"Time and space are modes in which we think and not conditions in which we live."

— Albert Einstein

Astronomy

Read an extract from Alex Foster’s sci-fi novel Circular Motion

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 08/01/2025 - 5:10am
In this passage from the opening of Circular Motion, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, our protagonist boards a vessel which can circle the world in a matter of hours – with dangerous consequences for the Earth’s rotation
Categories: Astronomy

SMOS adds long-term view on carbon stored in forests

ESO Top News - Fri, 08/01/2025 - 5:00am

Data from ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission can be used to estimate how much carbon is stored in forests – and a study has improved our understanding of how reliable this proxy is and how long-term datasets from SMOS can help us to monitor this valuable resource.

Categories: Astronomy

This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 1 – 10

Sky & Telescope Magazine - Fri, 08/01/2025 - 4:52am

The waxing gibbous Moon of August haunts the low south. Venus and Jupiter are drawing toward a spectacular conjunction in early dawn.

The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 1 – 10 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

Categories: Astronomy

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APOD - Fri, 08/01/2025 - 4:00am

Globular star cluster


Categories: Astronomy, NASA

Webb takes a fresh look at a classic deep field

ESO Top News - Fri, 08/01/2025 - 4:00am
Image: Webb takes a fresh look at a classic deep field
Categories: Astronomy

A supernova-rich spiral

ESO Top News - Fri, 08/01/2025 - 3:52am
Image: A supernova-rich spiral
Categories: Astronomy

Ozempic really could turn back the clock on your biological age

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 08/01/2025 - 3:00am
When people were randomised to receive either a placebo or Ozempic, they became biologically younger with the latter drug
Categories: Astronomy

4 Science Book Recommendations We Loved Reading in July

Scientific American.com - Thu, 07/31/2025 - 1:00pm

Check out Scientific American’s fiction and nonfiction book recommendations for July

Categories: Astronomy