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Looking into the Mirror of Life: Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Science News & Research for Good Observers, Summer & Fall of 2019

ASTRONOMY, PHYSICS
&
Really Big and Really Small Scale Sciences
The Fundamental Nature of Reality Big to Small...
We follow Astro-physics and Science News for fun, because the Nature of Life itself is pretty darn entertaining on its own merits. Understanding the Nature and construction of our reality is a pragmatic move for all its "operators," but especially for backpacker's finding context in, and navigating the terrain to both ascertain & clarify our place in the Universe.
This is the amazing universe we are walking through.
Interestingly enough, we have to understand the fundamental nature of the motions & relationships within the Universe around us to find our precise position on this Earth, to understand our context within its Nature, and how we can or cannot fit perfectly into the greater Universe around us.
We follow science to better understand ourselves, what we are hiking through, and our choices along our journey.
Updated
October 30, 2019
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And we got to get ourselves back to the garden."
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Picture of the Day
NASA
PRIMER
Theories of Everything, Mapped,
August 3, 2015, Quanta.
All Backpacker's Astronomical, Time and Space Links
General Astronomy
Day Length
August 1
14:10:29
Day length decreasing -1:53 per day
Tools, Information, and Resources
Picture of the Day
NASA
Spot the Station
NASA
Observational Astronomy
The Basic Situation
Perseid Meteor Shower,
In the Sky, Mid August, 2019.
Summer Triangle
Night Skies on the Trail Guide
Summer Triangle, signpost for all seasons,
Earth-Sky, March 2, 2017.
Observational Night Skies
What's Up Tonight
Date, Location, and Time Adjustable Star Wheel
Paper Star Wheel for Field Use
All Obserbvational Astronomical Resources
Fermilab Virtual Telescope, all views
Current Star Chart and Sky Wheel for Field Use
All Time & Space Resources
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2019
Astronomy-Physics
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The
Fundamental Sciences
News and Events
SUMMER & FALL
of
2019
FALL
Updated
ASTROPHYSICS
Measuring Distant Gravity through a Wormhole
How to Spot a Wormhole (if they exist,)
University at Buffalo, October 23, 2019.
October 23, 2019
ASTROPHYSICS, SCIENCE, & TECHNOLOGY
Let's Explore Some of the Strange, Complex Elements of Quantum Computing
October 21, 2019
ASTROPHYSICS, SOLAR SYSTEM, MARS
Gale Crater: Curiosity Rover & It's Mars Science Lab
Mars Once had Salt Lakes Similar to Earth
ASTROPHYSICS-ASTRONOMY-METEORS
Field Observations
October 17, 2019
EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE
Mars
Direct to Article
I’m Convinced We Found Evidence of Life on Mars in the 1970s,
Scientific American, October 10, 2019.
More
Life on Mars?
Oct 2018
Where’d the Martian Methane Come From? Is it Alive?
July 2018
Lake Mars Discovered by Italian Radar on Mars Express Probe
ASTROPHYSICS, SPACE, INTERSTELLAR COMET
Second Interstellar Comet Identified and Confirmed
Interstellar Comet with a Familiar Look
October 12, 2019
AXION HUNT
UPDATED
Dark Matter Search for Axions with Meta Metal Plasma Haloscopes
Direct to Research Notice
Physicists have Found a Way to 'Hear' Dark Matter,
Stockholm University, October 9, 2019.
Hunting the Elusive Dark Matter Particle
BLACK HOLE GALACTIC EFFECTS
UPDATED
Do They or Don't They?
Black Holes Don't Stunt Galaxy Star Formation, But Stifle Dwarf Galaxy Star Formation
Black Holes Stunt Growth of Dwarf Galaxies
October 7, 2019
ASTROPHYSICS IN AXION
Found
Direct to Article
Axion particle spotted in solid-state crystal,
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, October 7, 2019.
Related Research
Aug 2019
Axionic Approach to Dark Matter and The Elemental Universe
March 2019
Dark Matter Hunting in 2019: Fields in the Sky, Axions in the Fridge
Feb 2019
New Perspectives on the Hunt for Dark Matter Particles
October 5, 2019
ASTROPHYSICS: STAR FORMATION
New Binary Star Formation: A Cosmic Pretzel
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) captured this unprecedented image of two circumstellar disks, in which baby stars are growing, feeding with material from their surrounding birth disk. The complex network of dust structures distributed in spiral shapes remind of the loops of a pretzel. These observations shed new light on the earliest phases of the lives of stars and help astronomers determine the conditions in which binary stars are born, by ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Alves et al.
