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[?]Khurram Wadee ✅ » 🌐
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Triple from Crossing
of the Day

apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260615.ht

Supersonic rocket producing a shockwave in front of the Sun.

Alt...Supersonic rocket producing a shockwave in front of the Sun.

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    June 1980: Vera Rubin Publishes Paper Hinting at Dark Matter

    Work by Rubin, a champion of women in science, suggested that galaxies contain hidden mass.

    By Tess Joosse (from the archives)

    aps.org/apsnews/2023/05/vera-r

    Her autobiographical article is available online:
    annualreviews.org/content/jour

    Vera Rubin, Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institute of Washington. Elderly white-hairedVera Rubin smiling warmly, wearing a red jacket, photographed outdoors in natural light. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vera_Rubin.jpg

    Alt...Vera Rubin, Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institute of Washington. Elderly white-hairedVera Rubin smiling warmly, wearing a red jacket, photographed outdoors in natural light. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vera_Rubin.jpg

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      [?]Khurram Wadee ✅ » 🌐
      @mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk

      Inspired by today’s , here is my version of the of (left) and as seen after in the of the . This was taken with a and a 1 s exposure.

      Venus and Jupiter together tonight.

      Alt...Venus and Jupiter together tonight.

        [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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        Anatomy of a Galileo Forgery

        It was hailed as a historic discovery—until a trail of clues revealed one of the rare-book world’s most audacious scams.

        By: Matthew Wills

        daily.jstor.org/anatomy-of-a-g

        Books by Galileo Galilei at PG:
        gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/39

        Title page of Sidereus nuncius, 1610, by Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). The original Latin title page of Galileo Galilei's landmark astronomical work, announcing observations of the Moon, fixed stars, the Milky Way, and four Jupiter moons named "Medicea Sidera." Published by Thomas Baglioni in Venice (MDCX), with an ornate engraved publisher's vignette of an enthroned figure below the text. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereus_Nuncius#/media/File:Houghton_IC6.G1333.610sa_-_Sidereus_nuncius.jpg

        Alt...Title page of Sidereus nuncius, 1610, by Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). The original Latin title page of Galileo Galilei's landmark astronomical work, announcing observations of the Moon, fixed stars, the Milky Way, and four Jupiter moons named "Medicea Sidera." Published by Thomas Baglioni in Venice (MDCX), with an ornate engraved publisher's vignette of an enthroned figure below the text. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereus_Nuncius#/media/File:Houghton_IC6.G1333.610sa_-_Sidereus_nuncius.jpg

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