational-astronomy.html #BecauseScience
Astrophysicists strike black gold with treasure trove of gravitational wave detections

Researchers from the University of Glasgow's Institute for Gravitational Research are celebrating the publication of a vast new treasure trove of gravitational wave detections, hailed as a milestone marking the coming of age of gravitational astronomy.

Phys.org
Joe Klemmer5d ago
Voyager 1 is now so far from Earth that a signal traveling at the speed of light takes more than 22 hours to reach it — so when engineers send a command, they can wait nearly two days to know whether the spacecraft responded | Space Daily
https://spacedaily.com/m-voyager-1-is-now-so-far-from-earth-that-a-signal-traveling-at-the-speed-of-light-takes-more-than-22-hours-to-reach-it-so-when-engineers-send-a-command-they-can-wait-nearly-two-days-to-know/ #BecauseScience
Voyager 1 is now so far from Earth that a signal traveling at the speed of light takes more than 22 hours to reach it — so when engineers send a command, they can wait nearly two days to know whether the spacecraft responded

Sending a command to Voyager 1 is closer to mailing a letter than placing a phone call. The probe, launched in September 1977, is now roughly 16 billion miles from Earth, heading away from the Sun at roughly 38,000 miles per hour. In November 2026, Voyager 1 will become the first human-made object to pass […]

Space Daily
Joe KlemmerMay 9
NASA Says Strange Red Dots in Sky Are an Unknown Class of Object That Looks Like a Huge Evil Eye - Yahoo News UK
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/nasa-says-strange-red-dots-134939198.html #BecauseScience
NASA Says Strange Red Dots in Sky Are an Unknown Class of Object That Looks Like a Huge Evil Eye

Avert ye gaze.

Yahoo News UK
Coleman LaingApr 10

https://youtu.be/kD06SQtfA5s

Superhuman strength + superhuman durability and density.

Strength so great it's its own defense, strength so great it can topple giants.

Say what you will about super strength, but it would make for a good tragic character.

#BecauseScience #Strength #SuperStrength #Superpower #Video

Why You Don't Actually Want Super Strength! | Because Science w/ Kyle Hill

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Joe KlemmerApr 5
Scientists discover ‘most chemically pristine’ star yet found in the universe | University of Chicago News
https://news.uchicago.edu/story/scientists-discover-most-chemically-pristine-star-yet-found-universe #BecauseScience
Scientists discover ‘most chemically pristine’ star yet found in the universe

On trip to Chilean telescope, UChicago undergrad class sheds new light on evolution of earliest stars

University of Chicago News
Joe KlemmerMar 27
Webb and Hubble share most comprehensive view of Saturn to date | ESA/Webb
https://esawebb.org/news/weic2606/ #BecauseScience
Webb and Hubble share most comprehensive view of Saturn to date - Infrared and visible observations show layers and storms in the ringed planet’s atmosphere

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have joined forces to capture new views of Saturn, revealing the planet in strikingly different ways.

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Joe KlemmerMar 6
Astronomers discover giant cosmic sheet around the Milky Way | ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260305223236.htm #BecauseScience
Astronomers discover giant cosmic sheet around the Milky Way

For decades, astronomers wondered why most nearby galaxies are speeding away from the Milky Way instead of being pulled in by its gravity. New simulations reveal the answer: our galaxy sits in a gigantic, flat sheet of matter surrounded by huge empty voids. This hidden structure—dominated by dark matter—balances gravitational forces and lets neighboring galaxies drift outward. The discovery finally explains the puzzling motions of galaxies just beyond our Local Group.

ScienceDaily
Joe KlemmerFeb 17

"The big bang wasn’t the start of everything, but it has been impossible to see what came before. Now a new kind of cosmology is lifting the veil on the beginning of time"

We’ve glimpsed before the big bang and it’s not what we expected | New Scientist
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514293-weve-glimpsed-before-the-big-bang-and-its-not-what-we-expected/ #BecauseScience

We’ve glimpsed before the big bang and it’s not what we expected

The big bang wasn’t the start of everything, but it has been impossible to see what came before. Now a new kind of cosmology is lifting the veil on the beginning of time

New Scientist
Joe KlemmerFeb 16

"Strange infrared glow found in archival data from a defunct NASA mission"

Scientists get clearest view ever of star collapsing into a black hole. And they very nearly missed it | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/m31-2014-ds1-black-hole #BecauseScience

Scientists get clearest view ever of star collapsing into a black hole. And they very nearly missed it | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

M31-2014-DS1 is a star in the Andromeda Galaxy that underwent a brightening in infrared. Astronomers say it was a star becoming a black hole.

BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Joe KlemmerFeb 8
Astronomers detected a strong signal from space lasting seven hours. Now they may have worked out what it was | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/grb-250702b-study-interview #BecauseScience
Astronomers detected a strong signal from space lasting seven hours. Now they may have worked out what it was | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

In 2025, astronomers detected a blast from space lasting seven hours. Now they’re uncovering the processes behind the exceptional outburst.

BBC Sky at Night Magazine