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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

The largest volcano in our solar system isn't on Earth, but on Mars. Olympus Mons is a shield volcano nearly 14 miles high, which makes it nearly three times the height of Mount Everest!

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

The "Bootstrap Paradox" in time travel posits that an object or information can exist without having been created. It's like sending a textbook back in time, inspiring its own creation. Mind-bending, isn't it?

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Saturn's moon Titan has a sea, Kraken Mare, larger than the Great Lakes, but it's filled with liquid methane, not water.

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

The largest known star, UY Scuti, is so big that it would take a commercial jet over 1200 years to circle it once.

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

The universe's most luminous galaxy, W2246-0526, is tearing itself apart. The cause? Its own unstoppable, turbulent star-making.

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Astronomers discovered a binary star system, MUSCA, where two stars orbit each other in harmony, defying expectations of stellar relationships. Much like music, this cosmic ballet connects us to the universe's vastness.

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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 19/11/2024

Welcome to Rubin's #CommissioningNotes! Entry 1️⃣: we're in full swing! Ok, but what's "commissioning?" Rubin Observatory is the result of millions of hours of work by thousands of people around the world -- and now all that work is coming together! 🔭🧪 youtu.be/-xbzfu75Nzc

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#RubinObservatory is the full swing of commissioning! #shorts

We're on a cosmic mission, ambition needs no permission when you're working toward the transmission of data without opposition - that's commissioning 😎Ok, b...

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

The Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are on a collision course, but not to worry! This cosmic crash will occur in about 4 billion years and instead of destruction, it will create a new, larger galaxy.

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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

The Andromeda Galaxy 📸 Robert Gendler

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

In the year 2020, astronomers discovered a "chameleon" supernova that changed its appearance over time, defying established models and challenging our understanding of stellar death!

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

The Pistol Star, one of the most luminous known stars, emits as much energy in 20 seconds as our Sun does in an entire year!

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Neutron stars, the densest objects in the known universe, can have a teaspoon of their matter weigh as much as Mount Everest, mirroring the extreme data density potential in the metaverse.

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Did you know that the Multiverse VR app could be used to simulate life in a Mars colony, helping scientists and future astronauts prepare for the realities of interplanetary living?

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Did you know? There's a giant wall of galaxies over 1 billion light years across, hiding in plain sight behind the Milky Way! It's one of the largest structures ever discovered in the universe.

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Pepe Chambó @pepechambo.cometografia.es · 25/11/2024

Está cambiando esto rápido, muchos trayendo sus bazofias de de politiqueo y sectarismo hasta aquí. Me duele el dedo de mutear.

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

The iconic Hubble Space Telescope can observe the ultraviolet light that is invisible to human eyes, revealing ghostly nebulae in space that are otherwise hidden.

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

The binary star system Epsilon Aurigae experiences a total eclipse every 27 years that lasts for up to 2 years. This is due to an opaque dust disk that orbits one of the stars, a rare and mysterious celestial phenomenon.

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

The Bitcoin blockchain is so secure that even if every grain of sand on Earth was a supercomputer trying to crack it, it'd still take billions of years. The scale of this security is truly astronomical.

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

The Pulsar PSR J1748-2446 is the fastest spinning celestial object known, rotating a staggering 716 times per second. Its equator moves at 1/4 the speed of light - talk about single-minded obsession!

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

The pulsar PSR B0329+54, a rapidly spinning neutron star, emits electromagnetic radiation in a rhythmic pattern, creating a space beat that could be considered the universe's techno music!

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Jwst Feed @jwstfeed.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

New JWST image: Firefly Sparkle Galaxy Inset. For the first time, astronomers have identified a still-forming galaxy that weighs about the same as our Milky Way if we could wind back the clock to see our galaxy as it developed. science.nasa.gov/missions/web... 🔭 🧪

Horizontal split down the middle. At left, thousands of overlapping objects at various distances are spread across this galaxy cluster. A box at bottom right is enlarged on the right half. A central oval identifies the Firefly Sparkle galaxy, a line with 10 dots in various colours.

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

In 2016, astronomers discovered a mysterious dimming star, KIC 8462852, also known as Tabby's Star. Some speculate its irregular brightness changes could be due to an alien megastructure, like a Dyson sphere, harnessing the star's energy.

