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#StephenHawking #Cosmology #Laniakea #LaniakeaSupercluster #galaxies #astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #science #cosmography

@pomarede@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

It's Stephen Hawking's birthday. The occasion to share this fantastic video he produced as part of his Genius documentatry series. Hawking elaborates on our place in the Universe, including our membership to the Laniakea supercluster of galaxies that we discovered back in 2014.

The complete documentary: https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/hawking_genius_ep06_full/where-are-we-full-episode-genius-by-stephen-hawking/

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Where Are We?: Full Episode | Genius by Stephen Hawking | PBS LearningMedia

Have you ever thought about where you are in the universe? In this episode of Genius by Stephen Hawking, learn with a group of volunteers how scientists have oriented themselves on the Earthâs surface, within the solar system, out to the reaches of the galaxy, and beyond.

#StephenHawking #Cosmology #Laniakea #LaniakeaSupercluster #galaxies #astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #science #cosmography

@pomarede@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

The complete documentary: https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/hawking_genius_ep06_full/where-are-we-full-episode-genius-by-stephen-hawking/

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Where Are We?: Full Episode | Genius by Stephen Hawking | PBS LearningMedia

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#anthropology #cosmology #blood

@RadicalAnthro@c.im · 2 months ago

We really ♥️ this piece from John Hawks on humans looking at the stars, especially how he picks up African #huntergatherer cosmologies on the link of the #Moon to #Menstruation 🩸

Right now I'm involved in one of the MOST important papers of my life with Hadza hunter-gatherer experts on Hadza beliefs and practice around menstruation, hunting and the moon.

The key here is no one understands Hadza #Epeme--their moon-scheduled ritual for healing and good hunting--unless they also understand menstrual beliefs and practice.

https://www.johnhawks.net/p/when-did-our-ancestors-start-looking-up-to-the-stars

When did our ancestors start looking up to the stars?

Changes in the sky have been important to peoples throughout the world. That connection may go back much further than our species.

#anthropology #cosmology #blood

@RadicalAnthro@c.im · 2 months ago

We really ♥️ this piece from John Hawks on humans looking at the stars, especially how he picks up African #huntergatherer cosmologies on the link of the #Moon to #Menstruation 🩸

Right now I'm involved in one of the MOST important papers of my life with Hadza hunter-gatherer experts on Hadza beliefs and practice around menstruation, hunting and the moon.

The key here is no one understands Hadza #Epeme--their moon-scheduled ritual for healing and good hunting--unless they also understand menstrual beliefs and practice.

https://www.johnhawks.net/p/when-did-our-ancestors-start-looking-up-to-the-stars

When did our ancestors start looking up to the stars?

Changes in the sky have been important to peoples throughout the world. That connection may go back much further than our species.

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#Cosmology #LocalGroup #galaxies #MilkyWay #Andromeda #Astronomy #Astrodon #visualization #science #Cosmography #map #cartography

@pomarede@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

A Revised Three-dimensional Visualization of the Local Group of Galaxies, by Antonio Ciccolella

☑️ research note of the AAS https://doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/ae1efc
☑️ ultra-high resolution version https://flic.kr/p/2rD6yGU

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The Milky Way and its satellite dwarf galaxies.

A wider view of the Milky Way and its satellite dwarf galaxies.

The Andromeda galaxy and its satellite dwarf galaxies.

The full visualization of the Local Group.

A Revised Three-dimensional Visualization of the Local Group of Galaxies

#Cosmology #LocalGroup #galaxies #MilkyWay #Andromeda #Astronomy #Astrodon #visualization #science #Cosmography #map #cartography

@pomarede@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

A Revised Three-dimensional Visualization of the Local Group of Galaxies, by Antonio Ciccolella

☑️ research note of the AAS https://doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/ae1efc
☑️ ultra-high resolution version https://flic.kr/p/2rD6yGU

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A Revised Three-dimensional Visualization of the Local Group of Galaxies

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#lunarchy #humanevolution

@RadicalAnthro@c.im · 4 months ago

Radical #Anthropology in Bethnal Green tonight
👇👇👇

We're doing a fun event, the day after 🌕 (Thur Nov 6) at Love Shack, on the #Moon in human origins and #Hadza lunar #cosmology

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mind-full-presents-human-origins-under-the-sway-of-the-moon-tickets-1878902200059?aff=oddtdtcreator

#lunarchy #humanevolution

@RadicalAnthro@c.im · 4 months ago

Radical #Anthropology in Bethnal Green tonight
👇👇👇

We're doing a fun event, the day after 🌕 (Thur Nov 6) at Love Shack, on the #Moon in human origins and #Hadza lunar #cosmology

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mind-full-presents-human-origins-under-the-sway-of-the-moon-tickets-1878902200059?aff=oddtdtcreator

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https://aether.lbl.gov/www/projects/u2/

@pomarede@mastodon.social · 5 months ago

Some amazing pics of George Smoot and the U2 Anisotropy Experiment

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George Smoot (red hair) checks out experiment in U2 with the help and advice of two NASA Ames/Lockheed personnel.

Experiment being lowered into the U2. George Smoot standing next to the steps to the cockpit with back to you. Others are the various U2 maintenance and operating crew.

U2 with experiment payloads Shown are the various payloads the NASA Ames U2 aircraft was actively flying at the time (circa 1979). Note the anisotropy package just in the front. This package was the only upwards looking instrument. The others were mostly Earth Resources instrumentation.

https://aether.lbl.gov/www/projects/u2/

@pomarede@mastodon.social · 5 months ago

Some amazing pics of George Smoot and the U2 Anisotropy Experiment

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https://elements.lbl.gov/news/honoring-the-legacy-of-george-smoot/

@pomarede@mastodon.social · 5 months ago

Berkeley Lab: Honoring the Legacy of George Smoot

A portrait of Nobel Prize cosmologist George Smoot.

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Honoring the Legacy of George Smoot – Elements for Berkeley Lab

https://aether.lbl.gov/www/projects/u2/

@pomarede@mastodon.social · 5 months ago

Some amazing pics of George Smoot and the U2 Anisotropy Experiment

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https://apc.u-paris.fr/fr/memory-george-fitzgerald-smoot-iii

@pomarede@mastodon.social · 5 months ago

George Smoot (1945-2025)