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A good example of the intersection of #astrophysics, computer #software, and #aerospace engineering:
Solar flare vulnerability in A320 software forces emergency action by airlines
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The Air Current
Data-driven reporting and analysis on the strategy and technology of flying.The Air Current
Owens Valley Radio Observatory 40 meter (130ft) telescope near Big Pine, California (10/13/2025). The big 40m instrument is owned and operated by Caltech. It is mostly used to observe over 1800 blazars in support of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.
#Astronomy #AstroPhotography #AstroPhysics #Radio #Telescope #Science #Travel #RoadTrip #BlackAndWhite #Photography #Darktable
Excited to now share this story; papers have been accepted!
Apep is an awesome system, unlike any other we know about. It is named after the Egyptian God of Chaos - because, well, it is chaos!
Two Wolf-Rayet systems orbited by a third supergiant. As all their winds collide, they form these beautiful structures that have now been observed with #JWST and ESO's VLT.
I had a chat with fellow student from Macquarie Uni. Ryan White who has led one of the two papers that are released about this.
My latest for #SpaceAustralia
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📸 NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Simulation: Yinuo Han (Caltech), Ryan White (Macquarie University); Visualization: Christian Nieves (STScI); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
#Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #Apep #Science #WolfRayet
Order Amongst the Chaos of Apep | Spaceaustralia
A new paper, led by Macquarie University PhD researcher Ryan White, has helped reveal the spiral and intricate structure of a rare and unique stellar binary system in the Milky Way - Apep, named after the Egyptian mythological God of chaos.www.spaceaustralia.com
For the first time ever, astronomers have unveiled the shape of a star’s explosion at its earliest stage.
The feat was achieved by ESO's Very Large Telescope just a day after the detection of this supernova, as the blast was breaking through the star’s surface.
This brief initial phase wouldn’t have been observable a day later. This will help shed light on how massive stars go supernova.
Illustration: ESO/L. Calçada
#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science
Unique shape of star’s explosion revealed just a day after detection
Swift observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed the explosive death of a star just as the blast was breaking through the star’s surface.www.eso.org
A dance of two pairs!
While the two Magellanic Clouds shine upon the Atacama Desert in #Chile, two Auxiliary Telescopes of ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer point up to the sky.
Just like our cosmic neighbours move around the Milky Way, the Auxiliary Telescopes can be moved along rails and arranged in different configurations when observing the sky.
Read more: eso.org/public/images/potw2545…
📷 J. Looten/ESO
#astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics #space #science
