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/

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

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/

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

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.

#anthropology #cosmology #blood

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

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.

#anthropology #cosmology #blood

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

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

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

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

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

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

#lunarchy #humanevolution

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

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

#lunarchy #humanevolution

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

Some amazing pics of George Smoot and the U2 Anisotropy Experiment

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

#Cosmology

Berkeley Lab: Honoring the Legacy of George Smoot

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

#Cosmology

Some amazing pics of George Smoot and the U2 Anisotropy Experiment

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

#Cosmology

George Smoot (1945-2025)

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

#Cosmology

@ehtelescope ☝️ Event Horizon Telescope, the global network of telescopes which captured the first image of a supermassive black hole (yes, that one), studies extreme phenomena of the universe and is working on new discoveries. And they have just landed on the fediverse with an official account.

https://eventhorizontelescope.org

#BlackHoles #cosmology #astronomy #mastodon #fediverse

@ehtelescope ☝️ Event Horizon Telescope, the global network of telescopes which captured the first image of a supermassive black hole (yes, that one), studies extreme phenomena of the universe and is working on new discoveries. And they have just landed on the fediverse with an official account.

https://eventhorizontelescope.org

#BlackHoles #cosmology #astronomy #mastodon #fediverse

Professor Emeritus Rainer Weiss, influential physicist who forged new paths to understanding the universe, dies at 92

https://www.space.mit.edu/news/professor-emeritus-rainer-weiss-influential-physicist-who-forged-new-paths-to-understanding-the-universe-dies-at-92/

#Cosmology

Professor Emeritus Rainer Weiss, influential physicist who forged new paths to understanding the universe, dies at 92

https://www.space.mit.edu/news/professor-emeritus-rainer-weiss-influential-physicist-who-forged-new-paths-to-understanding-the-universe-dies-at-92/

#Cosmology

It may have already happened, but we need to wait for the light to arrive here.

#Cosmology