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Situated only 27,000 light-years from Earth, Sagittarius A* is our galactic neighborhood’s supermassive black hole. Now, scientists have captured the first image of it. to.pbs.org/3wggla6

"The true delight is in the finding out, rather than in the knowing." - Isaac Asimov

A team of scientists in China proposed a new way to harvest useful resources on the moon. popsci.com/space/moon-roc…

The Bubble nebula

On Friday, @SpaceX brought one German and three American astronauts back to Earth with a splash in the Gulf of Mexico. 🌊 via @NPR npr.org/2022/05/06/109…

Barbara Liskov was one of the first women in the U.S. to earn a Ph.D. in computer science! In 2009, she received the Turing Award for her work in programming languages and software methodology that led to the development of object-oriented programming. #RoleModelsinCS

The science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke famously wrote, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” At first glance, these math puzzles may seem like mind-reading. Can you identify their logic? quantamagazine.org/how-do-math-ma…

Find the value of x ? #math

Stunning Tourmaline slice from Madagascar Photo: Arkfeld_minerals #minerals

For our first installment of #KeepingUpWithTheCounselors, meet Luigia Than, whose recent project at Stony Brook involves an interactive Bio-Lux light sculpture which responds to your heartbeat! 🫀🎨 Read more at 👉 news.stonybrook.edu/university/ste…

Spacecraft hatches are closed and #Crew3 is ready to come home. Tune back in at 12:45am ET (4:45 UTC) to watch astronauts undock and return from six months aboard the @Space_Station.

Seven different digits are placed in a row. The products of the first three, middle three, and last three are all equal. What is the middle digit? Find the solution and explore all questions on our puzzle calendar at mathigon.org/puzzles

Logic puzzle from Cambridge entrance exam Video youtu.be/EPTnw7mRSus Post mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2022/04/1… #mindyourdecisions

@daphneeritzz V838 Monocerotis Light Echo 🤝 Absolute Slay.

@sigmacamp i’m slaying

The stunning image that Hubble took on SigmaCamp’s birthday features Mars! 🥳 What’s your Hubble birthday picture? #Hubble32

@kr5shna You get double the wishes: birthday candles AND a shooting star!

A thousands-year-old meteor shower will peak in the night sky this week. Here’s how and when you can see it. (via @PopSci) apple.news/A5Qvd_doqTOqJH…

#morning with easy brain #puzzle #math

Blue area?

“A cat can’t understand calculus, and it’s not obvious that humans can understand everything either. I studied computer science because I wanted to understand the limits of the computer in my head.” quantamagazine.org/pondering-the-…