Natasha van Bentum

The map shows the large outline of the iceberg A23a moving up through the Scotia sea towards the Island of South Georgia. The area around South Georgia is marked with bathymetry data showing the sea bed getting shallower. It suggests that the edge of the berg is grounded on this shallow area, after travelling quickly towards the island. It is approximately 73km from South Georgia, and is around 1/3 the size of the island.

The world’s largest and oldest iceberg A23a has finally come to a standstill ✋

It appears to have run aground on the sea bed near the sub-Antarctic Island of South Georgia.

Here's an illustration of its position over the last few days by @magic.bas.ac.uk ⬇️

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The Secret Lives of Fungi They shape the world—and offer lessons for how to live in it.

Before any plants were taller than three feet, and before any animal with a backbone had made it out of the water, the earth was dotted with two-story-tall, silo-like fungi.

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If the US agrees to become our 11th province, we'll offer them many exciting benefits—including free Bhangra lessons for every US citizen, delivered with our signature Canadian politeness, warmth and welcoming spirit.

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A graphic celebrating Day 5 of National Astronomy Week with the event's logo and an image of the Moon.

'Chasing the Moon' chart for National Astronomy Week, with the first four nights filled in showing the appearance and position of the Moon. Nights 5-9 are blank to be completed for the rest of the week.

🌙✨ A Night with the Moon ✨🌙

We're chasing the Moon all week for National Astronomy Week, but let's give it some special attention tonight. It's lit from the side, which creates wonderful shadows in its craters.

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05.02.2025 18:30 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

To me the cool thing about this image is that the sprinkling of blue stars are in the foreground, some 5 million light years away, while all those gorgeous colorful swirly galaxies are almost unimaginably more distant, out in the far depths of the cosmos. More info: www.stsci.edu/contents/med...

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@idlofficial.bsky.social @johnmdudley.bsky.social

11.01.2025 02:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Good piece for nonprofits by Harvey McKinnon on making the move to BlueSky. hilborn-charityenews.ca/articles/soc... @hmassociates.bsky.social

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Dusty Crescents Around a Baby Star - AAS Nova What's the origin of the dusty crescents in the disk around MWC 758? Researchers have tracked the movements of the crescents to find out.

What’s the origin of the dusty crescents in the disk around the young star MWC 758? Researchers have tracked the movements of two crescents to find out. aasnova.org/2024/12/11/d... 🔭🧪

11.12.2024 17:29 — 👍 17    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

I honestly believe all LLM results should come with a disclaimer reminding people that the thing doesn’t (and absolutely cannot) know any facts or do any reasoning; it is simply designed to *sound* like it knows facts and frequently sweeps some up accidentally in the process.

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Charting the Cosmic Shoreline: Which Planets Have Atmospheres? - AAS Nova New observations of exoplanet Gl 486b help astronomers map out which planets have atmospheres and which do not.

Which of the nearly 6,000 known exoplanets have atmospheres? New observations of a super-Earth planet around a low-mass star help to define the dividing line between planets with atmospheres and planets without. aasnova.org/2024/11/20/c... 🪐🧪

20.11.2024 17:06 — 👍 48    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

It's a little chilly out there 🥶 ❄️... so how about a good ol' galaxy smash-up to generate a bit of heat? 🥵

A team of researchers led by the University of Hertfordshire have observed in unprecedented detail a massive collision of galaxies – sparked by one travelling at 2 million mph! 💥

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22.11.2024 12:18 — 👍 15    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

Photons take thousands and thousands of years on their 'Random Walk' from Sun's core to its surface. www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...

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periodic table of the elements color-coded by origin in the solar system. Learning more at this conference about how much of orange should be turned green

Updated periodic table with origin of elements in the Solar System (for boron and lithium at least)

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