Today I was guest on the late breakfast show on national television #ZDF „Volle Kanne“ with my new book. We talked about almost everything: the Big Bang, quantum physics, God, meteorite impacts, black holes, alien life - you name it! It was fun and they threw out some prerecorded clips so that we could have more time to chat 😉. And I had breakfast…
Today I was guest on the late breakfast show on national television #ZDF „Volle Kanne“ with my new book. We talked about almost everything: the Big Bang, quantum physics, God, meteorite impacts, black holes, alien life - you name it! It was fun and they threw out some prerecorded clips so that we could have more time to chat 😉. And I had breakfast…
Right in time for #Halloween 🎃
The VLT Survey Telescope has spotted a spooky bat flying over Paranal in #Chile. But fear not, it's located 10,000 light-years away.
What looks like a "cosmic bat" is in fact a large cloud of cosmic gas and dust where new stars are being born. Let's fly through it in this video...if you dare! 🦇
Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2518/
📷 ESO/VPHAS+ team/VVV team
I bring you... the glorious Messier 31, the most prominent galaxy in Earth's sky. The galaxy is six times wider than the full moon (but a lot fainter). I have seen the bright core with my naked eyes on a couple of dark nights. #astrophotography #astronomy #transJoy
I bring you... the glorious Messier 31, the most prominent galaxy in Earth's sky. The galaxy is six times wider than the full moon (but a lot fainter). I have seen the bright core with my naked eyes on a couple of dark nights. #astrophotography #astronomy #transJoy
Rapid Brightening of 3I/Atlas Ahead of Perihelion
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.25035
#HackerNews #RapidBrightening #3IAtlas #Perihelion #Astronomy #SpaceScience
NOIRLab image of the week
A Lunar Delight Deep in the Desert
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2544a/
#Moon #NOIRLab #Astronomy #Astrodon #photography #moonphotography #astrophotography
The Americas’ oldest book is an intricate work of Maya astronomy
Created in the 11th or 12th century, the Códice Maya de México (the Maya Codex of Mexico) is the oldest of these works and the only one to predate the arrival of the conquistadors in the 16th century.
https://aeon.co/videos/the-americas-oldest-book-is-an-intricate-work-of-maya-astronomy
The Americas’ oldest book is an intricate work of Maya astronomy
Created in the 11th or 12th century, the Códice Maya de México (the Maya Codex of Mexico) is the oldest of these works and the only one to predate the arrival of the conquistadors in the 16th century.
https://aeon.co/videos/the-americas-oldest-book-is-an-intricate-work-of-maya-astronomy
Spectacular time-lapse image of Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6), taken by astrophotographer Michael Jäger.
There might have been, um, a few satellites passing by during the long exposure.
https://forum.vdsastro.de/viewtopic.php?t=7600&start=50#p43988 #space #science #astronomy #art
 
      
  
            Spectacular time-lapse image of Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6), taken by astrophotographer Michael Jäger.
There might have been, um, a few satellites passing by during the long exposure.
https://forum.vdsastro.de/viewtopic.php?t=7600&start=50#p43988 #space #science #astronomy #art
Spectacular time-lapse image of Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6), taken by astrophotographer Michael Jäger.
There might have been, um, a few satellites passing by during the long exposure.
https://forum.vdsastro.de/viewtopic.php?t=7600&start=50#p43988 #space #science #astronomy #art
It won't be my best picture, but it was worth it taking the gear out (to the balcony 😬 )
I had heard his name many times before, but I didn't know that he was born in Turin or that he lived in Berlin for so many years. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph-Louis_Lagrange
#Lagrange #Torino #math #physics #astronomy #Italy #Berlin
I had heard his name many times before, but I didn't know that he was born in Turin or that he lived in Berlin for so many years. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph-Louis_Lagrange
#Lagrange #Torino #math #physics #astronomy #Italy #Berlin
 
      
  
             
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
             
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
             
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
             
      
  
              
           
      
  
             
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
             
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
             
      
  
              
           
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
             
      
  
             
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
            