Scientists Found An 'Impossible' Atmosphere on A Tiny World Beyond Neptune
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https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-found-an-impossible-atmosphere-on-a-tiny-world-beyond-neptune
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Leonardo Fontenelle
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Happy #MayThe4th ! Here's a photo I took at @esoastronomy 's Paranal Observatory in #Chile, with one of our 8-m telescopes aiming its four lasers at the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy orbiting the Milky Way.
The lasers excite sodium atoms high up in the atmosphere, creating artificial "stars" whose twinkle we can measure in real time to correct atmospheric turbulence and get super sharp images.
This is how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_QC2cLroDc
Happy #MayThe4th ! Here's a photo I took at @esoastronomy 's Paranal Observatory in #Chile, with one of our 8-m telescopes aiming its four lasers at the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy orbiting the Milky Way.
The lasers excite sodium atoms high up in the atmosphere, creating artificial "stars" whose twinkle we can measure in real time to correct atmospheric turbulence and get super sharp images.
This is how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_QC2cLroDc
An Unknown State of Matter Could Be Hiding in Our Solar System
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https://www.sciencealert.com/an-unknown-state-of-matter-could-be-hiding-in-our-solar-system
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Astronomers Think They've Finally Found The Edge of The Milky Way
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https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-think-theyve-finally-found-the-edge-of-the-milky-way
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NASA Shuts Down Another Piece of Voyager 1 to Extend Its Interstellar Mission
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https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-shuts-down-another-piece-of-voyager-1-to-extend-its-interstellar-mission
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NASA Shuts Down Another Piece of Voyager 1 to Extend Its Interstellar Mission
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https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-shuts-down-another-piece-of-voyager-1-to-extend-its-interstellar-mission
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