Calibrating an instrument is like tuning a piano or a guitar before a concert. "Calibrating an instrument is like tuning a piano or a guitar before a concert," explains Maxime Rizzo, another of the engineers responsible for this element. #TelescopioRoman #NASA #Astronomía (translated)
NASA has made a tiny adjustment to the secondary mirror of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope during its journey to the Sun-Earth L2 point, preparing the instrument for its mission to observe the universe with unprecedented capability and precision. #TelescopioRoman #NASA #Astronomía (translated)
Researchers are investigating the possibility of "superhabitable" planets that could potentially offer better conditions for life than Earth, and the European space mission PLATO is set to help discover such worlds. #SuperhabitablePlaneten #Astronomie #Weltraummission (translated)
A giant helium balloon from NASA has allowed a measurement station to float above the ice during the Antarctic winter to detect high-energy neutrinos from space and revolutionize the astronomical observation of these elusive ghost particles. #Neutrinos #Antarktis #PUEOExperiment (translated)
Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet that may have formed from the material of a dying star and shows atypical chemical elements in its spectrum, indicating an unusual formation history. #Exoplanet #WeißerZwerg #Astronomie (translated)
A team of astronomers from the University of Warwick has discovered the first known green star in our galaxy, WD J1330+6435, challenging the belief that the color of stars depends solely on their temperature. #EstrellaVerde #Astronomía #DescubrimientoCientífico (translated)
The Stock Market Information criticized the bottle return system, stating that on average, 22 bottles are returned at a time, and collecting them, traveling to the bottle return machine, and waiting in line takes a total of 11 minutes. According to the author's calculations, a ton of one-liter bottles is 40 thousand pieces, so their return requires the time of 1,820 people. Altogether, they would spend 20 thousand minutes, which is equivalent to 13 days of life. Previously, as the author wrote, bottles ended up in yellow containers. The Stock Market Information cited data from the Ministry, according to which Poles consume 3 billion bottles annually. Based on this, the author calculated that it corresponds to 75 thousand tons and means nearly a million days dedicated to reclaiming deposits. He described the socio-economic costs as astronomical and criticized the system for taking away time meant for rest, family, friends, and sleep. He blamed several lobbyists for this situation. #recykling #ochronasrodowiska #życie (translated)
The General Conference on Weights and Measures has decided to abolish the leap second to simplify the synchronization between astronomical time and UTC, reducing the computing problems related to these changes. #secondointercalare #tempo #UTC (translated)
Ilgonis Vilks wrote that he has a new smart telescope that works automatically and allows you to choose the object to photograph after being turned on. He noted that the image processing on the phone took a couple of minutes and that the photo shows the Andromeda galaxy, which was captured with a 40-minute exposure. https://t.co/rzYHGwtDVh #astronomija #teleskops #Andromeda (translated)
Astronomers from the University of Warwick have discovered the first green star, a white dwarf, whose unusual color is the result of the presence of calcium, sodium, and lithium in its atmosphere. #astronomia #zielonagwiazda #białekarły (translated)
The author wrote that France is not an isolated special case, but a possible preview of the development in Germany. Germany is also accumulating very high debts and is unable to manage its integration problems. Without a course change, Paris, according to him, risks being seen not as an exception, but as a guide for Germany. https://t.co/wHUmU3oh3a #Schuldenkrise #Integration #Europa #FR #DE (translated)
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has reached its lowest level since 1988, with a decrease of nearly 42 percent compared to the previous year, described by Environment Minister Joaoo Paulo Capobianco as an absolutely astronomical decline. #Abholzung #Amazonasgebiet #Umweltschutz (translated)
Researchers have discovered a unique green dwarf star named WD J1330+6435 in the constellation Draco, located 280 light-years from Earth, which is causing great wonder due to its atypical color. #Astronomie (translated)
The General Conference on Weights and Measures has decided to abolish the leap second and instead allow a future deviation of up to one hour between astronomical time and world time before adjustments will be necessary in the year 3000. #Schaltsekunde #Weltzeit #Erdrotation (translated)
Astronomers from the British University of Warwick have discovered a green star for the first time, along with other colors such as pink and purple, due to the unique composition of the surface of these white dwarfs. #groenesterren #wittedwergen #astronomie (translated)
A new study reveals that white dwarfs, historically considered white or blue, can also shine in unexpected tones such as green, pink, or yellow due to the chemistry of their atmospheres. #Estrellas #Astronomía #EnanasBlancas (translated)
Starting from May 20, 2027, the leap second will be abolished to make Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) more stable, although this could lead to a possible deviation of up to one hour from astronomical time. #Schaltsekunde #Uhren #Zeitmessung (translated)
The James Webb Telescope has detected an unexplained signal from a vacant region of space, the source of which is not visible in the current records. #JamesWebbTeleskop #Weltraumforschung #Astronomie (translated)
The time authorities have decided to eliminate the leap second starting next year, allowing the mismatch between universal astronomical time and atomic time to grow freely, which is expected to be resolved by future generations. #RelojesAtómicos #TiempoUniversal #SegundosIntercalares (translated)
Astronomers from the University of Warwick have discovered a green star, the white dwarf WDJ1330+6435, a novel phenomenon that occurs due to the accumulation of sodium-rich rocky material in its atmosphere. (translated)
