Outer Space Crud

[rick49]

The Scariest Planets We've Ever Found
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_ZyXUlsMj4

[rick49]

Star destroys its planet (video)

"Astronomers witnessed a dying star swell up and absorb a Jupiter-sized planet. As the star neared the end of its life, it grew in size, shrinking the gap with its neighboring planet before consuming it entirely."
earthsky.org/space/star-destroys-its-planet-earths-future/

[rick49]

Oceans for 4 Uranus’ moons likely
earthsky.org/space/oceans-for-4-uranus-moons-likely-voyager-2/

[rick49]

[rick49]

Meet Regulus, the Lion’s Heart
earthsky.org/brightest-stars/best-regulus-the-heart-of-the-lion/



"Georgia State University’s Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) created this computer-generated model of Regulus in 2005. Next to it is a model of the sun for scale."

[rick49]

Spica, the bright beacon of Virgo
earthsky.org/brightest-stars/speed-on-to-spica-the-15th-brightest-star/

[rick49]

Vega is a bright bluish star on May evenings
earthsky.org/brightest-stars/vega-brilliant-blue-white-is-third-brightest-star/



"The 3 brightest stars in this image make up the asterism of the Summer Triangle, a giant triangle in the sky composed of the bright stars Vega (top left), Altair (lower middle) and Deneb (far left). Also in this image, under a dark sky and on a moonless night, is the Great Rift that passes right through the Summer Triangle."

[perrykneeham]

Which direction is that? Don't say "up".

[rick49]

the Triangle is highest in the sky in July-August evenings,,,directly overhead. at mid june it should be rising in the east after the sun goes down.

[perrykneeham]

So you did say "up", but added "at night".

Thanks.

[ootlg]

I'll keep an eye out for that when the storms stop.

[rick49]

[rick49]

sadly it's getting more and more difficult to view the night sky in the eastern half of the usa because there is so much light pollution. for best views you have to go the western half of the country. italy is so lit up they are lucky if they can see the Moon at night.

www.lightpollutionmap.info/?mc_cid=984fc2b5f3&mc_eid=474bba55dc#zoom=3.00&lat=45.6957&lon=-82.3540&state=eyJiYXNlbWFwIjoiTGF5ZXJCaW5nUm9hZCIsIm92ZXJsYXkiOiJ3YV8yMDE1Iiwib3ZlcmxheWNvbG9yIjpmYWxzZSwib3ZlcmxheW9wYWNpdHkiOjYwLCJmZWF0dXJlc29wYWNpdHkiOjg1fQ==

[perrykneeham]

I live in a dark skies reserve, so light pollution is controlled. The skies are dark at night.

[rick49]

good for you. you're lucky.

[rick49]

Distant volcano-covered world is the size of Earth

"The planet has been labeled as LP 791-18 d. It might be as volcanically active as Jupiter’s moon Io, which is the most volcanically active world in our solar system."
earthsky.org/space/volcano-covered-world-earth-sized-exoplanet-lp-791-18-d-io/

[rick49]

Was There An Advanced Civilization Before Humans? The Silurian Hypothesis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uiybdSu7m0

"Astrophysicists Adam Frank and Gavin Schmidt proposed the "Silurian Hypothesis" in a 2018 paper, exploring the possibility of detecting an advanced civilization before humans in the geological record."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silurian_hypothesis

[rick49]

Mysteries of Venus Unveiled
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNch28l6vlE

[perrykneeham]

Here you go Rick. I thought you might enjoy this ....

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-65769172

[rick49]

Omega Centauri is our Milky Way's largest star cluster

"The Beehive - where Mars is now - is what's called an open star cluster. It contains maybe 1,000 stars. But Omega Centauri, the largest globular star cluster of the Milky Way, contains about 10 million stars. This behemoth, with a diameter of about 160 light-years, is 10 times more massive than a typical globular cluster. It’s easily seen from the Southern Hemisphere and even visible from the southern half of the United States in the late evenings of May and June."
earthsky.org/clusters-nebulae-galaxies/omega-centauri-milky-ways-prize-star-cluster/