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Scientists drop absolutely stunning new view of the Milky Way galaxy
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It took two years — and 21,400 shots — to capture an astonishing view of your spiraled galactic home, the Milky Way.
On Jan. 18, astronomers released a “gargantuan” survey of the Milky Way as part of an ambitious project called the “Dark Energy Camera Plane Survey.” They captured this view using an instrument called the Dark Energy Camera at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, perched at 7,200 feet of elevation in Chile. The camera is mounted to a large telescope that spans over 13 feet wide; ultimately it snapped images of a whopping 3.32 billion objects, most of which are stars.
“This is quite a technical feat. Imagine a group photo of over three billion people and every single individual is recognizable!” Debra Fischer, division director of Astronomical Sciences at National Science Foundation, said in a statement. “Astronomers will be poring over this detailed portrait of more than three billion stars in the Milky Way for decades to come. This is a fantastic example of what partnerships across federal agencies can achieve.”
There are likely over 100 billion stars in the Milky Way, so this panorama is a deeply detailed sample of the galaxy as seen from Earth’s Southern Hemisphere. Take a look:
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The first image below: This is the panorama containing some 3.32 billion objects. “Most of the stars and dust in the Milky Way are located in its disk — the bright band stretching across this image — in which the spiral arms lie,” explained National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab, which runs big telescopes across the U.S. and elsewhere.
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The bottom image: This is one part of the giant cosmic panorama above. “This image, which is brimming with stars and dark dust clouds, is a small extract — a mere pinprick — of the full Dark Energy Camera Plane Survey (DECaPS2) of the Milky Way,” a NOIRLab press release explains.
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Credit: DECaPS2 / DOE / FNAL / DECam / CTIO / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA // Image processing: M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)
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Credit: DECaPS2 / DOE / FNAL / DECam / CTIO / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA Image processing: M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)
And if you want more, there’s more. You can view the entire survey, with the ability to zoom in and out, at the Legacy Survey Viewer website.
Our galaxy contains a plethora of stars, but it also contains giant regions of dust and gas. To peer through these obfuscating regions of space, astronomers captured wavelengths of light invisible to the naked eye that are called near-infrared wavelengths. This type of light, which travels in longer waves than visible light, can sneak or pass through space dust, revealing what lies beyond (the powerful James Webb Space Telescope views infrared light, too).
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These new images capture an almost incalculable number of stars. Still, there’s a lot we can’t see out there, but we can imagine. Most stars have at least one planet, and many have diverse solar systems. That adds up to over a trillion exoplanets in our Milky Way galaxy alone.
Some of these planets might rain gems. Some could be ocean worlds. Others could be rocky, Earth-sized planets. There’s untold potential out there in our galaxy, a place teeming with brilliant stars.
This story has been updated with additional information about the Dark Energy Camera Plane Survey.
A Room With A View star Julian Sands missing for five days in Californian mountain range
Julian Sands missing updates — A Room With a View actor, 65, disappears after hiking near Mount Baldy
WARLOCK star Julian Sands has been reported missing after going on a mountain hike last week.
The British actor, 65, was last seen in the San Gabriel Mountains in California, near the Mount Baldy area.
He was reported missing on Friday evening and San Bernadino authorities confirmed Wednesday that the actor is one of the two hikers that police have yet to locate.
Sands is best known for his roles in several films, including the 1985 feature A Room with a View, Warlock, and Leaving Las Vegas.
Read our Julian Sands live blog for the latest updates…
This gnarly FPS with a rear view mirror wants you shooting backwards
Twitter brings its “For You” and “Following” dual-timeline view to the web
After updating its iOS app to display both algorithmic and chronological timelines side-by-side, Twitter is rolling out this update to the web interface. Earlier this week, the company renamed “Home” (algorithmic timeline) and “Latest” (chronological timeline) to “For You” and “Following”. The “For You” timeline now appears first in both the iOS app and the […]
Twitter brings its “For You” and “Following” dual-timeline view to the web by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
You’ll be able to turn off Twitter’s polarizing view count soon, says Elon Musk
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Twitter recently rolled out a feature that allows users to see a real-time measurement of engagement on their tweets. Or so that was the intension.
As with many new things on Twitter, Elon Musk has become its CEO, it was met with mixed reactions.
Now, Musk has tweeted that Twitter will “tidy up the esthetics & add a setting to turn it off, but I think everyone will grow to like it.”
The feature was introduced on Dec. 22, with Musk saying that it would make Twitter more “alive” than it was previously. He added that while likes and retweets are more public-facing, views are passive.
Some did like this feature, such as Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, who responded, “Great. Much better metric.”
But others weren’t so forgiving, with some Twitter users referring to it as useless and unhealthy. One user called it “too messy,” which prompted Musk’s response about adding a setting to turn it off.
As of Dec. 27, there still isn’t a way to disable the feature.
Which tweets show view counts?
Pretty much all tweets show view counts with three exceptions, according to the Twitter Help Center:
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Community tweets
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Twitter Circle tweets
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Older tweets
Twitter communities are groups of users with shared interests, similar to Facebook Groups, while Twitter Circles are set up by users as a “friends list.”
Indian fintech Money View valued at $900 million in new funding
Indian fintech Money View said on Monday it has raised $75 million in a new funding round, its second this year, despite the market slump as it looks to scale its core credit business and build more products in the South Asian market. Apis Partners led Money View’s Series E funding round, valuing the Bengaluru-headquartered […]
Indian fintech Money View valued at $900 million in new funding by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
Deal terms, fatality rates and the drawbacks of credit lines; a view from today’s most active VC firm
Yesterday, we had the chance to catch up with Fabrice Grinda, a French, New York-based serial entrepreneur who co-founded the free classifieds site OLX — now owned by Prosus — and who has in recent years been building up his venture firm, FJ Labs. He often likens the outfit to an angel investor “at scale,” […]
Deal terms, fatality rates and the drawbacks of credit lines; a view from today’s most active VC firm by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch
Nintendo Switch 2022 year-in-review is finally here, here’s how to view your annual recap
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The new year is closing in on us, and fast. With it, we’re seeing all kinds of wrap-ups and round-ups of our year. Spotify Wrapped has been and gone, and yesterday, PlayStation’s 2022 Wrap-Up arrived. Alongside it, however, Nintendo dropped its own yearly round-up — Nintendo Year-in-Review — for those who have been playing their Switch this year.
2022 was a relatively great year for Nintendo. We received Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, which sold more copies than ever before, as well as Pokemon Legends: Arceus. On top of that was Splatoon 3, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and Bayonetta 3 (that’s a lot of threes). Let’s not also forget Kirby’s huge leap into 3D with Kirby and the Forgotten Land, too.
To take a look at your Nintendo year-in-review, head over to the Nintendo Switch Year-in-Review page and sign in using your Nintendo account. From here, you’ll then be shown your annual recap!