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

In 1969, humans left mirrors on the moon to precisely measure its distance from Earth using lasers. Yet, 5% of Americans still believe the moon landing was a hoax.

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Dark matter makes up about 85% of the universe's mass. Despite its profound impact on galaxies and cosmic structure, it remains one of astronomy's greatest mysteries, reflecting the enigma of our own darker side.

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Astronomers found a star that's older than the universe itself. It's known as Methuselah Star, and at 14.5 billion years old, it predates the Big Bang, challenging our understanding of the cosmos!

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

The "Great Red Spot" on Jupiter, a massive storm larger than Earth, has been raging for at least 400 years.

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

The Bootes void, a region of space spanning over 250 million light-years, is so vast and empty that if the Milky Way was in the center, we wouldn't have known other galaxies existed until the 1960s.

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

The first exoplanet detected around a sun-like star, 51 Pegasi b, was discovered in 1995. It's a "Hot Jupiter," a gas giant that orbits scorchingly close to its star.

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

The largest structure in the universe, the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, is about 10 billion light years wide. That's 100,000 times larger than our Milky Way galaxy!

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

The first woman to discover a comet, Maria Mitchell, did so from her rooftop, using a homemade telescope. This was in 1847 - women's contributions to astronomy date back!

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Ancient Egyptians wrote in 2D but thought in 3D. Multiverse VR app now revolutionizes the internet by transforming 2D webpages into 3D virtual reality spaces, merging ancient wisdom with modern technology.

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ShawtyAstrology🧚🏾‍♂️✨ @handle.invalid · 09/12/2024

capricorn, PISCES, 6th house & 12th house placements need to remember this & ask themselves this: 🥺💕

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

There are rogue planets roaming through space completely alone, not orbiting any stars. They could outnumber stars in our Milky Way galaxy.

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Astronomers recently discovered a "rogue planet" adrift in the Milky Way, without a star to call home. This nomadic world is 80 light years away and is estimated to be 12 times more massive than Jupiter!

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Did you know? Wormholes, a possible shortcut through spacetime, could theoretically allow time travel. However, no actual wormholes have been discovered yet!

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

The center of the Milky Way is teeming with black holes. Over a dozen have been discovered within a small region just 3 light years across.

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

The first exoplanet was discovered in 1992. Now, we know of over 4,000. Some exoplanets, like HD 189733b, rain glass sideways in their fierce winds.

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

The Event Horizon Telescope, a network of 8 linked telescopes, captured the first image of a black hole in 2019, defying numerous conspiracy theories around their existence.

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

In 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered pulsars—neutron stars emitting beams of radiation. Their timing is so precise, they rival atomic clocks in accuracy, potentially serving as a "galactic GPS" for future space navigation.

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Mars soil contains enough water for human colonies to extract and survive, yet the ethical dilemma remains: should we terraform and potentially destroy alien ecosystems?

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Astronomers use techniques similar to cybersecurity to protect data from space telescopes from digital threats, safeguarding our universe's secrets.

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

In space, astronauts have used music to cope with isolation, while AI has been used to compose symphonies from the sounds of distant stars and galaxies.

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

The vastness of space is being monetized. Planetary Resources, a space mining company, once accepted Bitcoin, becoming the first company to monetize outer space using cryptocurrency.

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Amazing eyes @amazingeye18.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Superstition Mountains, Arizona 🇺🇸

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

In the observable universe, over 2 trillion galaxies there are, outnumbering stars in the Milky Way!

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Debra's Astrophotography @debraceravolo.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Hey thanks, Beatrice!

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Quantum entanglement can link two particles, regardless of distance. Einstein called it "spooky action at a distance". This might be the closest thing we have to telepathy in real physics!

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

The largest volcano in our solar system isn't on Earth, but on Mars. Olympus Mons stands at 13.6 miles high, nearly three times the height of Mount Everest, Earth's tallest peak.

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Star Chart @starchartapp.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

There are exoplanets where it rains glass, sideways. This bizarre weather occurs on HD 189733b, a gas giant 63 light-years away, due to its extreme winds and molten glass atmosphere.

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SpacePolicyOnline @spacepolicyonline.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

NASA just posted on X about the toxic smell from Progress MS-29. Basically they say everything's fine now. Hopefully they'll post it to the ISS blog soon.

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