JWST has very likely seen the most distant galaxy ever found, and I'm still kinda boggling about it. It's too big, too massive, and too bright to exist according to our current understanding of how the Universe works.
A star so old it may be a member of only the second generation of stars born ever. Like EVER ever, just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, and it's right in our galactic back yard!
Fun fact, if by "fun fact" you mean HOLY CRAP WHAT
In the past, Earth has been hit by the physical debris blasted into space by nearby supernovae. And we have the radioactive seabed sediment to prove it.
This spiky fellow is a buck moth caterpillar, and it turns out the spines inject a painful venom. Ask me how I know! Well, my wife knows. I only had to smear antihistamine cream over the spots where it got her.
The universe is pretty damnably weird, so Molly Bentley, Seth Shostak, and I try to clear things up a bit in this week's episode of SETI's Big Picture Science. 🧪 🔭👽
A team of astronomers discovered some of the most ancient stars in our galaxy and used the moment to thumb their noses at ingrained GOP sexism, and I am so here for it.
No aurora but I did see two satellites cross paths near The bowl of the Big Dipper (the two shaky lines near the bottom). This was literally handheld, and you can see how far the SATs moved in 3 seconds.
