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Urbain Le Verrier predicted the existence of Neptune

Posted on 2019/06/07 by Carl Robitaille

In 1846, Urbain Le Verrier predicted the existence of Neptune to explain why Newton's equations gave the wrong description of the motion of Uranus and Mercury. When he predicted the location in the sky, Neptune was found with 1 hour of searching. pic.twitter.com/HlTe9iF0xF
— Fermat's Library (@fermatslibrary) June 7, 2019

The Alchemy of Neutron Star Collisions

Posted on 2019/06/06 by Carl Robitaille

How Do Greenhouse Gases Actually Work?

Posted on 2019/06/05 by Carl Robitaille

APOD: The Interstellar Clouds of Orion

Posted on 2019/06/05 by Carl Robitaille

APOD: The Interstellar Clouds of Orion

60 satellites

Posted on 2019/06/03 by Carl Robitaille

This vid is INSANE! SpaceX just launched 60 satellites but astronomers are MAD AF because they are too bright and disrupt research.

The satellites are on a quest to get internet to the whole world and help SpaceX with their private space program. There could be 1000s more! pic.twitter.com/ViccX1OJvT
— AsapSCIENCE (@AsapSCIENCE) June 3, 2019

The Universe Sphere has 380,000 laser etched dots

Posted on 2019/06/02 by Carl Robitaille

The Universe Sphere has 380,000 laser etched dots, each one representing a galaxy, revealing the largest scale structure of our universe. It contains a 3D mapping of galaxies in a volume of our universe spanning 800 million lightyears in diameter https://t.co/oJcITpUaCf pic.twitter.com/lAX9fEffYI
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) June 1, 2019

The Oldest Film of a Solar Eclipse Has Been Restored and Released Online

Posted on 2019/06/01 by Carl Robitaille

The Oldest Film of a Solar Eclipse Has Been Restored and Released Online

Approximate mean distances of many planets

Posted on 2019/05/29 by Carl Robitaille

In 1766, Johann Bode discovered an easy way to memorize the approximate mean distances of many planets from the Sun in Astronomical Units pic.twitter.com/sSJJNfX3Az
— Fermat's Library (@fermatslibrary) May 29, 2019

5 Spacecraft that Got a New Lease on Life

Posted on 2019/05/28 by Carl Robitaille

APOD: A Volcano of Fire under a Milky Way of Stars

Posted on 2019/05/27 by Carl Robitaille

APOD: A Volcano of Fire under a Milky Way of Stars