UBC Astronomy Club

Don't let the name fool you: a black hole is anything but empty space. They are some of the most extreme, bizarre, and fascinating objects in the universe. Take a journey into one with @NASA’s Curious Universe podcast. Listen: go.nasa.gov/3s7Xz2r #BlackHoleWeek⚫️

You can help make our Mars robots even smarter. Members of the public can now help teach an artificial intelligence algorithm to recognize scientific features in images taken by the @NASAPersevere rover. Find out how to get involved: go.nasa.gov/3Em6aBZ

Looking for wellness resources or support? The Indian Residential School Survivor Society @IRSSurvivor is available to take your call. IRSSS Toll-Free Line: 1-800-721-0066 24hr National Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419 KUU-US Crisis Line: 1-800-588-8717 Tsow-Tun-Le Lum: 1-888-403-3123

Today marks the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. You can find places to donate at ubcastronomyclub.com/links

silent sadness #mememonday

F in the chat for Newton #MemeMonday

@ESA_EO @esa found it here on google maps!

Do you know #WhereOnEarth is this? Be the first to comment for a shout-out and the glory!

Check out pics of the Partial Solar Eclipse by the @NASA HQ Photo team captured in #DC and #Delaware early this morning! 📷flic.kr/s/aHsmVY6CMm

I am currently 17 hrs 32 mins 30 secs of light-travel time from Earth (2021:159:000000:2L)

well happy monday everyone #mememonday

@WYipJD we wish you clear skies!

I’ll be looking again tonight for Jupiter, Saturn and crescent moon. They made a beautiful diagonal line last night around 9 pm, along south side of Pt Grey Peninsula, Vancouver, just as the golden crescent moon “set” into the water. @ubcastronomy

“The craziest thing to wrap my head around was that every one of the 7.5bn people on Earth was being affected by Covid-19, which didn’t even exist when we’d left...there were 3 of us in space, completely separate from it.” — @Astro_Jessica Read more: theface.com/life/jessica-m…

Saturn's rings seen in visible light (left) and radio waves (right). (📷NASA/JPL) #space

A comet is visiting from the most distant parts of our solar system and making a once-in-a-lifetime visit to our twilight skies! Below are images of comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE as seen by @ISS_Research. Learn more about the comet and how to watch it: solarsystem.nasa.gov/whats-up-skywa…

"When you wish upon a falling star..." Comet Neowise was pictured from the station on July 5 as it orbited above the Mediterranean Sea. flic.kr/s/aHsmbS1GgV

Day 18 of 30: In January 2002, a dull star in an obscure constellation suddenly became 600,000 times more luminous than our Sun, temporarily making it the brightest star in our Milky Way galaxy ad Hubble was there to… instagram.com/p/CAEPBzhAmW2/…

We don't know who needs to hear this, but you are made of star stuff.

Swipe to see the videos! Day 17 of 30: Hubble data collected over 14 years was stitched together to produce these time-lapse movies of powerful jets ejected from three young stars. The jets, a byproduct of gas… instagram.com/p/CABjiv0A4aJ/…

Day 16 of 30: Constructed from Hubble Space Telescope image data, this is an image of Herbig-Haro 24, located about 1,350 light years away in the Orion B molecular cloud complex in our Milky Way Galaxy. This… instagram.com/p/B__ChLHgv5G/…

Day 15 of 30: Centaurus A, also known as NGC 5128, is well known for its dramatic dusty lanes of dark material. Hubble’s new observations, using its most advanced instrument, the Wide Field Camera 3, are the most… instagram.com/p/B_8aR-MA4JH/…