#Sunspots

Phil Plait

BadAstronomer

Early in 2020, Betelgeuse faded to about 30% of its usual brightness. No pro astronomer was worried it was about to blow. But we still don’t know why it dimmed

RealScientists | Counts

realscientists

Before we talk about other stars, though, let's talk about our own star -- the Sun!! This way, we have something to compare to. (And we can appreciate how ~boring~

Phil Plait

BadAstronomer

This photo of a sunspot is INCREDIBLE. Wait, no. It's completely credible. What it is is *amazing*. So much detail!And oh, BTW, you could drop the entire Earth into it

نادِي مجرّة 🌌 Galaxy Club

Majarrah_SA

Today 457 years ago, one of the greatest astronomers of all times, Galileo Galilei was born! Galil was born in February 15th, 1546 AD in Pisa, Italy, where he lived for

Phil Plait

BadAstronomer

Contradicting an earlier consensus, a team of astronomers predict that the Sun will be *very* active over the next few years, and maybe even have one of its strongest magentic

Brian Romanchuk

RomanchukBrian

The Texas electricity situation is sad, but it’s not clear that a lot of the finger-pointing is useful. Frozen wind turbines are a narrative being pushed, but the wrong reason.

'In Truth We Trust'

SikhForTruth

Sun Thread:An Alternative Theory:1.Was an Influenza outbreak predicted to happen in 2019/20 in China? Was the Influenza pandemic instead mistaken for #Covid19 or was such an outbreak of Influenza masked

Dibyendu Nandi

ydnadydnad

"Why is the solar cycle 11 years long" someone asked @Dr_Lucie. You got a tough one! Here's my take on this in two parts. The first part is a non-technical

Sizwe sikaMusi

SizweLo

Climate change activists say the Earth is warmer now than at any time since "records began", which is in 1914. A strange assertion, considering Earthly cycles can, and are frequently

Prof. Katharine Hayhoe

KHayhoe

At the hearing for the deputy @NASA administrator today, nominee Jim Morhard was asked by @EdMarkey if he agrees with the scientific consensus that humans are the dominant influence on

iheartcrozier

mcrozier

1)A thought or few of Rush in his passing.I started at KFI in 1989. Rush really took off during the first Gulf War when the support for it was pretty

NY NJ PA Weather

nynjpaweather

So given there is a lot of talk about Siberia and the historic heatwave on many different channels, I think I should provide some additional information which is not be

Lyman Stone 石來民

lymanstoneky

AND we would reduce the odds of a genuinely stupefyingly huge disaster!https://twitter.com/calebwatney/status/1326031454103609344 Seriously though y'all, putting in geothermal energy generation equipment around the edges of the Yellowst

James West

ejwwest

Let’s examine the “Galileo gambit” in more detail.If you’re a Hunter gatherer community or Neolithic farmer, the world is flat. In fact if you’re a medieval peasant who rarely goes

Phil Plait

BadAstronomer

Oh, Betelgeuse, everyone’s favorite M2Iab supergiant star. Why did it dim so catastrophically earlier this year?Hubble may have clinched the answer: It erupted, blowing out a HUGE dust cloud that

'In Truth We Trust'

SikhForTruth

#Wuhan:The Perfect Mix? Peak Flu SeasonPolluted AirWaste IncineratorsMandatory Flu Vaccines20K 5G AntennasAtmosphere thinnest Over ChinaDeepest Grand Solar Minimum11 Year Sun Cycle= Influenza Pandemic Rebadged as #COVID19. Human studies att

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