Direct to Article
A Cosmic Pretzel,
ESO, October 4, 2019.
More
Old Stars
Pre-White Dwarf Red Giant & A Post-Red Giant Planetary Nebula.
October 3
ASTROPHYSICS: THE UNIVERSE
Computer Simulation of Galaxy Filiments
This is an image showing filaments in massive galaxy cluster using the C-EAGLE simulation, by Joshua Borrow using C-EAGLE.
Gossamer Threads Tying it All Together
Direct to Research Article
Massive filaments fuel the growth of galaxies and supermassive black holes,
RIKEN, October 3, 2019.
Direct to Research Note
Glowing Gas Reveals Faint Filaments of the Cosmic Web,
American Association for the Advancement of Science, October 3, 2019.
MAIN POINTS
"...report the detection of individual filaments of intergalactic gas spanning among young galaxies in a newly forming cluster - and fueling their growth. "These observations of the faintest, largest structures in the universe are a key to understanding how our Universe evolved through time, how galaxies grow and mature."
"Cosmological simulations predict that more than 60% of the hydrogen created during the Big Bang is distributed as long filaments, which thread through the intergalactic medium and form the so-called "cosmic web." Where these filaments cross, galaxies form and are fed by streams of cooling gas."
More
Galaxy filament
Wiki
The Galaxy
Trail Guide
September 26
ASTROPHYSICS: BLACK HOLE HUNGRY
Black Hole Eats Sun-Sized Star
NASA’s TESS Mission Spots Its 1st Star-Shredding Black Hole
ASTROPHYSICS, & THE NATURE OF REALITY
Black Hole Relativistic Accretion Disk Behavior
NASA Visualization Shows a Black Hole's Warped World
FALL EQUINOX
September 23
CLOCK, COMPASS, & CLIMATE: EARTH'S ORBITAL ALINGMENT
Fall Equinox
A Fine Astronomical Description,
In The Sky.
Trail Guide
Celestial Resources,
Simulators, Star Charts, Astro Data, Deep Space & Our Galaxy...
SUMMER of 2019
September 16
ASTROPHYSICS & THE NATURE OF REALITY
"God's" Gong Show: Merging Black Holes Ring Like Bells
'Ringing' Black Hole validates Einstein's General Relativity
September 10
NATURE IS AMAZING: ASTROPHYSICS, "STEVE"
More EM Fun
NATURE IS AMAZING: SUPERBOLTS
Electromagnetic Nature of Reality Full of Superbolt Lightening Surprises!
Lightning 'superbolts' form over oceans from November to February
August 15
ASTROPHYSICS, ASTRONOMY, EXOPLANETS
It's Raining Exoplanets: Trappist-1 Solar System
James Webb Space Telescope begins learning alot about TRAPPIST-1 atmospheres in a year
ASTRO-PHYSICS: PROBABILITY OF HABITABILITY
How Many ExoPlanets are in the Liquid Water Sweet Spot?
How Many Earth-like Planets are Around Sun-like Stars?
August 12
ASTRO-EVENT
Meteor Shower
Perseid Meteor Shower,
In the Sky, Mid August, 2019.
MAIN POINTS
"The Perseid meteor shower will be active from 17 July to 24 August, producing its peak rate of meteors around 13 August."
August 8
ASTRO-PHYSICS
The Elemental Universe
Dark Matter may be Older than the Big Bang, study suggests
July 30
ASTROPHYSICS
Where are we, Exactly?
Astronomers Map Vast Void in Our Cosmic Neighborhood
July 29
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYS
Two Meteor Showers
δ–Aquarid Meteor Shower Tonight,
In the Sky, July 29, 2019.
Piscis Australid meteor shower Two Days Away,
In the Sky, July 29, 2019.
Trail Guide
Sky Wheel and Star Chart
July 11
ASTROPHYSICS
Solar System Formation, Planets & Moons
'Moon-forming' Circumplanetary Disk Discovered in Distant Star System
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