Thursday, October 17, 2024

Kamala Harris full speech at La Crosse, WI campaign event (Oct. 17, 2024) - YouTube - political science - University of Wisconsin La Crosse

Commentary:This was a great place to hold a rally as she is very popular with young people.

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Euclid’s 208-Gigapixel glimpse into the Universe - YouTube - ESA - astrophysics/cosmology

The ESA Euclid spacecraft has released the first page of a large cosmic atlas it is photographing,amounting about 1% of the total.The ultimate purpose of the atlas and Euclid spacecraft is to explore the role of dark matter and dark energy in the universe.The first page of the atlas is a huge 208-gigapixel mosaic.The images were collected from 260 observations collected in just two weeks.It was released on 15 OCT 2024 at the International Aeronautical Congress in Milan,Italy by ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and Director of Science Carole Mundell.*Text by ESA and edited by Andrew Taylor*Cosmology is the study of the origin,evolution and structures of the universe.*Dark matter is about 27% of the universe,while dark energy is about 68% of the universe.

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Ex-Trump official fears he would try to use military against US citizens - YouTube - CNN - political science

with Caitlyn Collins and CNN Political Commentator and former Trump Defense Secretary Mark Espers

Monday, October 14, 2024

SpaceX deploys NASA's Europa Clipper after launch, signal acquired! - YouTube - Space.com - astrobiology Part II

The Europa Clipper spacecraft was built by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland.It is controlled by NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory-California Institute of Technology.Europa Clipper called home and executed its roll program.

Blastoff! SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches Europa Clipper to Jupiter's ocean moon - YouTube - Space.com - astrobiology

The Europa Clipper spacecraft will ascertain whether Jupiter's moon Europa is habitable.

Sunday, October 13, 2024

Did JWST Discover Dark Matter Stars? - YouTube - PBS Space Time - astrophysics/cosmology

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Teslescope may have discovered a new class of objects called dark stars,which are actually very bright,bright enough for the JWST to detect them at their enormous distances,having existed just 400,000,000 years after the Big Bang.* Rules for dark matter particles to create dark stars:1.Particle cannot interact strongly with itself 2.Must have weak self-interaction 3.Must be able to annihilate each other*The self-annihilation of dark matter particles is what makes dark stars so bright.*Dark stars may have given rise to the supermassive black holes at the center of galaxies.*Dr.Matt O'Dowd is an Australian astrophysicist who is the presenter and writer or co-writer of PBS Space Time.*Cosmology is the study of the origin,evolution and structures of the universe.

Trump has ‘running start’ to steal 2024 election, warns Chris Hayes - YouTube - MSNBC - political science

with Chris Hayes,Franita Tolson,Law Professor at the University of Southern California,and Ian Bassin,Co-founder and Executive Director of Protect Democracy