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by astro-throw 2y ago
Another interesting quirk of Pop III stars is that their initial mass function is expected to form much more massive stars than Pop II or Pop I. So even if Pop III stars are longer lived at the same mass as Pop II or Pop I, there will be a
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by astro-throw 2y ago
We can see some things behind it, with neutrinos and gravity waves.
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by astro-throw 2y ago
These galaxies are so far away that they're very small on the sky, even at JWST's resolution. There's a reason why they're called "little red dots"!
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by astro-throw 2y ago
My experience is that Slack worked great last winter, when the broadband satellite was up. When it's down, folks use an IRC-style client to cope with the very limited & expensive bandwidth from Iridium.
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by astro-throw 2y ago
Pole doesn't have Starlink. McMurdo does. There are reasons. Polar coverage from GEO satellites is limited because how close to the horizon GEO satellites are from Pole. Pole uses old GEO satellites which are low on fuel and have relat
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by astro-throw 2y ago
Because of the lack of C, N, and O, which are catalysts in the CNO cycle. They aren't produced by it.
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by astro-throw 2y ago
… imagine what’s behind our galaxy!
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by astro-throw 2y ago
The word "generation" isn't really a thing in astronomy jargon. "Population III" is a population, and it includes stars formed after some supernovae, up to the point where the metals % gets high enough to be Populat
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by astro-throw 2y ago
There's an endless supply of organic, free range cosmic rays that rain down from the sky. They've been scientifically useful in many ways, not just this one.
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by astro-throw 2y ago
The "full list" posted earlier has that one on it.