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Highlights… Highlights…See the Tarantula Nebula views captured by the JWST; Learn how observations of lunar eclipses helped ancient astronomers; Star Wars’ X-wing soon to be on display at National Air and Space Museum; PBS SpaceTime breaks down the mysteries of the Fine Structure Constant; Minute Physics discusses: what if Pluto was entirely made of plutonium?\ …
Highlights… Sky watching tips for September; Atomic clocks have recorded the fastest-ever day on Earth; Watch lightning strike near the Artemis I moon rocket; See Jupiter’s rings in new images from the JWST; PBS SpaceTime asks: what If dark energy is a new quantum field? Extras: Read NASA’s graphic novel The First Woman,the fictional tale …
Highlights… SciShow reviews the first JWST images; Learn the history of Virginia Norwood and the development of the first space-based multispectral scanner; Watch China’s Wentian lab dock with the Tiangong space station; PBS SpaceTime explains how we define states of matter; Cool Worlds asks: “Can Moons Have Moons?” Playlist Archive Suggestions, Comments, or Questions
Highlights… SciShow explains summer on Saturn; The latest data from the Gaia mission delivers amazing data on the Milky Way galaxy; Astronomer spotlight: NASA’s Dr. Jane Rigby; The Planetary Society explains why we probably can’t terraform Mars; Cool Worlds asks if astronomers should rule out recurrence of the Wow! signal! Extras… Watch The Color of …
Highlights… Observe the difference in resolution between Spitzer and JWST; See plants grown in lunar soil from Apollo missions; ESA explains the formation of the moon using a cheesecake recipe; SciShow reviews how a newly discovered exoplanet challenges theories of planet formation; PBS SpaceTime asks: what if physics is not describing reality? Extras… If you missed the CfA’s livestream discussion of the new …
Highlights… Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder interviews astronauts on the ISS; Watch Perseverence‘s recording of a Martian solar eclipse; Seeker explains how the Parker Solar Probe “touched” the sun; Hubble spots an ancient rapidly growing black hole; Cool Worlds breaks down how FTL travel would lead to time paradoxes! Playlist Archive Suggestions, Comments, or Questions
Ramadan Mubarak and happy spring! Highlights… NASA studies the interactions of Mercury’s magnetic field and solar wind; HR 6819 may not be the closest black hole to Earth after all; Fermilab discusses photons and momentum; The ISS is now in its final years of operation; PBS Space Time asks: could the universe be inside a black hole? Playlist Archive Suggestions, Comments, or Questions
In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, this month’s playlist includes interviews of Black astronomers. Highlights… Learn about Benjamin Banneker, an early African American Quaker and astronomer; The Maniitsoq structure may not be an impact crater; See the Chinese space stations’ robotic arm in action; PBS Space Time discusses the wave function and object-collapse theories; Astronomer Derrick Pitts discusses: “why are there so few Black astronomers?“ …
Happy Lunar New Year! The Wolbach Library wishes good health to everyone this winter season. Highlights… Astronauts decorate the Tiangong space station for the lunar new year; SciShow overviews why it took a decade to launch the James Webb Space Telescope; Watch a visualization of “the Great Eruption” of Eta Carinae; February is a great month for skywatchers …
Happy New Year! The Wolbach Library wishes good health to everyone this winter season. Highlights… A guide to misinformation on the internet; The most-awaited space missions of 2022; Seeker reviews the first spider-like robot heading for the Moon; The European Southern Observatory has detected seventy new rogue planets in the Milky Way; Watch the National Air and Space Museum unbox Leonard Nimoy’s Spock ears! Playlist …